Abstract
Agonists of the binding site for secretory phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)) potentiate glutamate-induced neuronal cell death in primary cell cultures and in vivo (Kolko et al. [1996] J. Biol. Chem. 271:32722; Kolko et al. [1999] Neurosci. Lett. 274:167]. Here, we tested the hypothesis that COX-2 expression participates in the brain response to sPLA(2). sPLA(2)-OS(2), a selective ligand of a neuronal sPLA(2)-binding site, was injected into the rat striatum, and early-response gene expression was monitored by in situ hybridization using (35)S-radiolabeled oligonucleotide probes and immunohistochemistry. An up-regulation of COX-2, c-fos, and c-jun, but not COX-1, was observed around the lesion as well as in the neocortex 4 hr after the injection. Hippocampal up-regulation of COX-2 was seen in dentate gyrus 8 hr after injection. When glutamate was injected, up-regulation of the early-response genes peaked after 2 hr. Our studies showed 1) that sPLA(2) selectively induced neuronal COX-2; 2) that this induction was delayed (4 hr after injection of sPLA(2)) compared with that elicited by glutamate (2 hr after injection), suggesting different signaling; and 3) that c-fos and c-jun were induced around the infarct area as soon as 2 hr after injection, but in other aspects followed a time course similar to that of COX-2. We conclude that sPLA(2) may modulate neuronal COX-2 expression through mechanisms that differ from those of glutamate-induced COX-2 expression.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Neuroscience Research |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 169-77 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 0360-4012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2002 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Corpus Striatum
- Cyclooxygenase 1
- Cyclooxygenase 2
- Genes, fos
- Genes, jun
- Glutamic Acid
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Isoenzymes
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Neurons
- Phospholipases A
- Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Time Factors
- Up-Regulation