title: Spectrofluorimetric quantification of malondialdehyde for evaluation of cyclooxygenase-1/thromboxane synthase inhibition.
abstract: The in vitro assay developed by Hartmann and Ledergerber (1995) utilizing the spectrofluorimetric quantification of malondialdehyde after reaction with thiobarbituric acid was modified and used for further investigations. The human whole blood was replaced by a platelet suspension of pig blood, and calcium ionophore A23187 was used instead of collagen for inducing the arachidonic acid cascade. The modified assay represents a simple, time and cost saving method for the evaluation of cyclooxygenase-1/thromboxane synthase inhibition. The reproducibility and comparability of results is given. Additional experiments allow classification of selective phospholipase A2, cyclooxygenase-1, and thromboxane synthase inhibitors. Further studies of malondialdehyde formation show that the cyclooxygenase and/or the thromboxane synthase are competitively inhibited by reaction products of the cyclooxygenase pathway by a negative feedback mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmazie der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dannhardt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flemmer
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kleber
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schulze
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000187:drug effects*; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000187:drug effects*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D013552:Swine; D013858:Thiobarbiturates / Q000737:chemistry; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007093:Imidazoles; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D013858:Thiobarbiturates; C029166:dazoxiben; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; C496511:PTGS1 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase; C029684:thiobarbituric acid