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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
48
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
The two cyclooxygenase (COX) isoforms convert arachidonic acid to precursor prostaglandins (PGs). Up-regulation of COX-2 is responsible for increased PG production in inflammation and is antagonized by corticosteriods such as dexamethasone. In human pulmonary A549 cells, interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) increases prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) synthesis via dexamethasone-sensitive induction of COX-2. Nuclear run-off assays showed that COX-2 transcription rate was repressed 25-40% by dexamethasone, while PGE2 release, COX activity, and COX-2 protein were totally repressed. At the mRNA level, complete repression of COX-2 was only observed at later (6 h) time points. Preinduced COX-2 mRNA was also potently repressed by dexamethasone, yet suppression of transcription by actinomycin D showed little effect. This dexamethasone-dependent repression involved a reduced COX-2 mRNA half-life, was blocked by actinomycin D or cycloheximide, and was antagonized by the steroid antagonist RU38486. Repression of IL-1beta-induced PGE2 release, COX activity, and COX-2 protein by actinomycin D was only effective within the first hour following IL-1beta treatment, while dexamethasone was effective when added up to 10 h later, suggesting a functional role for post-transcriptional mechanisms of repression. Following dexamethasone treatment, shortening of the average length of COX-2 mRNA poly(A) tails was observed. Finally, ligation of the COX-2 3'-UTR to a heterologous reporter failed to confer dexamethasone sensitivity. In conclusion, these data indicate a major role for post-transcriptional mechanisms in the dexamethasone-dependent repression of COX-2 that require de novo glucocorticoid receptor-dependent transcription and translation. This mechanism involves shortening of the COX-2 poly(A) tail and requires determinants other than just the 3'-UTR for specificity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cycloheximide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclooxygenase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dactinomycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dexamethasone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dinoprostone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hormone Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interleukin-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoenzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mifepristone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PTGS2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
32312-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Dactinomycin, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Dinoprostone, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Hormone Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Mifepristone, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9822711-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Repression of cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin E2 release by dexamethasone occurs by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms involving loss of polyadenylated mRNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, Dovehouse Street, London, SW3 6LY, United Kingdom. robert.newton@ic.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't