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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 256, Issue 11, 5317-5320, Jun, 1981

Effect of various lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid on degranulation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes

GM Bokoch and PW Reed

Lipoxygenase metabolites of guinea pig peritoneal polymorphonuclear leukocytes stimulated with 10 microM A23187 plus arachidonic acid were isolated and identified. These metabolites were compared with each other and to chemically synthesized arachidonate metabolites for their ability to stimulate leukocyte degranulation. 5(S),12(R)-Dihydroxy- 6,8,10-(cis/trans/trans)14-cis-eicosatetraenoic acid (leukotriene B4) produced a significant release of lysozyme, but not beta-glucuronidase or beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase at low concentrations (EC50 = 6.5 x 10(- 9) M), while the leukocyte nonenzymatically generated 5,12-or 5,6- dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids had no effect at these concentrations. Higher concentrations (1--10 microM) of all the dihydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids, 5-hydroxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (5-HETE) and its hydroperoxy precursor stimulated significant lysozyme release which was greater than that produced by 15-hydroxy- 5,8,11-13-eicosatetraenoic acid, arachidonic acid, or its acetylene analogue, 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid. Micromolar concentrations of leukotriene B4 and 5-HETE also stimulated significant release of beta-N- acetylglucosaminidase above controls, but not beta-glucuronidase. These results suggest that leukotriene B4 may play a role in regulating the release of certain granule-bound enzymes from polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
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