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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
Prostaglandins are known as mediators in spinal nociceptive processing after peripheral inflammation. Cyclooxygenase isozymes Cox-1 and Cox-2 as enzymes essential for prostaglandin biosynthesis were therefore investigated in rat spinal cord. mRNA and protein of both enzymes was detected in cervical and lumbar sections of the spinal cord of normal animals. Enzyme activity of Cox-1 and Cox-2 could be determined by the use of specific inhibitors. Cox-2-immunoreactivity (IR) was found in the spinal cord of untreated rats in neurons of laminae II-III, motoneurons of lamina IX and in glial cells. Most prominent staining was observed in the nuclear envelope. Under an acute peripheral inflammatory stimulus a transient 2-fold increase in Cox-2 mRNA was noticed bilaterally in the lumbar spinal cord by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. This increase was reflected on a smaller scale at protein levels in Western blot analysis of spinal membrane preparations. In the chronic state of adjuvant-induced arthritis, Cox-2 levels were raised again significantly. Cox-2 might therefore be regarded as the Cox isozyme responsible for increased spinal prostanoid release in nociceptive processing under peripheral stimulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0065-2598
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
433
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
213-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Cyclooxygenase 1, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Hindlimb, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:9561138-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Cyclooxygenase-2 in the spinal cord: localization and regulation after a peripheral inflammatory stimulus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine IV, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article