Developmental expression of functional cyclooxygenases in zebrafish.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-11-2002
Abstract
Study of the cyclooxygenases (COXs) has been limited by the role of COX-2 in murine reproduction and renal organogenesis. We sought to characterize COX expression and function in zebrafish (z). Full-length cDNAs of zCOX-1 and zCOX-2 were cloned and assigned to conserved regions of chromosomes 5 and 2, respectively. The deduced proteins are 67% homologous with their human orthologs. Prostaglandin (PG) E(2) is the predominant zCOX product detected by mass spectrometry. Pharmacological inhibitors demonstrate selectivity when directed against heterologously expressed zCOX isoforms. Zebrafish thrombocyte aggregation ex vivo and hemostasis in vivo are sensitive to inhibition of zCOX-1, but not zCOX-2. Both zCOXs were widely expressed during development, and knockdown of zCOX-1 causes growth arrest during early embryogenesis. zCOX-1 is widely evident in the embryonic vasculature, whereas zCOX-2 exhibits a more restricted pattern of expression. Both zCOX isoforms are genetically and functionally homologous to their mammalian orthologs. The zebrafish affords a tractable model system for the study of COX biology and development.
Volume
99
Issue
12
First Page
8418
Last Page
8423
ISSN
0027-8424
Published In/Presented At
Grosser, T., Yusuff, S., Cheskis, E., Pack, M. A., & FitzGerald, G. A. (2002). Developmental expression of functional cyclooxygenases in zebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99(12), 8418–8423. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.112217799
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
12011329
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division
Document Type
Article