title: Influence of interleukin-1alpha and COX-2 over the metabolism of arachidonic acid and glucose in isolated uterus of restricted diet rats.
abstract: Isolated uteri from rats fed with a normal diet convert [14C]arachidonate into eicosanoids: PGE(2), PGF(2alpha), TXB(2) and 6-keto-F(1alpha). Restricted diet (50% of the normal diet, during 25 days) diminishes the levels of PGE(2), PGF(2alpha) and TXB(2). The addition of Interleukin-1alpha to the Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate medium increases sharply the production of eicosanoids. Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase, Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester or aminoguanidine, do not prevent eicosanoids increase. Conversely, NS-398 (a selective inhibitor of COX-2) blocks the increase of eicosanoids while PGE(2) blocks eicosanoids production mediated by IL-1alpha. Other experiments with uteri of underfed rats confirm that interleukin-1alpha produces an increase in the glucose metabolism. The addition of Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, aminoguadinine or NS-398 blocked such stimulation. It is concluded that Interleukin-1alpha produces an increase of glucose metabolism in uteri isolated from underfed rats by two different mechanisms, both involving COX-2: (1) nitric oxide independent and (2) nitric oxide dependent.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Fisiología, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Linares
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldraij
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D004032:Diet; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015777:Eicosanoids; D007375:Interleukin-1; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013449:Sulfonamides; C080955:N-(2-cyclohexyloxy-4-nitrophenyl)methanesulfonamide; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D005947:Glucose