Significant Roles of Inducible Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 in Angiogenesis in Rat Sponge Implants.
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- Majima Masataka
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Isono Masako
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Ikeda Yasuhiro
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Hayashi Izumi
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Hatanaka Ko
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Harada Yoshiteru
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Katsumata Osamu
- Department of Anatomy, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Yamashina Shohei
- Department of Anatomy, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Katori Makoto
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine
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- Yamamoto Shozo
- Department of Biochemistry, Tokushima University School of Medicine
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- Significant Roles of Inducible Cyclooxy
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Abstract
Angiogenesis in rat sponge implants, as determined from the concentration of hemoglobin in the sponge granuloma tissues, was gradually increased over a 14-day experimental period. The inducible cyclooxygenase COX-2 was detected in the sponge granuloma tissues at day 4 by Western blot analysis using specific mouse COX-2 antibody. Angiogenesis in the sponge implants was enhanced by daily topical injections of human recombinant basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) or human recombinant epidermal growth factor (EGF) (100 or 1000 ng/sponge/day) for 4 days. These treatments clearly enhanced the expression of COX-2 in the sponge granuloma tissues. In immunohistochemical studies, COX-2-positive staining was mainly observed in the endothelial cells of the neovasculature and in the fibroblasts of the granuloma capsule. Administration of the selective COX-2 inhibitor NS-398 (p.o., 3 mg/kg, 3 times a day) for 14 days significantly inhibited the angiogenesis. The angiogenesis enhanced with bFGF or EGF (day 4) was inhibited by administration of indomethacin or NS-398, both in the above regimen, and fell to the level obtained without growth factor treatment. These results suggest that COX-2 induced in the sponge granuloma tissues may participate in neovascularization through prostaglandin formation.
Journal
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- The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology
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The Japanese Journal of Pharmacology 75 (2), 105-114, 1997
The Japanese Pharmacological Society
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- CRID
- 1390282679262079616
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- NII Article ID
- 10008189447
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- NII Book ID
- AA00691188
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- COI
- 1:CAS:528:DyaK2sXntVKmtbg%3D
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- ISSN
- 13473506
- 00215198
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- NDL BIB ID
- 4326407
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- PubMed
- 9414024
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- en
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