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Carcinogenesis, Vol. 24, No. 3, 385-392, March 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

CANCER BIOLOGY

The role of cyclooxygenase in n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid mediated effects on cell proliferation, PGE2 synthesis and cytotoxicity in human colorectal carcinoma cell lines

Yvonne E.M. Dommels1,2,5, Merel M.G. Haring2, Nynke G.M. Keestra2, Gerrit M. Alink1,2, Peter J. van Bladeren1,4 and Ben van Ommen1,3

1 WUR/TNO Centre for Food Toxicology,
2 Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University, Tuinlaan, PO Box 8000, 6700 EA Wageningen,
3 TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Utrechtseweg 48, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands

This study was conducted to investigate the role of the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX) and its prostaglandin product PGE2 in n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-mediated effects on cellular proliferation of two human colorectal carcinoma cell lines. The long chain PUFAs eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5n-3) and arachidonic acid (AA; 20:4n-6) both inhibited cell proliferation of Caco-2 cells compared with the long chain fatty acids {alpha}-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3n-3) and linoleic acid (LA; 18:2n-6). Neither incubation with PGE2 nor reduction in PGE2 synthesis by EPA compared with AA led to differential effects on cell proliferation in Caco-2 cells. This suggests that n-6 and n-3 PUFA-mediated cell proliferation in Caco-2 cells is not regulated via PGE2 levels. AA and EPA had no effect on growth of HT-29 colon cancer cells with a low COX activity. However, stimulation of COX-2 activity by IL-1ß resulted in a decrease in cell proliferation and an induction of cytotoxicity by AA as well as by EPA. Both inhibition of the COX pathway by indomethacin as well as inhibition of direct lipid peroxidation by antioxidants such as vitamin E and C diminished the anti-proliferative effects of AA as well as EPA. Also, malondialdehyde, a product of lipid peroxidation and COX-activity was decreased by addition of vitamin E and partially decreased by indomethacin. These data support the hypothesis that growth inhibitory and cytotoxic effects of PUFAs with methylene-interrupted double bonds such as AA and EPA are due to peroxidation products that are generated during lipid peroxidation and COX activity.


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