title: Platelet-activating factor stimulates production of prostaglandin E2 in murine osteoblast-like cell line MC3T3-E1.
abstract: We found that platelet-activating factor (PAF) stimulated the production of prostaglandin (PG) E2 in MC3T3-E1 cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner. 1.0 microM PAF gave a maximal stimulation of PGE2 production by MC3T3-E1 cells after a 4 hr PAF-treatment. Furthermore, the PAF-induced PGE2 production was abolished by the pre-treatment of the cells with a PAF receptor antagonist, 1-O-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho(N,N,N-trimethyl)hexanolamine, which occupied the same receptor site as PAF. These results suggest that PAF stimulates the PGE2 synthesis through a PAF receptor mediated pathway. Possibly PAF modulates bone metabolism by stimulating PGE2 synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biochemistry, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abiko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D051379:Mice; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; C039351:platelet activating factor receptor; D015232:Dinoprostone