title: Biosynthesis of peptidyl leukotrienes and other lipoxygenase products by rat pancreatic islets. Comparison with macrophages and neutrophils.
abstract: Biochemical evidence in support of a role for arachidonic acid 5-lipoxygenase activity in pancreatic islet insulin secretion has been obtained. Peptidyl leukotriene metabolism was studied in rat islets using a dual-labeling technique in extended culture, with analysis of arachidonic acid metabolites by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The production of [3H]arachidonoyl/[35S]cysteinyl leukotrienes C4 and E4 by islets was compared with that by mouse resident peritoneal macrophages and with the lipoxygenase metabolism of rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The stimulus-specific nature of leukotriene biosynthesis was characterized by low basal biosynthesis in unstimulated islet cells with a calcium-mediated activation of 5-lipoxygenase product formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Laychock
mesh_terms: D019377:12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; D000818:Animals; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D003545:Cysteine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013189:SRS-A / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D013189:SRS-A; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019377:12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; C025984:15-hydroxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase; D003545:Cysteine