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Zhou Y, Wang ZX, Tang MP, Yao CJ, Xu WJ, Wang LY, Qiao ZD: Nicotine induces cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin E (2) expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Int Immunopharmacol. 2010 Apr;10(4):461-6. Epub 2010 Jan 14.
Nicotine is a major component of cigarette smoking which may be involved in the progress of atherogenesis. In order to explain the mechanism of nicotine-induced endothelium dysfunction, we investigated the effects of nicotine on cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Nicotine treatment increased the expressions of COX-2 at mRNA and protein level in a dose-dependent manner, following prostaglandin E (2) (PGE (2)) release enhancement. Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC, NF-kappaB inhibitor) and alpha-Bungarotoxin (alpha-Btx, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist) attenuated the nicotine-induced COX-2 expression and PGE (2) production. Furthermore, nicotine-induced ICAM-1 expression was reduced by NS-398 (selective COX-2 inhibitor). Taken together, the present study demonstrated that nicotine-induced COX-2 expression through NF-kappaB activation which mediated by nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and the induction of COX-2 was related to ICAM-1 expression. |
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