Low direct cytotoxicity of loxoprofen on gastric mucosal cells.

Abstract

Pro-drugs of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as loxoprofen are widely used for clinical purposes because they are not so harmful to the gastrointestinal mucosa. We recently showed that NSAIDs such as indomethacin and celecoxib have direct cytotoxicity (ability to induce necrosis and apoptosis in gastric mucosal cells) due to their membrane permeabilizing activities, which is involved in NSAID-induced gastric lesions. We show here that under conditions where indomethacin and celecoxib clearly induce necrosis and apoptosis, loxoprofen and its active metabolite loxoprofen-OH, do not have such effects in primary culture of guinea pig gastric mucosal cells. Loxoprofen and loxoprofen-OH induced apoptosis more effectively in cultured human gastric cancer cells than in the primary culture. Loxoprofen and loxoprofen-OH exhibited much lower membrane permeabilizing activities than did indomethacin and celecoxib. We thus consider that the low direct cytotoxicity of loxoprofen observed in vitro is involved in its relative safety on production of gastric lesions in clinical situation.

• Authors: Naoki Yamakawa, Shintaro Suemasu, Ayumi Kimoto, Yasuhiro Arai, Tomoaki Ishihara, Kazumi Yokomizo, Yoshinari Okamoto, Masami Otsuka, Ken-Ichiro Tanaka, Tohru Mizushima
• Journal: Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin (Biol Pharm Bull) Vol. 33 Issue 3 Pg. 398-403 ( 2010) ISSN: 1347-5215 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 20190399 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
• Antineoplastic Agents
• Phenylpropionates
• Pyrazoles
• Sulfonamides
• loxoprofen
• Celecoxib
• Indomethacin

Topics

• Adenocarcinoma (drug therapy)
• Animals
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Antineoplastic Agents (adverse effects, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Apoptosis (drug effects)
• Celecoxib
• Cell Line, Tumor
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Gastric Mucosa (drug effects, pathology)
• Guinea Pigs
• Humans
• Indomethacin (pharmacology)
• Necrosis
• Permeability (drug effects)
• Phenylpropionates (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Pyrazoles (pharmacology)
• Stomach Neoplasms (drug therapy)
• Sulfonamides (pharmacology)