Abstract
14C-arachidonic acid metabolism was determined in aortas, platelets, and perfused lungs from rats pair fed a basal diet supplemented with 0 or 100 ppm vitamin E for 11 weeks. Spontaneous erythrocyte hemolysis tests showed 92% and 8% hemolysis for the 0 and 100 ppm vitamin E groups, respectively. Elevated lung homogenate levels of malonaldehyde in the 0 ppm group confirmed its deficient group synthesized 54% less prostacyclin than aortas from the supplemented group (p<0.05). Although thromboxane generation by platelets from the vitamin E deficient group exhibited a 37% increase, this difference was not statistically significant compared to the supplemented animals Greater amounts of PGE2, PGF2, TXB2, and 6-keto-PGI1α were obtained in albumin buffer perfusates from lungs of vitamin E deficient rats than in those from supplemented rats. Significant differences (p<0.05) were noticed, however, only for PGE2 and PGF2α. These studies indicate that vitamin E quantitatively alters arachidonic acid metabolism in aortic and lung tissue but its effect on thrmboxane synthesis by platelets is less marked.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 215-224 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Prostaglandins |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1982 |