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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 272: E208-E211, 1997;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 272, Issue 2 E208-E211, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Prostaglandin F2alpha stimulates interleukin-6 synthesis via activation of PKC in osteoblast-like cells

O. Kozawa, A. Suzuki, H. Tokuda and T. Uematsu
Department of Pharmacology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.

In previous studies, we reported that prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) stimulates phosphoinositide hydrolysis by phospholipase C and phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis by phospholipase D in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. In the present study, we examined the effect of PGF2alpha on synthesis of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and the involvement of protein kinase C (PKC) activation in the IL-6 synthesis in these cells. PGF2alpha significantly stimulated IL-6 synthesis in a dose-dependent manner in the range between 10 nM and 10 microM. A PKC-activating phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), induced IL-6 synthesis. On the contrary, 4alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate, a PKC-nonactivating phorbol ester, had no effect. The synthesis of IL-6 stimulated by a combination of PGF2alpha and TPA was not additive. Staurosporine, an inhibitor for protein kinases that suppressed the TPA-induced IL-6 synthesis, significantly inhibited the PGF2alpha-induced IL-6 synthesis. Calphostin C, a highly specific PKC inhibitor, also suppressed the PGF2alpha-stimulated synthesis of IL-6. The effect of PGF2alpha on IL-6 synthesis in PKC-downregulated cells was much weaker than that in intact cells. These results strongly suggest that PGF2alpha induces IL-6 synthesis via PKC activation in osteoblast-like cells.


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