title: Stimulation of the 15-lipoxygenase in activated polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Influence of lipoxygenase inhibitors and hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid derivatives.
abstract: Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) have previously been reported to stimulate the relatively inactive 15-lipoxygenase in A23187-activated human neutrophils to metabolize exogenously added arachidonic acid to 15-HETE. Several aspects of this HETE-induced activation process were examined. Pretreatment of intact PMNs with 3-20 microM 15-HETE, A23187 and the 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor NDGA (or the dual cyclooxygenase/lipoxygenase inhibitor BW755C) followed by [14C]arachidonic acid addition resulted in an unexpected synergistic activation of the cryptic 15-lipoxygenase activity. The ability of several HETE derivatives or analogues to stimulate the inactive 15-lipoxygenase was also investigated. The presence of the hydroxyl group but not its position was essential since 5-, 12- and 15-HETE were approximately equipotent and about ten times more effective than arachidonic acid. 5-HETE was more potent than 5-HETE methyl ester which suggested that a free carboxyl group was important. Both 5-HPETE and 5.15-diHETE were found to be less potent than 5-HETE. The C18 hydroxy fatty acid analogues 9- and 13-HODE were the least effective activators of the PMN 15-lipoxygenase activity that were tested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Vanderhoek
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Wilhelmi
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ekborg
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Karmin
mesh_terms: D019377:12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; D001093:Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D000001:Calcimycin; C022022:5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; D019377:12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; C025984:15-hydroxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid; D001093:Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase