title: Metabolism of prostacyclin and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha in man.
abstract: The major metabolites of prostacyclin and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha in man were investigated. Healthy male volunteers were infused with the labeled and unlabeled prostanoids. The urine was chromatographed on different systems including high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). The material under the major peak was derivatized to the methyl ester methoxime trimethyl silyl ether and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Open bed reversed-phase chromatography of the urine obtained from PGI2 infusion resulted in two peaks. On further separation by two different HPLC systems one major peak containing 20.5 % of the radioactivity was obtained and was shown by GC-MS to be identical with dinor-6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha. Urine obtained from 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha infusion was chromatographed similarly. Its major peak on HPLC appeared with a retention volume and mass spectrum identical with the major metabolite of PGI2. It is concluded that the major metabolite of PGI2 and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha in human urine is dinor-6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha.
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D002845:Chromatography; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D008297:Male; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D011464:Epoprostenol