Journal: The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Article Title: Aspirin inhibition and recovery of cyclooxygenase activity and thromboxane biosynthesis in human megakaryocytes: a translational surrogate model
doi: 10.1016/j.jpet.2025.103762
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of aspirin on TXB 2 biosynthesis and kinetics of COX activity recovery in MEG-01 and CHRF-288-11 cells. (A, B) MK cells were treated with different concentrations of aspirin (0.1, 1, 3, 10, and 30 μ M) for 30 min, followed by TXB 2 measurement. The percentage of TXB 2 in aspirin-treated cells vs vehicle-treated cells as control is plotted. (A) MEG-01 and (B) CHRF-288-11. Results are expressed as a mean ± SEM of experiments performed in triplicates in MEG-01 ( n = 7) and CHRF-288-11 ( n = 3), respectively. IC 50 was determined by GraphPad Prism and calculated as 2.4 ± 0.5 and 2.8 ± 0.6 μ M (mean ± SEM.) for MEG-01 and CHRF-288-11, respectively. (C, D) MK cell lines were treated with 10 μ M aspirin or vehicle (0.1% ethanol, v/v) for 30 min and COX activity was determined. Washed cells were allowed to recover for 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours. TXB 2 levels in (C) MEG-01 and (D) CHRF-288-11 were measured after AA loading and expressed as % TXB 2 of aspirin vs control (vehicle-treated cells). Results are expressed as a mean± SEM. of separate experiments for MEG-01 ( n = 10) and for CHRF-288-11 ( n = 8), performed each in triplicate. AA, arachiconic acid; COX, cyclooxygenase; TX, thromboxane.
Article Snippet: MEG-01 cell line (CRL-2021) was obtained from ATCC and CHRF-288-11 cells kindly provided by Jean-Philippe Rosa (INSERM U1176).
Techniques: Activity Assay, Control