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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages 97-107Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10373
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prostaglandin E-2; lipopolysaccharide; neuronal death; NO; ROS
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Prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)), a product of the cyclooxygenation of arachidonic acid released from membrane phospholipids, plays a critical role in inflammatory neurodegenerative conditions. Despite its classic role as a proinflammatory molecule, exogenous PGE(2) was suggested to have protective roles against neuronal death, although the exact protective mechanisms of PGE(2) are not yet defined. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of exogenous PGE(2) on inflammatory neurotoxicity. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced neuronal toxicity, which was associated with terminal transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive neuronal death with increased caspase-3 activity. In neuron-glial coculture, LIPS markedly induced inducible nitric oxide synthase/nitric oxide (iNOS/NO) release from microglial cells, but not from neurons; however, LPS-induced oxidative stress such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), measured with 2,7-dichlorofluorescein diacetate oxidation, was increased in neurons, but not in microglial cells. Exogenous PGE(2) (1 mug/ml) rescued the neurons, reducing iNOS/NO release from microglial cells and ROS formation from neurons. PGE(2) has been known to increase intracelluar cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) levels. In this study, we found that intracellular cAMP elevating agents, forskolin, and cAMP analogue, db-cAMP and 8-Br-cAMP, also prevented LIPS-induced neuronal death. Thus, these results indicate that exogenous PGE(2) protects against LPS-induced neuronal apoptotic cell death through the intracellular cAMP system, and is associated with the modulation of NO from microglial cells and ROS production from neurons. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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