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Putative role of neuronal 5-lipoxygenase in an aging brain

The Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA

¹Correspondence: The Psychiatric Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 West Taylor St., MC 912, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. E-mail: HManev{at}psych.uic.edu

Aging is associated with increased incidence and/or severity of neurodegenerative pathologies. Oxygen-mediated events are being considered as possible mechanisms responsible for the increasing neuronal vulnerability. Lipoxygenases are enzymes that, as cyclooxygenases (COX), can insert oxygen into the molecule of arachidonic acid and thereby synthesize inflammatory eicosanoids: leukotrienes [due to 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) activity] and prostaglandins (via COX activity). It appears that 5-LOX is expressed in central nervous system neurons and may participate in neurodegeneration. 5-LOX-triggered cell death may be initiated by the enzymatic activity of 5-LOX but could also occur via the nonenzymatic actions of the 5-LOX protein; new data point to the possibility that 5-LOX protein exerts actions such as interaction with tyrosine kinase receptors, cytoskeletal proteins, and the nucleus. The expression of neuronal 5-LOX is susceptible to hormonal regulation, presumably due to the presence of hormone-responsive elements in the structure of the 5-LOX gene promoter. The expression of the 5-LOX gene and the activity of the 5-LOX pathway are increased in elderly subjects. One possible mechanism of such 5-LOX up-regulation implies the contribution of aging-associated hormonal changes: relative melatonin deficiency and/or hyperglucocorticoidemia. Thus, the 5-LOX pathway could become a promising target of neuroprotective therapies for the aging brain.—Manev, H., Uz, T., Sugaya, K., Qu, T. Putative role of neuronal 5-lipoxygenase in an aging brain.

Key Words: 5-LOX • aged-associated CNS alterations • neuronal degeneration • cyclooxygenase • COX

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