title: Arachidonic acid metabolites of human lymphatics.
abstract: Human lymphatics convert exogenously added 14C-arachidonic acid into PGE2, PGF2 alpha and the main metabolite 6-keto-PGF1 alpha. Thromboxane formation is undetectable either by radiothinlayer-chromatography or by radioimmunology. These data confirm and extend our earlier findings indicating an important PGI2-synthetic mechanism in human lymphatics. Assuming that lymphatic contractility is regulated at least in part by thromboxane A2, we propose that this derivative of arachidonic acid derives from extralymphatic sources.
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D015237:Dinoprost; D015232:Dinoprostone; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008196:Lymph / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000378:metabolism; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D015237:Dinoprost; D011464:Epoprostenol; D015232:Dinoprostone