The effect of prostaglandin E2 on cystine uptake and glutathione synthesis by human lung fibroblasts.
Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is an inflammatory mediator capable of regulating fibroblast cell proliferation, matrix protein production, and system A amino acid transport. System x-c amino acid transport is regulated by electrophilic agents and oxygen. The effect of PGE2 on the x-c system transport of cystine and the synthesis of glutathione by human lung fibroblasts was examined. Preincubation of fibroblast cultures with PGE2 decreased cystine uptake by 42%. Kinetic studies revealed a 42% decrease in the Vmax of the x-c system transporter in PGE2-treated fibroblasts; however, the apparent Km was not affected. The glutathione content of PGE2-treated fibroblasts was decreased by up to 25% of control. These results demonstrate that system x-c transport of cystine is regulated by PGE2 and suggest that the limited availability of intracellular cysteine inhibited glutathione synthesis.
Pulmonary Center and the Department of Biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston VA Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. drishikof@bupula.b.edu
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D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003553:Cystine / Q000378:metabolism*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D003553:Cystine; D005978:Glutathione; D015232:Dinoprostone