Cholesterol arachidonate as a prostaglandin precursor in adrenocortical cells |
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Authors: | GV Vahouny R Chanderbhan VA Hodges CR Treadwell |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Health Sciences The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20037 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Rat adrenocortical cells were incubated with labeled arachidonate, and the radioactivity in unesterified fatty acids was reduced by washing with 2% albumin solutions. These cells were then incubated for two hours in the absence and presence of 7.1 × 10−10M ACTH. During subsequent incubation of prelabeled cells with ACTH, both the mass and radioactivity of arachidonate in adrenocortical cholesteryl esters was depleted to the same extent (30–32%). The released arachidonate was in part incorporated into phospholipids, and there was also a significant increase in unesterified arachidonic acid. During this period, there was also increased incorporation of arachidonate into labeled prostaglandins. Of this increase, 92% by isotope analysis, and 88% by radioimmunoassay techniques was attributable to prostaglandins of the E pathway. These data demonstrate that prostaglandin E synthesis is specifically increased during ACTH stimulation of rat adrenocortical cells and suggest that a major source of the arachidonate substrate for this synthesis is derived from hormone-dependent hydrolysis of cortical cholesteryl esters. |
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