title: Selective inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase pathway in rat pulmonary alveolar macrophages by cigarette smoking.
abstract: Pulmonary alveolar macrophages from sham or cigarette-smoke-exposed rats were examined for their ability to transform exogenously added arachidonate to metabolites of lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase pathways. Synthesis of 5-HETE and leukotriene B4 was selectively inhibited by cigarette smoke exposure, whereas the formation of prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane B2 remained unchanged. Selective inhibition of the lipoxygenase pathway was further reflected by the reduced content of leukotriene B4 in bronchoalveolar fluid of smoke-exposed rats. These results suggest that lipoxygenase-derived products may play a unique role in smoking-induced pulmonary diseases.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D015232:Dinoprostone; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008264:Macrophages / Q000201:enzymology*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D012907:Smoking; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; C022022:5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D015232:Dinoprostone