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. 1987 Oct;84(20):6990–6994. doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.20.6990

Formation of cis-14,15-oxido-5,8,11-icosatrienoic acid from phosphatidylinositol in human platelets.

L R Ballou 1, B K Lam 1, P Y Wong 1, W Y Cheung 1
PMCID: PMC299214  PMID: 3118357

Abstract

Human platelets contain a soluble enzyme or enzyme system that catalyzes the formation of lysophosphatidylinositol and a compound more polar than arachidonic acid (compound A) from 2-arachidonoyl sn-phosphatidylinositol. Arachidonic acid, 2-arachidonoyl sn-phosphatidylcholine, or 2-arachidonoyl sn-phosphatidylethanolamine did not serve as substrate for the production of compound A. The reaction required Ca2+ and was not affected by aspirin, indomethacin, or mepacrin. Enzyme activity was not enhanced in the presence of NADPH, but it was inhibited greater than 90% by CO or N2; inhibition was readily reversible by exposure to atmospheric air. Neither metapyrone (SKF 525A) nor cyanide, inhibitors of cytochrome P-450, inhibited compound A formation, suggesting that a cytochrome P-450 system was not involved. Thrombin stimulated the formation of compound A in whole platelets; ionophore A23187 did so much less effectively; and other agonists such as collagen, ADP, and epinephrine were ineffective. Compound A exhibited a fragmentation pattern by GC/MS identical to that of authentic cis-14,15-oxido-5,8,11-icosatrienoic acid. Collectively, these data indicate that human platelets may contain an enzyme system that catalyzes the epoxidation of the arachidonic acid moiety of phosphatidylinositol and its hydrolysis to liberate cis-14,15-oxido-5,8,11-icosatrienoic acid.

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