title: Formation of a novel 20-hydroxylated metabolite of lipoxin A4 by human neutrophil microsomes.
abstract: Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) is a biologically active compound produced from arachidonic acid via interactions of lipoxygenases. Incubation of LXA4 either with human neutrophils or with the neutrophil microsomes leads to formation of a polar compound on a reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. We have identified the metabolite as 20-hydroxy-LXA4, a novel metabolite of arachidonic acid, on the basis of ultraviolet spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The LXA4 omega-hydroxylation requires both molecular oxygen and NADPH, and is inhibited by carbon monoxide, by antibodies raised against NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase, or competitively by leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and LTB5, substrates of LTB4 omega-hydroxylase. These findings indicate that the formation of 20-hydroxy-LXA4 is catalyzed by a neutrophil cytochrome P-450, the LTB4 omega-hydroxylase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sumimoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minakami
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D000072470:Cytochrome P450 Family 4; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D044045:Lipoxins; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D044045:Lipoxins; C040527:lipoxin A4; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D000072470:Cytochrome P450 Family 4; C040780:leukotriene B4 20-hydroxylase