title: Comparison of arachidonate metabolism by alveolar macrophages from bighorn and domestic sheep.
abstract: We have defined the metabolites of arachidonic acid (AA) secreted by alveolar macrophages (AMs) of bighorn sheep and domestic sheep in response to three agents: calcium ionophore A23187, phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), and opsonized zymosan. Cells were labeled with [3H]AA prior to stimulation and 11 tritiated metabolites, including prostaglandins (PGs), thromboxanes (TXs), leukotrienes (LTs), and hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs), were detected and quantitated by high-performance liquid chromotography and radiometry. Zymosan stimulation resulted in the release of significantly elevated quantities (P less than 0.05), of LTB4, [5(S), 12(R)-dihydroxy-6,14-cis-8,10-trans-eicosatetraenoic acid], 5-HETE, [5(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid], and the nonenzymatic isomers of LTB4, [LTB I, 5(S),12(R)-6-trans-LTB4] and LTB II, [5(S), 12(S)-6-trans-LTB4], from domestic sheep AM when compared to bighorn sheep AM. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) stimulation released significantly elevated quantities (P less than 0.04), of TXB2, (thromboxane B2), HHT, [12(S)-12-hydroxy-5,8,10-heptadecaenoic acid], LTB I, LTB II, and 15-HETE, [15(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid] from domestic sheep AMs when compared to bighorn sheep AMs. However, after A23187 challenge, only 15-HETE was significantly elevated (P less than 0.04) in domestic sheep AMs when compared to bighorn sheep AMs. These clear differences in AA metabolism of AMs obtained from bighorn and domestic sheep in response to three different agonists suggest not only different control mechanisms for lung metabolism of AA in the two species, but also suggest that differences in the metabolites released may lead to quite different regulation of lung defense mechanisms in the two sheep species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-7040.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Silflow
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Foreyt
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Laegreid
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Liggitt
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Leid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D012756:Sheep / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D000001:Calcimycin; D015054:Zymosan; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate