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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 15, 6719-6724, May, 1986

Calcium-dependent oxidation of 5,8,11-icosatrienoic acid by the cyclooxygenase enzyme system

WJ Elliott, AR Morrison, H Sprecher and P Needleman

Mead (5,8,11-icosatrienoic) acid was found to be metabolized by the cyclooxygenase enzyme system of ram seminal vesicle microsomes in a calcium-dependent manner. Although the enzyme converted Mead acid to products more slowly and less completely than the isomeric 8,11,14- icosatrienoic acid, both oxidations were inhibitable by indomethacin. Experiments using purified cyclooxygenase confirmed the participation of this enzyme system in the calcium-dependent oxidation. The products of the oxidation were separated by high performance liquid chromatography and analyzed by ultraviolet and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The spectra obtained were consistent with the products having the structures 13-hydroxy-5,8,11-icosatrienoate (the major product), 11-hydroxy-5,8,12-icosatrienoate, 9-hydroxy-5,7,11- icosatrienoate, and two isomeric 8,11-dihydroxy-5,9,12-icosatrienoates. No prostaglandin-like, cyclized products could be identified. This report is only the second to illustrate a calcium-dependent oxidation of a polyunsaturated fatty acid by a cyclooxygenase enzyme system and further extends the metabolic potential of Mead acid.
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