title: Evidence for cyclooxygenase-1 association with caveolin-1 and -2 in cultured human embryonic kidney (HEK 293) cells.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to confirm protein-protein interaction between cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and caveolins. The interaction of cyclooxygenase-1 and caveolins in the cultured human embryonic kidney (HEK 293) cells was investigated using immuno-precipitation and Western blot analysis. In HEK 293 cells, high levels of caveolin-2 and low level of caveolin-1 at mRNA and protein level were observed without any detectable expression of caveolin-3. Caveolae rich membranous fractions from the HEK 293 cells contained both COX-1 and caveolin-1 or caveolin-2 in same fractions. The experiments of immuno-precipitation showed complex formation between the COX-1 and caveolin-1 or caveolin-2 in the HEK 293 cells. Confocal microscopic results also support co-localization of COX-1 and caveolin-1 or caveolin-2 at the plasma membrane. Co-localization of caveolins with cylooxygenase-1 in caveolae suggested that caveolin would play an important role in regulating the function of COX-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, Korea. shcha@inha.ac.kr
authors.forename: Seok Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Nam-Hee
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Bum-Rae
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-Oh
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kwak
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D051242:Caveolin 1; D051243:Caveolin 2; D022461:Caveolins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D017931:DNA Primers; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C495540:CAV1 protein, human; D051242:Caveolin 1; D051243:Caveolin 2; D022461:Caveolins; D017931:DNA Primers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; C496511:PTGS1 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases