Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) content and synthesis have been measured in microdissected segments from the entire nephron of rabbit kidney. PGE2 was determined by an enzyme immunoassay on glomeruli or tubular segments (0.5-5 mm) either immediately after microdissection (PGE2 content) or after incubation for 15 min at 37 degrees C in the presence of arachidonic acid (PGE2 synthesis). We confirmed that...

Omega-6 ( -6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), abundant in the Western diet, are precursors for a number of key mediators of inflammation including the 2-series of prostaglandins (PG). PGE2, a cyclooxygenase (COX) metabolite of arachidonic acid, a -6 PUFA, is a potent mediator of inflammation and cell proliferation. Dietary supplements rich in -3 PUFA reduce the concentrations of 2-series PG...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by an exacerbated inflammatory pulmonary response with excessive production of inflammatory mediators. We investigated here the impact of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) dysfunction on prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production and type IIA secreted phospholipase A2 (sPLA2-IIA) expression. We show that both resting and LPS-stimulated huma...

Epithelial cells play a major role in animal and human homeostasis because they selectively regulate the exchange of solutes between two given media, such as blood or urine. Cardiac glycosides (CG) are group highly toxic compounds whose best therapeutic known effect is on heart, although recent evidence has shown that it exerts wide range physiological effects tissues other than heart. Prostagl...

Cyclooxygenase inhibitors decrease renal blood flow in settings with decreased effective circulating volume. The present study examined the hypothesis that prostaglandins, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostacyclin (PGI2), induce relaxation of human intrarenal arteries through PGE2-EP and PGI2-IP receptors. Intrarenal arteries were microdissected from human nephrectomy samples (n=53, median diame...

The gallbladder (GB) maintains tonic contraction modulated by neurohormonal inputs but generated by myogenic mechanisms. The aim of these studies was to examine the role of prostaglandins in the genesis of GB myogenic tension. Muscle strips and cells were treated with prostaglandin agonists, antagonists, cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors, and small interference RNA (siRNA). The results show that ...

BACKGROUND Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) EP receptors EP3 and EP4 signal via decreased and increased cAMP production, respectively. Previously, we reported that cardiomyocyte-specific EP4 knockout mice develop dilated cardiomyopathy with reduced ejection fraction. Thus, we hypothesized that PGE2 increases contractility via EP4 but decreases contractility via EP3. METHODS AND RESULTS The effects of ...

Perlik, Vit, Zhongua Li, Sarita Goorha, Leslie R. Ballou, and Clark M. Blatteis. LPS-activated complement, not LPS per se, triggers the early release of PGE2 by Kupffer cells. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 289: R332–R339, 2005. First published March 31, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00567.2004.—The intravenous injection of LPS rapidly evokes fever. We have hypothesized that its onset is me...

Adenosine and PGE2 are neuromodulators, both of which inhibit fetal breathing movements (FBM). Although circulating PGE2 has been implicated as a mediator of ethanol-induced inhibition of FBM in the late-gestation ovine fetus, a role for adenosine has not been examined. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of maternal ethanol infusion on ovine fetal cerebral extracellular flu...

Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a pleiotropic immunomodulatory molecule, and its free radical catalyzed isoform, iso-PGE2, are frequently elevated in the context of cancer and chronic infection. Previous studies have documented the effects of PGE2 on the various CD4+ T cell functions, but little is known about its impact on cytotoxic CD8+ T lymphocytes, the immune cells responsible for eliminating vir...