title: Stimulated human gastric tumor cells (HGT) fail to synthesize eicosanoids.
abstract: HGT cells are a human gastric tumor cell line. Preliminary data have shown that HGT cells incorporate exogenous arachidonic acid (AA) in their membrane lipids. However, we found that HGT cells are unable to produce significant amounts of AA metabolites after stimulation with calcium ionophore A23187. Furthermore, no lipoxygenase activity was detected in crude HGT cell extracts by employing an assay monitoring the in vitro utilization of linoleic acid. The meaning of these results is discussed in respect of the role of eicosanoids during cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Hématologie Expérimentale, Faculté de Médecine, Limoges, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Denizot
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Es-Saady
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delage
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Najid
mesh_terms: D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015777:Eicosanoids; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D000001:Calcimycin; D019787:Linoleic Acid