title: In vivo generation of 5-lipoxygenase products in frogs and toads.
abstract: Eicosanoid production by inflammatory cells which resulted from infection of the peritoneal cavity of Rana catesbeiana and Bufo americanus was studied after addition of exogenous arachidonic acid and for metabolites generated in vivo. From exogenous substrate, the cells of Rana catesbeiana produced substantial amounts of 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, leukotriene B4, the non-enzymatic isomers of leukotriene B4 and leukotriene C4. From endogenous substrate, 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and leukotriene B4 were produced. Cells from Bufo americanus produced leukotriene B4 and 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, from both exogenous and endogenous substrate. These observations of in vivo eicosanoid production confirm the participation of 5-lipoxygenase activity in the inflammatory response to infection.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002025:Bufonidae / Q000502:physiology*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011892:Rana catesbeiana / Q000502:physiology*; D013189:SRS-A / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D013189:SRS-A; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase