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Trippe L, Nava A, Frank A, Nubbemeyer U. Synthesis of Enantiopure 6,11‐Methylene Lipoxin B
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Methyl Ester. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202001591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lukas Trippe
- Organische Chemie Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 D-55128 Mainz Germany
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- BASF Lampertheim GmbH Chemiestr. 22 68623 Lampertheim Germany
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- Organische Chemie Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 D-55128 Mainz Germany
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- Organische Chemie Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Duesbergweg 10–14 D-55128 Mainz Germany
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Funakoshi T, Yanai A, Shinoda K, Kawano MM, Mizukami Y. G protein-coupled receptor 30 is an estrogen receptor in the plasma membrane. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 346:904-10. [PMID: 16780796 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.05.191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2006] [Accepted: 05/31/2006] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Recently, GPR30 was reported to be a novel estrogen receptor; however, its intracellular localization has remained controversial. To investigate the intracellular localization of GPR30 in vivo, we produced four kinds of polyclonal antibodies for distinct epitopes on GPR30. Immunocytochemical observations using anti-GPR30 antibody and anti-FLAG antibody show that FLAG-GPR30 localizes to the plasma membrane 24 h after transfection. Treatment with estrogen (17beta-estradiol or E2) causes an elevation in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) within 10 s in HeLa cells expressing FLAG-GPR30. In addition, E2 induces the translocation of GPR30 from the plasma membrane to the cytoplasm by 1 h after stimulation. Immunohistochemical analysis shows that GPR30 exists on the cell surface of CA2 pyramidal neuronal cells. The images on transmission electron microscopy show that GPR30 is localized to a particular region associated with the plasma membranes of the pyramidal cells. These data indicate that GPR30, a transmembrane receptor for estrogen, is localized to the plasma membrane of CA2 pyramidal neuronal cells of the hippocampus in rat brain.
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- Takeshi Funakoshi
- Center for Gene Research, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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Petasis NA, Akritopoulou-Zanze I, Fokin VV, Bernasconi G, Keledjian R, Yang R, Uddin J, Nagulapalli KC, Serhan CN. Design, synthesis and bioactions of novel stable mimetics of lipoxins and aspirin-triggered lipoxins. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2005; 73:301-21. [PMID: 16098719 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2005.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The lipoxins (LX) are a class of potent endogenous oxygenated products that are enzymatically generated from arachidonic acid and have novel anti-inflammatory properties and promote resolution. Elucidation of the biochemical pathways involved in the metabolic inactivation of LX and the discovery of the aspirin-triggered lipoxins (ATL) provided the basis for the design and synthesis of stable analogs of LX and ATL. This special issue review describes the efforts that led to the design and synthesis of stable LX/ATL mimetics, which permitted the detailed elucidation of their novel biological roles, leading to the development of new anti-inflammatory agents that mimic their actions. These synthetic molecules provided the means to uncover the physiologic roles of both the LX and the ATL biosynthetic pathways which led to several unexpected discoveries. Among these findings is the involvement of polyisoprenyl phosphates (PIPP) in intracellular signaling mediated by presqualene diphosphate (PSDP), and the recognition of the novel roles of these lipid mediators in regulating cell trafficking during inflammation as well as in promoting resolution of inflammatory processes. These efforts also provided the basis for examining the potential therapeutic role of LX/ATL stable mimetics and led to the development of new analogs with improved pharmacokinetics that opened the way to potentially new approaches to treating human diseases.
