title: COX-2 expression in cystic kidneys is dependent on dietary n-3 fatty acid composition.
abstract: Dietary n-3 fatty acids generally attenuate elevated cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) levels in disease states. However, models of renal cystic disease (RCD) exhibit reduced renal COX-2 expression. Therefore, the in vivo regulation of COX-2 expression by dietary n-3 fatty acids was examined. In archived tissues from dietary studies, COX-2 protein and gene expression was up-regulated in diseased pcy mouse and Han:SPRD-cy rat kidneys when given diets containing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and/or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), but not those containing alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), compared to control diets with linoleic acid (LA). The presence of disease was necessary to elicit these effects as COX-2 expression was unaltered by diet in normal kidneys. The effects were specific for COX-2, since COX-1 levels were unaltered by these dietary manipulations in either model. Thus, in RCD, diets containing EPA and DHA but not ALA appear to specifically up-regulate renal COX-2 gene and protein levels in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2.
authors.forename: Deepa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sankaran
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Malcolm R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ogborn
authors.forename: Harold M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Aukema
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014886:Weaning
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2