title: Prostaglandin synthesis and catabolism in the gastric mucosa: studies in normal rabbits and rabbits immunized with prostaglandin E2.
abstract: Antral and fundic mucosal homogenates obtained from prostaglandin E2-immunized rabbits converted 14C-arachidonic acid to prostaglandin E2, 6-keto prostaglandin F1 alpha, prostaglandin F2 alpha, and prostaglandin D2. Percentage conversion of 14C-arachidonic acid to these prostaglandin products was not significantly different in prostaglandin E2-immunized rabbits compared with control rabbits (thyroglobulin-immunized and unimmunized rabbits combined). Synthesis of 6-keto prostaglandin F1 alpha, prostaglandin E2 and 13,14-dihydro 15-keto prostaglandin E2 from endogenous arachidonic acid after vortex mixing fundic mucosal homogenates was similar in prostaglandin E2 immunized rabbits and control rabbits. Both in prostaglandin E2-immunized rabbits and controls, 3H-prostaglandin E2 was catabolized extensively by the fundic mucosa, whereas 3H-6-keto prostaglandin F1 alpha, 3H-prostaglandin F2 alpha, and 3H-prostaglandin D2 were not catabolized to any appreciable extent. The rate of catabolism of PGs was not significantly different in prostaglandin E2-immunized rabbits and control rabbits, with the exception of prostaglandin F2 alpha which was catabolized slightly more rapidly in prostaglandin E2-immunized rabbits. These results indicate that development of gastric ulcers in prostaglandin E2-immunized rabbits is not associated with an alteration in the capacity of the gastric mucosa to synthesize or catabolize prostaglandins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Redfern
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D007114:Immunization; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D011453:Prostaglandins; D015232:Dinoprostone