Suppression of inducible cyclooxygenase 2 gene transcription by aspirin and sodium salicylate
Suppression of inducible cyclooxygenase 2 gene transcription by aspirin and sodium salicylate
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.96.9.5292
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发表时间:
1999-04-27
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Wu, KK
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作者:
Xu, XM;Sansores-Garcia, L;Wu, KK
The pharmacological action of salicylate cannot be explained by its inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX) activity, In this report, the effects of aspirin and sodium salicylate on COX-2 expressions in human umbilical vein endothelial cells and foreskin fibroblasts were evaluated. Aspirin and sodium salicylate at therapeutic concentrations equipotently blocked COX-2 mRNA and protein levels induced by interleukin-lp and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. The suppressing effect was more pronounced in cultured cells deprived of fetal bovine serum for 24 h, suggesting that it may be cell cycle related. Salicylate inhibited nascent COX-2 transcript synthesis but had no effect on COX-2 mRNA stability, It inhibited COX-2 promoter activity in a concentration-dependent manner, In mice pretreated with aspirin (10 and 30 mg/kg), followed by challenge with lipopolysaccharide, COX-2 mRNA expression in peritoneal macrophages was markedly suppressed, These findings suggest that salicylate exerts its antiinflammatory action in part by suppressing COX-2 induction, thereby reducing the synthesis of proinflammatory prostaglandins.