Polyunsaturated fatty acids: conversion to lipid mediators, roles in inflammatory diseases and dietary sources

JL Harwood - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are important components of the diet of mammals. Their
role was first established when the essential fatty acids (EFAs) linoleic acid and α-linolenic …

Leukotriene biosynthetic enzymes as therapeutic targets

JZ Haeggström - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Leukotrienes are powerful immune-regulating lipid mediators with established pathogenic
roles in inflammatory allergic diseases of the respiratory tract—in particular, asthma and hay …

Current and future biomarkers in allergic asthma

UM Zissler, J Esser‐von Bieren, CA Jakwerth… - Allergy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Diagnosis early in life, sensitization, asthma endotypes, monitoring of disease and treatment
progression are key motivations for the exploration of biomarkers for allergic rhinitis and …

Untangling the web of 5-lipoxygenase-derived products from a molecular and structural perspective: the battle between pro-and anti-inflammatory lipid mediators

NC Gilbert, ME Newcomer, O Werz - Biochemical pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Arachidonic acid (AA) is the precursor to leukotrienes (LT), potent mediators of the
inflammatory response. In the 35+ years since cysteinyl-LTs were reported to mediate …

Structures of leukotriene biosynthetic enzymes and development of new therapeutics

JZ Haeggström, ME Newcomer - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Leukotrienes are potent immune-regulating lipid mediators with patho-genic roles in
inflammatory and allergic diseases, particularly asthma. These autacoids also contribute to …

Metabolism of glutathione S-conjugates: multiple pathways

AJL Cooper, MH Hanigan - Comprehensive toxicology, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many potentially toxic electrophilic xenobiotics and some endogenous compounds are
detoxified by conversion to the corresponding glutathione S-conjugate, which is metabolized …

Exosomes and cells from lung cancer pleural exudates transform LTC4 to LTD4, promoting cell migration and survival via CysLT1

A Lukic, CJE Wahlund, C Gómez, D Brodin… - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Tumor-derived exosomes can modulate the cancer microenvironment and induce metastatic
spread. Exosomes may carry enzymes for leukotriene (LT) biosynthesis, but the role of …

Novel leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitors (2012-2016) as anti-inflammatory agents

O Werz, J Gerstmeier, U Garscha - Expert opinion on therapeutic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Leukotrienes (LTs) are lipid mediators produced from arachidonic
acid with a broad variety of bioactivities in allergy and inflammation. The biosynthesis of LTs …

BRP-187: A potent inhibitor of leukotriene biosynthesis that acts through impeding the dynamic 5-lipoxygenase/5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) complex …

U Garscha, S Voelker, S Pace, J Gerstmeier… - Biochemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
The pro-inflammatory leukotrienes (LTs) are formed from arachidonic acid (AA) in activated
leukocytes, where 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) translocates to the nuclear envelope to assemble …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthetic metabolomes of cysteinyl-containing immunoresolvents

CC Jouvene, AE Shay, MA Soens, PC Norris… - The FASEB …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Resolution of inflammation is an active process regulated by specialized proresolving
mediators where we identified 3 new pathways producing allylic epoxide–derived mediators …