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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (August 22, 2002). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00448.2002
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Articles in PresS, published online ahead of print August 22, 2002
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 10.1152/ajpheart.00448.2002
Submitted on May 28, 2002
Accepted on August 15, 2002

Human coronary endothelial cells convert 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid to a biologically active chain-shortened epoxide

Xiang Fang1*, Neal L Weintraub2, Christine L Oltman2, Lynn L Stoll2, Terry L Kaduce1, Shawn Harmon1, Kevin C Dellsperger2, Christophe Morisseau3, Bruce D Hammock3, and Arthur A Spector4

1 Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
2 Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
3 Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
4 Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: xiang-fang{at}uiowa.edu.

Cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase-derived epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) play an important role in the regulation of vascular reactivity and function. Conversion to the corresponding dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids (DHETs) by soluble epoxide hydrolases is thought to be the major pathway of EET metabolism in mammalian vascular cells. However, when human coronary endothelial cells (HCEC) were incubated with [3H]14,15-EET, chain-shortened epoxy fatty acids, rather than DHET, were the most abundant metabolites. After 4 h of incubation, 23% of the total radioactivity remaining in the medium was converted to 10,11-epoxy-hexadecadienoic acid (16:2), a product formed from 14,15-EET by two cycles of ß-oxidation, while only 15% was present as 14,15-DHET. Although abundantly present in the medium, 10,11-epoxy-16:2 was not detected in cell lipids. Exogenously-applied [3H]10,11-epoxy-16:2 was neither metabolized nor retained in the cells, suggesting that 10,11-epoxy-16:2 is a major product of 14,15-EET metabolism in HCEC. 10,11-Epoxy-16:2 produced potent dilation in coronary microvessels. 10,11-Epoxy-16:2 also potently inhibited tumor necrosis factor a-induced production of interleukin-8, a pro-inflammatory cytokine, by HCEC. These findings implicate ß-oxidation as a major pathway of 14,15-EET metabolism in HCEC and provide the first evidence that EET-derived chain-shortened epoxy fatty acids are biologically active.




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