title: Arachidonic acid epoxygenase: structural characterization and quantification of epoxyeicosatrienoates in plasma.
abstract: Gas chromatographic/mass spectroscopic and chiral analysis showed the presence of enzymatically derived 8,9-, 11,12- and 14,15-EET in rat plasma (2.8:1:3.4 molar ratio, respectively; 10.2 +/- 0.4 ng total EET/ml plasma). Greater than 90% of the plasma EETs was esterified to the phospholipids of circulating lipoproteins. The lipoprotein fraction with the highest EET concentration was LDL (8.1 +/- 0.9 ng/mg of protein) followed by HDL and VLDL (3.5 +/- 0.1 and 1.9 +/- 0.3 ng/mg of protein, respectively). In light of the biological activities of the EETs, these results suggest a potential systemic function for the cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Nephrology), Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN 37232.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spady
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Swift
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Capdevila
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
mesh_terms: D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000090762:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2J2; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007536:Isomerism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; C046783:11,12-epoxy-5,8,14-eicosatrienoic acid; C050715:8,9-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid; C046782:14,15-epoxy-5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010105:Oxygenases; D000090762:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2J2; D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid