PMID: 9174249May 20, 1997Paper

Prostaglandin uptake and catabolism by the choroid plexus during development in sheep

Brain Research. Developmental Brain Research
N KrunicF Coceani

Abstract

We have previously reported that prostaglandin(PG) E2 levels in sheep cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are high prenatally and abate rapidly after birth. This event may contribute to the establishment of continuous breathing. To explain this change, we have examined PG disposal mechanisms in the perinatal and adult (pregnant and non-pregnant animal) sheep brain by measuring the capacity of the isolated choroid plexus to concentrate [3H]PGF2alpha and [3H]PGE2. At 0.9 gestation, [3H]PGF2alpha uptake (expressed as the tissue-to-medium ratio, T/M) attained a steady-state by 15 min and was maintained thereafter (T/M at 60 min, 5.6 +/- 0.6; n = 16). Likewise, [3H]PGE2 was taken up by the tissue, but the actual accumulation was smaller (T/M at 60 min, 2.6 +/- 0.2; n = 8). Thin-layer radiochromatographic analysis of the tissue following incubation with [3H]PGF2alpha showed that 55 +/- 4% (n = 10) of radioactivity migrated as the 15-keto-13,14-dihydro metabolite. [3H]PGF2alpha uptake decreased upon treatment with probenecid (1 mM) (T/M, 2.5 +/- 0.2; n = 10) or after adding unlabelled PGF2alpha to the medium (1-60 microM) (T/M at 60 microM, 1.8 +/- 0.1; n = 13). The yield of labelled metabolite was also lower when using excess PGF2alpha (14% of...Continue Reading

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