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  • Title: 16,16 Dimethyl prostaglandin E2 decreases the formation of collagen in fibrotic rat liver slices.
    Author: Peters KM, Snyder KF, Rush BD, Ruwart MJ, Henley KS.
    Journal: Prostaglandins; 1989 Apr; 37(4):445-56. PubMed ID: 2762555.
    Abstract:
    The effect of 16,16 dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (DMPG) on fibrogenesis was studied in slices from normal and fibrotic rat liver. Rats received a cirrhogenic diet for seven months; supplemented controls received a diet with the deficient nutrients restored. Slices from fibrotic livers incorporated more 14C-proline and produced more 14C-hydroxyproline in TCA precipitable proteins than slices from control livers. DMPG (10(-10) M) decreased the incorporation of labeled proline and the synthesis of labeled hydroxyproline in slices from fibrotic livers to the same extent, suggesting that DMPG did not affect the hydroxylation of proline per se. The magnitude of the DMPG induced decrease in labeled proline incorporation correlated with the hydroxyproline content in the liver (i.e. with increasing fibrosis there was a greater effect of DMPG: while in control rat liver slices, DMPG had no effect). DMPG did not change the size of the proline pool, its specific activity, or the activity of proline oxidase. We conclude that under these conditions of enhanced fibrogenesis, DMPG decreases the formation of collagen in vitro, possibly by lowering the incorporation of proline into collagen precursors. This may explain, at least in part, the inhibition of fibrogenesis by DMPG in vivo.
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