Cellular Protein Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Department Molecular Physiology, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2576:307-316. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2728-0_26.
The endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol are not only metabolized by serine hydrolases, such as fatty acid amide hydrolase, monoacylglycerol lipase, and α,β-hydrolases 6 and 12, but they also serve as substrates for cyclooxygenases, cytochrome P450s, and lipoxygenases. These enzymes oxygenate the 1Z,4Z-pentadiene system of the arachidonic acid backbone of endocannabinoids, thereby giving rise to an entirely new array of bioactive lipids. Hereby, a protocol is provided for the enzymatic synthesis, purification, and characterization of various oxygenated metabolites of anandamide generated by lipoxygenases, which enables the biological study and detection of these metabolites.
内源性大麻素大麻酰胺和 2-花生四烯酰甘油不仅可被丝氨酸水解酶(如脂肪酸酰胺水解酶、单酰甘油脂肪酶和 α,β-水解酶 6 和 12)代谢,还可作为环加氧酶、细胞色素 P450 和脂加氧酶的底物。这些酶氧化内源性大麻素花生四烯酸主链的 1Z,4Z-戊二烯体系,从而产生全新的生物活性脂质。本协议提供了脂加氧酶生成的大麻酰胺各种氧化代谢物的酶促合成、纯化和表征方法,使这些代谢物的生物学研究和检测成为可能。