Hydroperoxy fatty acid formation in selenium deficient rat platelets: Coupling of glutathione peroxidase to the lipoxygenase pathway

Abstract

After incubation with [1- 14C]-arachidonic acid, washed platelets from selenium deficient rats produced a sevenfold greater amount of 12-hydroperoxytetraenoic acid than platelets from control animals. When stimulated with either arachidonic acid or t-butyl-hydroperoxide, antimycin-A1 treated platelets from the deficient rats also converted markedly lower amounts of [1- 14C]-glucose to [ 14C]-CO 2 than platelets from control rats. These results indicate a significant role for platelet selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase in the enzymatic reduction of platelet-produced hydroperoxides.