title: Epoxy-keto derivative of linoleic acid stimulates aldosterone secretion.
abstract: Plasma levels of aldosterone are not always predictable from the activity of renin and the concentration of potassium. Among the unexplained are elevated levels of aldosterone in some obese humans. Obesity is characterized by increased plasma fatty acids and oxidative stress. We postulated that oxidized fatty acids stimulate aldosteronogenesis. The most readily oxidized fatty acids are the polyunsaturated, and the most abundant of those is linoleic acid. We tested oxidized derivatives of linoleic acid for effects on rat adrenal cells. One derivative, 12,13-epoxy-9-keto-10(trans)-octadecenoic acid (EKODE), was particularly potent. EKODE stimulated aldosteronogenesis at concentrations from 0.5 to 5 micromol/L, and inhibited aldosteronogenesis at higher doses. EKODE's stimulatory effect was most prominent when angiotensin and potassium effects were submaximal. The lipid's mechanism of action was on the early pathway leading to pregnenolone; its action was inhibited by atrial natriuretic peptide. Plasma EKODE was measured by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. All human plasmas tested contained EKODE in concentrations ranging from 10(-9) to 5x10(-7) mol/L. In samples from 24 adults, levels of EKODE correlated directly with aldosterone (r=0.53, P=0.007). In the 12 blacks in that cohort, EKODE also correlated with body mass index and systolic pressure. Those other correlations were not seen in white subjects. The results suggest that oxidized derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids other than arachidonic are biologically active. Compounds like EKODE, derived from linoleic acid, may affect adrenal steroid production in humans and mediate some of the deleterious effects of obesity and oxidative stress, especially in blacks.
authors.affiliation: William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and Department of Medicine of the University of Wisconsin 53705, USA. theodore.goodfriend@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Theodore L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Goodfriend
authors.forename: Dennis L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: Brent M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Kasem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nithipatikom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D044383:Black People; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000208:ethnology; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C474654:12,13-epoxy-9- keto-10-octadecenoic acid; D009829:Oleic Acids; D000450:Aldosterone; D019787:Linoleic Acid