PMID: 2503444Apr 1, 1989Paper

Stimulus-specific production of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid by bovine alveolar macrophages

Inflammation
W W LaegreidR W Leid

Abstract

Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are capable of producing a variety of inflammatory mediators including those derived from arachidonic acid, the prostaglandins (PGs), leukotrienes (LTs) and hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs). Inflammation associated with release of arachidonate-derived mediators is a result of the combined actions of all of these mediators. Thus, it is critical to determine the entire spectrum of arachidonate-derived metabolites that AMs are capable of producing. In this study bovine AMs were prelabeled with [3H]arachidonic acid prior to stimulation with serum-treated zymosan, phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), or the calcium ionophore A23187. The total release of arachidonate metabolites into the culture media was measured by reverse-phase HPLC with on-line radiometric detection. All stimuli used induced production of metabolites of the cyclooxygenase pathway with thromboxane B2 and HHT being the major metabolites. Lesser amounts of PGF2 alpha, PGE2, and PGD2 were produced. Only stimulation with A23187 resulted in production of LTB4 and 5-HETE, products of the 5-lipoxygenase pathway. This latter result indicates that the two major pathways of arachidonate metabolism in AMs may be selectively stimulated. Such an eff...Continue Reading

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Jul 1, 1996·Critical Reviews in Oncology/hematology·C Denzlinger
May 1, 1992·American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology·M D EnglenR W Leid
Nov 1, 1990·Experimental Lung Research·M D EnglenR W Leid
Jul 1, 1989·Experimental Lung Research·M D EnglenR W Leid
Apr 1, 1990·Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes, and Essential Fatty Acids·M P RoseM G Elder

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