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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
卷 288, 期 4, 页码 R897-R902出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00613.2004
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cyclooxygenase-3; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; lipopolysaccharide; NS398
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-50587] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-62372] Funding Source: Medline
Acetaminophen is a widely used antipyretic and analgesic drug whose mechanism of action has recently been suggested to involve inhibitory effects on prostaglandin synthesis via a newly discovered cyclooxygenase variant (COX-3). Because COX-3 expression is high in cerebral endothelium, we investigated the effect of acetaminophen on the prostaglandin production of cultured rat cerebral endothelial cells (CECs). Acetaminophen dose-dependently inhibited both basal and LPS-induced PGE(2) production in CECs with IC50 values of 15.5 and 6.9 mu M, respectively. Acetaminophen also similarly inhibited the synthesis of 6-keto-PGF(1 alpha) and thromboxane B-2. LPS stimulation increased the expression of COX-2 but not COX-1 or COX-3. In addition, the selective COX-2 inhibitor NS398 (1 mu M) was equally as effective as acetaminophen in blocking LPS-induced PGE(2) production. Acetaminophen did not influence the expression of the three COX isoforms and the inducible nitric oxide synthase. In LPS-stimulated isolated cerebral microvessels, acetaminophen also significantly inhibited PGE(2) production. Our results show that prostaglandin production in CECs during basal and stimulated conditions is very sensitive to inhibition by acetaminophen and suggest that acetaminophen acts against COX-2 and not COX-1 or COX-3. Furthermore, our findings support a critical role for cerebral endothelium in the therapeutic actions of acetaminophen in the central nervous system.
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