title: Prostaglandin and thromboxane production by rat decidual microsomes.
abstract: The preparation of a microsomal fraction from the decidual tissue of pregnant rat uteri is described. Incubation of such microsomes with a mixture of radiolabelled and cold arachidonic acid (51 micrometer) plus cofactors resulted in a 30% substrate conversion. Products were resolved into four peaks (A, B, C and D) by thin-layer chromatography. Combined gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and further thin-layer chromatography identified the products as PGF2 alpha (A); thromboxane B2 (B); a mixture of 6-OXO PGF1 alpha and PGE2 (C); PGD2 and PGE2 (D). PGE2 was the major product.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003656:Decidua / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011457:Prostaglandins D / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011457:Prostaglandins D; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D013931:Thromboxanes; D013929:Thromboxane B2