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Shah AA, Byrne MF, Cullen L, Walsh T, Fitzgerald DJ, Murray FE. Effect of H. pylori infection on the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in human gastric mucosa. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2003; 68:1-8. [PMID: 12538084 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-3278(02)00228-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cyclooxygenase-1 is the primary isoform responsible for the production of cytoprotective prostaglandins (PGE(2) and PGI(2)) in the stomach. In contrast COX-2 is induced at the sites of inflammation. Using Helicobacter pylori infection as a model of inflammation, this study was designed to evaluate the effects of H. pylori infection on prostanoid synthesis and expression of COX-2 in human gastric mucosa. Prostaglandin (PGE(2)) and prostacyclin (PGI(2)) synthesis in gastric biopsies obtained from 21 patients undergoing diagnostic endoscopy, were determined. H. pylori was detected by CLO test, histology and culture. Biopsy samples were incubated either with NS-398, selective COX-2 inhibitor or aspirin. Samples were also treated with endotoxin (LPS) in order to induce COX-2 expression. Tissue was also analysed for COX-2 expression in vivo by immunohistochemistry. In 15 out of 21 patients, H. pylori was detected by at least two of the three methods. Higher levels of PGE(2) and PGI(2) were seen in patients infected with H. pylori (191+/-30 and 245+/-88ng/mg protein, respectively) compared with non-infected patients (77+/-17 and 120+/-36ng/mg protein, respectively). There was significant inhibition of PGE(2) and PGI(2) with aspirin in both H. pylori infected (28+/-6.6 and 53+/-43ng/mg, respectively) and in non-infected patients (16+/-7 and 12.5+/-3.5ng/mg protein, respectively). However, NS-398 and LPS did not alter prostaglandin function significantly. Immunohistochemistry in all patients irrespective of Hp status demonstrated expression of COX-2.Lower concentration of constitutive expression of COX-2 was detected in human gastric mucosa by immunohistochemistry, however, H. pylori infection failed to induce COX-2 protein. In addition, increased prostaglandin synthesis in Hp-infected patients appears to be COX-1 mediated rather than COX-2. Furthermore, failure of endotoxaemia-treated sample to produce more PGE(2) in the face of enhanced COX-2 expression in gastric mucosa further suggests that increased prostanoids in human gastric stomach are COX-1 mediated.
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- A A Shah
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland.
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Wiswedel I, Bohne M, Hirsch D, Kühn H, Augustin W, Gollnick H. A sensitive gas chromatography-mass spectrometry assay reveals increased levels of monohydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid isomers in human plasma after extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy and under in vitro ultraviolet A exposure. J Invest Dermatol 2000; 115:499-503. [PMID: 10951289 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00053.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy (photopheresis) is a highly effective therapy in the treatment of various disorders. Although extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy has been successfully used for more than 10 y, its mechanism of action is still unclear. The formation of reactive oxygen species have been implicated in extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy, but malonyl dialdehyde as a marker of systemic lipid peroxidation did not increase significantly during treatment. To investigate further the involvement of reactive oxygen species in extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy, we have introduced a highly sensitive negative ion gas chromatography-mass spectrometry based method for quantitating oxygenated arachidonic acid isomers (hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids) in plasma samples of patients treated with extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy. In the plasma of healthy volunteers pmole amounts of 2-, 3-, 5-, 8-12-, and 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid were detected and we observed a dose-dependent augmentation in these metabolites when the blood was irradiated with increasing doses of ultraviolet A in the presence of the photosensitizer 8-methoxypsoralen. Analysis of plasma samples obtained from patients before and after extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy revealed a characteristic increase in total hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid levels, particularly of 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid which contributed 80% to the sum of all hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid isomers. Chiral phase high-performance liquid chromatography indicated almost equal amounts of 5S- and 5R-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid suggesting that the majority of lipid peroxidation products are formed via nonenzymatic oxidation reactions.
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- I Wiswedel
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathological Biochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Müller-Decker K, Heinzelmann T, Fürstenberger G, Kecskes A, Lehmann WD, Marks F. Arachidonic acid metabolism in primary irritant dermatitis produced by patch testing of human skin with surfactants. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1998; 153:59-67. [PMID: 9875300 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A clinical study was performed to determine the effects of patch testing human skin with four industrially used surfactants on erythema formation, transepidermal water loss, and the contents in suction blister fluids of primary proinflammatory mediators including arachidonic acid, eicosanoids, and IL-1 alpha, which were analyzed by quantitative gas chromatography/negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry and by an enzyme-immunoassay, respectively. Benzalkonium chloride (BKCI) and sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) elicited erythema and caused increased transepidermal water loss, indicating a disturbance of the epidermal barrier. Triethanolamine (TEA) and Tween 80 did not evoke these gross symptoms of inflammation. Suction blister fluids collected after a 24-h application of BKCl, SLS, and Tween 80 contained significantly increased amounts of individual eicosanoids whereas TEA induced no response. The induced eicosanoid profile was characteristic for each compound, pointing to different cell types of skin to be involved in their production. The elevation of prostaglandin and LTB4 contents correlated with the induction of erythema and the impairment of the epidermal barrier as shown for BKCl and SLS and preceded the maximum of erythema formation. IL-1 alpha contents did not correlate with these gross symptoms of inflammation. The results of this in vivo study support those of a previous study using human keratinocytes in culture indicating the release of arachidonic acid and prostaglandins to be an early event involved in the interaction of keratinocytes with surfactants. Moreover, the in vivo data with human skin underscore the mechanistic relationship to the in vitro model and support the concept that arachidonic acid and eicosanoid release from keratinocytes can be used as a marker of primary skin irritation.
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- K Müller-Decker
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Department Biochemistry of Tissue Specific Regulation, Berlin, Germany
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Spiteller G. Linoleic acid peroxidation--the dominant lipid peroxidation process in low density lipoprotein--and its relationship to chronic diseases. Chem Phys Lipids 1998; 95:105-62. [PMID: 9853364 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(98)00091-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Modern separation and identification methods enable detailed insight in lipid peroxidation (LPO) processes. The following deductions can be made: (1) Cell injury activates enzymes: lipoxygenases generate lipid hydroperoxides (LOOHs), proteases liberate Fe ions--these two processes are prerequisites to produce radicals. (2) Radicals attack any activated CH2-group of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) with about a similar probability. Since linoleic acid (LA) is the most abundant PUFA in mammals, its LPO products dominate. (3) LOOHs are easily reduced in biological surroundings to corresponding hydroxy acids (LOHs). LOHs derived from LA, hydroxyoctadecadienoic acids (HODEs), surmount other markers of LPO. HODEs are of high physiological relevance. (4) In some diseases characterized by inflammation or cell injury HODEs are present in low density lipoproteins (LDL) at 10-100 higher concentration, compared to LDL from healthy individuals.
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- G Spiteller
- Lehrstuhl Organische Chemie I, Universität Bayreuth, Germany.
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Schneider C, Schreier P, Herderich M. Analysis of lipoxygenase-derived fatty acid hydroperoxides by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Lipids 1997; 32:331-6. [PMID: 9076671 DOI: 10.1007/s11745-997-0041-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A rapid method is described for the identification of fatty acid hydroperoxides by electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry coupled to liquid chromatography without any derivatization required prior to analysis. Localization of fatty acid hydroperoxides in complex mixtures was achieved by monitoring the loss of hydrogen peroxide using constant neutral loss scanning. In the presence of 5 mM NH4OAc in methanol-water, adduct ions [M + NH4]+ were formed almost exclusively, directly revealing the molecular mass of the thermolabile hydroperoxides. In addition, low energy collision-induced dissociation of precursor ions [M + NH4]+ led to characteristic product ions from both the 9- and 13-regioisomers. Thus, electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry provides a straightforward approach for the study of the regioselectivity of lipoxygenase catalysis without any derivatization step required prior to analysis.
