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<journal-id>0798-0752</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales Venezolanos de Nutrición]]></journal-title>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Fundación Bengoa]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Los prostanoides, una revolución autacoide]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The prostanoids, an autocoid revolution]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Dominguez]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Central de Venezuela Facultad de Medicina Escuela de Medicina Luis Razetti y Sección de Lipidología]]></institution>
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<year>2006</year>
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<year>2006</year>
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<volume>19</volume>
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<fpage>74</fpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0798-07522006000200004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0798-07522006000200004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0798-07522006000200004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Durante el período de 1960 y los finales del siglo XX, distintos investigadores concentraron esfuerzos para comprender la regulación de la biosíntesis y el metabolismo de los Eicosanoides. Estas moléculas, de carácter autacoide, se originan de los ácidos grasos poliinsaturados de 20 átomos de C, de allí que su nombre se derive del prefijo griego EICO, veinte. Las acciones fisiológicas y en ciertas condiciones, fisiopatológicas, ejercidas por estas moléculas ocurre en un orden de concentración mmolar o menor y permanecen activas por espacios de tiempo que fluctúan entre los segundos y los minutos. En ese fructífero período del siglo XX, se logró identificar: 1- el ácido araquidónico como el principal precursor de los eicosanoides, 2- el compartimiento de los fosfolípidos de membrana como el almacén celular del sustrato precursor y 3- a las fosfolipasas, como las enzimas requeridas para liberar al ácido graso precursor, que hace posible su acceso a la maquinaria enzimática de síntesis de eicosanoides. En función de su estructura molecular surgen dos grandes grupos de eicosanoides, el que agrupa a los cíclicos o prostanoides, cuyo precursor universal es la prostaglandina H (PGH), un endoperóxido cíclico sintetizado por la enzima prostaglandina endoperóxido sintasa, mejor conocida por su acrónimo, COX, de cicloxigenasa; y el que agrupa a los lineales: leucotrienos, lipoxinas, y epóxidos entre otros, que son el producto de distintas rutas enzimáticas incluyendo a la lipoxigenas y las citocromo oxidasas. Esta revisión presenta los hallazgos más importantes en la historia de los prostanoides.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[From 1960 to the end of the XX century, efforts from different laboratories were done to understand the regulation of eicosanoids biosynthesis and metabolism. These autacoids are synthesized from 20 C polyunsaturated fatty acids, from where they got the prefix EICO, twenty. The physiologic and in certain conditions pathphysiologic actions, requires &#8804; mmolar concentrations remaining active for periods of time ranging from seconds to minutes. During this productive period of the XX century it was possible to identify: 1- araquidonic acid as the main eicosanoid’s precursor, 2- the membrane phospholipids compartment as the cellular storage of the precursor fatty acid and 3- the phospholipases as the enzymes required to liberate the precursor fatty acid rending possible its access to the eicosanoids biosynthetic machinery. Two main groups of eicosanoids arrive on the scene, classified in function to its molecular structure, one that includes the cyclic or prostanoids, where the prostaglandin H (PGH) is the universal precursor, PGH is a cyclic endoperoxide synthesized by the enzyme prostaglandin endoperóxido synthase, better known by its acronym COX for cycloxygenase, and the other, linear eicosanoids:: leukotrienes, lypoxines, and epoxides which are products synthesized from different enzymatic pathways including the lypoxygenase and cytochrome oxidases. The most relevant findings in the history of the prostanoids are considered in this review.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[   <B>    <P ALIGN="CENTER"><font face="Verdana" size="3">Los prostanoides, una revoluci&oacute;n autacoide</font></P> </B>    <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Zury Dominguez</FONT><font face="Verdana" size="3">¹</font></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana" size="3">¹</font><FONT face="Verdana" size=2> Farmac&eacute;utica. MSc Ciencia de los Alimentos, PhD Bioqu&iacute;mica. Profesora  Asociado de la C&aacute;tedra de Patolog&iacute;a General y Fisiopatolog&iacute;a-. Departamento de Ciencias Fisiol&oacute;gicas, Escuela de Medicina Luis Razetti y Secci&oacute;n de Lipidolog&iacute;a, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Central de Venezuela. </FONT> </P> <B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Resumen. </font> </B><font face="Verdana" size="2">Durante el per&iacute;odo de 1960 y los finales del siglo XX, distintos investigadores concentraron esfuerzos para comprender la regulaci&oacute;n de la bios&iacute;ntesis y el metabolismo de los Eicosanoides.  Estas mol&eacute;culas, de car&aacute;cter autacoide, se originan de los &aacute;cidos grasos poliinsaturados de 20 &aacute;tomos de C, de all&iacute; que su nombre se derive del prefijo griego EICO, veinte. Las acciones fisiol&oacute;gicas y en ciertas condiciones, fisiopatol&oacute;gicas, ejercidas por estas mol&eacute;culas ocurre en un orden de concentraci&oacute;n </font><font size="2" face="Symbol">m</font><font face="Verdana" size="2">molar o menor y permanecen activas por espacios de tiempo que fluct&uacute;an entre los segundos y los minutos. En ese fruct&iacute;fero per&iacute;odo del siglo XX, se logr&oacute; identificar: 1- el &aacute;cido araquid&oacute;nico como el principal precursor de los eicosanoides, 2- el compartimiento de los fosfol&iacute;pidos de membrana como el almac&eacute;n celular del sustrato precursor y 3- a las fosfolipasas, como las enzimas requeridas para liberar al &aacute;cido graso  precursor, que hace posible su acceso a la maquinaria enzim&aacute;tica de s&iacute;ntesis de eicosanoides. En funci&oacute;n de su estructura molecular surgen dos grandes grupos de eicosanoides, el que agrupa a los <B>c&iacute;clicos</B> o prostanoides, cuyo precursor universal es la prostaglandina H (PGH), un endoper&oacute;xido c&iacute;clico sintetizado por la enzima prostaglandina endoper&oacute;xido sintasa, mejor conocida por su acr&oacute;nimo, COX, de cicloxigenasa; y el que agrupa a los <B>lineales:</B> leucotrienos, lipoxinas, y ep&oacute;xidos entre otros, que son el producto de distintas rutas enzim&aacute;ticas incluyendo a la lipoxigenas y las citocromo oxidasas. Esta revisi&oacute;n presenta los hallazgos m&aacute;s importantes en la historia de los prostanoides.