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Involvement of cytochrome P450 2E1 in the (–1)-hydroxylation of oleic acid in human and rat liver microsomes

Correspondence to: Yolande Amet.

In vitro techniques have been used to investigate the nature of microsomal cytochrome P450 involved in the metabolism of oleic acid, a physiological monounsaturated fatty acid. Like lauric acid, which is currently used as a model substrate of fatty acid metabolism, the alkyl chain of oleic acid is hydroxylated on its and (–1) carbons. The identity of these hydroxylated metabolites was ascertained by GC/MS and LC/MS. The /–1 ratio of oleic acid metabolites (1.22 ± 0.01) was found to be similar to that obtained with lauric acid in rat liver microsomes (1.10 ± 0.02), while in human liver microsomes this ratio was 0.75 ± 0.5 for lauric acid and 5.2 ± 2.6 for oleic acid. After treatment of rats with ethanol or clofibrate, inducers of CYP2E1 and CYP4A, respectively, the hydroxylations of oleic acid were shown to be less inducible than those of lauric acid. Five in vitro approaches were used to identify the P450 isoform(s) responsible for the microsomal (–1)-hydroxylation of oleic acid: effect of various inducers in rats, correlation studies between specific P450 catalytic activities in a panel of 25 human liver microsomes, chemical inhibitions, immuno-inhibitions and metabolism by cDNA-expressed human P450 enzymes. From the above results, it can be ascertained that P450 2E1 is the main enzyme involved in the (–1)-hydroxylation of oleic acid. Furthermore, the -hydroxylation of oleic acid was shown to be mainly catalyzed by P450 4A enzymes in human liver microsomes. The turnover number of (–1)-hydroxylation of lauric and oleic acids decreased from 7.8 to 1.5 min^-1, respectively, suggesting that the dodecane alkyl chain allows optimal binding to the active site of CYP2E1.—Adas, F., F. Berthou, D. Picart, P. Lozac'h, F. Beaugé, and Y. Amet. Involvement of cytochrome P450 2E1 in the (–1)-hydroxylation of oleic acid in human and rat liver microsomes. J. Lipid Res. 1998. 39: 1210–1219.

Supplementary key words: CYP2E1, lauric acid, -oxidation, monooxygenase enzymatic activities, xenobiotics, chlorzoxazone, 4-nitrophenol, mass spectrometry

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