title: Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis after metabolism of menadione by cultured porcine endothelial cells.
abstract: We have examined the effects of menadione on porcine aortic endothelial cell prostaglandin synthesis. Addition of 1-20 microM menadione caused a dose- and time-dependent inhibition of stimulated prostaglandin synthesis with an IC50 of 5 microM at 15 min. Concentrations greater than 100 microM menadione were necessary to increase 51Cr release from prelabeled cells. Recovery of enzyme inactivated by menadione required a 6-h incubation in 1% serum. In a microsomal preparation, menadione was shown to have no direct effect on conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins. In intact cells menadione caused only a 40% inhibition of the conversion of PGH2 to prostacyclin. Enzymes involved in the incorporation and the release of arachidonic acid were not affected by menadione (20 microM, 15 min). Menadione undergoes oxidation/reduction reactions in intact cells leading to partial reduction of oxygen-forming, reactive oxygen species. In our cells menadione was found to increase KCN-resistant oxygen consumption. Further, an increased accumulation of H2O2 was observed with a time course consistent with menadione-induced inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis. We conclude that menadione at sublethal doses caused inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis. The mechanism involves inactivation of PGH2 synthase by a reactive species resulting from metabolism of menadione by endothelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barchowsky
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Whorton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005609:Free Radicals; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D008861:Microsomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D005609:Free Radicals; D011453:Prostaglandins; D014812:Vitamin K; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D011464:Epoprostenol; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D015232:Dinoprostone