title: The prostaglandin synthesis in marine fish thrombocyte.
abstract: 1. Prostaglandin (PG) syntheses from labelled highly unsaturated fatty acids were investigated in washed thrombocyte suspensions of four species of marine fish, flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), black seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli), black rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli), and red seabream (Pagrus major). 2. Synthesized PGs were analyzed by thin-layer radiochromatogram scanner and high-performance liquid chromatography. 3. When [1-(14)C]arachidonic acid (AA) was incubated with washer thrombocyte suspension, AA was mainly converted to PGF(2alpha), PGE2, and PGD2 in all species. 4. It was suggested that [1-(14)C]eicosapentaenoic acid was mainly converted in PGs only in black rockfish thrombocytes, and the metabolites were mainly PGE3 and PGD3. 5 However, [1-(14)C]docosahexaenoic acid was not cyclized into PGs in all the species.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kayama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005399:Fishes / Q000097:blood*; D005412:Flatfishes / Q000097:blood*; D005432:Flounder / Q000097:blood*; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015118:Eicosapentaenoic Acid; D015237:Dinoprost; D015232:Dinoprostone; D015230:Prostaglandin D2