title: 15-Hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase can be induced by dexamethasone and other glucocorticoids at the therapeutic level in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells.
abstract: Dexamethasone induced the expression of 15-PGDH in a time- and concentration-dependent manner in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells. Maximal induction was observed at 10nM. Induction of 15-PGDH expression was also achieved by other synthetic glucocorticoids. Induction was inhibited by the addition of pro-inflammatory cytokines and phorbol ester. These pro-inflammatory agents were also shown to induce COX-2 expression. PMA was found to be the most effective stimulator of COX-2 expression and the most potent inhibitor of dexamethasone-induced 15-PGDH expression. Attenuation of dexamethasone-induced 15-PGDH expression by PMA was, in part, due to a protein kinase C-mediated mechanism. The induction of 15-PGDH expression by dexamethasone was blocked by a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU 486 and by a nuclear translocation inhibitor geldanamycin, indicating that the induction is a genetic mechanism. The induction of 15-PGDH expression by dexamethasone and other glucocorticoids at the therapeutic level provides an additional biochemical mechanism for the anti-inflammatory action of these glucocorticoids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0082, USA.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Hsin-Hsiung
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tai
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D003907:Dexamethasone; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases; C035859:15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase