Release of the lipid peroxidation marker 8-epi-prostaglandin F2 alpha from isolated gill pavement cells.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate oxidative injury in gill pavement cells (GPCs) from fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) using F2-isoprostane (F2-iP) release as an index of lipid peroxidation. Cells were isolated from pooled gill tissue by collagenase treatment, mechanical sieving, and Percoll density gradient centrifugation. Baseline levels of 8-epi-prostaglandin F2 alpha (8-epi-PGF2 alpha) were measured by incubating GPCs in physiological buffer (10(6) cells/ml) and enzyme immunoassay.