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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Analysis by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) of derivatized metabolites formed following incubation of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) incubation with Ito cells extends previous knowledge concerning fragmentation mechanisms for derivatized hydroxy-substituted unsaturated fatty acids. LTB4 was metabolized by rat Ito cells, a hepatic perisinusoidal stellate cell, by the delta 10- and delta 14-reductase pathways, resulting in the formation of 10,11-dihydro-LTB4 and 10,11,14,15-tetrahydro-LTB4. Formation of the intermediate metabolites, 12-oxo-10,11-dihydro-LTB4 and 12-oxo-10,11,14,15-tetrahydro-LTB4, was also observed. GC/electron impact (EI) MS analysis of the 12-oxo metabolites, derivatized as the pentafluorobenzyl ester/ trimethylsilyl ether compounds, resulted in unique fragmentations indicative of the oxo substituent and double bond positions. Further metabolism of 10,11-dihydro-LTB4 and 10,11,14,15-tetrahydro-LTB4 by carboxy terminus beta-oxidation resulted in chain-shortened monohydroxy metabolites. Possible intermediates in this metabolism, which resulted in loss of the original C-5 hydroxy substituent from LTB4, were identified as 2,4,6-conjugated triene-containing C-18 metabolites. The absence of a double bond allylic to the trimethylsiloxy ether in derivatized 10,11,14,15-tetrahydro LTB4 metabolites strikingly reduced the abundance of alpha-cleavage ions observed in the EI mass spectra of these compounds, thus suggesting the importance of formation of an allylic stabilized radical in such alpha-cleavage reactions. Lacking a favorable alpha-cleavage reaction, GC/EIMS analysis of 10-hydroxy-2,4,6-octadecatrienoic acid resulted in the formation of m/z 91, which may arise via cyclization of the conjugated triene moiety. In addition, GC/MS analysis of derivatized metabolites containing the 2,4,6 conjugated triene moiety resulted in a unique fragment ion in the electron capture ionization mass spectra that also may arise via cyclization of the conjugated triene with formation of m/z 121.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1076-5174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
236-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis of oxo and chain-shortened leukotriene B4 metabolites. Leukotriene B4 metabolism in Ito cells.
pubmed:affiliation
National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.