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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been shown to modulate cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression, but the mechanisms involved are controversial and may be cell specific. We show in this study that indomethacin (Indo), flurbiprofen (Flur), and the selective COX-2 inhibitor NS-398 induced COX-2 expression and markedly enhanced IL-1beta-induced COX-2 expression in human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells. These effects were not reversed by exogenous PGE(2), suggesting that they are prostanoid-independent. Indeed, PGE(2) also induced and enhanced IL-1beta-induced COX-2 expression. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha and PPARgamma (not PPARbeta) were expressed in HASM cells. PPARgamma activators ciglitizone (Cig) and 15-Deoxy-Delta(12,14)-PGJ(2) (15d-PGJ(2)), but not the PPARalpha activator WY-14643, mimicked the effect of NSAIDs on COX-2 expression. Treatment with Flur, NS-398, Cig, and 15d-PGJ(2) alone, but not Indo and WY-14643, elevated COX activity; however, neither enhanced IL-1beta-induced COX activity. Pretreatment with dexamethasone suppressed COX-2 expression, PGE(2) release, and COX activity induced by NS-398, Cig, IL-1beta, alone or in combination. Unlike IL-1beta, NS-398 and Cig did not cause NF-kappaB (p65) nuclear translocation, nor did they further enhance IL-1beta-induced NF-kappaB translocation, but they stimulated PPARgamma translocation. Indo, NS-398, Flur, and 15d-PGJ(2), but not WY-14643, induced transcriptional activity of a COX-2 reporter construct containing the peroxisome proliferator response element (PPRE) on their own and enhanced the effect of IL-1beta, but had no effect on a COX-2 reporter construct lacking the PPRE. The results suggest that COX-2 expression by NSAIDs is biologically functional, prostanoid-independent, and involves PPARgamma activation, and provide the first direct evidence that the PPRE in the promoter is required for NSAID-induced COX-2 expression.

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Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression by Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells: Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors