Inhibition of lipoxygenase and prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase by anacardic acids

Richard Grazzini, David Hesk, Ellen Heininger, George Hildenbrandt, C. Channa Reddy, Diana Cox-Foster, June Medford, Richard Craig, Ralph O. Mumma

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Abstract

C22:1 ω5-anacardic acid was found to be a good inhibitor of both potato lipoxygenase and ovine prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase with approximate IC50's of 6 and 27 μM, respectively. Very similar inhibition was seen with the crude exudate, rich in ω5-anacardic acids, from glandular trichomes of an arthropod-resistant strain of geranium, Pelargonium xhortorum. The saturated anacardic acid (C22:0 sat), abundant in the trichome exudate of susceptible strains, was nearly as inhibitory toward both prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase and lipoxygenase as the ω5-unsaturated compound. However, the dimethyl derivative of C22:1 ω5-anacardic acid was a poor inhibitor of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase and caused only moderate (32%) inhibition of lipoxygenase even at 135 μM. The possible role of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase and lipoxygenase inhibition in the enhanced pest resistance of geraniums which produce the ω5-AnAs is discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)775-780
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume176
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 30 1991

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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