title: Metabolism of oxygenated derivatives of arachidonic acid by Caco-2 cells.
abstract: Monolayers of Caco-2 cells, a human enterocyte cell line, were incubated separately with 3H8-labeled preparations of three different lipid mediators of inflammation: 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, and leukotriene B4. Both [3H8]5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic and [3H8]12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids were taken up and metabolized by Caco-2 cells, but [3H]leukotriene B4 remained unmetabolized in the incubation medium. [3H]5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid was esterified into cellular phospholipids (15%) and triglycerides (4%) but did not undergo beta-oxidation. When [3H]12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid was incubated with Caco-2 cells, 14% underwent two cycles of beta-oxidation to form [3H]8-hydroxyhexadecatrienoic acid, and 3% underwent three cycles of beta-oxidation to form [3H]6-hydroxytetradecadienoic acid, both of which were released into the media. [3H]12-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid was also esterified into cellular phospholipids (13%), but none was esterified into cellular triglycerides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Riehl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Stenson
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D004951:Esterification; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid