Intravenous anesthetic propofol binds to 5-lipoxygenase and attenuates leukotriene B4 production [Research]

Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic that produces its anesthetic effect, largely via the GABA_A receptor in the CNS, and also reduces the N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)-induced neutrophil respiratory burst. Because fMLP-stimulated neutrophils produce leukotriene (LT)B₄, we examined the effect of propofol on LTB₄ production in vivo and in vitro. Cecal ligation and puncture surgery was performed in mice, with or without exposure to propofol. Propofol attenuated the production of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX)-related arachidonic acid (AA) derivatives in the peritoneal fluid. Also, in the in vitro experiments on fMLP-stimulated neutrophils and 5-LOX-transfected human embryonic kidney cells, propofol attenuated the production of 5-LOX-related AA derivatives. Based on these results, we hypothesized that propofol would directly affect 5-LOX function. Using meta-azi-propofol (AziPm), we photolabeled stable 5-LOX protein, which had been used to solve the X-ray crystallographic structure of 5-LOX, and examined the binding site(s) of propofol on 5-LOX. Two propofol binding pockets were identified near the active site of 5-LOX. Alanine scanning mutagenesis was performed for the residues of 5-LOX in the vicinity of propofol, and we evaluated the functional role of these pockets in LTB₄ production. We demonstrated that these pockets were functionally important for 5-LOX activity. These 2 pockets can be used to explore a novel 5-LOX inhibitor in the future.—Okuno, T. Koutsogiannaki, S., Ohba, M., Chamberlain, M., Bu, W., Lin, F.-Y., Eckenhoff, R. G., Yokomizo T., Yuki, K. Intravenous anesthetic propofol binds to 5-lipoxygenase and attenuates leukotriene B₄ production.

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