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Activation of Leukotriene Synthesis in Human Neutrophils by Exogenous Arachidonic Acid: Inhibition by Adenosine A2a Receptor Agonists and Crucial Role of Autocrine Activation by Leukotriene B4

Marc E. Surette, Eric Krump, Serge Picard and Pierre Borgeat
Molecular Pharmacology November 1999, 56 (5) 1055-1062; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.56.5.1055
Marc E. Surette
Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Eric Krump
Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Serge Picard
Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Pierre Borgeat
Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL and Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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We report here that the apparent inability of isolated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) to efficiently transform arachidonic acid (AA) is the consequence of A2a receptor engagement by endogenous adenosine accumulating in incubation media. Indeed, when adenosine is eliminated from PMN suspensions by the addition of adenosine deaminase, or when cells are incubated with adenosine A2a receptor antagonists, important quantities (40–80 pmol/106 cells) of 5-lipoxygenase products are synthesized by PMN incubated with 1 to 5 μM exogenous AA. The selective A2a receptor agonist CGS21680 was a very potent inhibitor of the AA-induced leukotriene (LT) synthesis, showing an IC50 of ∼1 nM. The mechanism of AA-induced stimulation of LT synthesis observed in the absence of extracellular adenosine was investigated. In adenosine deaminase-treated PMN, exogenous AA induced Ca2+ mobilization and the translocation of 5-lipoxygenase to nuclear structures. A time lag of 20 to 60 s (variable between PMN preparations) was observed consistently between the addition of AA and the elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration (and LT synthesis), indicating that AA itself did not trigger the Ca2+ mobilization in PMN. This AA-induced Ca2+mobilization, as well as the corresponding 5-lipoxygenase translocation and stimulation of LT synthesis, was blocked efficiently by the LT synthesis inhibitor MK0591, the LTB4 receptor antagonists CP105696 and LY223982, and the LTA4 hydrolase inhibitor SC57461A. These data demonstrate that AA is a highly potent and effective activator of LT synthesis and acts through a mechanism that requires an autocrine stimulatory loop by LTB4.

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    • Received May 24, 1999.
    • Accepted August 2, 1999.
  • Send reprint requests to: Dr. Pierre Borgeat, Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, 2705 Boul. Laurier, Room T 1–49, Ste-Foy, Québec, G1V 4G2, Canada. Email:pierre.borgeat{at}crchul.ulaval.ca

  • These studies were supported by grants from The Arthritis Society of Canada and The Medical Research Council of Canada. P.B. and M.E.S. are recipients of scholarships from Le Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec. These studies were presented in part at Experimental Biology ’99, April 18, 1999, Washington, DC.

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Activation of Leukotriene Synthesis in Human Neutrophils by Exogenous Arachidonic Acid: Inhibition by Adenosine A2a Receptor Agonists and Crucial Role of Autocrine Activation by Leukotriene B4

Marc E. Surette, Eric Krump, Serge Picard and Pierre Borgeat
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Activation of Leukotriene Synthesis in Human Neutrophils by Exogenous Arachidonic Acid: Inhibition by Adenosine A2a Receptor Agonists and Crucial Role of Autocrine Activation by Leukotriene B4

Marc E. Surette, Eric Krump, Serge Picard and Pierre Borgeat
Molecular Pharmacology November 1, 1999, 56 (5) 1055-1062; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.56.5.1055
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