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Various lipoxygenase (LO) products of arachidonic acid (AA) have been found to have potent biological activities and modulate physiological processes in various cells including endocrine cells. However, no studies concerning LO products in adrenocortical cells have been reported. The present study was performed to investigate LO products in rat adrenocortical cells and its role in ACTH-stimulated adrenal steroidogenesis. LO metabolites produced in ACTH-stimulated rat adrenocortical cells prelabeled with [3H]AA was analyzed by reverse phase and straight phase HPLC and two 5-LO products, 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5-HETE) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) were identified. ACTH-induced 5-HETE and LTB4 production in adrenal cells was dose dependently inhibited by AA861, a specific inhibitor of 5-LO. AA861 reduced ACTH-stimulated corticosteroid production without any change in cyclic AMP formation, while indomethacin did not affect both corticosteroid and cyclic AMP production. Reduced steroidogenesis by AA861 was reversed by the addition of 5-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5-HPETE). Also exogenously added 5-HPETE dose dependently augmented ACTH-stimulated corticosteroid production without any concomitant change in cyclic AMP production. However, 5-HETE and LTB4 had no such effect. These results indicate that 5-LO pathway is present in rat adrenocortical cells and its metabolites, most likely 5-HPETE, may play an important role in adrenal steroidogenesis.
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