Abstract
12(S)-HETE [12(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid] is a lipoxygenase metabolite of arachidonic acid. Treatment of murine-lung-derived microvascular endothelial cells (CD clone 4) with exogenous 12(S)-HETE promoted wound healing of injured endothelial cell monolayers. 12(S)-HETE, in a time- and dose-dependent manner, enhanced the growth of CD clone 4 cells. Thymidine incorporation assays demonstrated that 12(S)-HETE increased the DNA synthesis by > 4 fold. In addition, normal endothelial cell growth stimulated by serum could be dose-dependently inhibited by a select 12-lipoxygenase inhibitor (BHPP), suggesting that 12(S)-HETE is a physiological mitogenic factor for microvascular endothelial cells.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 462-468 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Volume | 211 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 15 1995 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology