title: Omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation of lauric acid and arachidonic acid by rat renal cytochrome P-450.
abstract: We resolved four cytochrome P-450s, designated as P450 K-2, K-3, K-4, and K-5, from the renal microsomes of untreated male rats by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and investigated the lauric acid and arachidonic acid hydroxylation activities of these fractions. P450 K-4 and K-5 had high omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation activities toward lauric acid. The ratio of the omega-/(omega-1)-hydroxylation activity of P450 K-4 and K-5 was 3 and 6, respectively. Also, P450 K-4 and K-5 effectively catalyzed the omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation of arachidonic acid. P450 K-3 was not efficient in the hydroxylation of either lauric acid or arachidonic acid. P450 K-2 had low omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation activities toward arachidonic acid, and efficiently catalyzed the hydroxylation of lauric acid at the (omega-1)-position only, not at the omega-position.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemistry, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Funae
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D007850:Lauric Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007850:Lauric Acids; C030358:lauric acid; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A