</font></P> <B>    <P ALIGN="justify"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Palabras clave</font></B><font face="Verdana" size="2">: Eicosanoides, prostanoides, &aacute;cidos grasos </font><font size="2" face="Symbol">w</font><font face="Verdana" size="2">3, isoeicosanoides.</font></P> <B>    <P ALIGN="CENTER"><font face="Verdana" size="3">The prostanoids, an autocoid revolution</font></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Abstract. </font> </B><font face="Verdana" size="2">From 1960 to the end of the XX century, efforts from different laboratories were done to understand the regulation of eicosanoids biosynthesis and metabolism. These autacoids are synthesized from 20 C polyunsaturated fatty acids, from where they got the prefix EICO, twenty.  The physiologic and in certain conditions pathphysiologic actions, requires &#8804; </font><font size="2" face="Symbol"> m</font><font face="Verdana" size="2">molar concentrations remaining active for periods of time ranging from seconds to minutes. During this productive period of the XX century it was possible to identify: 1- araquidonic acid as the main eicosanoid’s precursor, 2- the membrane phospholipids compartment as the cellular storage of the precursor fatty acid and 3- the phospholipases as the enzymes required to liberate the precursor fatty acid rending possible its access to the eicosanoids  biosynthetic machinery. Two main groups of eicosanoids arrive on the scene, classified in function to  its molecular structure, one that includes the  <I>cyclic</I> or prostanoids, where the prostaglandin H (PGH) is the  universal precursor, PGH is  a cyclic endoperoxide synthesized by the enzyme prostaglandin endoper&oacute;xido synthase, better known by its acronym COX for cycloxygenase, and the other, <I>linear</I><B> </B>eicosanoids::  leukotrienes, lypoxines, and epoxides which  are products synthesized from different enzymatic pathways including the lypoxygenase and cytochrome oxidases. The most relevant findings in the history of the prostanoids are considered in this review.</font></P> <B>     <P ALIGN="justify"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Key words</font></B><font face="Verdana" size="2">: Eicosanoids, prostanoids, </font><font size="2" face="Symbol">w</font><font face="Verdana" size="2">3 fatty acid, isoeicosanoids.</font></P> <B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Los prostanoides</FONT></P> </B>    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Los prostanoides, conforman un grupo de autacoides (del griego autos: propio y akos: alivio, sustancia formada metab&oacute;licamente por un grupo de c&eacute;lulas que altera la funci&oacute;n de otras c&eacute;lulas a nivel local). Se encuentran ampliamente distribuidos en el organismo y pr&aacute;cticamente todas nuestras c&eacute;lulas son capaces de sintetizarlos, pero la misma, se restringe a la forma de tejido-c&eacute;lula-espec&iacute;fica. La expresi&oacute;n de la maquinaria enzim&aacute;tica para la s&iacute;ntesis de un prostanoide en particular puede restringirse a un tipo celular en un tejido espec&iacute;fico, as&iacute; en la c&eacute;lula endotelial (CE) de la macrovasculatura la prostaciclina I<SUB>2</SUB> (PGI<SUB>2</SUB>), es el prostanoide mayoritario; mientras que en la plaqueta lo es el tromboxano A<SUB>2</SUB> (TXA<SUB>2</SUB>). No obstante, estas mol&eacute;culas tambi&eacute;n pueden sintetizarse  de forma  transcelular, un mecanismo de &quot;cooperatividad&quot; celula-c&eacute;lula, mediante el cual las c&eacute;lulas de un determinado microambiente, incorporan sustratos o metabolitos  sintetizados por sus vecinas y viceversa. La s&iacute;ntesis de TXA<SUB>2</SUB> a partir de PGH<SUB>2</SUB> sintetizada por la c&eacute;lula endotelial es el ejemplo cl&aacute;sico para ilustrar el metabolismo transcelular (1-4).</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>El car&aacute;cter autacoide de estas mol&eacute;culas, reposa en su cualidad de mensajero intercelular; esta propiedad originalmente se describi&oacute; como &quot;Gewebshormone&quot; t&eacute;rmino alem&aacute;n que se uso para definir la capacidad de transferir informaci&oacute;n, entre dos o m&aacute;s tipos celulares, en un &oacute;rgano. La s&iacute;ntesis y la difusi&oacute;n de los autacoides al medio intersticial les permite acceder a los receptores expresados por c&eacute;lulas vecinas (acci&oacute;n paracrina), estimular sus propios receptores de membrana (acci&oacute;n autocrina) o desde el compartimiento intracelular acceder a los receptores nucleares (acci&oacute;n intracrina). Los eicosanoides  no se almacenan y tienen una vida media muy corta, 30s para el TXA<SUB>2</SUB>  y 2 min. para la PGI<SUB>2</SUB>; caracter&iacute;sticas como estas, los hacen estrat&eacute;gicos en la regulaci&oacute;n del microambiente celular y la homeostasis. Sin embargo, en condiciones fisiopatol&oacute;gicas como en la hipersensibilidad inmediata, por ejemplo, la sobreproducci&oacute;n puede amplificar en segundos el da&ntilde;o celular. Esto &uacute;ltimo, gener&oacute; el inter&eacute;s terap&eacute;utico de inhibir su s&iacute;ntesis, no obstante, la inhibici&oacute;n puede al mismo tiempo provocar la p&eacute;rdida de la homeostasis en otros sistemas, conduciendo a una disfunci&oacute;n y a la posibilidad de da&ntilde;o tisular (5-8).