doi: 10.1161/hs1001.096057
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Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor NS-398 Protects Neuronal Cultures From Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Neurotoxicity
From the Center for Clinical and Molecular Neurobiology (E.A., C.F., M.E.R., C.I.), Department of Neurology, and the Department of Neuroscience (J.M.D., M.E.R., C.I.), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Correspondence to C. Iadecola, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Box 295 UMHC, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. E-mail iadec001{at}tc.umn.edu
Background and Purpose—— The prostanoid-synthesizing enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is markedly upregulated after cerebral ischemia and may participate in the mechanisms by which postischemic inflammation contributes to the late stages of ischemic brain injury. In the present study, we sought to provide additional evidence for a role of COX-2 in the mechanisms of neurotoxicity associated with inflammation.
Methods—— Nine-day-old neuronal-glial cultures, prepared from the cerebral cortex of newborn C57BL/6J mice, were exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a potent proinflammatory agent. The contribution of COX-2 was investigated by using the COX-2 inhibitor NS-398.
Results—— LPS produced a dose-dependent (0.001 to 10 µg/mL) and selective neuronal death that was well developed 72 hours after treatment. The effect was associated with a marked increase in the concentration of the COX reaction product prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and of the cytokine tumor necrosis factor-
(TNF-). NS-398 (10 µmol/L) blocked the PGE2 increase, attenuated the TNF- increase, and prevented the neuronal death produced by LPS. TNF--blocking antibodies attenuated LPS-induced neuronal death, but the protection was less pronounced than that afforded by NS-398. LPS failed to elevate PGE2 or to produce cell death in neuron-enriched cultures, suggesting that glial cells are required for these effects.
Conclusions—— COX-2, in part through TNF--related mechanisms, contributes to LPS-induced neuronal death. The data support the hypothesis that COX-2, in addition to its role in glutamate excitotoxicity, participates in the cytotoxicity associated with inflammation.
Key Words: cerebral ischemia • cytokines • inflammation • lipopolysaccharides • neurons • mice
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