Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

The cyclooxygenase-1/mPGES-1/endothelial prostaglandin EP4 receptor pathway constrains myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

  • Liyuan Zhu,
  • Chuansheng Xu,
  • Xingyu Huo,
  • Huifeng Hao,
  • Qing Wan,
  • Hong Chen,
  • Xu Zhang,
  • Richard M. Breyer,
  • Yu Huang,
  • Xuetao Cao,
  • De-Pei Liu,
  • Garret A. FitzGerald,
  • Miao Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09492-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibiting COX-1/2 is associated with an increased risk of heart failure. Here the authors show that mPGES-1, a therapeutic target downstream of COX enzymes, protects from cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury, limiting leukocyte-endothelial interactions and preserving microvascular perfusion partly via the endothelial EP4 receptor.