Isoprostanes: Formation, Analysis and Use As Indices of Lipid Peroxidation in Vivo (1999)

arachidonic acid gas chromatography mass spectrometry prostaglandin isoprostanes polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid docosahexaenoic acid solid phase extraction cyclooxygenase liquid chromatography enzyme immunoassay radioimmunoassay low density lipoprotein thromboxane A2 receptor thromboxane The formation of prostaglandin-like structures as a product of arachidonic acid (AA)1 peroxidation in vitro was first reported by Mihelich and others (1Mihelich E.D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1980; 102: 7141-7143Crossref Scopus (68) Google Scholar, 2O'Connor D.E. Mihelich E.D. Coleman M.C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981; 103: 223-224Crossref Scopus (62) Google Scholar, 3Nugteren D.H. Vonkeman H. Van Dorp D.A. Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas Belg. 1967; 86: 1237-1245Crossref Scopus (108) Google Scholar, 4Porter N.A. Funk M.O. J. Org. Chem. 1975; 40: 3614-3615Crossref PubMed Scopus (114) Google Scholar). However, it was Morrow, Roberts, and co-workers (5Wendelborn D.F. Seibert K. Roberts L.J., II Proc. 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A. 1992; 89: 10721-10725Crossref PubMed Scopus (672) Google Scholar). Compounds analogous to the F2-iPs may be formed from other fatty acid substrates (7Nourooz-Zadeh J. Halliwell B. Anggard E.E. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1997; 236: 467-472Crossref PubMed Scopus (87) Google Scholar,8Roberts L.J., II Montine T.J. Markesbery W.R. Tapper A.R. Hardy P. Chemtob S. Dettbarn W.D. Morrow J.D. J. Biol. Chem. 1998; 273: 13605-13612Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (376) Google Scholar). Similarly, free radical-derived isomers of other prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids have been reported (9Morrow J.D. Minton T.A. Mukundan C.R. Campbell M.D. Zackert W.E. Daniel V.C. Badr K.F. Blair I.A. Roberts L.J., II J. Biol. Chem. 1994; 269: 4317-4326Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar, 10Morrow J.D. Awad J.A. Wu A. Zackert W.E. Daniel V.C. Roberts L.J., II J. Biol. Chem. 1996; 271: 23185-23190Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (107) Google Scholar, 11Harrison K.A. Murphy R.C. J. Biol. Chem. 1995; 270: 17273-17278Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (99) Google Scholar, 12Mallat Z. Nakamura T. Ohan J. Lesecher G. Tecgui A. Maclouf J. Murphy R.C. J. Clin. Invest. 1999; 103: 421-427Crossref PubMed Scopus (165) Google Scholar). A new classification system for isoprostanes, based on the ω system of counting PUFA double bonds (13Rokach J. Khanapure S.P. Hwang S-W. Adiyaman M. Lawson J.A. FitzGerald G.A. Prostaglandins. 1997; 54: 853-873Crossref PubMed Scopus (130) Google Scholar), accounts for variations in chain length and the position of double bonds (Fig.1). PUFA, with a higher and a lower number of skipped double bonds than AA, can also be accommodated by this system (13Rokach J. Khanapure S.P. Hwang S-W. Adiyaman M. Lawson J.A. FitzGerald G.A. Prostaglandins. 1997; 54: 853-873Crossref PubMed Scopus (130) Google Scholar, 14Rokach J. Khanapure S.P. Hwang S-W. Adiyaman M. Schio L. FitzGerald G.A. Synthesis. 1998; 1: 569-580Crossref Scopus (54) Google Scholar). Selection of the ω system of counting the double bonds is designed to mimic the biochemical system by which the PUFA double bonds are generated at ω3, ω6, ω9, etc., ω being the terminal carbon of the PUFA. All ω3 PUFAs lead to iPs with identical lower side chains. Differences in chain length and the number of double bonds (n) in the original PUFA are reflected only in the upper side chains. For example, the iPs derived from EPA (an ω3 n-5 PUFA) and DHA (an ω3 n-6 PUFA), a major PUFA in the brain, have their lower side chains identical. The extra double bond in DHA leads to an additional two classes of iPs, Type VII and Type VIII. Alternatively, linolenic acid is a C18 ω3 n-3 PUFA with double bonds at ω3, ω6, and ω9. It can give rise to two classes of iPs, namely I and II, with lower side chains identical to Class I and Class II iPs from EPA and DHA. The upper side chains of these linolenic acid-derived iPs will have two carbons less than EPA and four carbons less than DHA (Group I and Group II). Finally, γ-linolenic acid, an ω6 n-3 PUFA, will yield two groups of iPs, namely Group III and Group IV, with identical lower side chains to Group III and Group IV derived from AA. The differences will again be in the upper side chains, which will have one less cis double bond and will be two carbons shorter. Isoprostanes may be formed by either of two routes of peroxidation (14Rokach J. Khanapure S.P. Hwang S-W. Adiyaman M. Schio L. FitzGerald G.A. Synthesis. 