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. 1995 Dec;116(7):2903–2908. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb15943.x

Investigation of the inhibitory effects of PGE2 and selective EP agonists on chemotaxis of human neutrophils.

R A Armstrong 1
PMCID: PMC1909222  PMID: 8680723

Abstract

1. The aims of this study were to investigate the inhibitory effects of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on chemotaxis of N-formyl-methionyl-leucine-phenylalanine (FMLP)-stimulated human neutrophils, and to test the hypothesis that cyclic AMP is the second messenger involved. For this purpose, the inhibitory effect of selective EP agonists, and the modulatory effects of the adenylate cyclase inhibitor, SQ 22536, the protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitors H-89 and Rp-cAMPs, and the type IV phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors, rolipram and Ro20-1724 have been examined. 2. Chemotaxis has been measured using blindwell chambers. When human neutrophils were stimulated with FMLP (100 nM), PGE2 inhibited chemotaxis in a concentration-dependent manner (0.01-10 microM), with an EC50 of 90 +/- 24.5 nM, a maximum effect ranging from 45-75% and a mean inhibition of 64.5 +/- 2.4%. 3. The EP2-receptor agonists, 11-deoxy PGE1, butaprost and AH 13205 also inhibited chemotaxis. The order of potency of these agonists was PGE2 > butaprost (EC50 = 106.4 +/- 63 nM) > 11-deoxy PGE1 (EC50 = 140.9 +/- 64.7 nM) > AH 13205 (EC50 = 1.58 +/- 0.73 microM). Correlation of the ability of EP2 agonists to increase cyclic AMP and to inhibit chemotaxis was poor (r = 0.38). 4. The IP agonist, cicaprost gave similar increases in cyclic AMP to those achieved with PGE2, yet produced 50% of the maximum inhibition of chemotaxis observed with PGE2. 5. Slight potentiation of the inhibitory effects of PGE2 after type IV PDE block was observed with rolipram (EC50 for PGE2 = 57.2 +/- 5.9; 35.2 +/- 6.8 nM) but not Ro20-1724 (EC50 for PGE2 = 216.0 +/- 59.7; 97.8 +/- 50.6 nM). Type IV PDE inhibitors are themselves potent inhibitors of chemotaxis with EC50 values of 23.0 +/- 2.3 and 73.6 +/- 10.3 nM for rolipram and Ro20-1724, respectively. 6. Inhibition of cyclic AMP production with the adenylate cyclase inhibitor SQ 22,536 (0.1 mM) failed to antagonize inhibition of chemotaxis by PGE2 (EC50s for PGE2 of 57.2 +/- 5.9 and 56.8 +/- 27.3 nM, in the absence and presence of SQ 22,536, respectively) despite a reduction in the increase in cyclic AMP induced by PGE2. 7. Inhibition of PKA with either H-89 (10 microM) or Rp cyclic AMPS (10 microM) similarly failed to antagonize inhibition of chemotaxis by PGE2; EC50 for PGE2 of 90 +/- 40 and PGE2 + H-89 60 +/- 17 nM; PGE2 216.0 +/- 58.7 and PGE2 + Rp cyclic AMP 76.9 +/- 14.7 nM. 8. Of the two PKA inhibitors tested, H-89 (10 microM) and Rp cyclic AMPS (10 microM), the more effective inhibitor of PGE2-induced inhibition of neutrophil superoxide anion generation was H-89 (EC50s for PGE2 were 0.36 +/- 0.1 and > 10 microM, respectively). We have previously shown this to be a cyclic AMP-dependent effect of PGE2. 9. Confirmation of block of PKA by H-89 was suggested by the finding that H-89 blocked inhibition of superoxide anion generation observed with the type IV PDE inhibitors rolipram and Ro20-1724; EC50s of 12.9 +/- 8.9 nM for rolipram alone and rolipram+H-89 > 1 microM; Ro20-1724 alone 59.5 +/- 28.1 nM and Ro20-1724 + H-89 > 1 microM. 10. The results suggest that inhibition of chemotaxis by PGE2 and EP2 agonists is not mediated by increased neutrophil cyclic AMP levels.

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