Aspirin-triggered 15-epi-lipoxin A4 predicts cyclooxygenase-2 in the lungs of LPS-treated mice but not in the circulation: Implications for a clinical test

Nicholas S. Kirkby, Melissa V. Chan, Martina H. Lundberg, Karen A. Massey, William M B Edmands, Louise S. Mackenzie, Elaine Holmes, Anna Nicolaou, Timothy D. Warner, Jane A. Mitchell

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    Abstract

    Inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 increases cardiovascular deaths. Identifying a biomarker of COX-2 is desirable but difficult, since COX-1 and COX-2 ordinarily catalyze formation of an identical product, prostaglandin H2. When acetylated by aspirin, however, COX-2 (but not COX-1) can form 15(R)-HETE, which is metabolized to aspirin-triggered lipoxin (ATL), 15-epi-lipoxin A4. Here we have used COX-1-and COX-2-knockout mice to establish whether plasma ATL could be used as a biomarker of vascular COX-2 in vivo. Vascular COX-2 was low but increased by LPS (10 mg/kg; i.p). Aspirin (10 mg/kg; i.v.) inhibited COX-1, measured as blood thromboxane and COX-2, measured as lung PGE2. Aspirin also increased the levels of ATL in the lungs of LPS-treated wild-type C57Bl6 mice (vehicle: 25.5±9.3 ng/ml; 100 mg/kg: 112.0±7.4 ng/ml; P
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3938-3946
    Number of pages8
    JournalFaseb Journal
    Volume27
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2013

    Keywords

    • 15-HETE
    • COX-2 biomarker
    • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
    • Vascular inflammation

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