title: Omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation of arachidonic acid, lauric acid and prostaglandin A1 by multiple forms of cytochrome P-450 purified from rat hepatic microsomes.
abstract: The metabolism of arachidonic acid, lauric acid and prostaglandin A1 by rat hepatic microsomes and multiple forms of cytochrome P-450 purified from rat hepatic microsomes was studied. Arachidonic acid was hydroxylated by hepatic microsomes of male rats by omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation. Phenobarbital treatment of rats decreased the hydroxylation activity slightly, but 3-methylcholanthrene treatment increased the hydroxylation activity 2-fold. However, lauric acid and prostaglandin A1 omega- and omega-1)-hydroxylation activities decreased after treatment with phenobarbital and 3-methylcholanthrene. Arachidonic acid and lauric acid were metabolized with similar ratios of omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation, but prostaglandin A1 was efficiently metabolized at the omega-position by hepatic microsomes of untreated male rats. In a reconstituted system with purified cytochromes P-450, P450 UT-1, UT-2 (P-450h), MC-1 (P-450d) and MC-5 (P-450c) effectively hydroxylated arachidonic acid at both the omega- and (omega-1)-position. P450 UT-8 hydroxylated arachidonic acid only at the omega-position. P450 DM (P-450j) hydroxylated arachidonic acid at the (omega-1)-position efficiently. Lauric acid was also hydroxylated by P450 UT-1, UT-2, PB-1, PB-2, MC-1, IF-3 (P-450a) and DM, at the (omega - 1)-position only. Only P450 UT-8 could hydroxylate laruic acid at the omega-position. Prostaglandin A1 was efficiently and specifically metabolized by P450 UT-8 with omega-hydroxylation. P450 UT-2 and PB-1 could hydroxylate prostaglandin A1 by (omega-1)-hydroxylation, but with low activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kusunose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusunose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Funae
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007536:Isomerism; D007850:Lauric Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D011454:Prostaglandins A / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D007850:Lauric Acids; D011454:Prostaglandins A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C100573:prostaglandin A1