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It is well known that acute lung infection and septic shock may impair hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction through the massive release from activated endothelium of vasodilating mediators such as prostaglandins and endogenous NO, and hence result in disproportionately high shunting and hypoxemia [ 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32].
Certain prostaglandins are required for female reproduction and kidney function [ 3 4 5 ] . Because of its important role in controlling levels of arachidonic acid (AA), much attention has been focused on the regulation of cPLA 2 activation, with particular emphasis on the role of its phosphorylation and Ca 2+-mediated translocation [ 6 7 8 ] .
Many naturally occurring or synthetic compounds are agonists for the PPARs [ 20 21 ] . For example, a number of prostaglandins are agonists for PPARγ . The prostaglandin, 15-deoxy-delta 12, 14-PGJ 2 (15d-PGJ 2 ), is the most potent endogenous PPARγ agonist known.
NSAIDs work, at least in part, by inhibiting cyclo-oxygenase, the enzyme that converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandins.
Cytosolic PLA 2 specifically hydrolyzes sn-2 arachidonate from phospholipid providing the precursors for many different lipid mediators including prostaglandins and leukotrienes [ 1 2 ] . These lipid metabolites play a role in acute inflammatory responses and also regulate normal physiological processes.