1998; 1: 569-580Crossref Scopus (54) Google Scholar,15Rokach J. Khanapure S.P. Hwang S.W. Adiyaman M. Lawson J.A. FitzGerald G.A. Prostaglandins. 1997; 54: 823-851Crossref PubMed Scopus (101) Google Scholar), an endoperoxide mechanism (Fig. 2) or a dioxetane/endoperoxide mechanism (Fig.3). In the former, the first oxygen molecule is incorporated into the endoperoxide ring to form the two hydroxyl groups on the PGF ring. In the latter, by contrast, it is the second oxygen molecule that is incorporated into the PGF ring. Also 5- and 15-hydroperoxy radicals can only form Groups VI and III by the dioxetane/endoperoxide mechanism. The radical at position 10 of arachidonic acid, by contrast, can yield iPs by both mechanisms. Thus, hydroperoxy radicals formed at 8 and 12 have the option to proceed to form a dioxetane ring (Fig. 3) or a dioxypentane ring (Fig. 2) on a competitive basis, although it is not yet clear which is favored. Recent attention (see below) has focused upon Group VI iPs. These compounds may be derived from a 9-hydroperoxy radical by the endoperoxide mechanism or from a 5-hydroperoxy radical by the dioxetane/endoperoxide mechanism. However, both are derived from an initial hydrogen atom abstraction at position 7 of arachidonic acid. Abstraction at carbon 13 can give rise to 11- and 15-hydroperoxy radicals, yielding only one series (Group III) of iPs. A radical at position 10 of arachidonic acid gives a radical at 8 and 12, which yields groups V and IV, respectively. If the dioxetane mechanism is operative, the same 8- and 12-hydroperoxy radicals will yield Groups IV and V, respectively.Figure 3Dioxetane/endoperoxide mechanism for the formation of isoprostanes.View Large Image Figure ViewerDownload Hi-res image Download (PPT) Isoprostanes are formed in a free radical-dependent manner and are chemically stable. They are generated initially in cell membranes at the site of free radical attack from which they are cleaved, presumably by phospholipases, circulate, and are excreted in urine. They have also been reported in body fluids besides blood and urine, such as pericardial fluid (16Mallat Z. Philip I. Lebret M. Chatel D. Maclouf J. Tedgui A. Circulation. 1998; 97: 1536-1539Crossref PubMed Scopus (391) Google Scholar), bile (17Leo M.A. Aleynik S.I. Siegel J.H. Kasmin F.E. Aleynik M.K. Lieber C.S. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1997; 92: 2069-2072PubMed Google Scholar, 18Praticò D. Rossi E. Merli M. Riggio O. FitzGerald G.A. Violi F. J. Investig. Med. 1998; 46: 1-5Google Scholar), lung condensates (19Montuschi P. Ciabattoni G. Paredi P. Pantelidis P. duBois R.M. Kharitonov S.A. Barnes P.J. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1998; 158: 1524-1527Crossref PubMed Scopus (238) Google Scholar), and cerebrospinal fluid (20Praticò D. Trojanowski J. Lee V. Rokach J. FitzGerald G.A. FASEB J. 1998; 12: 1777-1783Crossref PubMed Scopus (384) Google Scholar, 21Montine T.J. Markesbery W.R. Morrow J.D. Roberts L.J., II Ann. Neurol. 1998; 44: 410-413Crossref PubMed Scopus (228) Google Scholar). These have been based on the sensitive and specific capillary GC/negative ion electron capture chemical ionization MS technique. Derivatizing the carboxylic acid, common to all eicosanoids, to the pentafluorobenzyl ester is the key to its sensitivity. Bombardment of a moderating gas by an electron beam produces low energy thermal electrons, which are captured by the electrophilic pentafluorobenzyl moiety. This then cleaves, leaving the carboxylate anion which remains to a large degree intact, yielding a spectrum that is dominated by a single ion and is therefore well suited to selected ion monitoring. The closer the homology between analyte(s) and the stable isotope-labeled internal standard, the more reliable the assay. The original assay of Morrow et al. (22Morrow J.D. Harris R. Roberts L.J., II Anal. Biochem. 