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Developmental Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Cerebral Vessels of Newborn Pig by Prostaglandin E2

Isabelle Dumont, Xin Hou, Pierre Hardy, Krishna G. Peri, Martin Beauchamp, Taline Najarian, Stéphane Molotchnikoff, Daya R. Varma and Sylvain Chemtob
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics November 1999, 291 (2) 627-633;
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We investigated whether prostaglandins regulate endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in the pig cerebral vasculature during the neonatal period. Prostaglandins, eNOS mRNA, eNOS protein, and NO production were higher in cerebral microvessels of newborn (1 day old) than in those of adult (6- to 8-month-old) pigs. The treatment of isolated cerebral microvessels of newborn animals with ibuprofen for 24 h reduced eNOS mRNA and nitrite production to levels in the adult; this effect of ibuprofen was prevented by concurrent treatment with prostaglandin (PG)E2 analog 16,16-dimethyl-PGE2, nonselective PGE2 receptor analog 11-deoxy PGE1, and prostaglandin EP3receptor agonists sulprostone and M&B 28,767 but was not modified by PGI2 analog carbaprostacyclin, PGD2, and EP1 receptor agonist 17-phenyl trinor PGE2. Correspondingly, 16,16-dimethyl-PGE2 and M&B 28,767 increased eNOS mRNA expression of adult microvessels to values in the newborn. Data similar to those with isolated cerebral vessels were obtained through histochemical analysis (NADPH-diaphorase positivity) of brain from newborn animals treated in vivo with ibuprofen in combination or not with sulprostone. Furthermore, substance P-induced NO-mediated cerebral vasorelaxation was decreased to adult values through the treatment of newborn pigs with ibuprofen; this effect was prevented by concomitant treatment with sulprostone. It is concluded that PGE2 regulates eNOS in newborn pig cerebral microvessels via EP3 receptors; this may be physiologically required during normal neurovascular development.

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  • Send reprint requests to: Sylvain Chemtob, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Pediatrics, Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Research Center of Höpital Sainte-Justine, 3175 Cöte Ste. Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 1C5.

  • ↵1 This study was supported by grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada, the Quebec Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation, the Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide à la Recherche, and the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec. P.H. and S.C. are recipients of Medical Research Council of Canada fellowship and scientist awards, respectively.

  • Abbreviations:
    eNOS
    endothelial nitric oxide synthase
    ASA
    acetylsalicylic acid
    PMSF
    phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride
    L-NMMA
    l-nitro-monomethyl arginine
    PG
    prostaglandin
    • Received May 17, 1999.
    • Accepted July 15, 1999.
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Developmental Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Cerebral Vessels of Newborn Pig by Prostaglandin E2

Isabelle Dumont, Xin Hou, Pierre Hardy, Krishna G. Peri, Martin Beauchamp, Taline Najarian, Stéphane Molotchnikoff, Daya R. Varma and Sylvain Chemtob
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics November 1, 1999, 291 (2) 627-633;

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Developmental Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Cerebral Vessels of Newborn Pig by Prostaglandin E2

Isabelle Dumont, Xin Hou, Pierre Hardy, Krishna G. Peri, Martin Beauchamp, Taline Najarian, Stéphane Molotchnikoff, Daya R. Varma and Sylvain Chemtob
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics November 1, 1999, 291 (2) 627-633;
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