</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Los prostanoides tienen una historia muy particular, el bloqueo farmacol&oacute;gico de su producci&oacute;n, al usar aspirina como medida terap&eacute;utica, antecedi&oacute; en m&aacute;s de 70 a&ntilde;os a su descubrimiento. El mecanismo de acci&oacute;n de la aspirina o &aacute;cido acetilsalic&iacute;lico, analg&eacute;sico-antiinflamatorio y antipir&eacute;tico, utilizado emp&iacute;ricamente<FONT FACE="Ottawa" SIZE=2 COLOR="#ff0000"> </FONT>en Egipto y en la Grecia antigua; y de manera formal  desde 1899, permaneci&oacute; oscuro hasta que se logr&oacute; identificar el mecanismo biosint&eacute;tico de los prostanoides. Muy posterior al descubrimiento y aislamiento de las prostaglandinas por Euler von US en 1934 (9), Vane JR logra definir, en 1971, que el bloqueo de la s&iacute;ntesis de los prostanoides es lo que explica las acciones farmacol&oacute;gicas del &aacute;cido acetilsalic&iacute;lico (10). Ulteriormente, se definen los mecanismos moleculares del bloqueo mediado por la aspirina, lo que consiste en la acetilaci&oacute;n irreversible de la serina-530 ubicada cerca del sitio activo de la prostaglandina endoper&oacute;xido sintasa (PGHS), esta enzima es la responsable de la s&iacute;ntesis del precursor de todos los prostanoides, la Prostaglandina H (PGH). La acetilaci&oacute;n, mediada por la aspirina, impide que el sustrato entre al sitio activo de la enzima, en consecuencia, se bloquea la bios&iacute;ntesis de los prostanoides (11). Sin embargo, las v&iacute;as biosint&eacute;ticas de otros eicosanoides, mediadas por las enzimas  lipoxigenasas y citocromo oxidasas, quedan por el contrario favorecidas, de forma secundaria al bloqueo por aspirina (12).</font></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>El t&eacute;rmino prostanoide incluye a las prostaglandinas, las prostaciclinas y los tromboxanos. </FONT> </P> <B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font size="2"><FONT face="Verdana">Los prostanoides un tipo de eicosanoide</FONT></font></P> </B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>Los prostanoides pertenecen al grupo de los eicosanoides, derivados hidroxilados de los &aacute;cidos grasos poliinsaturados (AGPI) de 20 &aacute;tomos de C; los AGPI precursores se restringen a la familia de los &aacute;cidos grasos esenciales (AGE) </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>6 y </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>3. Los eicosanoides son sintetizados <I>in-vivo</I> por distintas rutas metab&oacute;licas, algunos compuestos son formados por m&aacute;s de un mecanismo enzim&aacute;tico. Las v&iacute;as principales incluyen las mediadas por la:</FONT></P>     <blockquote>      <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>- PGHS o Cicloxigenasa (COX), que genera a la Prostaglandina H (PGH),  producto c&iacute;clico, precursor de  los prostanoides, formados por la  cicloxigenaci&oacute;n e hidroperoxidaci&oacute;n secuencial del AGPI</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>- Lipoxigenasa (LOX), esta v&iacute;a genera productos lineales, los iniciados por la acci&oacute;n de la enzima 5-lipoxigenasa (5-LOX) se denominan de forma colectiva leucotrienos (LT) e incluyen a las substancias de hipersensibilidad retardada, los cisteinil leucotrienos LTC4, LTD4 y LTE4, sintetizados activamente durante la reacci&oacute;n de choque anafil&aacute;ctico. Otros productos, como los &aacute;cidos hidroperoxi e hidroxieicosatetraenoicos, son generados por la 12- o la 15-LOX mientras que las lipoxinas, mol&eacute;culas moduladoras negativas del proceso inflamatorio, aparecen por la acci&oacute;n secuencial de m&aacute;s de una LOX.</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana" size="2">- Epoxigenasa, esta v&iacute;a genera productos mono-oxigenados formados por hidroxilaci&oacute;n del AGPI sobre el CH3-terminal, sobre el C-adyacente o a expensas de un doble enlace bajo la forma de ep&oacute;xidos catalizado por la citocromo P450<FONT FACE="Ottawa" SIZE=2 COLOR="#0000ff">. </FONT>El factor hiperpolarizante derivado del endotelio (EDHF), es uno de los productos generados por esta v&iacute;a.</font></P> <B></blockquote>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Isoeicosanoides</FONT></P> </B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Una v&iacute;a No-enzim&aacute;tica genera productos isom&eacute;ricos a los eicosanoides, los  isoeicosanoides. A diferencia de los eicosanoides, estas mol&eacute;culas se generan, <I>in situ</I>, en los Fosfol&iacute;pidos (FL) de membrana por el ataque de radicales libres. La peroxidaci&oacute;n,  mediada por los radicales libres, ocurre  sobre el &aacute;cido graso (AG) en la posici&oacute;n <I>sn</I>-2 del FL  desde donde se libera el isoeicosanoide sintetizado, escindido por la acci&oacute;n de una fosfolipasa A<SUB>2</SUB>.</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>El inter&eacute;s biom&eacute;dico por los isoeicosanoides y en particular por los isoprostanos, mol&eacute;culas isom&eacute;ricas a los prostanoides, reposa en su cualidad biomarcadora  de  la peroxidaci&oacute;n lip&iacute;dica, de all&iacute; su potencial uso como un indicador bioqu&iacute;mico del grado de da&ntilde;o celular inducido por los radicales libres. Una variedad de mol&eacute;culas, los isoprostanos de  las series PGD<SUB>2</SUB>, PGE<SUB>2</SUB> y PGF<SUB>2</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>,</FONT></SUB><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> resultan de este proceso de peroxidaci&oacute;n no-enzim&aacute;tica. Esta  clasificaci&oacute;n, surgi&oacute;  en funci&oacute;n de su semejanza con las estructuras de las prostaglandinas (PGs), D<SUB>2</SUB>, E<SUB>2</SUB> y F<SUB>2</SUB></FONT><SUB><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT></SUB><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>, respectivamente. Los miembros de la serie PGF<SUB>2</SUB></FONT><SUB><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT></SUB><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> son los m&aacute;s comunes, entre ellos, el 8epi-PGF<SUB>2</SUB></FONT><SUB><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT></SUB><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> representa la especie mayoritaria producida durante el da&ntilde;o oxidativo (13). En individuos aparentemente sanos, fumadores o no, el 8-epi-PGF<SUB>2</SUB></FONT><SUB><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT></SUB><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> se encuentra aumentado en los fumadores (14) asimismo se describe un aumento en la excreci&oacute;n urinaria de este isoprostano en pacientes homocigotos para la hipercolesterolemia familiar (15). Esta mol&eacute;cula, es capaz de producir una fuerte vasoconstricci&oacute;n vascular, renal y pulmonar as&iacute; como de estimular la mitog&eacute;nesis de las c&eacute;lulas musculares lisas de la vasculatura (VSMC) (16), este metabolito del &aacute;cido araquid&oacute;nico (AA) puede igualmente sintetizarse en m&iacute;nimas cantidades,  por la acci&oacute;n de la PGHS (<B>17</B>) pero esta v&iacute;a no es relevante como indicador de da&ntilde;o oxidativo.