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Stereoselective epoxidation of arachidonic acid by cytochrome P-450s 2CAA and 2C2

BE Daikh, RM Laethem and DR Koop

Department of Pharmacology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.

In the present study, we determined the stereoselective epoxidation of arachidonic acid by cytochrome P-450 (P-450) 2CAA and P-450 2C2, two arachidonic acid epoxygenases found in rabbit renal cortex, by chiral normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-analysis. Purified P-450 2CAA reconstituted with P-450 oxidoreductase, lipid and cytochrome b5 or microsomes isolated from COS-1 cells expressing P-450 2C2 were incubated in the presence of [1-14C]arachidonic acid. The epoxide metabolites 14,15- and 11,12-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) were purified by reverse-phase HPLC and derivatized to methyl (14,15- EET) and pentafluorobenzyl (11,12-EET) esters. Enantiomers of 14,15-EET- methyl ester and 11,12-EET-pentafluorobenzyl ester were resolved on Chiralcel OB and OD columns, respectively, with a mobile phase of 0.15% 2-propanol in n-hexane. P-450 2CAA and P-450 2C2 produce 11,12- and 14,15-EETs in distinct ratios but are equally stereoselective at the 11,12-position. P-450 2CAA produced 11(S), 12(R)-EET with 63% stereoselectivity, and P-450 2C2 produced the same enantiomer with 61% stereoselectivity. Both enzymes are also stereoselective at the 14,15- position, preferentially producing the 14(R), 15(S)-EET. P-450 2CAA produces this enantiomer with 72% selectivity, and P-450 2C2 produces it with 62% selectivity. The results of this study indicate that P-450 2CAA and P-450 2C2 are not only regioselective but also exhibit a high degree of stereoselectivity.

Volume 269, Issue 3, pp. 1130-1135, 06/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics




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