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  • Title: Structural characterization of arachidonyl radicals formed by prostaglandin H synthase-2 and prostaglandin H synthase-1 reconstituted with mangano protoporphyrin IX.
    Author: Tsai Al, Palmer G, Xiao G, Swinney DC, Kulmacz RJ.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1998 Feb 13; 273(7):3888-94. PubMed ID: 9461572.
    Abstract:
    A tyrosyl radical generated in the peroxidase cycle of prostaglandin H synthase-1 (PGHS-1) can serve as the initial oxidant for arachidonic acid (AA) in the cyclooxygenase reaction. Peroxides also induce radical formation in prostaglandin H synthase-2 (PGHS-2) and in PGHS-1 reconstituted with mangano protoporphyrin IX (MnPGHS-1), but the EPR spectra of these radicals are distinct from the initial tyrosyl radical in PGHS-1. We have examined the ability of the radicals in PGHS-2 and MnPGHS-1 to oxidize AA, using single-turnover EPR studies. One wide singlet tyrosyl radical with an overall EPR line width of 29-31 gauss (G) was generated by reaction of PGHS-2 with ethyl hydroperoxide. Anaerobic addition of AA to PGHS-2 immediately after formation of this radical led to its disappearance and emergence of an AA radical (AA.) with a 7-line EPR, substantiated by experiments using octadeuterated AA. Subsequent addition of oxygen resulted in regeneration of the tyrosyl radical. In contrast, the peroxide-generated radical (a 21G narrow singlet) in a Y371F PGHS-2 mutant lacking cyclooxygenase activity failed to react with AA. The peroxide-generated radical in MnPGHS-1 exhibited a line width of 36-38G, but was also able to convert AA to an AA. with an EPR spectrum similar to that found with PGHS-2. These results indicate that the peroxide-generated radicals in PGHS-2 and MnPGHS-1 can each serve as immediate oxidants of AA to form the same carbon-centered fatty acid radical that subsequently reacts with oxygen to form a hydroperoxide. The EPR data for the AA-derived radical formed by PGHS-2 and MnPGHS-1 could be accounted for by a planar pentadienyl radical with two strongly interacting beta-protons at C10 of AA. These results support a functional role for peroxide-generated radicals in cyclooxygenase catalysis by both PGHS isoforms and provide important structural characterization of the carbon-centered AA..
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