Cytosolic Prostaglandin E Synthase Is Involved in c-Fos Expression in Rat Fibroblastic 3Y1 Cells

Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Y NakataniShuntaro Hara

Abstract

Cytosolic prostaglandin (PG) E synthase (cPGES/p23) plays a role in the biosynthesis of PGE2 and in the molecular chaperone machinery. Studies of knockout mice lacking cPGES/p23 have demonstrated that cPGES/p23 is essential in fetal mouse development. A cDNA microarray analysis revealed that a lack of cPGES/p23 decreases the expression of some immediate early genes, such as c-fos and activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3). Here we report the involvement of cPGES/p23 in c-Fos expression. A stable knockdown of cPGES/p23 in cultured fibroblasts not only reduced serum-induced c-Fos expression, but also decreased the phosphorylation of extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK). These results suggest that cPGES/p23 is involved in the activation of ERK to promote c-Fos expression.

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