PMID- 2774398 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19891003 LR - 20190616 IS - 0077-8923 (Print) IS - 0077-8923 (Linking) VI - 559 DP - 1989 TI - 12-keto-eicosatetraenoic acid. A biologically active eicosanoid in the nervous system of Aplysia. PG - 208-18 AB - The lipoxygenase product 12-hydroperoxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (12-HPETE), stimulates the synaptic response produced by the modulatory transmitter histamine and the neuroactive peptide Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide (FMRFamide) in identified neurons of the marine mollusk Aplysia californica. The 12-lipoxygenase pathway has not yet been fully characterized, but 12-HPETE is known to be metabolized further. Therefore, we began to search for other metabolites in order to investigate whether the actions of 12-HPETE might require its conversion to other active products. We have identified 12-keto-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (12-KETE) as a metabolite of 12-HPETE formed by Aplysia nervous tissue. 12-KETE was identified in incubations of the tissue with arachidonic acid using HPLC, UV spectrometry, and gas-chromatography/mass spectrometry. [3H]12-KETE is formed from endogenous lipid stores in nervous tissue, labeled with [3H]arachidonic acid upon stimulation by application of histamine. In L14 and L10 cells, identified neurons in the abdominal ganglion, applications of 12-KETE elicit changes in membrane potential similar to those evoked by histamine. Another metabolite of 12-HPETE, 12(s)-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid [12(S)-HETE], is inactive. These results support the hypothesis that 12-HPETE and its metabolite, 12-KETE, participate in transduction of histamine responses in Aplysia neurons. FAU - Piomelli, D AU - Piomelli D AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032. FAU - Feinmark, S J AU - Feinmark SJ FAU - Shapiro, E AU - Shapiro E FAU - Schwartz, J H AU - Schwartz JH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Ann N Y Acad Sci JT - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences JID - 7506858 RN - 0 (12-keto-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid) RN - 0 (Arachidonic Acids) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aplysia MH - Arachidonic Acids/biosynthesis/*isolation & purification MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Ganglia/*physiology MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Nervous System/*analysis/metabolism EDAT- 1989/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1989/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1989/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1989/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1989/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1989/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb22610.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1989;559:208-18. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1989.tb22610.x.