title: Metabolism of prostaglandins D2 and F2 alpha in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.
abstract: 3H-Labeled prostaglandins D2 and F2 alpha rapidly degraded to more-polar metabolites in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. The metabolites of prostaglandins D2 and F2 alpha accumulated in the culture medium. The metabolites extracted by ethyl acetate at pH 3 were purified by silicic acid column and thin-layer chromatography of silica gel, and were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The major metabolites from prostaglandin D2 were identified as dinor-prostaglandin D1 (7 alpha,13-dihydroxy-9-ketodinorprost-11-enoic acid) and tetranor-prostaglandin D1 (5 alpha,11- dihydroxy-7-ketotetranorprost-9-enoic acid). Those from prostaglandin F2 alpha were identified as dinor-prostaglandin F1 alpha (7 alpha,9 alpha,13-trihydroxydinorprost-11-enoic acid), tetranor-prostaglandin F1 alpha (5 alpha,7 alpha,11-trihydroxytetranorprost-9-enoic acid) and 9 alpha,11 alpha,15-trihydroxyprost-13-ene-1,20-dioic acid. These data indicate that prostaglandins D2 and F2 alpha mainly degraded by beta-oxidation, which is the same process as reported earlier for prostaglandins E1 and E2, and that prostaglandin F2 alpha was also subjected to omega-oxidation.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sago
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D015237:Dinoprost; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015230:Prostaglandin D2; D011457:Prostaglandins D / Q000378:metabolism*; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D011457:Prostaglandins D; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D014316:Tritium; D015237:Dinoprost; D015230:Prostaglandin D2