Title : Identification of two epoxide hydrolases in Caenorhabditis elegans that metabolize mammalian lipid signaling molecules - Harris_2008_Arch.Biochem.Biophys_472_139 |
Author(s) : Harris TR , Aronov PA , Jones PD , Tanaka H , Arand M , Hammock BD |
Ref : Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics , 472 :139 , 2008 |
Abstract :
We have identified two genes in the genomic database for Caenorhabditis elegans that code for proteins with significant sequence similarity to the mammalian soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). The respective transcripts were cloned from a mixed stage cDNA library from C. elegans. The corresponding proteins obtained after recombinant expression in insect cells hydrolyzed standard epoxide hydrolase substrates, including epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) and leukotoxins (EpOMEs). The enzyme activity was inhibited by urea-based compounds originally designed to inhibit the mammalian sEH. In vivo inhibition of the enzymes using the most potent of these compounds resulted in elevated levels of the EpOMEs in the nematode. These results suggest that the hydrolases are involved in the metabolism of possible lipid signaling molecules in C. elegans. |
PubMedSearch : Harris_2008_Arch.Biochem.Biophys_472_139 |
PubMedID: 18267101 |
Gene_locus related to this paper: caeel-K07C5.5 |
Gene_locus | caeel-K07C5.5 |
Harris TR, Aronov PA, Jones PD, Tanaka H, Arand M, Hammock BD (2008)
Identification of two epoxide hydrolases in Caenorhabditis elegans that metabolize mammalian lipid signaling molecules
Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics
472 :139
Harris TR, Aronov PA, Jones PD, Tanaka H, Arand M, Hammock BD (2008)
Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics
472 :139