{"title":"5th International Symposium on Prostaglandins in the Cardiovascular System. Vienna, September 22-26, 1991. Abstracts.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 Suppl ","pages":"S31-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12844625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biosynthesis and interaction of endothelium-derived vasoactive mediators.","authors":"C Thiemermann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The vascular endothelium, which envelopes the circulating blood in a continuous monolayer, is not only a physical barrier between blood and vessel wall, but a highly complex \"organ\" which is involved in the regulation of blood vessel tone and permeability, blood coagulation, angiogenesis, leukocyte and platelet reactivity, phagocytosis of bacteria and the metabolism of many vascular mediators. This article focuses on the biosynthesis, biological actions and interactions of endothelium-derived vasoactive mediators, namely, prostacyclin, endothelium-derived relaxing factor--now characterized as nitric oxide--and endothelin, in the regulation of blood vessel tone under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. The formation of these highly vasoactive substances in modulated by changes in intracellular messengers (cyclic adenosine monophosphate, cyclic guanosine monophosphate, calcium), by interactions of endothelium with blood-borne cells and plasma constituents and finally by the interaction of these mediators themselves. The current evidence supports the view that nitric oxide plays a pivotal role for the regulation of blood vessel tone under physiological conditions, while the generation of prostacyclin is primarily an important defense mechanism to maintain a sufficient blood vessel patency and tissue viability under conditions of a compromised blood supply. Although the physiological role of the endothelium-derived vasoconstrictor peptide endothelin-1 is less well defined, it is apparent that any potential harmful vasoconstrictor effects resulting from an enhanced formation of endothelin under pathophysiological conditions are modulated by the simultaneous generation of prostacyclin, nitric oxide and tissue-plasminogen activator, thus preventing excessive vasoconstriction and thrombotic occlusion of the vascular bed concerned.</p>","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 4","pages":"187-202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12952140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Fitscha, F Rauscha, W Rogatti, B A Peskar, J O'Grady, H Sinzinger
{"title":"13,14-dihydro-PGE1, an in-vivo metabolite of PGE1, decreases mitotic activity induced by corticosteroid administration.","authors":"P Fitscha, F Rauscha, W Rogatti, B A Peskar, J O'Grady, H Sinzinger","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>PGE1 has antimitotic activity by virtue of its effect in increasing cAMP in vascular smooth muscle cells. The present study compares the effect of 13,14-dihydro-PGE1 (13,14-DH-PGE1) with PGE1 in an experimental model of stress induced by desoxycorticosterone in the rabbit. 13,14-DH-PGE1 significantly inhibited the stress-induced increase in mitotic activity, measured by autoradiography as percentage of 3H-thymidine positive cells, in all 3 abdominal aortic wall layers. Administration prior to stress was more effective than after stress, while combined administration was most effective. 13,14-DH-PGE1 exerts approximately 90% of the antimitotic activity of PGE1. It seems possible that the antimitotic activity observed after administration of intravenous PGE1 is attributable in part to 13,14-DH-PGE1.</p>","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 4","pages":"231-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12952144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lipoxin A4 elevates cytosolic calcium in human neutrophils.","authors":"K E Moores, J E Merritt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lipoxin A4 (LXA4), a lipoxygenase-derived metabolite of arachidonic acid, stimulated a dose-dependent elevation in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration, [Ca2+]i, in fura-2-loaded human neutrophils, with an EC50 of 0.4-0.5 microM. The time for [Ca2+]i to peak was also dose-dependent. In the presence of extracellular Ca2+ (CaDT-PA added), the rise in [Ca2+]i was due to a combination of Ca2+ release from internal stores and influx of extracellular Ca2+. In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, the rise in [Ca2+]i was due to release from internal stores, which then became depleted. No response to LXA4 was seen in the absence of divalent cation chelators (EGTA or DTPA); this is presumably because LXA4 forms an inactive complex with heavy metal cations. In the presence of extracellular Ca2+, LXA4 had no effect on the subsequent response of neutrophils to the chemotactic peptide fmetleu-phe (fmlp). In the absence of extracellular Ca2+, LXA4 dose-dependently reduced the subsequent response of neutrophils to fmlp; this is presumably because LXA4 discharges the store, and so reduces the amount of Ca2+ available for subsequent release by fmlp.