title: Leukotriene C4 uses a probenecid-sensitive export carrier that does not recognize leukotriene B4.
abstract: The export of leukotriene (LT) C4 from human eosinophils, a carrier-mediated process that is temperature-dependent and saturable, was characterized further in eosinophils and in two human leukemia cell lines that do not present an intact 5-lipoxygenase pathway. In eosinophils, KG-1 cells, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-differentiated HL-60 cells, the respective Q10 values for temperature-dependent LTC4 export were 3.7, 3.3, and 3.4 and for energy of activation were 28.2 kcal/mol, 23.0 kcal/mol, and 27.8 kcal/mol (1 kcal = 4.18 kJ). When human eosinophils, KG-1 cells, and DMSO-differentiated HL-60 cells were preloaded with defined amounts of intracellular LTC4 by incubation with LTA4 and with incremental amounts of a glutathione conjugate, S-dinitrophenyl glutathione (GS-DNP) by sequential incubation with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, GS-DNP inhibited the export of LTC4 in a dose-dependent manner. By plotting the ratio of total GS-DNP (cell retained plus released) to the sum of total GS-DNP plus total LTC4 against the percentage inhibition of LTC4 release, IC40 values of 0.839, 0.803, and 0.841 were obtained for eosinophils, KG-1 cells, and DMSO-differentiated HL-60 cells, respectively. When cells preloaded with LTC4 were resuspended in incremental concentrations of the organic acid transport inhibitor, probenecid, there was a dose-dependent decrease in LTC4 release; GS-DNP and probenecid inhibited LTC4 release in a cumulative fashion, whereas neither inhibited the release of LTB4 from preloaded nondifferentiated HL-60 cells. Therefore, LTC4 export from cells of bone marrow origin occurs through a probenecid-sensitive membrane carrier shared by other glutathione conjugates and distinct from the LTB4 carrier export system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Atkins
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Austen
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011339:Probenecid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013189:SRS-A / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D013189:SRS-A; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D005978:Glutathione; D011339:Probenecid