RRC ID 38968
Author Sato T, Nakajima H, Fujio K, Mori Y.
Title Enhancement of prostaglandin E2 production by epidermal growth factor requires the coordinate activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2 and cyclooxygenase 2 in human squamous carcinoma A431 cells.
Journal Prostaglandins
Abstract We demonstrated the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on the production of PGE2 in human squamous carcinoma A431 cells. The production of PGE2 was increased by stimulating the cells with EGF for 2 h and reached a maximum for 10 h. EGF was also found to augment the release of arachidonic acid (AA) following the increase in phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity (1.7-fold). The induced PLA2 activity was diminished by 4-bromophenacyl bromide, but not by dithiothreitol, indicating that the EGF-induced release of AA was due to the increase in the activity of cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2). On the other hand, cyclooxygenase (COX) activity was increased (1.6-fold) within 2 h after the EGF-treatment and the induced activity was inhibited by cycloheximide. In addition, Northern blot analysis showed that the level of COX-2 mRNA was increased by the EGF-treatment, whereas no COX-2 mRNA was detected in the untreated cells, indicating that the EGF-induced COX activity was resulted from the increase in the production of COX-2. These results suggest that EGF augments the production of PGE2 by increasing not only the activity of cPLA2 but also the production of COX-2 in A431 cells.
Volume 53(5)
Pages 355-69
Published 1997-5-1
DOI 10.1016/0090-6980(97)00036-1
PII 0090698097000361
PMID 9247974
MeSH Acetophenones / pharmacology Arachidonic Acid / metabolism Blotting, Northern Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / metabolism* Cloning, Molecular Cycloheximide / pharmacology Cyclooxygenase 2 DNA, Complementary / genetics Dinoprostone / biosynthesis* Dithiothreitol / pharmacology Enzyme Activation Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology Epidermal Growth Factor / pharmacology* Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic Humans Isoenzymes / genetics Isoenzymes / metabolism* Membrane Proteins Phospholipases A / metabolism* Phospholipases A2 Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / genetics Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / metabolism* RNA, Messenger / metabolism Tumor Cells, Cultured
Times Cited 34
WOS Category BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CELL BIOLOGY
Resource
Human and Animal Cells A431(RCB0202)