PMID- 3182804 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19881214 LR - 20210210 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 263 IP - 32 DP - 1988 Nov 15 TI - Formation and biological activity of 12-ketoeicosatetraenoic acid in the nervous system of Aplysia. PG - 16591-6 AB - 12-Hydroperoxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (12-HPETE), a lipoxygenase product, simulates the synaptic responses 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 (Piomelli, D., Shapiro, E., Feinmark, S. J., and Schwartz, J. H. (1987) J. Neurosci. 7, 3675-3886; Shapiro, E., Piomelli, D., Feinmark, S., Vogel, S., Chin, G., and Schwartz, J. H. (1988) Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 53, in press). The 12-lipoxygenase pathway has not yet been fully characterized, but 12-HPETE is known to be metabolized further. We therefore began to search for other metabolites in order to investigate whether the actions of 12-HPETE might require its conversion to other active products. Here we report the identification of 12-keto-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid (12-KETE), a metabolite of 12-HPETE formed by Aplysia nervous tissue. This product was identified in incubations of the tissue with arachidonic acid using high performance liquid chromatography, UV spectrometry, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. [3H]12-KETE was formed from endogenous lipid stores in nervous tissue, labeled by incubation with [3H]arachidonic acid, when stimulated 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. 12(S)-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid, another metabolite of 12-HPETE, 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, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, 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 - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (12-keto-5,8,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid) RN - 0 (Arachidonic Acids) RN - 0 (Leukotrienes) RN - 67675-13-2 (12-HPETE) RN - 820484N8I3 (Histamine) RN - EC 1.13.11.31 (Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aplysia/*metabolism MH - Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase/metabolism MH - Arachidonic Acids/*metabolism MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Histamine/pharmacology MH - Leukotrienes/*metabolism EDAT- 1988/11/15 00:00 MHDA- 1988/11/15 00:01 CRDT- 1988/11/15 00:00 PHST- 1988/11/15 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1988/11/15 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1988/11/15 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(18)37431-3 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1988 Nov 15;263(32):16591-6.