title: Egg hatching activity of trihydroxylated eicosanoids in the barnacle Balanus balanoides.
abstract: Previous work has shown that eicosanoid hatching factors can be isolated from tissues of a variety of barnacle species. To further investigate the nature of barnacle hatching factor an eicosanoid fraction isolated from homogenates of the barnacle Balanus balanoides was purified on RP-HPLC and trihydroxy fatty acid fractions were bioassayed for hatching activity and analysed by GC-MS. The identified eicosanoids were 8,11,12-trihydroxy-5,9,14-eicosatrienoic acid, 8,11,12-trihydroxy-5,9,14,17-eicosatetraenoic acid, 10,11,12-trihydroxy-5,8,14,17-eicosatetraenoic acid and 10,13, 14-trihydroxy-4,7,11,16,19-docosapentaenoic acid. These studies suggest that barnacles possess a potent n-9 lipoxygenase which can metabolise either arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid or docosahexaenoic acid. The predominant eicosanoids common to all active fractions were either 8,11,12-trihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid or an isomer of 8,11-12-trihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, which suggests that a particular configuration of an 8,11,12 triol is barnacle hatching factor.
authors.affiliation: School of Ocean Sciences, University College of North Wales, Anglesey, UK.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: East
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001468:Thoracica / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; C046445:10,11,12-trihydroxy-5,8,14,17-eicosatetraenoic acid