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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
Previously, the spin trapping agent phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) has been shown to decrease the level of nitric oxide synthase mRNA in vivo. This inhibition is suggested to be an underlying mechanism for PBN's wide variety of pharmacological actions in animal models. However, the determination of PBN's cellular pharmacological activities has not been carried out, but is necessary for the understanding of the effects in vivo. Since the known pharmacological effects of PBN are primarily anti-inflammatory in nature, in this study we determined the inhibitory activities of PBN against two inflammatory factors: inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and inducible cyclooxygenase (COX2). We show here that PBN decreases steady state COX2 mRNA level and COX2 catalytic activity in macrophage cell culture at supra-pharmacological concentrations. While PBN decreases iNOS mRNA, it does not inhibit iNOS catalytic activity, which is consistent with previous in vivo studies. We also studied nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB), a transcription factor that can rapidly activate the expression of genes involved in inflammatory, immune and acute phase responses. The binding of NF-kappaB to iNOS gene has been shown to be critical for iNOS gene expression, and the promoter region of COX2 gene contains NF-kappaB consensus sequence. We show that PBN inhibits lipopolysaccharide-mediated increase of NF-kappaB DNA binding activity with a lower concentration than that for the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), salicylate. Furthermore, we show that PBN inhibits COX2 catalytic activity, suggesting that PBN has an NSAID-like function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Anti-Inflammatory Agents..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic N-Oxides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclooxygenase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoenzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitrogen Oxides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nos2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Spin Labels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
1448
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Cyclic N-Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Nitrogen Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Shock, Septic, pubmed-meshheading:9824673-Spin Labels
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of NF-kappaB, iNOS mRNA, COX2 mRNA, and COX catalytic activity by phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN).
pubmed:affiliation
Free Radical Biology and Aging Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 Northeast, 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. yashige-kotake@ouhsusc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.