</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2> La concentraci&oacute;n plasm&aacute;tica de los isoprostanos aumenta en patolog&iacute;as como la aterosclerosis, la Diabetes Mellitus o el Alzheimer, des&oacute;rdenes asociados al stress oxidativo (18-20).</FONT></P> <B>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Los prostanoides desde su descubrimiento hasta hoy</font></P> </B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2> El descubrimiento de los prostanoides y su identificaci&oacute;n estructural comienza en los albores del siglo XX. El primer hallazgo se debe a Kurzrok R y Lieb CC en 1930 (21) m&eacute;dicos gineco-obstetras quienes informan que durante la ejecuci&oacute;n de las inseminaciones artificiales, el &uacute;tero, en algunos casos sufr&iacute;a una contracci&oacute;n violenta y en otros una relajaci&oacute;n; describen con la ayuda de Sara Ratner, quien no aparece como autor, un compuesto en el l&iacute;quido seminal de bajo PM capaz de producir contracci&oacute;n uterina. En la misma d&eacute;cada, y de forma independiente Goldblat MW (22) se&ntilde;ala que el semen humano contiene un factor que reduce la presi&oacute;n arterial y estimula al m&uacute;sculo liso, al mismo tiempo von Euler US, en 1934 describe que el contacto de la esperma humana fresca con el &uacute;tero humano provocaba tanto una fuerte contracci&oacute;n como la relajaci&oacute;n del tejido. Posteriormente usando esperma de ovejo, logra demostrar que el factor activo de estimulaci&oacute;n del m&uacute;sculo liso se encontraba en la fracci&oacute;n de los &aacute;cidos grasos del extracto lip&iacute;dico de la esperma; denomin&oacute; al factor, Prostaglandina, pensando que su origen era exclusivo de la pr&oacute;stata (9,23,24). De inmediato sus propiedades fisiol&oacute;gicas y farmacol&oacute;gicas a muy bajas concentraciones fueron sugeridas; sin embargo, hubo que esperar cerca de 25 a&ntilde;os para que el aislamiento, la purificaci&oacute;n e identificaci&oacute;n de estas mol&eacute;culas fuese t&eacute;cnicamente posible.</FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> Para 1962 se contaba con la estructura molecular de seis de las prostaglandinas: PGE<SUB>1</SUB>, PGF<SUB>1</SUB></FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>, PGE<SUB>2</SUB>, PGF<SUB>2</SUB></FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>, PGE<SUB>3</SUB>, PGF<SUB>3</SUB></FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>, y adem&aacute;s con la certeza de que su producci&oacute;n era posible por otros tejidos (25-31<B>)</B>.<B> </B> Los investigadores observaron que estas mol&eacute;culas de 20 &aacute;tomos de C conten&iacute;an dobles enlaces en configuraci&oacute;n <I>cis</I>, localizados en posici&oacute;n similar a la de algunos AG Esenciales (AGE); lo que condujo a pensar que &eacute;stos podr&iacute;an ser los precursores. La hip&oacute;tesis fue, simult&aacute;neamente demostrada, por estos investigadores del <I>Karolinska Institute</I> en Suecia y por otro grupo del <I>Unilevers Research Laboratories</I> de Holanda. Usaron &aacute;cido dihomo-</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>g</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>-linol&eacute;nico (20:3</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>6) isot&oacute;picamente marcado, y constataron la producci&oacute;n de las PGE<SUB>1</SUB> y PGF<SUB>1</SUB></FONT><SUB><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT></SUB><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> marcadas. Enseguida, siguieron los experimentos con los AGE, AA (20:4 </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2> w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>6) y eicosapentaenoico (20:5 </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2> w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>3) pudi&eacute;ndose demostrar que &eacute;stos, son en efecto los precursores de las prostaglandinas de la serie 2 y 3, respectivamente (32-34). Con estas evidencias, fue f&aacute;cil pensar que deb&iacute;a existir un endoper&oacute;xido intermediario, lo que demostraron, en 1973, al aislar los endoper&oacute;xidos PGG<SUB>2 </SUB>y PGH<SUB>2</SUB>, y al evidenciar la capacidad de estas mol&eacute;culas de inducir de forma r&aacute;pida e irreversible la agregaci&oacute;n plaquetaria (35).&nbsp;</FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> Sobre la base de estos hallazgos, siguieron una serie de experiencias donde se incub&oacute; una suspensi&oacute;n de plaquetas previamente lavadas, con AA marcado. En estas condiciones, se aislaron tres metabolitos mayoritarios: (1) el &aacute;cido 12L-hidroxi-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoico (l2-HETE), (2) el &aacute;cido 12L-hidroxi-5,8,10-heptadecatrienoico (HHT) y (3) un derivado hemiacetal, el &aacute;cido 8(1-hidroxi-3-oxopropil)-9-12L-dihidroxi-5,l0-heptadecadienoico, es decir, el Tromboxano B<SUB>2</SUB>, que posteriormente se defini&oacute; como el metabolito estable del Tromboxano A<SUB>2</SUB> (36,37) En funci&oacute;n de lo anterior, qued&oacute; establecido que los prostanoides son en efecto, &aacute;cidos grasos hidroxilados (AGH) de 20 &aacute;tomos de C, arreglados en una estructura c&iacute;clica de dos cadenas laterales, que contiene, una: la extremidad carboxi-terminal (COOH) y la otra, la extremidad metil&eacute;nica (CH3) donde ocurre el grupo hidroxilo sobre el C 15. Por consiguiente, los prostaoides pueden ser considerados como AGH c&iacute;clicos. De acuerdo a la configuraci&oacute;n de la parte c&iacute;clica los prostanoides pueden dividirse en:</FONT> </P>     <p ALIGN="center"><a name="fig1"><img border="0" src="/img/fbpe/Avn/v19n2/art04.1.gif" width="365" height="214"> </a>     
