RGD Reference Report - Expression of prostaglandin E2 receptor subtypes, EP2 and EP4, in the rat hippocampus after cerebral ischemia and ischemic tolerance. - Rat Genome Database

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Expression of prostaglandin E2 receptor subtypes, EP2 and EP4, in the rat hippocampus after cerebral ischemia and ischemic tolerance.

Authors: Choi, JS  Kim, HY  Chun, MH  Chung, JW  Lee, MY 
Citation: Choi JS, etal., Cell Tissue Res. 2006 May;324(2):203-11. Epub 2006 Jan 26.
RGD ID: 10043375
Pubmed: PMID:16437207   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1007/s00441-005-0121-0   (Journal Full-text)

We investigated the distribution and time course of expression of two subtypes of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) receptors, EP2 and EP4, in a rat model of cerebral ischemia and ischemic tolerance. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to either lethal global ischemia (10 min) with or without sublethal ischemic preconditioning (3 min), or ischemia only (3 min). A short 3-min cerebral ischemia and a 3-min ischemia followed by a second lethal ischemia enhanced the expression of EP2 and EP4 receptors in CA1 pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus. In tolerance-acquired CA1 neurons, the immunoreactivities of EP2 and EP4 were upregulated after 4 h and 12 h, respectively. The immunoreactivities were most prominent at 3 days and were sustained for at least 14 days, consistent with results of immunoblotting experiments. However, immunoreactivities for these PGE(2) receptors increased in reactive glial cells in the vulnerable CA1 and hilar regions of rats subjected to lethal ischemia without ischemic preconditioning. Most of the EP2 immunoreactivity occurred in microglial cells and some astrocytes, whereas increased immunoreactivity for EP4 was found only in astrocytes. These data suggest that ischemia and the induction of ischemia tolerance have different regulatory effects on the expression of EP2 and EP4 receptors. Moreover, PGE(2) may exert its unique pathophysiological functions in relation to delayed neuronal death and ischemic tolerance induction in the rat hippocampus via specific PGE(2) receptors.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
transient cerebral ischemia  ISOPtger4 (Rattus norvegicus)10043375; 10043375protein:increased expression:hippocampus (rat)RGD 
transient cerebral ischemia  IEP 10043375protein:increased expression:hippocampus (rat)RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ptger4  (prostaglandin E receptor 4)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Ptger4  (prostaglandin E receptor 4 (subtype EP4))

Genes (Homo sapiens)
PTGER4  (prostaglandin E receptor 4)


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