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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
Concomitant use of hydrocortisone and the nonspecific cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-inhibitor indomethacin increases the risk for intestinal perforations in preterm infants. We determined whether this was associated with insufficient epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) signaling. We tested the effect of EGF, hydrocortisone, and indomethacin on its activation, cell proliferation and migration, COX-2 expression, and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production. Human small intestine epithelial cell line FHsInt74 and EGF-R-deficient mice [EGF-R (-/-)] were used as models. The data revealed that EGF-R signaling had a bimodal positive effect on fetal enterocyte: 1) it increased cell proliferation and migration synergistically with hydrocortisone and 2) up-regulated COX-2 mRNA expression and subsequent PGE2 production. Correlating with this, COX-2 protein expression was down-regulated in EGF-R (-/-) intestine. Despite a positive effect on cell proliferation with EGF, hydrocortisone blunted the stimulatory effect of EGF on COX-2 expression and PGE2 production. Addition of indomethacin even further inhibited the EGF-stimulated PGE2 synthesis. The data suggest that concomitant use of indomethacin and hydrocortisone on preterm infants, who physiologically synthesize only low levels of EGF-R ligands, may lead to intestinal problems related to failure in cytoprotective and regenerative events.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0031-3998
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
570-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Dinoprostone, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Enterocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Hydrocortisone, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Indomethacin, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17805209-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Hydrocortisone and indomethacin negatively modulate EGF-R signaling in human fetal intestine.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Cancer Biology Program, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't