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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
The prostaglandin endoperoxide PGH2 rearranges nonenzymatically to generate prostaglandins and secoprostanoic acid levulinaldehyde derivatives such as PGE2 and levuglandin (LG) E2, respectively. Direct detection of LGE2 in biological samples is complicated because it is rapidly sequestered by covalent adduction to endogenous nucleophiles including proteins, which produces LGE2-derived protein-bound pyrroles. Therefore, to detect LGE2-protein adducts in vivo, antibodies were raised against a covalent adduct of LGE2 with keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH). This antigen enabled the production of high-titer antibodies that exhibit minimal cross-specificity and are sensitive for detecting LGE2-derived pyrroles. Although pyrrole yields are low at LG/protein ratios found in vivo, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with the LGE2-KLH antibodies detects LGE2-derived protein-bound pyrrole immunoreactivity in human plasma from specific patient populations. Furthermore, prominent immunocytochemical staining of human brain thin sections revealed the presence of LGE2-derived pyrrole immunoreactivity, especially in the meningeal vessels of some patients. This demonstration of LG-protein adducts in human plasma and vasculature provides the first evidence for the biological occurrence of levuglandins in vivo and further suggests that these antibodies might prove useful in diagnostic and mechanistic studies of various disease conditions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0893-228X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
536-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Cerebral Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Child, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Cross-Linking Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Hemocyanin, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Meningeal Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Mollusca, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Prostaglandins E, pubmed-meshheading:9168251-Pyrroles
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Levuglandin E2-protein adducts in human plasma and vasculature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. rgs@po.cwru.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.