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Gene Review:

Alox12e - arachidonate lipoxygenase, epidermal

Mus musculus

Synonyms: 12-LOX, 8-LOX, AW259591, Alox12-ps1, Alox12-ps2, ...

Jankun, J. et al., Nie, D. et al., Bürger, F. et al., Kinzig, A. et al., Sohn, H. et al.

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Disease relevance of Alox12e

While barely detectable in normal epidermis, 8-LOX was transiently induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and constitutively expressed in papillomas but not carcinomas obtained by the initiation-promotion protocol of mouse skin carcinogenesis [1].
12-lipoxygenase (12-lipoxygenase) (12-LOX) was recruited to glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains (GEM) in a GM3-dependent manner during oxidative glutamate toxicity [2].
Arachidonic acid is metabolized by 12-LOX to 12(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid [12(S)-HETE], and this biologically active metabolite is involved in prostate cancer progression by modulating cell proliferation in multiple cancer-related pathways inducing angiogenesis and metastasis [3].

High impact information on Alox12e

These findings demonstrate that AA metabolism in endothelial cells, especially the 12-LOX pathway, plays a critical role in angiogenesis [4].
Fourth, overexpression of 12-LOX in the CD4 endothelial cell line significantly stimulated cell migration and tube differentiation [4].
The open reading frame corresponds to a protein of 662 amino acids and was found to be 99.8% identical to the ORF of an epidermal lipoxygenase gene Aloxe, described recently [Van Dijk et al. (1995) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1259, 4-8] [5].

References

Constitutive expression of 8-lipoxygenase in papillomas and clastogenic effects of lipoxygenase-derived arachidonic acid metabolites in keratinocytes. Bürger, F., Krieg, P., Kinzig, A., Schurich, B., Marks, F., Fürstenberger, G. Mol. Carcinog. (1999) [Pubmed]
Ganglioside GM3 is involved in neuronal cell death. Sohn, H., Kim, Y.S., Kim, H.T., Kim, C.H., Cho, E.W., Kang, H.Y., Kim, N.S., Kim, C.H., Ryu, S.E., Lee, J.H., Ko, J.H. FASEB J. (2006) [Pubmed]
Synthetic curcuminoids modulate the arachidonic acid metabolism of human platelet 12-lipoxygenase and reduce sprout formation of human endothelial cells. Jankun, J., Aleem, A.M., Malgorzewicz, S., Szkudlarek, M., Zavodszky, M.I., Dewitt, D.L., Feig, M., Selman, S.H., Skrzypczak-Jankun, E. Mol. Cancer Ther. (2006) [Pubmed]
Eicosanoid regulation of angiogenesis: role of endothelial arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase. Nie, D., Tang, K., Diglio, C., Honn, K.V. Blood (2000) [Pubmed]
Murine epidermal lipoxygenase (Aloxe) encodes a 12-lipoxygenase isoform. Kinzig, A., Fürstenberger, G., Bürger, F., Vogel, S., Müller-Decker, K., Mincheva, A., Lichter, P., Marks, F., Krieg, P. FEBS Lett. (1997) [Pubmed]

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