TY - JOUR ID - 32291 TI - Celecoxib, a COX-2 Selective Inhibitor, Induces Cell Cycle Arrest at the G2/M Phase in HeLa Cervical Cancer Cells JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Setiawati, Agustina AD - Department of Drug Design and Discovery, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - 1655 EP - 1659 DO - N2 - Celecoxib, a selective inhibitor of COX-2, showed cytotoxic effects in many cancer cell lines including cervical cancer cells. This study investigated the effect of celecoxib on cell cycle arrest in HeLa cervical cancer cells through p53 expression. In vitro anticancer activity was determined with the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) method. A double staining method was applied to investigate the mechanism of cell death, cell cycling was analyzed by flow cytometryand immunocytochemistry was employed to stain p53 expression in cells. Celecoxib showed strong cytotoxic effects and induced apoptosis with an IC50 value of 40 M. It induced cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase by increasing level of p53 expression on HeLa cells. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_32291.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_32291_c5553e1bba8db23d7ac1adf51ef4dfa2.pdf ER -