title: PAF effects on eicosanoid release in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes.
abstract: The aim of this study was to find out whether, in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes, platelet-activating factor (PAF) can stimulate eicosanoid formation. For this purpose neonatal cardiomyocytes were incubated for 60 min at 37 degrees C in HANKS buffer with PAF (10-1000 nM), and the eicosanoids thromboxane A2 (TXA2) and prostacyclin (PGI2) were assessed in the supernatant as TXB2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha, respectively, by an enzyme immunoassay. PAF caused concentration-dependent release of PGI2; TXA2, however, was significantly released only at the highest concentration of PAF (1000 nM). Acetylsalicylic acid (556 microM) and the PAF antagonist WEB 2086 (10 microM) significantly attenuated PAF-induced eicosanoid formation. We conclude that in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes PAF can induce eicosanoid formation and this effect is brought about by activation of a specific PAF receptor.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001241:Aspirin / Q000494:pharmacology; D001381:Azepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001381:Azepines; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D014230:Triazoles; C052518:WEB 2086; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D011464:Epoprostenol; D001241:Aspirin