Oxidative metabolism of a fatty acid amide hydrolase-regulated lipid, arachidonoyltaurine

Biochemistry. 2008 Mar 25;47(12):3917-25. doi: 10.1021/bi702530z. Epub 2008 Mar 1.

Abstract

A novel class of lipids, N-acyltaurines, was recently discovered in fatty acid amide hydrolase knockout mice. In some peripheral tissues, such as liver and kidney, N-acyltaurines with long, polyunsaturated acyl chains are most prevalent. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are converted to a variety of signaling molecules by cyclooxygenases (COXs) and lipoxygenases (LOXs). The ability of COXs and LOXs to oxygenate arachidonoyltaurine was evaluated to gain insight into the potential metabolic fate of N-acyltaurines. Although arachidonoyltaurine was a poor substrate for COXs, mammalian 12 S- and 15 S-LOXs oxygenated arachidonoyltaurine with similar or better efficiency than arachidonic acid. Products of arachidonoyltaurine oxygenation were characterized by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The positional specificity of single oxygenation was retained for 15 S-LOXs. However, platelet-type 12 S-LOX produced 12- and 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoyltaurines (HETE-Ts). Furthermore, LOXs generated dihydroxyeicosatetraenoyltaurines (diHETE-Ts). Metabolism of arachidonoyltaurine by murine resident peritoneal macrophages (RPMs) was also profiled. Arachidonoyltaurine was rapidly taken up and converted primarily to 12-HETE-T. Over prolonged incubations, RPMs also generated small amounts of diHETE-T. Oxidative metabolism of polyunsaturated N-acyltaurines may represent a pathway for the generation or termination of novel signaling molecules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amidohydrolases / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase / metabolism*
  • Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase / metabolism*
  • Arachidonic Acids / metabolism*
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Macrophages, Peritoneal / metabolism
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mice
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Taurine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Taurine / metabolism

Substances

  • Arachidonic Acids
  • arachidonoyltaurine
  • Taurine
  • Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase
  • Arachidonate 15-Lipoxygenase
  • Cyclooxygenase 2
  • Amidohydrolases
  • fatty-acid amide hydrolase