</p>","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 2","pages":"89-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13070407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. The role of eicosanoids.","authors":"H P Zahradnik, W Schäfer, B Wetzka, M Breckwoldt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders are always extremely hazardous for mother and child. In up to 30% of pregnant women this disease is characterized by feto-maternal dysfunction, looking like a kind of \"chronic anaphylactoid reaction\". As a result of defective genetic control, immunologic events seem to be the central etiologic aspect. Arteriolar vasospasm, pathology of platelets, disseminated intravascular coagulation and finally, elevation of maternal blood pressure, all these symptoms can be regarded as a reaction to immunologic processes. The central role of eicosanoids in the pathogenesis of pregnancy induced hypertension/preeclampsia-eclampsia is generally accepted. We can explain almost all known pathophysiologic abnormalities to be the consequence of disturbed eicosanoid production in a multitude of organs or organ systems. Defective placentation provokes poorly perfused placental tissue. This is correlated with endothelial cell disorder, endothelial damage and denudation. The resulting platelet activation, dysfunction of coagulation and vasoconstriction are due to an increased ratio between vasoconstricting and vasodilating eicosanoids. The suppression of prostacyclin (and PGE) formation in the fetal-placental-maternal unit even before the clinical manifestation of the disease seems to be the conditio sine qua non. So, the homeostatic response to the effects of vasoconstrictors (such as angiotensin, serotonin etc.) in the general and in the placental circulation is impaired. The depressed prostacyclin (and PGE) biosynthesis can be measured in urine. Altered urinary metabolite excretion appears to be a very early index for patients at risk to develop pregnancy-induced hypertension.</p>","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 3","pages":"123-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12935215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D L Lawson, J L Mehta, K Saldeen, P Mehta, T G Saldeen
{"title":"Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids augment endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation by enhanced release of EDRF and vasodilator prostaglandins.","authors":"D L Lawson, J L Mehta, K Saldeen, P Mehta, T G Saldeen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dietary supplementation with fish oil results in augmentation of endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in experimental animals. The present study was designed to evaluate the direct in vitro effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFAs) on vascular reactivity in isolated rat aortic rings. Aortic rings were incubated with the omega-6PUFA arachidonic acid (AA, 10(-7) M) or the omega-3 PUFAs eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 10(-7) M) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 10(-7) M) in an organ bath at 37 degrees C. Following contraction with norepinephrine, changes in isometric force were measured in response to the endothelium-dependent vasodilators acetylcholine (ACh, 10(-10) to 10(-5) M) or the calcium ionophore A23187 (10(-10) to 10(-5) M). Parallel sets of vascular rings were pretreated with the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (10(-5) M) or the inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis NG-monomethyl L-arginine (L-NMMA 5 x 10(-5) M) prior to treatment with AA or EPA. Treatment of rings with EPA resulted in an increase (P less than 0.05) in ACh-mediated vasorelaxation compared both to AA-treated and buffer-treated rings (maximum relaxation 83 +/- 5% vs 46 +/- 5% and 63 +/- 4%, respectively). A similar augmentation was observed in DHA-treated rings. Pretreatment of rings with indomethacin or I-NMMA decreased (P less than 0.05) the ACh-mediated vasorelaxation, although EPA-treated rings showed less (P less than 0.05) attenuation of ACh response compared to AA-treated or untreated control rings.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 4","pages":"217-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12952143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K P Moore, N Sheron, P Ward, G W Taylor, G J Alexander, R Williams
