Cultured endothelial cells increase their capacity to synthesize prostacyclin following the formation of a contact inhibited cell monolayer
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Physiology
- Vol. 114 (2), 179-183
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1041140206
Abstract
The synthesis of the prostaglandins (PG), prostacyclin (PGI2), PGE2, and thromboxane A2 (TXA2), has been investigated in actively growing and contact-inhibited bovine aortic endothelial cell cultures. Cells were stimulated to synthesize prostaglandins by exposure to exogenous arachidonic acid or to the endoperoxide PGH2 and by the liberation of endogenous arachidonic acid from cellular lipids with melittin or ionophore A23187. Increased capacity of the cells to synthesize PGI2 and PGE2 was observed as a function of time in culture, regardless of the type of stimulation. TXA2 production increased with time only upon stimulation of the cells with ionophore A23187. This increased PG synthetic capacity was independent of cell density since it was mainly observed in confluent, nondividing endothelial cell cultures. The fact that increased PGI2 production in confluent cells was also observed with PGH2, a direct stimulator of PGI2 synthetase, implies that this process is independent of the arachidonate concentration within the cells or in the culture medium. This increased capacity is likely to reflect an increased activity of the PG synthetase system associated with the formation of a contact inhibited endothelial cell monolayer. A similar time-dependent increase in the PGI2 production capacity was also observed during growth of cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells.Keywords
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