The concentration-dependent effects of a series of lipoxygenase inhibitors and antioxidants on the macrophage-mediated oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were measured. Their influence on macrophage 5-lipoxygenase pathway activity was also studied over the same concentration range. No correlation between inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase and of macrophage-mediated oxidation of L...

Hugo: ALOX5 Other names: 5-LO; EC 1.13.11.34; leukotriene A4 synthase; 5LPG; LOG5 Location: 10q11.2 Local order: Genes flanking ALOX5, in centromere to telomere direction on 10q11, are: OR6D1P 10q11.21 olfactory receptor, family 6, subfamily D, member 1 pseudogene. LOC643413 10q11.21 hypothetical protein LOC643413. OR13A1 10q11.21 olfactory receptor, family 13, subfamily A, member 1. ALOX5 10q1...

5-Lipoxygenase catalyzes the synthesis of leukotrienes from arachidonic acid. The subcellular distribution of 5-lipoxygenase is known to be cell type-dependent and is cytosolic in blood neutrophils. In this study, we asked whether neutrophil recruitment into sites of inflammation can alter the subcellular compartmentation of 5-lipoxygenase. In peripheral blood neutrophils from rats, 5-lipoxygen...