| Literature DB >> 15325243 |
Shilpa Choudhary1, Ashok Kumar, Raosaheb K Kale, Lawrence G Raisz, Carol C Pilbeam.
Abstract
We have shown that extracellular calcium [Ca(+2)](e) induces cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) production via an ERK signaling pathway in osteoblasts. In this study, we examined the roles of protein kinase C (PKC) and A (PKA) signaling pathways in the [Ca(+2)](e) induction of COX-2 in primary calvarial osteoblasts from mice transgenic for -371 bp of the COX-2 promoter fused to a luciferase reporter. Neither PKC specific inhibitors nor downregulation of the PKC pathway by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) affected the [Ca(+2)](e) stimulation of COX-2 mRNA or promoter activity. In contrast, PKA inhibitors, used at doses that inhibited forskolin-stimulated luciferase activity by 90%, reduced [Ca(+2)](e)-stimulated COX-2 mRNA expression and promoter activity by 80-90%. [Ca(+2)](e) also stimulated a 2- to 3-fold increase in cAMP production. Hence, the [Ca(+2)](e) induction of COX-2 mRNA expression and promoter activity was independent of the PKC pathway and dependent on the PKA signaling pathway.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15325243 DOI： 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.129
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN： 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575