Y. Harada et al., DETECTION OF INDUCIBLE PROSTAGLANDIN-H SYNTHASE-2 IN CELLS IN THE EXUDATE OF RAT CARRAGEENAN-INDUCED PLEURISY, Biomedical research, 15(2), 1994, pp. 127-130
Pleurisy was induced in rats by intrapleural injection of 0.2 ml of 2%
lambda-carrageenin. Prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS)-2 was detected us
ing immunoblot analysis in cells of the pleural exudate 5 h after carr
ageenin injection, and waned at 19 h. PGHS-1 was also detected, but wa
s maintained at similar levels in cells before and after carrageenin i
njection. The level of PGHS-2 was markedly suppressed by pretreatment
of rats with anti-inflammatory dose of dexamethasone (3 mg/kg, i.p.) 2
h before carrageenin injection. Furthermore, only PGHS-1, but not PGH
S-2, was detected in the microsomal fraction of the lung, stomach and
kidney of pleurisy-affected and non-affected normal rats. These result
s suggest the involvement of PGHS-2 in the prostanoid formation in the
inflammatory site.