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- Nicos A Petasis
- Department of Chemistry and the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Mizukami Y, Sumimoto H, Takeshige K. Induction of cytochrome CYP4F3A in all-trans-retinoic acid-treated HL60 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 314:104-9. [PMID: 14715252 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP4F3A catalyzes the inactivation of leukotriene B(4) by omega-hydroxylation, an activity of which is specifically expressed in human neutrophils. Here, we examined expression of the LTB(4) omega-hydroxylating activity during the differentiation of HL60 cells, an acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line, in the presence of various inducers. Among the inducers used, all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) most strongly induces the LTB(4) omega-hydroxylating activity in a dose-dependent manner. The time course of the induction of the omega-hydroxylating activity correlates well with that of the superoxide-generating activity, indicative of cell differentiation. ATRA-treated cell microsomes convert LTB(4) to its 20-hydroxyl derivative under aerobic conditions in the present of NADPH. The reaction is inhibited by carbon monoxide, an inhibitor of cytochrome P-450, and by antibodies raised against NADPH-P-450 reductase. CYP4F3A appears to be responsible for the LTB(4) omega-hydroxylase activity, based on the following observations: expression of the mRNA for CYP4F3A is observed together with the induction of LTB(4) omega-hydroxylating activity in ATRA-treated HL60 cells; and the apparent K(m) values for the omega-hydroxylation of LTB(4) and lipoxin B(4) by ATRA-treated cell microsomes are essentially the same as those of CYP4F3A in human neutrophil microsomes.
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- Yoichi Mizukami
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Goh J, Godson C, Brady HR, Macmathuna P. Lipoxins: pro-resolution lipid mediators in intestinal inflammation. Gastroenterology 2003; 124:1043-54. [PMID: 12671901 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2003.50154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Many inflammatory processes are self-limiting, suggesting the existence of endogenous anti-inflammatory mechanisms. Among the lipid mediators generated during cell-cell interactions are the lipoxins (LX, including LXA(4) and B(4)), a distinct class of lipoxygenase-derived eicosanoids. Aspirin acetylation of cyclooxygenase 2 also promotes the generation of a series of 15-epimers of LXA(4), known as aspirin-triggered lipoxins (ATL), that may account for some of the bioactivity profile of aspirin and possibly of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Native LX are rapidly inactivated in vivo, and stable analogs of LXA(4), LXB(4), and ATL have been synthesized that possess enhanced bioavailability and potency as anti-inflammatory eicosanoids. Here, we review current in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo evidence supporting cytoprotective and proresolution roles for LX in intestinal inflammation. LXA(4), LXA(4) analogs, and ATL analogs inhibit neutrophil chemotaxis, adhesion to epithelium, and epithelial cell chemokine release. In addition, LX blunt TNF-alpha-stimulated inflammatory responses, cyclooxygenase product generation, and epithelial cell apoptosis and are cytoprotective for cytokine-activated colonic mucosa ex vivo. LX, ATL, and synthetic LX analogs have already been demonstrated to possess impressive antiinflammatory and proresolution efficacy in a range of experimental models of inflammation in vivo. Further elucidation of the role of LX in intestinal epithelial cell biology and immune function may yield novel therapeutic approaches in inflammatory bowel disease and possibly gastrointestinal cancer.
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- Jason Goh
- Gastro-Intestinal Unit, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth and Selly Oak Hospitals, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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Kikuta Y, Kusunose E, Kusunose M. Prostaglandin and leukotriene omega-hydroxylases. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2002; 68-69:345-62. [PMID: 12432928 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(02)00039-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Omega and subterminal hydroxylations of prostaglandins (PGs), leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and some related eicosanoids are catalyzed by the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes belonging to the CYP4A and CYP4F subfamilies. CYP4A4, which is induced in pregnant rabbits, is the only elucidated PGE omega-hydroxylase within the CYP4A subfamily. CYP4F3 is the most tissue specific and most efficient LTB4 omega-hydroxylase, judging from its restricted localization in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and its very low Km value for LTB4. CYP4F2 is widely distributed in human liver and other tissues, and catalyzes omega-hydroxylation of various lipoxygenase-derived eicosanoids as well as LTB4, with relatively comparable and high Km values. CYP4F3B is very similar to CYP4F2 in its tissue localization and its Km value for LTB4. Human seminal vesicle CYP4F8 is the first elucidated hydroxylase with substrate specificity for PG endoperoxides, whereas ram seminal vesicle CYP4F21 is the only elucidated PGE omega-hydroxylase within the CYP4F subfamily [corrected]. Rat CYP4F1, CYP4F4 and CYP4F5, and mouse Cyp4f14 have LTB4 omega-hydroxylase activity. Three additional human, four mouse, and one fish members of the CYP4F subfamily have been identified.
