title: Arachidonic acid epoxygenase. Stereochemical analysis of the endogenous epoxyeicosatrienoic acids of human kidney cortex.
abstract: Mass spectral and chromatographic analysis demonstrates the presence of 14,15-, 11,12- and 8,9-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (44%, 33% and 23% of the total, respectively) in human kidney cortex. Chiral analysis of the human renal epoxyeicosatrienoic acids shows the formation of 8,9-, 11,12- and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in a 1:1, 4:1 and 2:1 ratio of antipodes, respectively. These results demonstrate the biosynthetic origin of the human kidney 11,12- and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids and suggest a role for renal cytochrome P-450 in the bioactivation of endogenous pools of arachidonic acid.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN 37232.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dishman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Capdevila
mesh_terms: D015126:8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis*; D000090762:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2J2; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; 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