title: Production of arachidonic acid metabolites by endothelial cells in hyperoxia.
abstract: This study investigated the response of bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells to incubation in hyperoxia (95% O2-5% CO2). Changes in cell number and morphology, release of lactate dehydrogenase, and production of arachidonic acid metabolites were assessed during continuous exposure of confluent endothelial monolayers to air (air-5% CO2, "controls") or O2 (95% O2-5% CO2, "O2-exposed") for periods of 12-72 h. Control monolayer cell numbers remained constant (approximately 2,000,000 cells/flask), whereas the number of cells in O2-exposed monolayers decreased progressively to 30% of controls (P less than 0.01) by 72 h. As assessed by radioimmunoassay, both control and O2-exposed cells produced the prostacyclin metabolite, 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto-PGF1 alpha), and prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha), but no thromboxane metabolite (TxB2) was detected. The O2-exposed cells released significantly more 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and PGF2 alpha than control cells when apparent net production rates over the entire 72-h period were compared. In addition, both control and O2-exposed (48 h) endothelial monolayers released immunoreactive leukotriene B4 (LTB4) on stimulation with calcium ionophore (10 microM A23187). As with the cyclooxygenase products, O2-exposed cells released more immunoreactive LTB4 than did controls. Both cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid are released by cultured endothelial cells during the development of O2 toxicity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002452:Cell Count; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D010100:Oxygen