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Departments of
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Microbiology and Immunology, and
Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
PGE2 is an endogenously synthesized inflammatory
mediator that is over-produced in chronic inflammatory disorders such
as allergic asthma. In this study, we investigated the regulatory
effects of PGE2 on mast cell degranulation and the
production of cytokines relevant to allergic disease. Murine bone
marrow-derived mast cells (BMMC) were treated with PGE2
alone or in the context of IgE-mediated activation. PGE2
treatment alone specifically enhanced IL-6 production, and neither
induced nor inhibited degranulation and the release of other mast cell
cytokines, including IL-4, IL-10, IFN-
, and GM-CSF. IgE/Ag-mediated
activation of BMMC induced the secretion of IL-4, IL-6, and GM-CSF, and
concurrent PGE2 stimulation synergistically increased mast
cell degranulation and IL-6 and GM-CSF, but not IL-4, production. A
similar potentiation of degranulation and IL-6 production by
PGE2, in the context of IgE-directed activation, was
observed in the well-established IL-3-dependent murine mast cell line,
MC/9. RT-PCR analysis of unstimulated MC/9 cells revealed the
expression of EP1, EP3, and EP4 PGE
receptor subtypes, including a novel splice variant of the
EP1 receptor. Pharmacological studies using PGE receptor
subtype-selective analogs showed that the potentiation of
IgE/Ag-induced degranulation and IL-6 production by PGE2 is
mediated through EP1 and/or EP3 receptors. Our
results suggest that PGE2 may profoundly alter the nature
of the mast cell degranulation and cytokine responses at sites of
allergic inflammation through an
EP1/EP3-dependent
mechanism.
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