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Published on: September 5, 2016
Perfluorinated carboxylic acids inhibit cyclooxygenase pathway more potently than 12-lipoxygenase pathway in rat
Satoru Sakuma1, Yukari Fujii, Muneyuki Abe
1Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan. sakuma@gly.oups.ac.jp
Abstract:
Two perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs), pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PDFOA) and heptadecafluorononanoic acid (HDFNA), were investigated for potential modulatory effects on the cyclooxygenase (COX) and 12-lipoxygenase (LOX) metabolisms in rat platelets. Both PDFOA and HDFNA dose-dependently inhibited the formation of a COX metabolite, 12-HHT, without any effect on that of a LOX metabolite, 12-HETE, at concentrations ranging from 10 to 100μM. These two PFCAs up to 100μM did not affect platelet membrane integrity, and COX-1 and -2 protein expression levels in Caco-2 cells. These results suggest that PDFOA and HDFNA have the potential to modify platelet function by inhibiting the COX pathway at activity level, but not at protein level.
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