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Objective and Design: To assess prostaglandin (PG) E2 production by osteoblasts during the mineralizing phase after interleukin (IL)-1β stimulation, using an in vitro system of rat calvarial cells cultured for 21 days.¶Methods: The cells, which reached confluence after 3 days, were designated day 0 cells. Culture was continued for a further 21 days after confluence. The cells on the 21st day of the culture were designated day 21 cells.¶Results: The PGE2 concentration in the medium of the day 21 cells was increased 72 h after IL-1β treatment, and reached a peak level approximately 1,400 times that of the day 0 cells 6 h after IL-1β treatment. We examined the effects of IL-1β on PGE2 production and changes in the relevant enzyme activities, and found that the activities of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2), type II secretory PLA2 (sPLA2) and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 in the day 21 cells were increased. Both selective COX-2 inhibitor and cPLA2 inhibitor abolished PGE2 generation, whereas an sPLA2 inhibitor partially inhibited it. Taken together, these results indicate that COX-2 and cPLA2 play pivotal roles and sPLA2 is involved in IL-1β-stimulated PGE2 production by these cells. Furthermore, we found that IL-1β treatment induced PGE synthase activity and this correlated well with PGE2 production.¶Conclusion: Augmented PGE2 production by mineralizing osteoblasts after IL-1β treatment, and the involvement of IL-1β-induced cPLA2, sPLA2, COX-2 and PGE synthase activities in this phenomenon were demonstrated.
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Received 28 May 1999; returned for first revision 24 June 1999; returned for final revision 1 November 1999; accepted by M. Katori 8 November 1999.
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Higashi, S., Ohishi, H. & Kudo, I. Augmented prostaglandin E2 generation resulting from increased activities of cytosolic and secretory phospholipase A2 and induction of cyclooxygenase-2 in interleukin-1β-stimulated rat calvarial cells during the mineralizing phase. Inflamm. res. 49, 102–111 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s000110050566
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