BACKGROUND: Although the mechanisms of aspirin-induced rhinosinusitis-asthma appear to be related to arachidonic acid abnormalities, only recently has a specific aspirin-triggered enhancement of 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE) generation in nasal polyp epithelial cells from aspirin-sensitive patients been demonstrated. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess generation of 15-HETE and other eicosanoids by peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) from aspirin-sensitive and aspirin-tolerant asthmatic patients and modulation of 15-HETE generation by a prostaglandin (PG) E(1) analogue (misoprostol). METHODS: Twenty-four aspirin-sensitive patients with asthma-rhinosinusitis and 18 aspirin-tolerant asthmatic patients were studied, and eicosanoids released from PBLs were assessed by means of enzyme immunoassays. RESULTS: Unstimulated PBLs from aspirin-sensitive and aspirin-tolerant patients generated similar amounts of PGE(2), leukotriene C(4), and 15-HETE, but lipoxin A(4) release was significantly less in aspirin-sensitive patients (300 +/- 70 pg/mL) in comparison with that seen in aspirin-tolerant patients (690 +/- 100 pg/mL, P <.05). Cell incubation with 2, 20, or 200 micromol/L aspirin resulted in a dose-dependent increase in 15-HETE generation (mean change of +85%, +189%, and +284% at each aspirin concentration, respectively) only in aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patients. Naproxen stimulated 15-HETE generation in aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patients, but indomethacin or specific COX-2 inhibitors (NS-398 and celecoxib) did not affect 15-HETE release. A synthetic PGE(1) analogue (misoprostol) inhibited aspirin-induced 15-HETE release but enhanced 15-HETE generation by aspirin in leukocytes from aspirin-tolerant patients. After preincubation with misoprostol, aspirin induced a dose-dependent production of lipoxin A(4) in both groups. CONCLUSION: PBLs from patients with aspirin-sensitive rhinosinusitis-asthma might be specifically triggered by aspirin to generate 15-HETE. Metabolism of 15-HETE is differentially regulated by misoprostol in aspirin-tolerant and aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patients.
BACKGROUND: Although the mechanisms of aspirin-induced rhinosinusitis-asthma appear to be related to arachidonic acid abnormalities, only recently has a specific aspirin-triggered enhancement of 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE) generation in nasal polyp epithelial cells from aspirin-sensitive patients been demonstrated. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess generation of 15-HETE and other eicosanoids by peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) from aspirin-sensitive and aspirin-tolerant asthmatic patients and modulation of 15-HETE generation by a prostaglandin (PG) E(1) analogue (misoprostol). METHODS: Twenty-four aspirin-sensitive patients with asthma-rhinosinusitis and 18 aspirin-tolerant asthmatic patients were studied, and eicosanoids released from PBLs were assessed by means of enzyme immunoassays. RESULTS: Unstimulated PBLs from aspirin-sensitive and aspirin-tolerant patients generated similar amounts of PGE(2), leukotriene C(4), and 15-HETE, but lipoxin A(4) release was significantly less in aspirin-sensitive patients (300 +/- 70 pg/mL) in comparison with that seen in aspirin-tolerant patients (690 +/- 100 pg/mL, P <.05). Cell incubation with 2, 20, or 200 micromol/L aspirin resulted in a dose-dependent increase in 15-HETE generation (mean change of +85%, +189%, and +284% at each aspirin concentration, respectively) only in aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patients. Naproxen stimulated 15-HETE generation in aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patients, but indomethacin or specific COX-2 inhibitors (NS-398 and celecoxib) did not affect 15-HETE release. A synthetic PGE(1) analogue (misoprostol) inhibited aspirin-induced 15-HETE release but enhanced 15-HETE generation by aspirin in leukocytes from aspirin-tolerant patients. After preincubation with misoprostol, aspirin induced a dose-dependent production of lipoxin A(4) in both groups. CONCLUSION: PBLs from patients with aspirin-sensitive rhinosinusitis-asthma might be specifically triggered by aspirin to generate 15-HETE. Metabolism of 15-HETE is differentially regulated by misoprostol in aspirin-tolerant and aspirin-sensitive asthmatic patients.
Authors: Elina Jerschow; Matthew L Edin; Teresa Pelletier; Waleed M Abuzeid; Nadeem A Akbar; Marc Gibber; Marvin Fried; Fred B Lih; Artiom Gruzdev; J Alyce Bradbury; Weiguo Han; Golda Hudes; Taha Keskin; Victor L Schuster; Simon Spivack; Darryl C Zeldin; David Rosenstreich Journal: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract Date: 2017-01-31
Authors: Whitney W Stevens; Anna G Staudacher; Kathryn E Hulse; Roderick G Carter; Deborah R Winter; Hiam Abdala-Valencia; Atsushi Kato; Lydia Suh; James E Norton; Julia H Huang; Anju T Peters; Leslie C Grammer; Caroline P E Price; David B Conley; Stephanie Shintani-Smith; Bruce K Tan; Kevin C Welch; Robert C Kern; Robert P Schleimer Journal: J Allergy Clin Immunol Date: 2020-05-01 Impact factor: 10.793