title: Soybean lipoxygenase-catalyzed formation of lipoxin A and lipoxin B isomers from arachidonic acid via 5,15-dihydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid.
abstract: Soybean lipoxygenase converted arachidonic acid to a group of polar products (lambda max, 300-301 nm), which were increasingly formed during the continued incubation at 20 degrees C after the initial incubation (2 hrs, at 4 degrees C). These products were identified as lipoxin A and B isomers, based on the chromatographic and spectrometric analyses. In further chromatographic analyses, the lipoxin A and B isomers were separated into at least three isomers, respectively. The exposure of 5,15-dihydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid to the soybean lipoxygenase produced the identical product profile of chromatography, substantiating the intermediacy of 5,15-dihydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid in the soybean lipoxygenase-catalyzed formation of lipoxins. Based on these results, it is proposed that the conversion of arachidonic acid into lipoxins by soybean lipoxygenase may bear a mechanistic resemblance to the formation of lipoxins in the human leukocytes.
mesh_terms: D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007536:Isomerism; D015289:Leukotrienes; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D044045:Lipoxins; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D013025:Glycine max; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D015289:Leukotrienes; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D044045:Lipoxins; C040527:lipoxin A4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; C054539:5,15-dihydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid; C042651:lipoxin B4; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase