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Synthesis and applications of stereospecifically (3)H-labeled arachidonic acids as mechanistic probes for lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase catalysis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10933865     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Stereospecifically (3)H-labeled substrates are useful tools in studying the mechanism of hydrogen abstractions involved in the oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Here, we describe modified methods for the synthesis of arachidonic acids labeled with a single chiral tritium on the methylene groups at carbons 10 or 13. The appropriate starting material is a ketooctadecanoic acid which is prepared from an unsaturated C18 fatty acid precursor or by total synthesis. The (3)H label is introduced by NaB(3)H(4) reduction and the resulting tritiated hydroxy fatty acid then is tosylated, separated into the enantiomers by chiral phase HPLC, and subsequently transformed into stearic acids. A variety of stereospecifically labeled unsaturated fatty acids are obtained using literature methods of microbial transformation with the fungus Saprolegnia parasitica. Two applications are described: (i) In incubations of [10S-(3)H]- and [10R-(3)H]arachidonic acids in human psoriatic scales we show that a 12R-lipoxygenase accounts not only for synthesis of the major product 12R-HETE, but it contributes also, through subsequent isomerization, to the minor amounts of 12S-HETE. (ii) The [10R-(3)H]- and [10S-(3)H]arachidonic acids were also used to demonstrate that prostaglandin ring formation by cyclooxygenases does not involve carbocation formation at C-10 of arachidonic acid as was hypothesized recently.
Authors:
C Schneider; W E Boeglin; S Lai; J K Cha; A R Brash
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Analytical biochemistry     Volume:  284     ISSN:  0003-2697     ISO Abbreviation:  Anal. Biochem.     Publication Date:  2000 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-10-02     Completed Date:  2000-10-02     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370535     Medline TA:  Anal Biochem     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  125-35     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
Affiliation:
Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6602, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Arachidonic Acids / chemical synthesis,  chemistry*
Carbon / metabolism
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Cyclooxygenase 2
Dinoprostone / chemistry
Humans
Hydrogen / metabolism
Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / biosynthesis
Isoenzymes / metabolism
Lipoxygenase / metabolism*
Membrane Proteins
Mice
Models, Chemical
Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / metabolism*
Psoriasis / metabolism
Stereoisomerism
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
GM-53638/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Arachidonic Acids; 0/Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; 0/Isoenzymes; 0/Membrane Proteins; 1333-74-0/Hydrogen; 363-24-6/Dinoprostone; 7440-44-0/Carbon; EC 1.13.11.12/Lipoxygenase; EC 1.14.99.1/Cyclooxygenase 2; EC 1.14.99.1/PTGS2 protein, human; EC 1.14.99.1/Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases

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