title: Production of 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and vitamin E status in platelets from type I human diabetic subjects.
abstract: Vitamin E content and biosynthesis of 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE) have been measured in platelets from type I diabetic subjects and age- and sex-matched, nondiabetic control subjects. Platelets from diabetic subjects synthesized significantly greater quantities of 12-HETE than did platelets from control subjects when 12-HETE synthesis was induced by thrombin or collagen, either in the presence or absence of indomethacin. Platelet conversion of exogenously added arachidonic acid (AA) to 12-HETE was not significantly different between the diabetic and control groups in the absence of indomethacin, although a small but significant increase in the conversion of AA to 12-HETE was present in the diabetic group platelets when indomethacin was added to the reaction. Vitamin E content was significantly reduced in platelets from the diabetic subjects, when compared with platelets from the control subjects, although plasma vitamin E levels were not significantly different between the two groups. Thrombin- and collagen-induced platelet 12-HETE synthesis demonstrated a significant negative linear correlation with platelet vitamin E content when measurements from both diabetic and control groups were combined. The above data suggest a relationship between low vitamin E content and increased 12-HETE synthesis in platelets from type I diabetic subjects.
mesh_terms: D019377:12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013917:Thrombin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D014810:Vitamin E; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019377:12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; D003094:Collagen; D013917:Thrombin