Frontiers in Bioactive Lipids

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Adipogenic Action of Fatty Acids....Pages 1-6
Acyl Coenzyme a Synthetase and the Transport of Long-Chain Fatty Acids....Pages 7-14
The Role of Long Chain Acyl-CoA Esters in the Regulation of Gene Expression and Metabolism in Escherichia Coli ....Pages 15-22
Control of Eicosanoid Response Intensity....Pages 23-30
The Role of Fatty Acids within Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Pools....Pages 31-38
Occurrence of Previously Unknown LPO-Products in Biological Samples....Pages 39-44
Structural and Functional Studies on the Heart Fatty Acid-Binding Protein....Pages 45-52
The Role of Intracellular Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins in Cellular Transport of Fatty Acids....Pages 53-59
The MRP8/14 Complex and Not the Epidermal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein is Responsible for the Translocation of Arachidonic Acid in Human Keratinocytes....Pages 61-66
Interaction of Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins with the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha....Pages 67-72
The Role of Acylcoa Binding Protein (ACBP) and Long-Chain Acylcoa Esters in Cell Regulation and Function....Pages 73-82
Phosphatidylinositol Transfer Protein Function in the Yeast saccharomyces Cerevisiae....Pages 83-91
Compartmentation of Prostaglandin Biosynthetic Enzymes....Pages 93-99
Differential Control of Cyclooxygenase Catalysis in PGH Synthase Isoforms: Role of Hydroperoxide Initiator....Pages 101-104
Regulation of Expression and the Functional Role of Cyclooxygenase-2....Pages 105-109
The Regulation of Prostaglandin E 2 Synthesis by Interleukin-1β and Ceramide in Human Fibroblasts: Effects on Cyclooxygenase-1, Cyclooxygenase-2, and Phospholipase A 2 Gene Expression....Pages 111-117
Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell 12-Lipoxygenase by Growth Factors and Inflammatory Cytokines....Pages 119-126
Manipulations of the Arachidonic Acid Cascade with Lipoxygenase Gene-Inactivated Mice....Pages 127-132
Dual Regulatory Role of Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase and their Products in Cell Survival and Apoptosis....Pages 133-139
Aspirin Switches Biosynthetic Circuits Triggering Novel Eicosanoids during Cell-Cell Interactions that Are Potent Inhibitors of Neutrophil Migration and Tumor Cell Proliferation....Pages 141-148
The Targeting of Leukocytes by 5-Oxo-Eicosanoids....Pages 149-155
The Role of Anandamide and Related Fatty Acid Ethanolamides as Endogenous Ligands for the CB1 and CB2 Cannabinoid Receptors....Pages 157-164
EP Receptor Subtype-Dependence of Regulation of Immune Cellular Functions by Prostaglandin E2....Pages 165-174
Co-Expression of Specific G-Protein α Subunits Alters the Affinity of Thromboxane A 2 Receptors....Pages 175-182
The Role of Ceramide in the Cellular Stress Response....Pages 183-192
Sphingosine-1-Phosphate - A New Lipid Signaling Molecule....Pages 193-202
Use of Bodipy™-Labeled Sphingolipids to Study Membrane Traffic in Animal Cells....Pages 203-213
Biological Significance of Tumor Gangliosides: Shedding, Transfer, and Immunosuppression....Pages 215-221
Lysophosphatidic Acid-Induced Signals in Astrocytes....Pages 223-228
Glycerophosphoinositol-4-Phosphate in Intracellular Signalling....Pages 229-237
Biosynthesis of Platelet Activating Factor and Related Acetylated Lipids....Pages 239-243
Antiproliferative Phospholipid Analogues Act via Inhibition of Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis....Pages 245-250
Lipopolysaccharide-, Liposome-Encapsulated MTP-PE- and Dexamethasone- Regulated Prostaglandin Release in Rat Liver Macrophages: Role of Cytosolic Phospholipase A 2 and Prostaglandin H Synthase-2....Pages 251-256
Regulation of Phospholipase C-β Isoenzymes....Pages 257-263
Phospholipase D....Pages 265-277
Discrimination between Various Phospholipase D Activities in the Human Neutrophil and their Relative Involvement in Oxidative Burst....Pages 279-290
12(S)-Hete Primes A Phospholipase D Pathway in Activated Human Blood Mononuclear Cells....Pages 291-297
Phospholipase D Activities and Phosphatidylcholine Turnover are Differentially Related to Expression of Protein Kinase C Isoforms and Marcks in Control and Transfected Neural Cells....Pages 299-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-313