title: On the relationship between leukotriene and lipoxin production by human neutrophils: evidence for differential metabolism of 15-HETE and 5-HETE.
abstract: Lipoxygenase (LO) products generated by human PMN were examined utilizing a gradient-HPLC and rapid spectral detector which permitted continuous UV-spectral monitoring of leukotrienes, lipoxins and related oxygenated products of arachidonic acid. When exposed to the ionophore A23187, PMN generated LTB4 and its omega-oxidation products as well as LXA4, LXB4, and 7-cis-11-trans-LXA4 from endogenous sources. Addition of 15-HETE changed the profile of products generated by activated PMN and led to a time- and dose-dependent increase in lipoxins and related compounds while the production of LTB4 and its omega-oxidation products was inhibited. Results of time-course and radiolabel studies revealed that 15-HETE is rapidly transformed within 15 s to 5,15-DHETE and conjugated tetraene-containing products, and that the inhibition of leukotriene formation followed a similar time-course. In contrast, PMN did not generate either lipoxins or related products from 5-[3H]HETE, nor did 5-HETE block leukotriene formation. Stimulated PMN generated 5,15-DHETE from exogenous 5-HETE, while in the absence of ionophore, 5-HETE was transformed to 5,20-HETE. These results indicate that PMN can generate lipoxins and related products from endogenous sources and that 15-HETE and 5-HETE are transformed by different routes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Serhan
mesh_terms: D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000097:blood* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000097:blood; D015289:Leukotrienes / Q000097:blood*; D044045:Lipoxins; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D015289:Leukotrienes; D044045:Lipoxins; C040527:lipoxin A4; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D000001:Calcimycin; C022022:5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; C025984:15-hydroxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid; C042651:lipoxin B4