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2996055

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Leukotrienes A4 and D4 displayed equivalent myotropic activity on guinea pig lung parenchyma strips. However, on the trachea, the activity of LTD4 was much higher than that of LTA4. The potencies of these two leukotrienes were also different on strips of longitudinal muscles of the ileum where LTD4 was very active whereas LTA4 was inactive. Since the activities of both leukotrienes were blocked by FPL-55712, our results suggested that the transformation of LTA4 by the smooth muscle preparations was a prerequisite to its biological activity. LTA4 was then incubated for 10 min with homogenates of guinea pig lung parenchyma, trachea and longitudinal muscles of ileum, and the metabolites were analysed by bioassay using strips of guinea pig ileum and lung parenchyma in a cascade superfusion system and also by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). Homogenates of lung parenchyma rapidly transformed LTA4 to LTB4, LTC4, LTD4 and LTE4. Incubation of LTA4 with homogenates of trachea or of the longitudinal muscles of ileum showed the formation of LTB4 and its isomers but no significant amount of peptido-leukotrienes were detected. These findings reveal that LTA4 undergoes distinctly different metabolic transformations in these tissues which correspond to the biological activities of the products recovered. These results strongly suggest that the myotropic activity and potency of LTA4 is related to the tissue levels of enzymes which catalyse its biotransformation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0090-6980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Correlation between the myotropic activity of leukotriene A4 on guinea-pig lung, trachea and ileum and its biotransformation in situ.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't