PUBLICATION
Prostaglandin E Synthases in Zebrafish
- Authors
- Pini, B., Grosser, T., Lawson, J.A., Price, T.S., Pack, M.A., and Fitzgerald, G.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-041206-2
- Date
- 2005
- Source
- Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 25(2): 315-320 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Pack, Michael
- Keywords
- prostaglandin E synthase, cyclooxygenase, zebrafish, Danio rerio, vascular biology
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Blood Vessels/embryology
- Blood Vessels/enzymology
- Blood Vessels/growth & development
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cyclooxygenase 1
- Cyclooxygenase 2
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Intramolecular Oxidoreductases/biosynthesis
- Intramolecular Oxidoreductases/genetics*
- Isoenzymes/biosynthesis
- Isoenzymes/genetics
- Kidney/embryology
- Kidney/enzymology
- Kidney/growth & development
- Larva
- Microsomes/enzymology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Organ Specificity
- Phylogeny
- Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/biosynthesis
- Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/genetics
- Prostaglandins E/biosynthesis*
- Semicircular Canals/embryology
- Semicircular Canals/enzymology
- Semicircular Canals/growth & development
- Zebrafish/growth & development
- Zebrafish/metabolism*
- Zebrafish Proteins/biosynthesis
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 15576635 Full text @ Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.
Citation
Pini, B., Grosser, T., Lawson, J.A., Price, T.S., Pack, M.A., and Fitzgerald, G.A. (2005) Prostaglandin E Synthases in Zebrafish. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.. 25(2):315-320.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Prostaglandin E synthases (PGESs) are being explored as antiinflammtory drug targets as alternatives to cyclooxygenase (COX)-2. Located downstream of the cyclooxygenases, PGESs catalyze PGE2 formation, and deletion of microsomal (m)-PGES-1 abrogates inflammation. We sought to characterize the developmental expression of COX and PGES in zebrafish. METHODS AND RESULTS: We cloned zebrafish cytosolic (c) and m-PGES orthologs and mapped them to syntenic regions of chromosomes 23 and 5. cPGES was widely expressed during development and was coordinately regulated with zCOX-1 in the inner ear, the pronephros, and intestine. COX-2 and mPGES-1 exhibited restricted expression, dominantly in the vasculature of the aortic arch. However, the enzymes were anatomically segregated within the vessel wall. Experiments with antisense morpholinos and with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs suggest that these genes may not be critical for development. CONCLUSIONS: mPGES-1 is developmentally coregulated with COX-2 in vasculature. Given the high fecundidity and translucency of the zebrafish, this model may afford a high throughput system for characterization of novel PGES inhibitors.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping