Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10770183 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
CYP2C enzymes epoxidize arachidonic acid (AA) to metabolites involved in the regulation of vascular and renal function. We tested the hypothesis that eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), a n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, may serve as an alternative substrate. Human CYP2C8 and CYP2C9, as well as rat CYP2C11 and CYP2C23, were co-expressed with NADPH-CYP reductase in a baculovirus/insect cell system. The recombinant enzymes showed high EPA and AA epoxygenase activities and the catalytic efficiencies were almost equal comparing the two substrates. The 17,18-double bond was the preferred site of EPA epoxidation by CYPs 2C8, 2C11, and 2C23. 17(R),18(S)-Epoxyeicosatetraenoic acid was produced with an optical purity of about 70% by CYPs 2C9, 2C11, and 2C23 whereas CYP2C8 showed the opposite enantioselectivity. These results demonstrate that EPA is an efficient substrate of CYP2C enzymes and suggest that n-3 PUFA-rich diets may shift the CYP2C-dependent generation of physiologically active eicosanoids from AA- to EPA-derived metabolites.
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Authors
Eduardo Barbosa-Sicard, Marija Markovic, Horst Honeck, Baghat Christ, Dominik N. Muller, Wolf-Hagen Schunck,