Conversion of arachidonic acid to cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase products, and incorporation into phospholipids in the mouse neuroblastoma clone, Neuro-2A

Neurochemical Research
D L Birkle, E F Ellis

Abstract

Arachidonic acid (AA) incorporation into phospholipids and cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase mediated metabolism of arachidonic acid were studied in homogenized and intact Neuro-2A cells. When 3H8-AA was added to homogenized cells and incubated 20 minutes, 39% of the label was converted to prostaglandins (PGs), 10% to hydroxy-eicosatetraenoic acid (HETE) and 26% was incorporated into phospholipids. PGE2 and PGF2a were the major PGs produced. Synthesis of PGs was blocked by 10 microM indomethacin and synthesis of PGs and HETE was blocked by 10 microM eicosatetraynoic acid (ETYA). The cell homogenate produced the 13,14-dihydro-15-keto metabolites of PGE2 and PGF2a from 3H8-AA and also converted exogenous 3H7-PGE2 and 3H8-PGF2a to metabolites. When intact cells were labeled for 24 hours with 14C1-AA and the cells and media then analyzed, 75% of the radioactivity was incorporated into cellular phospholipids, 0.8% was converted to PGs and metabolites and 0.7% converted to HETE. Cells prelabeled for 24 hours were washed and incubated for 30 minutes in fatty acid free media. There was a 23% release of AA from phospholipids. One-fifth of the released AA was converted to HETE. PG synthesis in the intact resting cells was low. In summary, ...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1990·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·K U Malik, E Sehic
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