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- Yasushi Kikuta
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Engineering, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan
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Mizukami Y, Yoshioka K, Morimoto S, Yoshida KI. A novel mechanism of JNK1 activation. Nuclear translocation and activation of JNK1 during ischemia and reperfusion. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:16657-62. [PMID: 9195981 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.26.16657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Cytokines and various cellular stresses are known to activate c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK), which plays a role in conveying signals from the cytosol to the nucleus. Here we investigate the translocation and activation of JNK1 during ischemia and reperfusion in perfused rat heart. Ischemia induces the translocation of JNK1 from the cytosol fraction to the nuclear fraction in a time-dependent manner. Immunohistochemical observation also shows that JNK1 staining in the nucleus is enhanced after ischemia. During reperfusion after ischemia, further nuclear translocation of JNK1 is apparently inhibited. In contrast, JNK1 activity in the nuclear fraction does not increased during ischemia but increases significantly during reperfusion with a peak at 10 min of reperfusion. The activation of JNK1 is confirmed by the phosphorylation of endogenous c-Jun (Ser-73) with similar kinetics. The level of c-jun mRNA also increases during reperfusion but not during ischemia. Based on fractionation and immunohistochemical analyses, an upstream kinase for JNK1, SAPK/ERK kinase 1 (SEK1), is constantly present in both the nucleus and cytoplasm throughout ischemia and reperfusion, whereas an upstream kinase for mitogen-activated protein kinase, MAPK/ERK kinase 1, remains in the cytosol. Furthermore, phosphorylation at Thr-223 of SEK1, necessary for its activation, rapidly increases in the nuclear fraction during postischemic reperfusion. These findings demonstrate that JNK1 translocates to the nucleus during ischemia without activation and is then activated during reperfusion, probably by SEK1 in the nucleus.
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- Y Mizukami
- Department of Legal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan.
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Mizukami Y, Yoshida KI. Mitogen-activated protein kinase translocates to the nucleus during ischaemia and is activated during reperfusion. Biochem J 1997; 323 ( Pt 3):785-90. [PMID: 9169613 PMCID: PMC1218383 DOI: 10.1042/bj3230785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Growth factors and various cellular stresses are known to activate mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, which plays a role in conveying signals from the cytosol to the nucleus. The phosphorylation of MAP kinase is thought to be a prerequisite for translocation. Here, we investigate the translocation and activation of MAP kinase during ischaemia and reperfusion in perfused rat heart. Ischaemia (0-40 min) induces the translocation of MAP kinase from the cytosol fraction to the nuclear fraction. Immunohistochemical observation shows that MAP kinase staining in the nucleus is enhanced after ischaemia for 40 min. Unexpectedly, tyrosine phosphorylation of MAP kinase is unchanged in the nuclear fraction during ischaemia, indicating that unphosphorylated MAP kinase translocates from the cytosol to the nucleus. During reperfusion (0-30 min), after ischaemia for 20 min, tyrosine phosphorylation of MAP kinase in the nuclear fraction is increased with a peak at 10 min of reperfusion. The activation is confirmed by MAP kinase activity with similar kinetics to the tyrosine phosphorylation. However, the amount of MAP kinase in the fraction is almost constant during reperfusion for 10 min. Although an upstream kinase for MAP kinase, MAP kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase (MEK)-1, remains in the cytosol throughout ischaemia and reperfusion, MEK-2, another upstream kinase for MAP kinase, is constantly present in the nucleus as well as in the cytoplasm, based on analyses by fractionation and immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, MEK-2 activity in the nuclear fraction is rapidly increased during post-ischaemic reperfusion. These findings demonstrate that nuclear MAP kinase is activated by tyrosine phosphorylation during reperfusion, probably by MEK-2.
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- Y Mizukami
- Department of Legal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1144 Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755, Japan
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Maddox JF, Serhan CN. Lipoxin A4 and B4 are potent stimuli for human monocyte migration and adhesion: selective inactivation by dehydrogenation and reduction. J Exp Med 1996; 183:137-46. [PMID: 8551217 PMCID: PMC2192402 DOI: 10.1084/jem.183.1.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Monocyte recruitment and adherence are important events in inflammatory and vascular diseases. Here, we evaluated the actions of lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and LXB4, a series of lipoxygenase products from arachidonic acid generated by cell-cell interactions, on human monocytes. LXA4 and LXB4 (10(-7) M) each increased monocyte migration in chamber chemotaxis assays and, in migration under agarose, exhibited chemotactic indices similar to those of the chemotactic peptide formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine at 10(-10)-10(-8) M and to the chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha) at 10(-8)-10(-7) M with a rank order of potency: Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 alpha > LXA4 approximately LXB4 approximately MIP-1 alpha. Lipoxins also stimulated monocyte adherence to laminin. In addition, human monocytes rapidly transformed LXA4 and LXB4 to several metabolites. LXB4 (> 80%) was converted within 30 s to new products, in a trend similar to that of LXA4. The novel monocyte-derived LXB4 products were identified as 5-oxo-6,7-dihydro-LXB4 and 6,7-dihydro-LXB4, indicating a role for site-selective dehydrogenation and reduction. Unlike monocytes, intact polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) did not metabolize LXA4 in significant quantities, and only approximately 12% of exogenous LXB4 was omega-oxidized to 20-OH-LXB4 and 20-COOH-LXB4 by PMN. To determine if lipoxin conversion altered bioactivity, we evaluated the actions of these metabolites on monocytes. Each of the novel products of LXA4 and LXB4 from monocytes, namely oxo- and dihydrolipoxins, were essentially inactive in stimulating monocyte adherence. In contrast, the omega-oxidation products of LXB4 isolated from PMN were equipotent with LXB4 for monocyte adherence. Dehydrogenation of LXA4 in monocytes appears to be carried out by a 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase, which is present in human monocytes as determined by reverse transcription PCR and Western blots. Together, these results provide the first evidence that LXA4 and LXB4 are both potent stimulants for migration and adherence of human monocytes. Moreover, they underscore the importance of the major route of lipoxin metabolism in leukocytes, namely, the rapid dehydrogenation and inactivation carried out by monocytes.
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- J F Maddox
- Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Braun BS, Frieden R, Lessnick SL, May WA, Denny CT. Identification of target genes for the Ewing's sarcoma EWS/FLI fusion protein by representational difference analysis. Mol Cell Biol 1995; 15:4623-30. [PMID: 7623854 PMCID: PMC230703 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.15.8.4623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The EWS/FLI-1 fusion gene results from the 11;22 chromosomal translocation in Ewing's sarcoma. The product of the gene is one of a growing number of structurally altered transcription factors implicated in oncogenesis. We have employed a subtractive cloning strategy of representational difference analysis in conjunction with a model transformation system to identify genes transcribed in response to EWS/FLI. We have characterized eight transcripts that are dependent on EWS/FLI for expression and two transcripts that are repressed in response to EWS/FLI. Three of the former were identified by sequence analysis as stromelysin 1, a murine homolog of cytochrome P-450 F1 and cytokeratin 15. Stromelysin 1 is induced rapidly after expression of EWS/FLI, suggesting that the stromelysin 1 gene may be a direct target gene of EWS/FLI. These results demonstrate that expression of EWS/FLI leads to significant changes in the transcription of specific genes and that these effects are at least partially distinct from those caused by expression of germ line FLI-1. The representational difference analysis technique can potentially be applied to investigate transformation pathways activated by a broad array of genes in different tumor systems.
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- B S Braun
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA
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