<p ALIGN="justify"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Prostaglandinas (PGEs, PGDs, PGFs) y prostaciclinas (PGIs), conteniendo un ciclo de cinco carbonos y tromboxanos (TXAs, TXBs) que tienen el ciclopentano interrumpido con un &aacute;tomo de ox&iacute;geno.</FONT></p> <B>    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Figura 1. Estructura de los prostanoides: prostaglandina E<SUB>2</SUB>, prostaciclina I<SUB>2</SUB> y tromboxano A<SUB>2</SUB> derivados del &aacute;cido araquid&oacute;nico</FONT></B><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>.</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Los prostanoides est&aacute;n presentes en todos los tejidos animales donde se sintetizan a partir de los siguientes AG:</FONT></P>     <blockquote>      <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>- dihomo-</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>g</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>-linol&eacute;nico, 20:3 </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>6 precursor de la <B>serie 1</B>, prostanoides con un &uacute;nico doble enlace en su estructura, lo que caracteriza a esta serie.</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>- araquid&oacute;nico, 20:4 </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>6, precursor de la <B>serie 2,</B> prostanoides con dos dobles enlaces.</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>- eicosapentaenoico, 20:5 </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>3, precursor de la <B>serie 3, </B>prostanoides con tres dobles enlaces.</FONT></P> </blockquote>      <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>La enzima PGHS, puede actuar sobre cualquiera de estos sustratos generando la prostaglandina H (PGH), cuya serie ser&aacute; funci&oacute;n del sustrato utilizado (<B><a href="#fig2">Figura 2</a></B>). La PGH dar&aacute; origen a:</FONT> </P>     <blockquote>  <B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>- prostaglandinas </FONT></B> <FONT face="Verdana" size=2> (PGEs, PGDs, PGFs), por la acci&oacute;n de la enzima prostaglandina sintasa, </FONT></P> <B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>- prostaciclinas </FONT></B> <FONT face="Verdana" size=2> (PGIs), por la acci&oacute;n de la enzima prostaciclina sintasa, o </FONT> </P> <B>    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>- tromboxanos </FONT></B> <FONT face="Verdana" size=2> (TXA) por la acci&oacute;n de la tromboxano sintasa; </FONT> </P> <FONT FACE="Ottawa" SIZE=2>     <P ALIGN="center"><a name="fig2"><img border="0" src="/img/fbpe/Avn/v19n2/art04.2.gif" width="362" height="265"></a></P>   </FONT>  </blockquote>  <B>    
<P ALIGN="center"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Figura 2. </FONT></B> <FONT face="Verdana" size=2> <B>Origen biosint&eacute;tico de las tres series de prostanoides</B>. </FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana">Los &aacute;cidos grasos de 20 C </font><font face="Symbol">w</font><font face="Verdana">6 u </font><font face="Symbol">w</font><font face="Verdana">3 son sustratos de la Prostaglandina Endoper&oacute;xido Sintasa  (PGHS) cuyo producto la prostaglandina H (PGH) es el precursor universal de los prostanoides. La PGHS, genera, en funci&oacute;n del AG precursor, una, de las tres series de los prostanoides. El tipo de prostanoide sintetizado depender&aacute; del repertorio enzim&aacute;tico del compartimiento celular implicado</font><B><font face="Verdana">.</font> </B></font><FONT face="Verdana" size=2> <B> </B>(--------&gt;)</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> <FONT face="Verdana" size=2> Mol&eacute;cula de menor bioactividad. La letra indica el tipo de prostanoide; la principal diferencia estructural entre estas mol&eacute;culas es el n&uacute;mero de dobles enlaces, lo que se indica por el n&uacute;mero en sub&iacute;ndice, como 2 (dos dobles enlaces) para la PGE<SUB>2</SUB> que caracteriza a la serie.</FONT></P> <B>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Acciones generales de los prostanoides</FONT> </P> </B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Los prostanoides participan en diversas funciones que incluyen la coagulaci&oacute;n sangu&iacute;nea, la ovulaci&oacute;n, la iniciaci&oacute;n del trabajo de parto, el metabolismo &oacute;seo, el desarrollo y crecimiento del sistema nervioso, la citoprotecci&oacute;n del tracto gastro-intestinal; la secreci&oacute;n de mucus, fluidos y bicarbonato duodenal, la reparaci&oacute;n de tejidos, la funci&oacute;n renal, el tono vascular y la respuesta inmune. Estas acciones le otorgan un potencial farmacol&oacute;gico importante a estas mol&eacute;culas como lo demuestra el uso de  an&aacute;logos de la prostaciclina, potentes antihipertensivos usados con &eacute;xito en la hipertensi&oacute;n pulmonar (38,39). Por el contrario, la inhibidi&oacute;n farmacol&oacute;gica de la s&iacute;ntesis de PGs por antiinflamatorios no esteroideos, es un factor etiopatog&eacute;nico de &uacute;lcera g&aacute;strica, efecto secundario  m&aacute;s com&uacute;n, consecuencia de la disminuci&oacute;n de la s&iacute;ntesis g&aacute;strica  de PGI<SUB>2</SUB>, PGE<SUB>2</SUB> y PGE<SUB>1</SUB> y as&iacute; de la secreci&oacute;n de mucus, bicarbonato y del flujo sangu&iacute;neo local. Las PGE<SUB>1</SUB> y E<SUB>2</SUB> inhiben igualmente, la secreci&oacute;n &aacute;cida g&aacute;strica producida por diferentes est&iacute;mulos (gastrina, histamina); lo que en suma, reduce la citoprotecci&oacute;n y favorece el da&ntilde;o de la mucosa g&aacute;strica (40).</FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>Los prostanoides pueden tener efectos antag&oacute;nicos, la PGE<SUB>2 </SUB>provoca la relajaci&oacute;n del m&uacute;sculo liso bronquial as&iacute; como la dilataci&oacute;n de los vasos sangu&iacute;neos, mientras que la PGF<SUB>2</SUB></FONT><SUB><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT></SUB><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> tiene efectos contrarios en los mismos tejidos. Las prostaciclinas (PGIs) sintetizadas por las CE son potentes inhibidores de la agregaci&oacute;n plaquetaria y producen vasodilataci&oacute;n lo que disminuye la presi&oacute;n arterial. El TXA<SUB>2</SUB>, aislado por primera vez de las plaquetas sangu&iacute;neas, estimula la activaci&oacute;n y la agregaci&oacute;n plaquetaria, uno de los mecanismos esenciales en la reparaci&oacute;n de los tejidos. Adem&aacute;s, este prostanoide induce la contracci&oacute;n de la pared arterial elevando la presi&oacute;n arterial. El fino balance entre las acciones antag&oacute;nicas de estos mediadores es esencial para la home&oacute;stasis vascular. Recientemente se ha considerado que la sobreproducci&oacute;n de TXA<SUB>2</SUB> en el tejido placentario pudiera estar implicada en el mecanismo etiopatog&eacute;nico de la pre-eclampsia (41). Asimismo, los resultados de un estudio de correlaci&oacute;n en una poblaci&oacute;n japonesa han permitido proponer que un polimorfismo repetido en la regi&oacute;n del promotor del gen de la prostaciclina sintasa (PGIS) es un  factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de hipertensi&oacute;n esencial (42).