cyclic guanosine 3 5 monophosphate/neoplasms

Bacterial diarrheagenic heat-stable enterotoxins induce colon cancer cell cytostasis by targeting guanylyl cyclase C (GCC) signaling. Anticancer actions of these toxins are mediated by cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent influx of Ca2+ through cyclic nucleotide-gated channels.

This study aimed to investigate the effect of hydroalcoholic Achillea wilhelmsii C. Koch extract (HAWE) on phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) gene expression and cyclic guanosine 3',5' monophosphate (cGMP) signaling in the MCF-7 and MDA-Mb-468 cell lines. The effective dose (ED50) of HAWE was examined in

We have designed a drug that protects the liver from apoptotic cell death by organ-selective pharmacological generation of the bioregulatory agent, nitric oxide (NO). The discovery strategy involved three steps: identifying a diazeniumdiolate ion (R2N[N(O)NO]-, where R2N = pyrrolidinyl) that

Like many freely moving cells, Walker 256 carcinosarcoma cells respond to chemotactic stimuli. Since cyclic nucleotides are involved in the chemotaxis of other cells, we have examined the action of several nucleosides and nucleotides as chemoattractants and as modulators of tumor cell movement. We

Three characteristics of the mechanisms of antibody-dependent macrophage-mediated cytolysis (ADMC) and lectin-dependent macrophage-mediated cytolysis (LDMC) in a C3H/He mouse-MM46 syngeneic tumor system were compared: the role of divalent cations, the effect of cyclic nucleotides, and the role of

Cyclic guanosine 3',5' monophosphate (cyclic GMP) and cyclic adenosine 3',5' monophosphate (cyclic AMP) have been determined in random urine specimens from 95 healthy individuals, 60 patients with non-cancerous conditions, 52 patients with benign tumours, and 74 patients with malignant tumours.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) display promising antineoplastic activity, but toxicity resulting from cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibition limits their clinical use for chemoprevention. Studies suggest that the mechanism may be COX independent, although alternative targets have not been

The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug sulindac is metabolized to sulindac sulfone (exisulind), an antineoplastic agent that inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in solid tumors. In colon cancer cells, the antineoplastic effects of exisulind have been attributed, in part, to induction of cyclic

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been widely reported to inhibit tumor growth by a COX-independent mechanism, although alternative targets have not been well defined or used to develop improved drugs for cancer chemoprevention. Here, we characterize a novel sulindac derivative

OBJECTIVE The biological status of nitrite recently evolved from an inactive end product of nitric oxide catabolism to the largest intravascular and tissue storage of nitric oxide (NO). Although low partial O(2) pressure favors enzymatic reconversion of nitrite into NO, low pH supports a

Alkaline phosphatase activity in human endometrial cancer cells of the estrogen-responsive Ishikawa line was markedly stimulated (3-20-fold in 4 days) by estrogens, 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone but not by testosterone, medroxyprogesterone acetate, glucocorticoids, several

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) display promising antineoplastic activity for colorectal and other cancers, but toxicity from COX inhibition limits their long-term use for chemoprevention. Previous studies have concluded that the basis for their tumor cell growth inhibitory activity

Guanylin, uroguanylin, and the bacterial heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) peptides comprise a new family of cyclic guanosine 3'-5' monophosphate (cGMP)-regulating agonists. The discovery of guanylin and uroguanylin peptides stems from studies of cellular mechanisms underlying a form of secretory

The need for agents designed to modify immune response in the treatment of patients with viral infection, immunodeficiency, or cancer prompted the present study on the mechanisms of action of isoprinosine, a compound developed for antiviral use and whose therapeutic activity may involve the immune

12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), an effective tumor promoter in mouse skin and comitogen in bovine lymphocytes, rapidly stimulates concanavalin A-mediated cap formation in the latter cells. The ability of different phorbol derivatives to facilitate the capping reaction correlates well