title: The induction of cyclooxygenase-2 elicited by endotoxin in endothelial cells and macrophages is inhibited by prostaglandin E1 and 13,14-dihydro prostaglandin E1.
abstract: The effects of PGE1 or 13,14-dihydro PGE1 (PGE0) on the expression of COX-2 protein and COX activity elicited by LPS (1 microgram/ml for 24 h) in bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC) and J774.2 macrophages were investigated. PGE1 or PGE0 (0.001 to 10 micrograms/ml) caused a dose-dependent decrease of COX activity elicited by LPS in both cell types. Western blot analysis showed that PGE1 or PGE0 (1 microgram/ml) inhibited the expression of COX-2 protein in LPS-activated BAEC and J774.2 macrophages. Thus, PGE1 or (its metabolite) PGE0 decrease the formation of COX metabolites by inhibiting the induction of COX-2 protein by LPS.
authors.affiliation: William Harvey Research Institute, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Akarasereenont
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hide
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ney
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thiemermann
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Vane
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C069881:13,14-dihydroprostaglandin E1; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D000527:Alprostadil