The present research provides fundamental information
on the cancer inhibitory action of 2-MCA in COLO 205
cells that suggests a short-term model for the investigation of potential antiproliferative pharmacological agents
against human colorectal adenocarcinoma. Indeed, similar effects were found in other tested cell lines, including
human hepatocellular carcinoma SK-Hep-1 and Hep 3B,
lung adenocarcinoma A549, squamous cell carcinoma
NCI-H520, and T-lymphoblastic MOLT-3 (results not
shown). Our results provide a justification for further
development of 2-MCA as an effective and safe chemopreventive and/or anticancer drug. Future direction would
be to synthesize the derivatives of 2-MCA and examine the
protective effects of these agents on key cellular signaling
molecules in vitro. Then extend the study to examine their
effects on growth, progression, and angiogenesis in vivo.
Finally, use these systems for new drug design and
discovery based on parental compound 2-MCA as a
lead for safer and more potent chemopreventive and/or
anticancer usage.