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Hayashi, Y. et al.

Interferon-gamma and interleukin 4 inhibit interleukin 1beta- induced delayed prostaglandin E(2)generation through suppression of cyclooxygenase-2 expression in human fibroblasts.

Interleukin (IL-)1 stimulates prostaglandin E(2)(PGE(2)) generation in fibroblasts, and preferential couplings between particular phospholipase A(2)(PLA(2)) and cyclooxygenase (COX) isozymes are implicated with IL-1-induced delayed PGE(2)generation. The regulatory effects of interferon (IFN)-gamma and IL-4 on IL-1beta- induced COX, PLA(2)isoforms expression and terminal delayed PGE(2)generation were examined in three types of human fibroblasts. These human fibroblasts constitutively expressed cytosolic PLA(2)(cPLA(2)) and COX-1 enzymes, and exhibited delayed PGE(2)generation in response to IL-1beta. IL-1beta also stimulated expression of cPLA(2)and COX-2 only, while constitutive and IL-1beta-induced type IIA and type V secretory PLA(2)s (sPLA(2)s) expression could not be detected. A COX-2 inhibitor and cPLA(2)inhibitor markedly suppressed the IL-1beta-induced delayed PGE(2)generation, while a type IIA sPLA(2)inhibitor failed to affect it. IFN-gamma and IL-4 dramatically inhibited the IL-1beta-induced delayed PGE(2)generation; these cytokines apparently suppressed IL-1beta-stimulated COX-2 expression and only weakly suppressed cPLA(2)expression in response to IL-1beta. These results indicate that IL-1beta-induced delayed PGE(2)generation in these human fibroblasts mainly depends on de novo induction of COX-2 and cPLA(2), irrespective of the constitutive presence of COX-1, and that IFN-gamma and IL-4 inhibit IL-1beta-induced delayed PGE(2)generation by suppressing, predominantly, COX-2 expression.[1]

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Interferon-gamma and interleukin 4 inhibit interleukin 1beta-induced delayed prostaglandin E(2)generation through suppression of cyclooxygenase-2 expression in human fibroblasts. Hayashi, Y., Kobayashi, M., Kuwata, H., Atsumi, G., Deguchi, K., Feng Wei, X., Kudo, I., Hasegawa, K. Cytokine (2000) [Pubmed]

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