title: Effects of inadequate vitamin E and/or selenium nutrition on the release of arachidonic acid metabolites in rat alveolar macrophages.
abstract: Effects of vitamin E and/or selenium (Se) deficiency on the secretion of arachidonic acid metabolites by zymosan-stimulated pulmonary alveolar macrophages (AM) were examined using cells from male Long-Evans hooded rats fed torula-yeast based diets with or without the supplementation of vitamin E (150 IU/kg) or Se (0.5 mg/kg). Alveolar macrophages obtained by lavage were purified by adherence and cultured for 4 h in Hank's balanced salt solution containing bovine serum albumin (0.1%) and zymosan (300 micrograms/ml). The arachidonic acid metabolites present in the culture supernatant were measured by radioimmunoassay. Altered vitamin E and Se nutrition had no effect on the number of cells or cell types recovered from the pulmonary airways. Alveolar macrophages derived from animals fed on diets deficient in vitamin E or Se or both nutrients secreted higher levels of prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane B2. Levels of both 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and leukotriene B4 were significantly increased only in the group fed the diet adequate in Se but deficient in vitamin E. Our data suggest that vitamin E and Se might play an important role to control the levels of several physiologically and pathologically important arachidonic acid metabolites.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Veterinary Science, University Park 16802.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Eskew
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarkower
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Scheuchenzuber
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Scholz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hildenbrandt
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000166:cytology; D051381:Rats; D012643:Selenium / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D014810:Vitamin E; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; C022022:5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D015054:Zymosan; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D012643:Selenium; D015232:Dinoprostone