Cyclooxygenase-1 as the Main Source of Proinflammatory Factors After Sodium Orthovanadate Treatment
2015
Korbecki, Jan | Baranowska-Bosiacka, Irena | Gutowska, Izabela | Piotrowska, Katarzyna | Chlubek, Dariusz
Vanadium is a metal present in air pollution. Its compounds may have both anticancer and carcinogenic properties. Vanadium compounds are tested in treatment of diabetes and cancer. An important research direction aimed at better understanding of the mechanisms of action of the vanadium compounds is a more detailed insight into their impact on inflammatory reactions. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of micromolar concentrations of sodium orthovanadate, Na₃VO₄, on the activity and expression of cyclooxygenases: COX-1 and COX-2. PMA-activated THP-1 macrophages were incubated in vitro for 48 h with micromolar concentrations of sodium orthovanadate. As shown by an ELISA assay, sodium orthovanadate increases the quantity of prostaglandin E₂being released into the medium in a dose-dependent manner as well as impacts the quantity of the stable metabolite of thromboxane A₂: thromboxane B₂. The use of a COX-2 inhibitor, NS-398, revealed that this effect was independent of changes in the activity of COX-2. Western blotting analysis showed that sodium orthovanadate increased the expression of COX-2 when used with NS-398. Quantitative real-time PCR measurements of mRNA levels of genes PTGS1 and PTGS2 revealed no effect of the tested vanadium compound on the levels of analyzed transcripts.
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