title: Diverse functional coupling of cyclooxygenase 1 and 2 with final prostanoid synthases in liver macrophages.
abstract: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment of resident liver macrophages resulted in a coordinated enhanced expression of cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)), cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and prostaglandin E(2)-synthase. LPS-pretreated liver macrophages showed a higher release of PGE(2) after zymosan, phorbol ester and A23187, of PGF(2alpha) after zymosan and A23187, whereas the release of thromboxane B(2) and PGD(2) was unchanged. Inhibition of COX-1 and -2 by specific inhibitors (SC560, SC236) inhibited the prostanoid release between 50-80% and 20-40%, respectively, indicating a predominant role for COX-1. In detail (1) the zymosan-induced release of all prostanoids was inhibited to a similar degree by the COX-1 inhibitor (about 70%) and the COX-2 inhibitor (20-30%), (2) PGE(2) release after all stimuli was inhibited to a greater extent by SC560 (70-90%) compared to SC236 (5-30%), (3) the phorbol ester- and A23187-induced release of PGF(2alpha) and PGD(2) was inhibited equally (40-50%) by both inhibitors, (3) TxB(2) release after phorbol ester and A23187 was inhibited by SC560 by 50 and 30%, and by SC236 by 50 and 70%, respectively. cPLA(2), COX-1 and -2, and the final prostanoid synthases were found in different subcellular fractions. These results indicate, that the functional coupling of COX-1 and -2 to final prostanoid synthases depends on the stimulation of the cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schade
authors.forename: Yevgeniya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bezugla
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolada
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamionka
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scheibe
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dieter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000502:physiology*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000502:physiology*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011453:Prostaglandins; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; C496513:Ptgs1 protein, rat