Abstract
1. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression and activity in response to pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF alpha and IFN gamma was evaluated in the colonic epithelial cell line HT29 and the airway epithelial cell line A549. 2. TNF alpha induced concentration- and time-dependent upregulation of COX-2 mRNA, protein and prostaglandin (PG)E(2) synthesis. 3. Co-stimulation of TNF alpha with IFN gamma resulted in reduced COX-2 mRNA and protein expression. 4. IFN gamma had no effect on the stability of TNF alpha-induced COX-2 mRNA. 5. TNF alpha-induced PGE(2) biosynthesis was significantly enhanced by the simultaneous addition of IFN gamma and was COX-2 dependent. 6. The combination of IFN gamma and TNF alpha induced the microsomal prostaglandin E synthase (mPGES), comensurate with the enhanced PGE(2) synthesis. 7. These results suggest that, in terms of PGE(2) biosynthesis, IFN gamma plays a negative regulatory role at the level of COX-2 expression and a positive regulatory role at the level of mPGES expression. This may have important implications for the clinical use of IFN gamma in inflammatory diseases.
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