</FONT></P> <B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2> Mecanismos de se&ntilde;alizaci&oacute;n</FONT></B><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Las acciones biol&oacute;gicas de los prostanoides son mediadas por receptores de membrana heptahelicoidales acoplados a proteinas G, codificados por genes distintos (43) Los receptores (EP2, EP4), IP y DP para Prostaglandina E, Prostaciclinas, y Prostaglandina D respectivamente, median un aumento en el AMPc, a este grupo de receptores se les ha denominado &quot;relajantes&quot; mientras que los receptores TP (para Tromboxano A<SUB>2</SUB>), FP (para Prostaglandina F), y EP1 (para Prostaglandina E) se les ha agrupado como receptores &quot;contr&aacute;ctiles&quot; dada su capacidad de promover la movilizaci&oacute;n del Ca <SUP>2+</SUP>. Un cuarto tipo de receptor para la Prostaglandina E, el EP3, induce una disminuci&oacute;n del AMPc por lo que se le ha denominado &quot;inhibitorio&quot;.</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2> Adem&aacute;s de estos efectos, mediados por receptores de superficie en la membrana celular, se proponen acciones nucleares para algunos prostanoides como la PGJ<SUB>2</SUB>, un metabolito de la PGD<SUB>2</SUB> y la PGI<SUB>2</SUB>, al funcionar como agonistas end&oacute;genos de los Receptores Activadores de la Proliferaci&oacute;n de Peroxisomas-PPARs- (44-46). Los PPARs son una familia de factores de transcripci&oacute;n que regulan, entre otros, la homeostasis de los l&iacute;pidos y de la glucosa (47). La activaci&oacute;n de estos receptores por sus ligandos conduce a la heterodimerizaci&oacute;n con el receptor retinoide X (RXR) lo cual induce a su vez, la transcripci&oacute;n g&eacute;nica. Muy recientemente, Feige <I>y col.</I>, (2005) (48) demuestran que los PPARs y los RXR pueden heterodimerizar eficientemente en ausencia de ligandos.</FONT></P> <B>    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>La prostaciclina I<SUB>2</SUB></FONT></P> </B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Posterior al aislamiento de los endoper&oacute;xidos de prostaglandinas y al descubrimiento del TXA<SUB>2</SUB>, Moncada en 1975 se interesa por encontrar fuentes distintas a la plaquetaria, capaces de producir TXA<SUB>2</SUB>. Los resultados fueron desalentadores; pero una observaci&oacute;n importante ocurri&oacute;. Al incubar la pared de un vaso arterial con el endoper&oacute;xido precursor del TXA<SUB>2</SUB>, no se detectaba el producto esperado; sin embargo, el precursor desaparec&iacute;a sugiri&eacute;ndole a este investigador, bien la inactivaci&oacute;n del endoper&oacute;xido precursor o bien la formaci&oacute;n de una nueva sustancia activa. Con estos experimentos, Moncada descubr&iacute;a una nueva v&iacute;a metab&oacute;lica que conduc&iacute;a a la producci&oacute;n de una sustancia inestable capaz de provocar la relajaci&oacute;n de las tiras de las arterias mesent&eacute;ricas y cel&iacute;acas, usadas en los experimentos. R&aacute;pidamente pens&oacute;, que s&iacute; en estos tejidos, en lugar de encontrar TXA<SUB>2</SUB>, agregante plaquetario potente y vasoconstrictor, encontraba una sustancia<FONT FACE="Ottawa" SIZE=2 COLOR="#0000ff"> </FONT>m&aacute;s bien vasodilatadora, la ecuaci&oacute;n se completar&iacute;a si esta nueva mol&eacute;cula era capaz de inhibir la agregaci&oacute;n plaquetaria, lo que enseguida se demostr&oacute;. A esta sustancia la denomin&oacute; inicialmente PGX. (49). Posteriormente, se determin&oacute; su estructura qu&iacute;mica, la cual corresponde a un derivado &eacute;ter en&oacute;lico. La PGX compuesto antiagregante y vasodilatador se renombr&oacute; Prostaciclina (50).</font></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Las CEs sintetizan PGI<SUB>2</SUB> a partir del AA y la secretan a la sangre y al espacio sub-endotelial alcanzando la capa media de la pared vascular. Su fijaci&oacute;n a la plaqueta por la v&iacute;a de un receptor espec&iacute;fico, IP, activa a la enzima adenilato ciclasa, lo que conduce a la formaci&oacute;n de adenosin monofosfato c&iacute;clico (AMPc). El AMPc inhibe el cambio de forma, la secreci&oacute;n, la agregaci&oacute;n plaquetaria as&iacute; como la uni&oacute;n del fibrin&oacute;geno a su receptor de membrana. La PGI<SUB>2</SUB> tiene entonces un poder anticoagulante. La vida media de la PGI<SUB>2 </SUB>es relativamente corta, alrededor de 2 min., que puede prolongarse hasta 30 min. al unirse a la apolipoprote&iacute;na A-1. La s&iacute;ntesis y la secreci&oacute;n de PGI<SUB>2</SUB> son moduladas por un gran n&uacute;mero de sustancias (trombina, histamina, ADP, ATP, citocinas, entre otras), por las variaciones en la fuerza mec&aacute;nica del flujo sangu&iacute;neo (<I>shear stress</I>) as&iacute; como por la alteraci&oacute;n de la integridad del endotelio.</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Las CEs pueden convertir, gracias al metabolismo transcelular, a la PGH<SUB>2</SUB> de origen plaquetario, por ejemplo, en PGI<SUB>2</SUB>. El endotelio produce una cantidad basal de PGI<SUB>2</SUB>, que ha sido estimada en funci&oacute;n de la excreci&oacute;n urinaria de su metabolito estable, la 2,3-dinor-6-oxo-prostaglandina F.</font></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>La aspirina, la ciclosporina y los anti-inflamatorios no-esteroideos inhiben la s&iacute;ntesis de PGI<SUB>2</SUB> al bloquear la s&iacute;ntesis del precursor PGH<SUB>2</SUB> por la inactivaci&oacute;n de la PGHS.</FONT></P> <B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>La prostaciclina E2</FONT></P> </B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>Las c&eacute;lulas inmuno-competentes son productoras activas de prostaglandinas (PGs) y al mismo tiempo responden,  de forma autocrina, al autacoide secretado. Las PGs modulan la intensidad y la duraci&oacute;n de las respuestas inflamatoria e inmune (51-54).  Entre las PGs, la PGE<SUB>2</SUB> ha sido  una de las m&aacute;s estudiadas. La PGE<SUB>2</SUB> produce un n&uacute;mero de efectos que pueden aumentar o mitigar una condici&oacute;n  pro-inflamatoria. La PGE<SUB>2</SUB> en funci&oacute;n del tipo celular estimulado, puede: inducir fiebre, aumentar la permeabilidad vascular y la vasodilataci&oacute;n, favorecer la aparici&oacute;n de edema y la algesia mediada por los p&eacute;ptidos y aminas vasoactivas como la bradikinina y la histamina.