Absolute Configuration of Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acids (EETs) Formed during Catalytic Oxygenation of Arachidonic Acid by Purified Rat Liver Microsomal Cytochrome P-450

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00323a046

Incubation of arachidonic acid with a reconstituted enzymatic system containing a purified preparation of the major, phenobarbital-inducible form of rat liver microsomal cytochrome P-450, NADPH, cytochrome b₅, and NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase affords as the principal products four regioisomeric cis-epoxides: 5,6-, 8,9-, 11,12-, and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs).Their absolute configurations were established by conversion to the corresponding hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (HETE) methyl esters, derivatization with dehydroabiethylisocyanate, and chromatographic analysis.Except for 5,6-EET, the cytochrome P-450 catalyzed epoxidation is highly enantioselective.