Exogenous fatty acids and niacin on acute prostaglandin D-2 production in human myeloid cells

Abstract

Niacin activates HCA2 receptor that results in the release of PGD2. However, little is known on PGD2-producing cells and the role of fatty acids. Notably M-CSF macrophages exhibited a timely dependent PGD2 production upon niacin challenge. Short pretreatment of M-CSF macrophages with autologous postprandial TRLs induced the down-regulation of HCA2 gene and up-regulation of genes encoding COX1 and COX2 enzymes in a fatty acid-dependent manner. These effects were paralleled by a higher PGD2 production with postprandial TRL-SFAs. The niacin-mediated transcriptional activity of all genes involved in PGD2 biosynthesis was desensitized in a time-dependent manner by postprandial TRLs, leading to a decreased PGD2 release. In vivo, the net excursions of PGD2 in plasma followed similar fatty acid-dependent patterns as those found for PGD2 release in vitro. The predominant fatty acid class in the diet acutely modulates PGD2 biosynthetic pathway both in vitro and in vivo.