&nbsp;</FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> Todo ello, amplifica la condici&oacute;n pro-inflamatoria. Al mismo tiempo, la PGE<SUB>2</SUB> inhibe la producci&oacute;n de citocinas pro-inflamatorias claves como el TNF, la IL- 1 e IL-6 (55,56<I>)</I>; regulando la producci&oacute;n de citocinas sintetizadas por el sistema monoc&iacute;tico-macrof&aacute;gico y por los linfocitos. Es bien conocida la inhibici&oacute;n sobre la proliferaci&oacute;n de c&eacute;lulas T que ejerce la  PGE<SUB>2</SUB> <I>in vitro</I> (57) y la acci&oacute;n directa o indirecta sobre el patr&oacute;n de producci&oacute;n de linfocinas, [interferon-</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>g</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> (IFN- </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2> g</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>) e interleucina-2 (IL-2)] fundamentales para generar una  respuesta del tipo Th1 (celular), o las IL-4, -5, e IL-10 marco de un patr&oacute;n de respuesta Th2 (humoral) (58-60).<B>&nbsp; </B></FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>La variedad de receptores para la PGE, (EP1, EP2, EP3 y EP4) puede activar o disminuir, en funci&oacute;n del receptor implicado, la s&iacute;ntesis de segundos mensajeros claves en la traducci&oacute;n de se&ntilde;ales. La v&iacute;a PGE<SUB>2</SUB>-EP4 es capaz de estimular, <I>in-vivo</I>, la respuesta a ant&iacute;genos epidermales al favorecer la movilizaci&oacute;n, migraci&oacute;n y maduraci&oacute;n de las c&eacute;lulas Langerhans epidermales. Esto vincula de forma espec&iacute;fica a la estimulaci&oacute;n EP4 con la activaci&oacute;n de las c&eacute;lulas Langerhans que emigran y maduran al expresar las mol&eacute;culas CD80 y CD86, coestimuladoras en el proceso de  presentaci&oacute;n antig&eacute;nica a c&eacute;lulas CD45RA+  (61).</FONT> </P> <B>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2>Los tromboxanos</FONT></P> </B>    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>El tromboxano A<SUB>2</SUB>, descrito inicialmente en 1975 por el grupo de Samuelsson en el Karolinska Institute, ejerce sus acciones al activar al receptor TP. La principal ruta de se&ntilde;alizaci&oacute;n mediada por el receptor TP es la asociada a la activaci&oacute;n de la Fosfolipasa  C (FLC) por la v&iacute;a de una prote&iacute;na G</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>q con la subsiguiente movilizaci&oacute;n de Ca<SUP>2+</SUP> y activaci&oacute;n de la PKC (62-66).<B> </B>En el humano, se expresan dos receptores para el TXA<SUB>2</SUB>, el TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> clonado inicialmente en tejido placentario y en la l&iacute;nea celular, parecida a plaquetas, MEG-01 (67) y el TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> clonado a partir de una librer&iacute;a de cDNA de CE de la vena umbilical humana (68-69). Ambos son el producto de un gen &uacute;nico localizado, en el humano, en el cromosoma 19p13.3 (68).&nbsp;</FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> Las isoformas </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> y </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> son id&eacute;nticas excepto por  el dominio citoplasm&aacute;tico C-terminal donde el TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> presenta un sitio de fosforilaci&oacute;n para la proteina cinasa A (PKA), la Serina <SUP>329</SUP> y posee s&oacute;lo 15 vs 79 residuos de a.a presentes en el receptor TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>. Esta diferencia entre los  dominio C-terminales, esta asociada al mecanismo de &quot;apagado&quot; o desensibilizaci&oacute;n del receptor y a la regulaci&oacute;n de la s&iacute;ntesis de AMPc. En este sentido, Hirata y col., en 1996 (64) sobreexpresando en c&eacute;lulas embrionarias de ri&ntilde;&oacute;n humano (HEK) las isoformas </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> y/o </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> del receptor TP, demuestran que la producci&oacute;n de AMPc se afecta de forma opuesta. La isoforma TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> se asocia a una Gs lo que conduce al aumento de AMPc mientras que el receptor TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> se acopla a una Gi lo que inhibe a la adenilato ciclasa. (64), al mismo tiempo, el TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> y no el TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> se asocia a una Gh y por tanto a la v&iacute;a PLC-fosfatidilinositol espec&iacute;fica. No obstante, ambas isoformas, se acoplan indistintamente a las prote&iacute;nas Gq y G12 (70).&nbsp;</FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> En cuanto al mecanismo de desensibilizaci&oacute;n del receptor TP, las isoformas difieren en su respuesta a los prostanoides inhibitorios, PGI<SUB>2</SUB> y PGD<SUB>2</SUB>. La se&ntilde;alizaci&oacute;n mediada por estas mol&eacute;culas v&iacute;a el receptor IP y DP, respectivamente conduce a la activaci&oacute;n de la PKA. La fosforilaci&oacute;n del residuo de Ser<SUP>-329 </SUP> blanco de la PKA resulta en la desensibilizaci&oacute;n del receptor TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>,. La isoforma TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> contrariamente no es sensible a la inactivaci&oacute;n mediadas por PGI<SUB>2</SUB> o PGD<SUB>2</SUB> (71).Un nuevo orden de aspectos fisiol&oacute;gicos y fisiopatol&oacute;gicos relacionadas con el  receptor TP surgen con estos hallazgos. El receptor TP humano se expresa en distintos tipos celulares incluyendo las VSMC y las CE, estas c&eacute;lulas expresan la isoformas, </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> y </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> del receptor TP; mientras que, en la plaqueta prevalece la expresi&oacute;n del receptor TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>.&nbsp;</FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> En el circuito vascular, el TXA<SUB>2</SUB> es un potente estimulador de la agregaci&oacute;n plaquetaria y causa vasoconstricci&oacute;n, mientras que la PGI<SUB>2</SUB> inhibe la agregaci&oacute;n plaquetaria y causa vasodilataci&oacute;n. El TXA<SUB>2</SUB> representa fundamentalmente un factor activador y la PGI<SUB>2</SUB> el antagonista correspondiente que permite el regreso al estado de reposo no-activado, las acciones de estos prostanoides se restringen primariamente al microambiente intercelular. Como lo indican estos hallazgos, el hecho de que el receptor TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> y no el TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> se inactive por un mecanismo dependiente de la PGI<SUB>2</SUB> sugiere fuertemente que la isoforma TP</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> es fundamental en la hemostasia vascular.