The platelet isoform of 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX) is expressed in a variety of human tumors.12-LOX metabolizes arachidonic acid to 12(
S)-hydroxyeicosateraenoic acid (12(
S)-HETE), which inducesa number of cellular responses associated with tumor progression and metastasis. Little is known about12-LOX regulation and no direct regulators of 12-LOX activity have been identified. To identify potentialregulators of 12-LOX, we isolated cDNAs encoding 12-LOX interacting proteins using the yeast two-hybrid system. We screened a yeast two-hybrid interaction library from human epidermoid carcinomaA431 cells and identified four cellular proteins that interact specifically with 12-LOX. We identified typeII keratin 5, lamin A, the cytoplasmic domain of integrin
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4 subunit and a phosphoprotein C8FW as12-LOX interacting proteins. Here, we demonstrated that keratin 5, a 58 kD protein required for formationof 8 nm intermediate filaments, binds to 12-LOX in human tumor cells and may contribute to the regulatedtrafficking of 12-LOX. We also showed that lamin A binds 12-LOX in human tumor cells. These proteinsprovide the first candidate regulators of 12-LOX.