title: Identification of a lipoxygenase inhibitor in A431 cells as a phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase.
abstract: An endogenous lipoxygenase inhibitor, purified from the cytosol of human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells, was analyzed by N-terminal microsequencing and mass spectrometric analysis. The inhibitor was purified by SDS-PAGE, then subjected to in-gel CNBr cleavage and trypsin digestion. The N-terminal sequence data obtained from a 6-8 kDa band of in-gel CNBr cleavage and the three isolated peptides of in-gel trypsin digestion, and the C-terminal peptide sequence from matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry matched the sequence of human phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase. The purified inhibitor exhibited peroxidase activity using phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxides as the substrate. We therefore concluded that the lipoxygenase inhibitor present in A431 cells was a phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D000080662:Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D010743:Phospholipids; D000080662:Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase