Relationship of biosynthesis of slow reacting substance to intracellular glutathione concentrations

C. W. Parker, C. M. Fischman, H. J. Wedner

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Abstract

To further elucidate the role of glutathione (GSH) in the biosynthesis of slow reacting substance (SRS), SRS generation was studied in rat basophilic leukemia cells that had been preincubated with 2-cyclohexen-1-one or diethyl maleate to decrease their intracellular GSH concentrations. At low GSH levels SRS formation was markedly inhiited. The fomation of other lipoxygenase products was much less affected, although some decrease in 5-hydroxyicosatetraneoic acid formation also occurred, apparently due in part to less rapid reduction of the 5-hydroxyperoxide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6870-6873
Number of pages4
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume77
Issue number11 I
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980

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