Metabolism of leukotriene B4 in isolated rat hepatocytes. Involvement of 2,4-dienoyl-coenzyme A reductase in leukotriene B4 metabolism.
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- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 265 (27), 16288-16295
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9258(17)46220-x
Abstract
Radiolabeled leukotriene (LT) B4 was incubated with isolated rat hepatocytes in order to assess the metabolism of this chemotactic leukotriene by the liver. At least eight radioactive metabolites were observed, three of which were previously identified as 20-hydroxy-, 20-carboxy-, and 18-carboxy-19,20-dinor-LTB4. A less lipophilic major metabolite (designated HIV) was purified by two reverse phase high performance liguid chromatography separations and was found to exhibit maximal UV absorbance at 269 nm with shoulders at 260 and 280 indicating the presence of a conjugated triene chromophore. Negative ion electron capture gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of the pentafluorobenzyl ester, trimethylsilyl ether derivative of HIV, and positive ion electron ionization mass spectra of the methyl ester trimethylsilyl derivative were constant with a structure of this metabolite being 16-carboxy-14,15-dihydro-17,18,19,20-tetranor-LTB3. The appearance of this metabolite supports the concept of further .beta.-oxidation of LTB4 to the carbon 16 which requires the action of 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase to remove the 14,15-double bond located two carbon atoms removed from the CoA thioester moiety. One minor metabolite was analyzed by negative ion continuous flow fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry which revealed an ion at m/z 444 which by high resolution mass spectrometry was shown to contain both nitrogen and sulfur. Tandem mass spectrometry suggested the presence of SO3- as well as other fragments corresponding tothe amino acid taurine. Incubation of isolated rat hepatocytes with [14C]taurine as well as [3H]LTB4 revealed the incorporation of both radioactive isotopes into this metabolite. The data supported the identification of this metabolite as tauro-18-carboxy-19,20-dinor-LTB4. Amino acid conjugation of leukotrienes has not been previously reported and suggests that such intermediates might participate in enterohepatic circulation of LTB4 metabolites in the intact animal and thus serve as an elimination metabolic route for LTB4 elimination.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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