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Arachidonate metabolism in bovine gallbladder muscle

Journal Article · · Prostaglandins; (United States)
Incubation of (1-/sup 14/C)arachidonic acid (AA) with homogenates of bovine gallbladder muscle generated a large amount of radioactive material having the chromatographic mobility of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha (stable product of PGI2) and smaller amounts of products that comigrated with PGF2 alpha PGE2. Formation of these products was inhibited by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin. The major radioactive product identified by thin-layer chromatographic mobility and by gas chromatography - mass spectrometric analysis was found to be 6-keto-PGF1 alpha. The quantitative metabolic pattern of (1-/sup 14/C)PGH2 was virtually identical to that of (1-/sup 14/C)AA. Incubation of arachidonic acid with slices of bovine gallbladder muscle released labile anti-aggregatory material in the medium, which was inhibited by aspirin or 15-hydroperoxy-AA. These results indicate that bovine gallbladder muscle has a considerable enzymatic capacity to produce PGI2 from arachidonic acid.
Research Organization:
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahi-machi, Japan
OSTI ID:
5672352
Journal Information:
Prostaglandins; (United States), Journal Name: Prostaglandins; (United States) Vol. 25:4; ISSN PRGLB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English