PMID:10969066

Citation	Takaku, K, Sonoshita, M, Sasaki, N, Uozumi, N, Doi, Y, Shimizu, T and Taketo, MM (2000) Suppression of intestinal polyposis in Apc(delta 716) knockout mice by an additional mutation in the cytosolic phospholipase A(2) gene. J. Biol. Chem. 275:34013-6
Abstract	Arachidonic acid is a precursor for biosynthesis of eicosanoids, including prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes, and lipoxins. Cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)) plays a key role in the release of arachidonic acid as the substrate of cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) or COX-2. We found that the level of cPLA(2) mRNA was markedly elevated in the polyps and correlated with the polyp size in the small intestine of the Apc(delta)(716) knockout mouse, a model for human familial adenomatous polyposis. To determine the role of cPLA(2) in intestinal tumorigenesis, we then introduced a cPLA(2) gene mutation into Apc(delta)(716) mice. In the compound mutant mice, the size of the small intestinal polyps was reduced significantly, although the numbers remained unchanged. These results provide direct genetic evidence that cPLA(2) plays a key role in the expansion of polyps in the small intestine rather than in the initiation process. In contrast, colonic polyps were not affected in either size or number. Interestingly, group X sPLA(2) was constitutively expressed in the colon at much higher levels than in the small intestine. These results suggest that in the colon, group X sPLA(2) supplies arachidonic acid in both the normal epithelium and the polyps even in the absence of cPLA(2).
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1074/jbc.C000585200
Keywords	Animals; Base Sequence; Cytosol/enzymology; DNA Primers; Genes, APC; Intestinal Polyps/enzymology; Intestinal Polyps/pathology; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mutation; Phospholipases A/genetics; RNA, Messenger/genetics
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