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Toxicological Sciences 2008 101(1):152-158; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfm252
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Activation of 5-Lipoxygenase and NF-{kappa}B in the Action of Acenaphthenequinone by Modulation of Oxidative Stress

Sang Woon Chung*,{dagger},1, Akira Toriba*, Hae Young Chung{dagger}, Byung Pal Yu{ddagger}, Takayuki Kameda*, Ning Tang*, Ryoichi Kizu§ and Kazuichi Hayakawa*

* Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan {dagger} College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, South Korea {ddagger} Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 § Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Doshisha Women's College, Kyoto 610-0395, Japan

1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at Graduate School of Natural Sciences and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan. Fax: +81-76-234-4456. E-mail: chungsw{at}p.kanazawa-u.ac.jp; swchung{at}pusan.ac.kr.

Received June 3, 2007; accepted September 18, 2007


  Abstract

Quinoid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are potent redox-active compounds that undergo enzymatic and nonenzymatic redox cycling with their semiquinone radical. We previously reported that acenaphthenequinone (AcQ) can damage human lung epithelial A549 cells through the formation of reactive species (RS). However, the biochemical mechanisms by which RS-generating enzymes cause oxidative burst during AcQ exposure remain elusive. Here we examined the biochemical mechanism of AcQ-induced RS generation by using selective metabolic inhibitors in A549 cells. We found that AA861, a 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO)–specific inhibitor significantly decreases RS generation. This inhibition of RS seems to be 5-LO specific because other inhibitors did not suppress AcQ-induced RS generation by nicotinamide adenine nucleotide phosphate (reduced) oxidase and/or xanthine oxidase. In addition, the inhibition of 5-LO by AA861 markedly reduced AcQ-induced nuclear factor kappa B (NF-{kappa}B) activation. We further found the activation of 5-LO pathway by exposing cells to AcQ mediates the secretion of inflammatory leukotriene B4, which can be significantly suppressed by a potent RS scavenger, N-acetylcysteine. Thus, based on our findings, we propose that AcQ-induced damage is likely due to increased RS generation and NF-{kappa}B activity through 5-LO activation.

Key Words: quinoid PAHs; acenaphthenequinone; reactive species; 5-lipoxygenase; NF-{kappa}B; inflammation.


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