Abbreviations List

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Abbreviation Name
[E]0 Enzyme concentration
15-PGDH 15 hydroxy prostaglandin dehydrogenase
46BR.1N 46BR dermal fibroblasts
5-HEDH 5-hydroxyeicosanoid dehydrogenase
AA Arachidonic acid
ABC ATP-binding cassette transporters
ABC_CI ATP-binding cassette transporter competitive inhibition term
ACS American chemical society
AKR13 Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C3
ATP Adenosine 5′-triphosphate
BCA Bicinchoninic acid
BHT 2, 6-ditert-butyl-4-methylphenol
BSA Bovine serum albumin
COX Cyclooxygenase
cPGES Cytosolic Prostaglandin E Synthase
CYP P450 Cytochrome P450
DC Dendritic cells
DCM Dichloromethane
DGLA Cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid
DHA Cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid
DMEM Dulbecco’s modified eagle medium
DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide
DT Doubling time
DTT Dithiothreitol
EC Endothelial cell
EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EPA Cis-5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic acid
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
ESI Electrospray ionisation
FAME Fatty acids methyl esters
FBS Foetal bovine serum
FID Flame ionisation detector
FLAP Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein
GC Gas chromatography
GCV Geometric coefficient of variation
HaCaT Human adult low-calcium high-temperature keratinocyte
HETE Hydroxy-eicosatetraenoic acid
HL Half-life
HPETE Hydroperoxy-eicosatetraenoic acid
H-PGDS Hemopoietic PGDS
HPLC High performance liquid chromatography
IQR Inter quartile range
IS Internal standard
kcat Enzyme turnover number
KDO2-lipid A Di[3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonyl]-lipid A
Keq Equilibrium constant
Kf Forward reaction rate constant
Ki Inhibitor constant
KD Dissociation constant of the enzyme-substrate complex
Kmp Michaelis constant for the product
Kms Michaelis constant for the substrate
Kr Reverse reaction rate constant
KS test Kolmogorov–Smirnov test
LC Liquid chromatography
LDL Low density lipid
LL Log likelihood function
LOX Lipoxygenase
L-PGDS Lipocalin PGDS
LT Leukotriene
LTA4H Leukotriene A4 hydrolase
LTC4S Leukotriene C4 synthase
MAA Membrane arachidonic acid
MALDI-TOF Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight
MEME Minimum essential medium eagle
mPGES Microsomal PGES
MRM Multiple reaction monitoring
MS Mass spectrometry
MTOI Multiple target optimal intervention
MTT 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
n-3 PUFA Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid
n-6 PUFA Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid
NAD/NADH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NADP/NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NSAID Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
ODEs Ordinary differential equations
OxoETE Oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid
P Product
PAF Platelet-activating factor
PBS Dulbecco’s phosphate buffered saline
PC Phosphatidylcholine
PDEs Partial differential equations
PE Phosphatidylethanolamine
PG Prostaglandin
PGDS Prostaglandin D synthase
PGES Prostaglandin E synthase
PGFS Prostaglandin F synthase
PGIS Prostaglandin I synthase
PGT Prostaglandin transporter
PGT_CI Prostaglandin transporter competitive inhibition term
PHGPx Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase
PKU Phenylketonuria
PLA2 Phospholipase A2 enzyme
PLT Platelet cell
PMN Human polymorphonuclear leukocyte
PPARϒ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ
PTGR-2 Prostaglandin reductase 2
PTGR-2 Prostaglandin reductase 2
PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Q Quadrupole
R Gas constant
S Substrates
SPE Solid-phase extraction
SRM Selected reaction monitoring
SWATH-MS Sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra
Th2 T helper type 2 cell
TP TP receptor
TX Thromboxane
TXAS Thromboxane A synthase
UPLC Ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography
UV Ultraviolet
UVR Ultraviolet radiation
Vmax Maximal rate