title: Stereochemical analysis and biological activity of 3-hydroxy-leukotriene B4: a metabolite from ethanol-treated rat hepatocytes.
abstract: Leukotriene B4 (LTB4), a biologically active metabolite derived from arachidonic acid by the 5-lipoxygenase cascade, is inactivated by cytochrome P-450-dependent omega-hydroxylation followed by second oxidation into a omega-carboxyl group. In many tissues, this second step is mediated by alcohol dehydrogenase. Isolated rat hepatocytes metabolized LTB4 in the presence of ethanol and ethoxyresorufin into substantial quantities of 3-hydroxy-LTB4 as determined by mass spectrometry. The absolute configuration of this metabolite was found to be greater than 98% 3(S)-hydroxy-LTB4 by comparison to synthetic standards. Investigation of the pharmacologic properties of the 3(S)- and 3(R)-hydroxy-LTB4 revealed that both caused a significant increase in intracellular free calcium in human neutrophils at 1 microM. Both enantiomers also induced thromboxane A2 release from the isolated guinea pig lung in a dose-dependent manner. This activity was fully blocked by a specific LTB4 receptor antagonist, LY223982, with an IC50 of 0.21 microM for LTB4. These results suggested that activation of the LTB4 receptor does not involve significant recognition of the carbon atoms close to the carboxyl moiety of LTB4. The failure of the hepatocyte to metabolically inactivate LTB4 in the presence of ethanol may be of importance to humans, particularly because the bioactive metabolite 3(S)-hydroxy-LTB4 was further metabolized by human neutrophils significantly more slowly than LTB4.
authors.affiliation: National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO 80206.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wheelan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sala
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Folco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicosia
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000502:physiology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: C090952:3-hydroxyleukotriene B4; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D000431:Ethanol; C031911:20-carboxyleukotriene B4; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D002118:Calcium