title: 5-Hydroxyeicosanoids selectively stimulate the human neutrophil 15-lipoxygenase to use endogenous substrate.
abstract: When human neutrophils, prelabeled with [3H]arachidonic acid, were incubated with 5S,15S-dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5,15-diHETE), a dose-dependent increase in the 15-lipoxygenase product [3H]-15-HETE was observed relative to untreated cells. Typically, a fivefold increase in [3H]-15-HETE formation was obtained upon exposure of these cells to 3 muM 5,15-diHETE. There was no appreciable enhancement of the 5-lipoxygenase metabolite [3H]-5-HETE. Product identities were confirmed by comparing retention times on straight- and reversed-phase HPLC with authentic standards, and RIA. Other 5-hydroxyeicosanoids, such as 5-HETE, 5-HETE methyl ester, and leukotriene B4(5S,12R-diHETE), were equally effective in stimulating the formation of [3H]-15-HETE, but exogenously added lipoxin A4, lipoxin B4, 15-HETE, and 12-HETE were much less potent, whereas stearic acid was ineffective. The diHETEs also showed a greater selectivity in activating the 15-lipoxygenase relative to the 5-lipoxygenase. A likely source of substrate for the 15- and 5-lipoxygenases is a pool of cell-associated but noncovalently bound arachidonic acid. In [3H]arachidonic acid-prelabeled neutrophils, the amount of free [3H]arachidonic acid ranged between 50 and 700 fmol/10(7) cells, whereas unlabeled neutrophils contained 100-2,200 pmol/10(7) cells of nonesterified arachidonic acid. The exogenously added hydroxyeicosanoids induce a 0.5-3% conversion of this substrate pool to product. These findings indicate that the 15-lipoxygenase in human neutrophils is a cryptic enzyme that needs to be stimulated in order to metabolize endogenous substrate. It is possible that 5-hydroxyeicosanoids may mimic an as yet unidentified physiological activator of the 15-lipoxygenase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Science, Washington, DC 20037.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Vanderhoek
mesh_terms: D001093:Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C034922:5,15-dihydroxy-6,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D001093:Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase