title: The biphasic effects of cyclopentenone prostaglandins, prostaglandin J(2) and 15-deoxy-Delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J(2) on proliferation and apoptosis in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells.
abstract: Mast cells produce chemical mediators, including histamine and arachidonate metabolites such as prostaglandin D(2) (PGD(2)) after antigen stimulation. Cyclopentenone prostaglandins of the J series, prostaglandin J(2) (PGJ(2)) and 15-deoxy-Delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J(2) (15d-PGJ(2)), are thought to be derivatives of PGD(2). In this study, the biphasic effects of the PGJ(2) and 15d-PGJ(2) on proliferation and apoptosis in rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBL-2H3), a tumor analog of mast cells, were examined. At low concentrations, 1 or 3 microM PGJ(2) and 15d-PGJ(2) induced cell proliferation, respectively. At high concentrations (10-30 microM) both the inhibition of viability and decrease in histamine content in RBL-2H3 cells were dose dependent. These effects were independent of the nuclear hormone receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma), since troglitazone, an agonist of PPARgamma did not cause any effects in RBL-2H3 cells. Cell death induced by PGJ(2) and 15d-PGJ(2) was the result of apoptotic processes, since RBL-2H3 cells treated with 30 microM of the prostaglandins had condensed nuclei, DNA fragmentation and increase in activities of caspase-3 and -9. Moreover, PGJ(2) or 15d-PGJ(2)-induced apoptotic effects were prevented by the caspase inhibitor, z-VAD-fmk. In conclusion, the PGJ(2) or 15d-PGJ(2)-induced apoptosis in RBL-2H3 cells occurs mainly via mitochondrial pathways instead of by PPARgamma-dependent mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Sigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Ehime 791-0295, Japan.
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emi
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D053148:Caspase 3; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006632:Histamine / Q000378:metabolism; D015471:Leukemia, Basophilic, Acute / Q000473:pathology; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011453:Prostaglandins; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C477819:15-deoxyprostaglandin J2; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011453:Prostaglandins; C037112:9-deoxy-delta-9-prostaglandin D2; D006632:Histamine; C505410:Casp3 protein, rat; C506435:Casp9 protein, rat; D053148:Caspase 3; D053453:Caspase 9; D020169:Caspases; C013905:cyclopentenone; D015230:Prostaglandin D2