1990; 184: 1-10Crossref PubMed Scopus (427) Google Scholar) utilized [2H7]9α,11β-PGF2α as an internal standard. It was formalized and amended to use commercially available [2H4]PGF2α (23Nakamura T. Bratton D.L. Murphy R.C. J. Mass Spectrom. 1997; 323: 888-896Crossref Scopus (98) Google Scholar) and is still the most widely used reference technique. It requires two solid phase extraction (SPE) steps, two thin layer chromatography (TLC) steps, and two derivatization steps. A large number of overlapping peaks were observed, and one of them (shown to be resolved from the enzymatic isomers known to be present in urine and itself clearly composed of multiple isomers) was chosen for integration and comparison with the internal standard. The only synthetic F2-iP available at the time, iPF2α-III (also known as 8-iso-PGF2α), eluted as one component of the chosen peak. However, because the target compound and the internal standard were heterologous, differences in recovery in any of the four purification steps, especially the TLC, could cause differential recovery of one or more analytes, relative to the internal standard. The identity, number, or TLC retention characteristics of the analytes were not known. A simplified version eliminated the TLC steps (24Gopaul N.K. Nourooz-Zadeh J. Mallet A.I. Änggard E.E. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1994; 200: 338-343Crossref PubMed Scopus (65) Google Scholar). This minimized loss of isomers due to differential recovery during purification. However, this method also cannot resolve iPF2α-III from the other isomers. Indeed, application of this and the earlier assay led to the conclusion that iPF2α-III was a major F2-iP isomer (25Gopaul N.K. Nourooz-Zadeh J. Mallet A.I. Änggard E.E. FEBS Lett. 1994; 348: 297-300Crossref PubMed Scopus (58) Google Scholar), which turned out not to be the case. Such minimal purification may also confound the sensitivity and reliability of the GC/MS. Our approach has been to synthesize homologous standards (26Hwang S.W. Adiyaman M. Khanapure S. Schio L. Rokach J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994; 116: 10829-10830Crossref Scopus (69) Google Scholar, 27Pudukulathan Z. Manna S. Hwang S.W. Khanpure S.P. Lawson J.A. FitzGerald G.A. Rokach J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998; 120: 11953-11961Crossref Scopus (45) Google Scholar) and to develop assay conditions that permit the quantitation of a single isomer. Given reports that iPF2α-III was a prominent F2-iP and that it had bioactivity in vitro and in vivo (28Banerjee M. Kang K.H. Morrow J.D. Roberts L.J., II Newman J.H. Am. J. Physiol. 1992; 263: H660-H663Crossref PubMed Google Scholar, 29Takahashi K. Nammour T.M. Fukunaga M. Ebert J. Morrow J.D. Roberts L.J., II Hoover R.L. Badr K.F. J. Clin. Invest. 1992; 90: 136-141Crossref PubMed Scopus (498) Google Scholar), we focused initially on this compound. 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Specific quantitation of iPF2α-III requires off-line high pressure liquid chromatography purification (37Schweer R.H. Watzer B. Seyberth H.W. Nusing R.M. J. Mass Spectrom. 1997; 32: 1362-1370Crossref PubMed Scopus (52) Google Scholar), incompatible with routine sample preparation. An assay for iPF2α-III has been reported (38Bachi A. Zuccato E. Baraldi M. Fanelli R. Chiabrando C. Free Radical Biol. Med. 1996; 20: 619-624Crossref PubMed Scopus (115) Google Scholar). The analyte is selectively extracted on an immunoaffinity column, derivatized, and analyzed by GC/MS. The immunoaffinity column effectively replaces the SPE and TLC steps, with significantly more specificity. The columns must be reused, so sample carryover must be monitored, and the columns have a finite lifespan, requiring a constant supply of antibody. Adaptation of EIA and RIA from prostaglandin to iP analysis is complex. 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