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- C Schneider
- Lehrstuhl für Lebensmittelchemie, Universität Würzburg, Germany
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- Gary A. Eiceman
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164
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Scheick C, Spiteller G. Genesis and metabolisation of 1-pentene during lipid peroxidation of ω-6 unsaturated fatty acids: metabolism of 1-pentene. Chem Phys Lipids 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(96)02534-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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It is postulated that cell injury activates "dormant" enzymes to produce lipid hydroperoxides. In a first step, membrane lipids are cleaved by esterases. The unsaturated fatty acids thus produced are converted in a second step by lipoxygenases to lipid hydroperoxides (LOOHs). In a third, nonenzymic step, these LOOHs, together with dienoic hydroxy fatty acids produced by enzymic reduction of LOOHs, react with a second oxygen molecule to generate dihydroperoxy-fatty acids and hydroxy-hydroperoxy-fatty acids, which are degraded to alpha-hydroxyladehydic compounds. This last reaction requires production of LO'-radicals by iron ions that also are generated as a result of cell damage. In addition, alpha-hydroxyaldehydes are produced by hydrolysis of plasmalogen epoxides, which are generated by oxidation of plasmalogens with LOO' or by action of epoxidases. We hypothize that alpha-hydroxyaldehydes act as second messengers. The release of lipoxygenase and the consequent lipid hydroperoxidation is postulated to occur in massive cell damage (e.g., myocardial infarction), in chronic diseases such as rheumatism, diabetes and atherosclerosis, in aging, and in control of cell proliferation.
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- G Spiteller
- Lehrstuhl Organische Chemie I, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
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Mayatepek E, Lehmann WD. 12- and 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid are excreted in the urine of peroxisome-deficient patients: evidence for peroxisomal metabolism in vivo. Pediatr Res 1996; 39:146-9. [PMID: 8825400 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199601000-00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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To determine the importance of peroxisomes and mitochondria in hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (HETE) oxidation in vivo, urinary excretion of 12- and 15-HETE was measured in eight patients with a peroxisome deficiency disorder (Zellweger syndrome) showing normal mitochondrial beta-oxidation capacity, in three patients with a defect of mitochondrial long-chain fatty acid oxidation (long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency), and in eight healthy subjects. 12- and 15-HETE were identified and quantified by gas chromatography/negative ion chemical ionization-mass spectrometry and specific RIA. The free compounds were found exclusively in the urine of peroxisome-deficient subjects (12-HETE: median 26 pg/mL, range 17-36 pg/mL; 15-HETE: median 40 pg/mL, range 29-61 pg/mL), whereas both compounds were below the detection limit (< 0.5 pg/mL) in the urine of patients with defective mitochondrial long-chain fatty acid oxidation and normal subjects (p < 0.002). These results implicate that peroxisomes are the main cellular organelle responsible for HETE oxidation in vivo. Analysis of HETE excretion in urine represents an additional new specific diagnostic tool in patients with Zellweger syndrome.
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- E Mayatepek
- Department of General Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital E.M., Heidelberg, Germany
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Janssen-Timmen U, Vickers PJ, Wittig U, Lehmann WD, Stark HJ, Fusenig NE, Rosenbach T, Rådmark O, Samuelsson B, Habenicht AJ. Expression of 5-lipoxygenase in differentiating human skin keratinocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:6966-70. [PMID: 7624354 PMCID: PMC41452 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.15.6966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We studied the expression of arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) in a cell line of human keratinocytes (HaCaT) and in normal human skin keratinocytes in tissue culture. In undifferentiated keratinocytes 5-LO gene expression was low or undetectable as determined by 5-LO mRNA, protein, cell-free enzyme activity, and leukotriene production in intact cells. However, after shift to culture conditions that promote conversion of prokeratinocytes into a more differentiated phenotype, 5-LO gene expression was markedly induced in HaCaT cells and, to a lesser extent, in normal keratinocytes. These results show that 5-LO gene expression is an intrinsic property of human skin keratinocytes.
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- U Janssen-Timmen
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Medical School, Germany
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Marks F, Fürstenberger G. Fourth colloquium on cellular signal transduction. Lipid mediators: signal transduction and transport. Heidelberg, Germany, January 1995. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 1995; 121:434-8. [PMID: 7635875 DOI: 10.1007/bf01212952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- F Marks
- German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
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