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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 275: R1812-R1821, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 6, R1812-R1821, December 1998

PGE2, via EP3 receptors, regulates brain nitric oxide synthase in the perinatal period

Isabelle Dumont1,2, Krishna G. Peri1, Pierre Hardy1, Xin Hou1, Ana Katherine Martinez-Bermudez3, Stéphane Molotchnikoff2, Daya R. Varma3, and Sylvain Chemtob1,3

1 Departments of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology, and Pharmacology, Research Center of Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montreal H3T 1C5; 3 Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal H3G 1Y6; and 2 Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada H3C 3J7

We tested the hypothesis that high prostaglandin levels during the perinatal period might regulate brain nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) expression. nNOS and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 mRNAs were higher in brain cortex and the periventricular area of newborn rats and pigs compared with adult brain. Nitric oxide synthase activity was also 2.5- to 4-fold higher in newborn than in adult brain. Administration of nonselective COX inhibitor ibuprofen or COX-2 inhibitor nimesulide every 8 h for 24 h to newborn rats and pigs reduced prostaglandin levels and caused comparable reductions in nNOS mRNA, protein, and activity to levels of adults; COX inhibitor-induced changes were prevented by cotreatment with PGE2 analog, 16,16-dimethyl-PGE2, and agonist for the EP3 receptor of PGE2, sulprostone, but not by PGI2 analog carbaprostacyclin, PGD2, EP1 receptor agonist 17-phenyl trinor-PGE2, and EP2 agonist butaprost. Concordant observations were made in vitro and revealed that nNOS expression (detected by NADPH diaphorase reactivity) mostly present in neurons of the deeper cortical layers was reduced by COX inhibitor, and this effect was prevented by EP3 agonist. In conclusion, high levels of PGE2 in neonatal brain contribute to the increased expression of nNOS by acting on EP3 receptors; this positive interaction between PGE2 and nNOS might be required physiologically for normal brain development.

cyclooxygenase-2; neuronal nitric oxide synthase; prostaglandin E2; newborn


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