{"title":"Leukotriene and prostaglandin production after infusion of tumour necrosis factor in man.","authors":"K P Moore, N Sheron, P Ward, G W Taylor, G J Alexander, R Williams","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is believed to be an important mediator of endotoxaemia and septic shock, the effects of which are thought to be mediated through the generation of cysteinyl-leukotrienes, thromboxane A2 and other prostanoids. We have investigated the production of these eicosanoids and also that of prostacyclin in vivo after infusion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha into 4 subjects with a chronic hepatitis B virus infection. This resulted in plasma TNF levels considerably greater than those observed in septic shock. Urinary excretion rate of leukotriene E4 increased by 2 to 3-fold in all subjects by 8 h following TNF infusion. Urinary excretion of thromboxane B2 and 6-oxo-prostaglandin F1 alpha, however, increased in the first 4 h in 3/4 subjects by 2 to 40-fold and returned towards baseline by 8 h. Excretion of the hepatic metabolite, 2,3-dinor 6-oxo-prostaglandin F1 alpha, increased in all subjects (2 to 4-fold at 4h). We conclude that there is increased production of cysteinyl leukotrienes, thromboxane A2 and prostacyclin after infusion of tumour necrosis factor into man.</p>","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 2","pages":"115-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12820878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eicosanoids and other bioactive lipids in cancer, inflammation and radiation injury. 2nd International Conference Klinikum Steglitz, Berlin, September 17-21, 1991. Abstracts.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 Suppl ","pages":"S1-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12844626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beneficial effects of the prostacyclin analogue taprostene on cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal disturbances in endotoxin-shocked rabbits.","authors":"J Schneider","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prostacyclin analogue taprostene protects against lethal endotoxemia in rats. In the present study, the effects of taprostene on endotoxin-induced cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal alterations have been investigated. In anesthetized rabbits, infusion of 0.5 mg/kg Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide i.v. over 30 min produced systemic hypotension, pulmonary hypertension, and decreases in cardiac output, peripheral oxygen delivery and renal glomerular filtration rate. In endotoxemic rabbits treated with taprostene (0.2 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 i.v. over 180 min), the blood pressure tended to be lower than in untreated endotoxemic controls. Taprostene reduced the total peripheral resistance and abolished the endotoxin-induced increases in pulmonary artery pressure and resistance. Taprostene prevented the decreases in cardiac output and peripheral oxygen supply. At the end of the experiment the glomerular filtration rate was higher in taprostene-treated than in untreated endotoxemic rabbits and did not differ significantly from that in non-endotoxemic controls. The results show that taprostene prevents the pulmonary hypertension, preserves cardiac output and peripheral oxygen delivery, and substantially maintains the glomerular filtration rate in endotoxin-shocked rabbits.</p>","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 2","pages":"99-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13070409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Van Wauwe, M C Coene, G Van Nyen, W Cools, J Goossens, L Le Jeune, W Lauwers, P A Janssen
{"title":"NADPH-dependent formation of 15- and 12-hydroxyeicosatrienoic acid from arachidonic acid by rat epidermal microsomes.","authors":"J Van Wauwe, M C Coene, G Van Nyen, W Cools, J Goossens, L Le Jeune, W Lauwers, P A Janssen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rat epidermal microsomes were incubated with [1-14C]-arachidonic acid for 30 min at 37 degrees C in the absence and presence of NADPH. The arachidonate metabolites that eluted in the \"monohydroxy acid fraction\" on reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were methylated, purified by straight-phase HPLC and analyzed by chromatography with standard compounds, UV spectroscopy and/or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In the absence of NADPH, epidermal microsomes converted arachidonic acid to two major products identified as 15(S)-hydroxy-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid (15(S)-HETE) and 12(S)-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (12(S)-HETE). In the presence of NADPH, the microsomal reaction produced, besides 15(S)- and 12(S)-HETE, two less polar metabolites which were characterized as 15-hydroxy-5,8,11,-eicosatrienoic acid (15-HETrE) and 12-hydroxy-5,8,14-eicosatrienoic acid (12-HETrE). Stereochemical analysis by chiral-phase HPLC showed that the biosynthesized 12-HETrE consisted of a mixture of optical isomers in a S/R ratio of 65:35. Formation of 15- and 12-HETrE was blocked by the mixed cyclooxygenase-lipoxygenase inhibitors quercetin and phenidone but was not affected by the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin or the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase inhibitor metyrapone. These data indicate that rat epidermal microsomes, supplemented with NADPH, are capable of metabolizing arachidonic acid to 15- and 12-HETrE. The production of these compounds may be initiated by lipoxygenase-mediated hydroperoxidation of arachidonic acid.</p>","PeriodicalId":11520,"journal":{"name":"Eicosanoids","volume":"4 3","pages":"155-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12935218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}