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Generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (EPHX3)-deficient mice
Cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenases metabolize arachidonic acid into epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), which play an important role in blood pressure regulation, protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury, angiogenesis, and inflammation. Epoxide hydrolases metabolize EETs to their corresponding d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28384353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175348 |
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author | Hoopes, Samantha L. Gruzdev, Artiom Edin, Matthew L. Graves, Joan P. Bradbury, J. Alyce Flake, Gordon P. Lih, Fred B. DeGraff, Laura M. Zeldin, Darryl C. |
author_facet | Hoopes, Samantha L. Gruzdev, Artiom Edin, Matthew L. Graves, Joan P. Bradbury, J. Alyce Flake, Gordon P. Lih, Fred B. DeGraff, Laura M. Zeldin, Darryl C. |
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description | Cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenases metabolize arachidonic acid into epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), which play an important role in blood pressure regulation, protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury, angiogenesis, and inflammation. Epoxide hydrolases metabolize EETs to their corresponding diols (dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids; DHETs) which are biologically less active. Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (EPHX1, mEH) and soluble epoxide hydrolase (EPHX2, sEH) were identified >30 years ago and are capable of hydrolyzing EETs to DHETs. A novel epoxide hydrolase, EPHX3, was recently identified by sequence homology and also exhibits epoxide hydrolase activity in vitro with a substrate preference for 9,10-epoxyoctadecamonoenoic acid (EpOME) and 11,12-EET. EPHX3 is highly expressed in the skin, lung, stomach, esophagus, and tongue; however, its endogenous function is unknown. Therefore, we investigated the impact of genetic disruption of Ephx3 on fatty acid epoxide hydrolysis and EET-related physiology in mice. Ephx3(-/-) mice were generated by excising the promoter and first four exons of the Ephx3 gene using Cre-LoxP methodology. LC-MS/MS analysis of Ephx3(-/-) heart, lung, and skin lysates revealed no differences in endogenous epoxide:diol ratios compared to wild type (WT). Ephx3(-/-) mice also exhibited no change in plasma levels of fatty acid epoxides and diols relative to WT. Incubations of cytosolic and microsomal fractions prepared from Ephx3(-/-) and WT stomach, lung, and skin with synthetic 8,9-EET, 11,12-EET, and 9,10-EpOME revealed no significant differences in rates of fatty acid diol formation between the genotypes. Ephx3(-/-) hearts had similar functional recovery compared to WT hearts following ischemia/reperfusion injury. Following intranasal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposure, Ephx3(-/-) mice were not different from WT in terms of lung histology, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cell counts, or fatty acid epoxide and diol levels. We conclude that genetic disruption of Ephx3 does not result in an overt phenotype and has no significant effects on the metabolism of EETs or EpOMEs in vivo. |
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spelling | pubmed-53833092017-05-03 Generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (EPHX3)-deficient mice Hoopes, Samantha L. Gruzdev, Artiom Edin, Matthew L. Graves, Joan P. Bradbury, J. Alyce Flake, Gordon P. Lih, Fred B. DeGraff, Laura M. Zeldin, Darryl C. PLoS One Research Article Cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenases metabolize arachidonic acid into epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), which play an important role in blood pressure regulation, protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury, angiogenesis, and inflammation. Epoxide hydrolases metabolize EETs to their corresponding diols (dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acids; DHETs) which are biologically less active. Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (EPHX1, mEH) and soluble epoxide hydrolase (EPHX2, sEH) were identified >30 years ago and are capable of hydrolyzing EETs to DHETs. A novel epoxide hydrolase, EPHX3, was recently identified by sequence homology and also exhibits epoxide hydrolase activity in vitro with a substrate preference for 9,10-epoxyoctadecamonoenoic acid (EpOME) and 11,12-EET. EPHX3 is highly expressed in the skin, lung, stomach, esophagus, and tongue; however, its endogenous function is unknown. Therefore, we investigated the impact of genetic disruption of Ephx3 on fatty acid epoxide hydrolysis and EET-related physiology in mice. Ephx3(-/-) mice were generated by excising the promoter and first four exons of the Ephx3 gene using Cre-LoxP methodology. LC-MS/MS analysis of Ephx3(-/-) heart, lung, and skin lysates revealed no differences in endogenous epoxide:diol ratios compared to wild type (WT). Ephx3(-/-) mice also exhibited no change in plasma levels of fatty acid epoxides and diols relative to WT. Incubations of cytosolic and microsomal fractions prepared from Ephx3(-/-) and WT stomach, lung, and skin with synthetic 8,9-EET, 11,12-EET, and 9,10-EpOME revealed no significant differences in rates of fatty acid diol formation between the genotypes. Ephx3(-/-) hearts had similar functional recovery compared to WT hearts following ischemia/reperfusion injury. Following intranasal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposure, Ephx3(-/-) mice were not different from WT in terms of lung histology, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cell counts, or fatty acid epoxide and diol levels. We conclude that genetic disruption of Ephx3 does not result in an overt phenotype and has no significant effects on the metabolism of EETs or EpOMEs in vivo. Public Library of Science 2017-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5383309/ /pubmed/28384353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175348 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Hoopes, Samantha L. Gruzdev, Artiom Edin, Matthew L. Graves, Joan P. Bradbury, J. Alyce Flake, Gordon P. Lih, Fred B. DeGraff, Laura M. Zeldin, Darryl C. Generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (EPHX3)-deficient mice |
title | Generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (EPHX3)-deficient mice |
title_full | Generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (EPHX3)-deficient mice |
title_fullStr | Generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (EPHX3)-deficient mice |
title_full_unstemmed | Generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (EPHX3)-deficient mice |
title_short | Generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (EPHX3)-deficient mice |
title_sort | generation and characterization of epoxide hydrolase 3 (ephx3)-deficient mice |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383309/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28384353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175348 |
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