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Eicosanoids have been shown to be major mediators of airway inflammation. Platelet-activating factor (PAF), a potent bronchoconstrictor and stimulator of respiratory mucous secretion, may mediate some of its effects via eicosanoid production. To explore eicosanoid generation by cultured feline tracheal explants, eicosanoids were measured following PAF stimulation. After labeling the explants with [3H]arachidonic acid, supernatant from control and PAF treated explants was fractionated by reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The resulting elution pattern suggested the release of arachidonic acid (AA), 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (HETE), leukotriene (LT)B4, C4, prostaglandin (PG) D2/E2/F2 alpha, and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha. Radioimmunoassay (RIA) following HPLC resolution confirmed that PAF induced a significantly increased release of peptido-leukotrienes, PGD2, PGE2, PGF2 alpha, LTB4, and 5-HETE, as well as thromboxane (TX) B2. The most remarkable increase was LTC4/D4/E4 (15 x control) and PGD2 (4 x control). The PAF antagonist Ro 19-3704 had an inhibitory effect on the PAF-stimulated release of peptido-leukotrienes. We conclude that PAF stimulates the production of a variety of lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase pathway metabolites in feline airways.
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