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Celecoxib Exerts Protective Effects in the Vascular Endothelium via COX-2-independent Activation of AMPK-CREB-Nrf2 Signalling

Celecoxib Exerts Protective Effects in the Vascular Endothelium via COX-2-independent Activation of AMPK-CREB-Nrf2 Signalling

Fahad Al-Rashed, Damien Calay, Marie Lang, Clare C Thornton, Andrea Bauer, Allan Kiprianos, Dorian O Haskard, Anusha Seneviratne, Joseph J Boyle, Alex H Schönthal, Caroline P Wheeler-Jones, Justin C Mason

Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 19;8(1):6271.

PMID: 29674687

Abstract:

Although concern remains about the athero-thrombotic risk posed by cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-2-selective inhibitors, recent data implicates rofecoxib, while celecoxib appears equivalent to NSAIDs naproxen and ibuprofen. We investigated the hypothesis that celecoxib activates AMP kinase (AMPK) signalling to enhance vascular endothelial protection. In human arterial and venous endothelial cells (EC), and in contrast to ibuprofen and naproxen, celecoxib induced the protective protein heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Celecoxib derivative 2,5-dimethyl-celecoxib (DMC) which lacks COX-2 inhibition also upregulated HO-1, implicating a COX-2-independent mechanism. Celecoxib activated AMPKα(Thr172) and CREB-1(Ser133) phosphorylation leading to Nrf2 nuclear translocation. Importantly, these responses were not reproduced by ibuprofen or naproxen, while AMPKα silencing abrogated celecoxib-mediated CREB and Nrf2 activation. Moreover, celecoxib induced H-ferritin via the same pathway, and increased HO-1 and H-ferritin in the aortic endothelium of mice fed celecoxib (1000 ppm) or control chow. Functionally, celecoxib inhibited TNF-α-induced NF-κB p65(Ser536) phosphorylation by activating AMPK. This attenuated VCAM-1 upregulation via induction of HO-1, a response reproduced by DMC but not ibuprofen or naproxen. Similarly, celecoxib prevented IL-1β-mediated induction of IL-6. Celecoxib enhances vascular protection via AMPK-CREB-Nrf2 signalling, a mechanism which may mitigate cardiovascular risk in patients prescribed celecoxib. Understanding NSAID heterogeneity and COX-2-independent signalling will ultimately lead to safer anti-inflammatory drugs.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP457639268	2,5-Dimethyl-celecoxib		457639-26-8	Price

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