Department of Biochemistry, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C. 20037 USA
Abstract:
After incubation with 1-14C]-arachidonic acid, washed platelets from selenium deficient rats produced a sevenfold greater amount of 12-hydroperoxytetraenoic acid than platelets from control animals. When stimulated with either arachidonic acid or t-butyl-hydroperoxide, antimycin-A1 treated platelets from the deficient rats also converted markedly lower amounts of 1-14C]-glucose to 14C]-CO2 than platelets from control rats. These results indicate a significant role for platelet selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase in the enzymatic reduction of platelet-produced hydroperoxides.