Arachidonic acid metabolim in rat pancreatic acinar cells: Calcium-mediated stimulation of the lipoxygenase system |
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Authors: | Ronald P Rubin Kathleen L Kelly Stephen P Halenda Suzanne G Layshock |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA |
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Abstract: | Isolated rat pancreatic acini were employed to demonstrate that the exocrine pancreas can metabolize 14C]-arachidonic acid by way of the lipoxygenase pathway as well as the cyclooxygenase pathway. Analysis by high performance liquid chromtography delineated a monohydroxy acid, presumably 12-L-hydroxy-5,8–10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE) as the major lipoxygenase product. The formation of this hydroxy arachidonic derivative was stimulated by the calcium ionophore ionomycin. Stimulation of lipoxygenase pathway by ionomycin was confirmed by thin layer chromatography. In addition, 6-keto-PGF1α, PGF2α, and PGE2 were identified; and ionomycin, carbamylcholine, and caerulein enhanced the formation of these metabolites of the cyclooxygenase pathway. Ionomycin induced stimulation of HETE formation was inhibited by ETYA and nordihydroguaiaretic acid, but spontaneous and evoked enzyme secretion was unaffected. Thus, although ionomycin, a pancreatic secretagogue, stimulates the lipoxygenase pathway, the precise role of these arachidonate metabolites in the physiology of the exocrine pancreas is still obscure. |
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