title: Group I phospholipase A2 mRNA expression in rat glandular stomach and pancreas. Ontogenic development and effects of cortisone acetate.
abstract: The postnatal development of group I phospholipase A2 (group I PLA2) in the glandular stomach and pancreas of neonatal rats was investigated. The amounts of group I PLA2 mRNA (and also the PLA2 enzymatic activity) in the glandular stomach mucosa increased with age in 3-60-day-old animals. This postnatal development of rat stomach group I PLA2 mRNA agreed with that of group I PLA2 mRNA of the rat pancreas, and thus seems to follow the general development of the gastrointestinal tract during the neonatal period. The latter was further supported by the finding that maturation of group I PLA2 in both the stomach and pancreas was induced precociously in rats treated with cortisone acetate. It is suggested that the stomach group I PLA2 is involved in mucosal eicosanoid production.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dimberg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gustafson-Svärd
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weström
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tagesson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Söderkvist
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003348:Cortisone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000235:genetics*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D003348:Cortisone