title: 12- and 15-lipoxygenases in rat pineal gland.
abstract: A whole organ or a homogenate of rat pineal gland was incubated with arachidonic Acid. Two predominant metabolites were identified by mass spectrometry to be 12-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid and 10-hydroxy-11,12-epoxy-5,8,14-eicosatrienoic acid. 15-Hydroxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid was also formed in a smaller amount. In addition, peroxy acids appeared rapidly only at the initial stage of reaction. In various parts of rat brain the 12-lipoxygenase activity was by far the highest in pineal gland, and less than 5% of the activity was found in pituitary gland and hypothalamus.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007700:Kinetics; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001091:Arachidonate Lipoxygenases; D008084:Lipoxygenase