</FONT> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>El receptor TP, puede tambi&eacute;n activarse por un ligando distinto al TXA<SUB>2</SUB> como el isoprostano, 8-epi-PGF<SUB>2</SUB></FONT><SUB><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT></SUB><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> Este metabolito del AA, parecido a la prostaglandina F, resulta como ya mencionamos, de la peroxidaci&oacute;n del AG mediado por radicales libres. En condiciones de stress oxidativo, el 8-epi-PGF<SUB>2&#61537;&#61472;</SUB> puede alcanzar el orden</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2> m</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>molar requerido para la activaci&oacute;n de ambas isoformas (</FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>a</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> y </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>b</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>) del receptor TP, lo que ha sido demostrado <I>in vitro</I> (72,73). Al igual que en la bios&iacute;ntesis de los prostanoides, el AG precursor de los isoprostanos no se restringe al AA, para estos compuestos en funci&oacute;n del AGPI precursor se han propuesto nuevas clasificaciones (18,74).</FONT> </P> <B>    <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2> Influencia de la composici&oacute;n de los &aacute;cidos grasos poliinsaturados de la dieta sobre la producci&oacute;n de los prostanoides </FONT> </B> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> La dieta es un factor que define en buena parte la composici&oacute;n de AG de los fosfol&iacute;pidos de las membranas celulares. La composici&oacute;n de la dieta occidental tanto de los aceites como de los productos derivados de la carne, favorece a la familia de AG </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2> w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>6. El AA es el sustrato principal para la s&iacute;ntesis de los prostanoides y da origen a los prostanoides de la <I>serie-2.</I> Sin embargo, cuando se ingieren cantidades importantes de AGPI de la familia </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>3, como ocurre en las poblaciones que habitan en las zonas costeras, consumidoras de pescados y sus aceites, se favorece la s&iacute;ntesis de prostanoides de la <I>serie-3</I>.&nbsp;</FONT></P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2> Como se muestra en la <B><a href="#fig2">Figura 2</a></B>, ambas familias de AGE </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2> w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>3 y </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>6 pueden dar origen a productos similares. Es de hacer notar, que existe competencia entre estos AG, como sustratos de la reacci&oacute;n de la PGHS. As&iacute;, la cantidad de una familia particular de AGPI en el fosfol&iacute;pido de membrana definir&aacute; el aumento relativo de una determinada serie de prostanoides. En el caso de un r&eacute;gimen dietario abundante en pescados y productos marinos, la elevaci&oacute;n ser&aacute; a expensas de la serie-3. En general, la actividad biol&oacute;gica de los prostanoides de la serie-3 es menor que la de la serie-2,<B> </B>lo cual tiene inter&eacute;s terap&eacute;utico, en particular en el caso del TXA<SUB>3</SUB> que carece de capacidad agregante plaquetaria mas no as&iacute; la PGI<SUB>3</SUB>, esta prostaciclina  conserva sus acciones biol&oacute;gicas (75). Al mismo tiempo, estos AGPI </FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT face="Verdana" SIZE=2>3 inhiben la expresi&oacute;n de la PGHS (76) y la capacidad adhesiva del endotelio (77) lo que puede ser relevante en ciertas condiciones patol&oacute;gicas como los procesos inmuno inflamatorios.</FONT></P> <B>     <P ALIGN="justify"><FONT face="Verdana" size=2> Conclusiones </FONT></P> </B>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana"><FONT SIZE=2> El trabajo cient&iacute;fico producido durante los  &uacute;ltimos setenta a&ntilde;os, permiti&oacute; comprender la relevancia bioqu&iacute;mica, nutricional, fisiol&oacute;gica,  fisiopatol&oacute;gica y farmacol&oacute;gica de los AGE como precursores  de los eicosanoides. Estas mol&eacute;culas, han explicado muchos de los mecanismos fisiopatol&oacute;gicos responsables de las alteraciones observadas en los trabajos pioneros de Burr y Burr (78,79) al usar dietas libres de grasas.&nbsp;</FONT></font> </P>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font face="Verdana"><FONT SIZE=2> El estudio de los eicosanoides ha permitido evidenciar la importancia de los microambientes en un &oacute;rgano o tejido y los finos mecanismos de comunicaci&oacute;n intercelular. La especificidad de la s&iacute;ntesis de estos autacoides en un microambiente determinado, genera a expensas del mismo sustrato, una gama de acciones biol&oacute;gicas en funci&oacute;n del tipo celular implicado.&nbsp;</FONT></font> </P>     <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT SIZE=2> <font face="Verdana"> En este sentido, el AA puede dar origen a prostanoides con acciones antag&oacute;nicas, como la PGI<SUB>2</SUB> y el TXA<SUB>2</SUB>  sintetizados  por  las CE y las plaquetas, respectivamente. Por otra parte, la competitividad entre los miembros de la familia de AGE, </font></FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2> w</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><font face="Verdana">6 y </font></FONT><FONT face="Symbol" SIZE=2>w</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><font face="Verdana">3, por la maquinaria enzim&aacute;tica de  los prostanoides,  permite la posibilidad de s&iacute;ntesis de las series 2 y 3 de los prostanoides,  por lo tanto, un cambio en el patr&oacute;n bioqu&iacute;mico que favorezca a la serie 3 puede  incidir positivamente en la salud p&uacute;blica,  al limitarse la capacidad protromb&oacute;tica (relaci&oacute;n TXA<SUB>2</SUB>/TXA<SUB>3</SUB> disminuida) mientras que, la capacidad antitromb&oacute;tca y vasodilatadora se  mantiene (PGI<SUB>2</SUB>, PG I<SUB>3</SUB>). 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