Novel combination of celecoxib and metformin improves the antitumor effect by inhibiting the growth of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hu, Jun-Wen; Chen, Bin; Zhang, Jie; Qi, Ya-Peng; Liang, Jia-Hao; Zhong, Jian-Hong; Xiang, Bang-De

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Novel combination of celecoxib and metformin improves the antitumor effect by inhibiting the growth of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Jun-Wen Hu^*, Bin Chen^*, Jie Zhang, Ya-Peng Qi, Jia-Hao Liang, Jian-Hong Zhong^✉, Bang-De Xiang^✉

Hepatobiliary Surgery Department, Guangxi Liver Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Engineering and Technology Research Center, Key Laboratory for High-Incidence Tumor Prevention and Treatment, Ministry of Education, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Hu JW, Chen B, Zhang J, Qi YP, Liang JH, Zhong JH, Xiang BD. Novel combination of celecoxib and metformin improves the antitumor effect by inhibiting the growth of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Cancer 2020; 11(21):6437-6444. doi:10.7150/jca.47532. https://www.jcancer.org/v11p6437.htm

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Objective: To explore the effect of COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib in combination with metformin on the prevention of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the mechanisms involved.

Methods: HCC cell lines and an HCC rat model were treated with celecoxib, metformin or a combination of both. Cell viability and tumor formation were measured.

Results: In vitro and in vivo studies showed that treatment with a combination of celecoxib and metformin inhibited proliferation of HCC to a greater extent than either treatment alone, by reducing the phosphorylation of MTOR.

Conclusion: The study suggested that celecoxib combined with metformin would be more effective for the preventing occurrence of HCC than either treatment alone and this combination of therapy is worthy of further study.

Keywords: Celecoxib, metformin, Hepatocellular carcinoma, combination, MTOR

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Hu, J.W., Chen, B., Zhang, J., Qi, Y.P., Liang, J.H., Zhong, J.H., Xiang, B.D. (2020). Novel combination of celecoxib and metformin improves the antitumor effect by inhibiting the growth of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Journal of Cancer, 11(21), 6437-6444. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.47532.

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Hu, J.W.; Chen, B.; Zhang, J.; Qi, Y.P.; Liang, J.H.; Zhong, J.H.; Xiang, B.D. Novel combination of celecoxib and metformin improves the antitumor effect by inhibiting the growth of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J. Cancer 2020, 11 (21), 6437-6444. DOI: 10.7150/jca.47532.

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Hu JW, Chen B, Zhang J, Qi YP, Liang JH, Zhong JH, Xiang BD. 2020. Novel combination of celecoxib and metformin improves the antitumor effect by inhibiting the growth of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Cancer. 11(21):6437-6444.

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