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7-HETE, 10-HETE, and 13-HETE Are Major Products of NADPH-Dependent Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Rat Liver Microsomes: Analysis of Their Stereochemistry, and the Stereochemistry of Their Acid-Catalyzed Rearrangement

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A complex profile of metabolites of [14C]arachidonic acid are formed in NADPH-dependent reactions in liver microsomes from phenobarbital-treated rats. The products were resolved by HPLC and analyzed initially with an on-line diode array detector set to monitor 205, 220, 235, and 270 nm. In addition to the epoxyeicosatrienoic acids and their diol hydrolysis products, prominent hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETE) metabolites were identified as omega-hydroxy derivatives and three bis-allylic products, 7-HETE, 10-HETE, and 13-HETE. The formation of 13-HETE was reported by Oliw et al. (Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 300, 434-439 (1993)). Structures of the new products were established by GC MS, and for 10-HETE, by comparison to authentic synthetic material. Chiral column analysis indicated that 7-HETE and 10-HETE were essentially racemic. The 13-HETE resolved into a 40:60 ratio of 13S:13R. The bis-allylic HETEs readily undergo rearrangement to conjugated diene-containing HETEs in mild acidic conditions (1% acetic acid). Using [18O]13-HETE we observed 69% retention of the labeled oxygen in the 11- and 15-HETE arrangement products. Furthermore, steric analysis of products from acid treated 10-HETE and 13-HETE enantiomers revealed partial retention of chirality (80:20 ratio of enantiomers for methyl esters, and 60:40 ratio for free acids) in the course of mild acid-catalyzed rearrangement. This represents a novel reaction of this class of arachidonic acid metabolites of cytochromes P450.

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