Prostaglandin synthesis by chicken and rat lung microsomes

Conference · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5207211

Craig-Schmidt, M C; Faircloth, S A; Wu-Wang, C Y

A comparison between chicken and rat lung was made for microsomal prostaglandin (PG) synthesis from 1-/sup 14/C-arachidonic acid. Microsomal protein (2.0 mg) from chicken or rat lung was incubated in the presence of 20 ..mu..g of 1-/sup 14/C-arachidonic acid (specific activity = 3 x 10/sup 6/ dpm/..mu..mol for chicken; 6 x 10/sup 6/ dpm/..mu..mol for rat), 0.05 M Tris-HCl buffer (pH = 8.0), 0.5 mM epinephrine, and 1 mM reduced glutathione in a total volume of 0.5 ml in a 37/sup 0/C water bath with shaking for 15 min. After acidification with 1 M HCl to pH 3, prostaglandins were extracted with ethyl acetate. The products of the reactions were separated by reversed phase chromatography, and the radioactivity of each prostanoid fraction was determined. The predominant prostanoid synthesized by chicken lung microsomes was PGE/sub 2/, followed by much lower amounts of thromboxane B/sub 2/ (TXB/sub 2/), PGF/sub 2//sub ..cap alpha../ and PGD/sub 2/. In at lung, 6-keto-PGF/sub 1//sub ..cap alpha../ was the predominant product formed, with minor amounts of 6-keto-PGE/sub 1/, TXB/sub 2/, PGF/sub 2//sub ..cap alpha../ and PGD/sub 2/. In rat lung, 6-keto-FGF/sub 1//sub ..cap alpha../ was the predominant product formed, with minor amounts of 6-keto-PGF/sub 1//sub ..cap alpha../ was the predominant product formed, with minor amounts of 6-keto-PGE/sub 1/, TXB/sub 2/, PGF/sub 2//sub ..cap alpha../, PGE/sub 2/ and PGD/sub 2/ being formed. Enzyme specific activity (pmol of PG produced per mg microsomal protein per min) was 11.9 for PGE/sub 2/ produced by chicken lung and 16. 7 for 6-keto-P/sub 1//sub ..cap alpha../ produced by rat lung. Thus, there appears to be a species variation in chicken compared to rat for the lung prostanoids which are known to cause bronchial dilation.

• Research Organization: Auburn Univ., AL
• OSTI ID: 5207211
• Report Number(s): CONF-8604222-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 45:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ADRENAL HORMONES
ADRENALINE
ANIMALS
ARACHIDONIC ACID
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS
BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY
BIOSYNTHESIS
BIRDS
BODY
BRONCHI
CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CARDIOTONICS
CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS
CELL CONSTITUENTS
CHICKENS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DRUGS
ENZYME ACTIVITY
FOWL
GLUTATHIONE
HORMONES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LUNGS
MAMMALS
MICROSOMES
MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS
NEUROREGULATORS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANOIDS
ORGANS
PEPTIDES
POLYPEPTIDES
PROSTAGLANDINS
PROTEINS
RADIOPROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES
RATS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RODENTS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STEROID HORMONES
SYMPATHOMIMETICS
SYNTHESIS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
VASODILATION
VERTEBRATES