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  • Title: Effect of taxol and taxotere on gene expression in macrophages: induction of the prostaglandin H synthase-2 isoenzyme.
    Author: Moos PJ, Muskardin DT, Fitzpatrick FA.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1999 Jan 01; 162(1):467-73. PubMed ID: 9886421.
    Abstract:
    Induction of genes encoding cytokines or other, unidentified proteins may contribute to the pharmacological effects of taxol. We hypothesized that prostaglandin H synthase-2 (PGHS-2) was one of the unidentified genes induced by taxol. Taxol alone or taxol plus IFN-gamma increased PGE2 formation, PGHS-2 protein expression, and PGHS-2 mRNA expression in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages. The kinetics for mRNA induction, protein expression, and catalysis were self-consistent. A selective inhibitor of PGHS-2 blocked PGE2 formation by cells incubated with taxol; a selective inhibitor of PGHS-1 had no effect. A glucocorticoid blocked the induction of mRNA, the expression of PGHS-2 protein, and the formation of PGE2. Neither taxol alone nor taxol plus IFN-gamma altered the expression of the PGHS-1 isoenzyme in RAW 264.7 cells. Taxotere, an analogue that stabilizes microtubules as potently as taxol, did not alter the expression of PGHS-2, implying that its induction in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages did not originate from microtubule stabilization. Taxol and taxotere each induced PGHS-2 expression in human monocytes suspended in 10% human serum. However, human monocytes suspended in 10% bovine serum responded only to LPS, not to taxol or taxotere, implying that they act independently of the LPS-mimetic process that is prominent in mice. Taxol induced PGHS-2 in human and murine monocytes via a p38 mitogen-associated protein kinase pathway. The inclusion of PGHS-2 among the early response genes induced in leukocytes may be relevant to the beneficial and adverse effects encountered during taxol administration.
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