Abstract
Pigs are sometimes used in preclinical drug metabolism studies, with growing interest, and thus their drug-metabolizing enzymes, including the cytochromes P450 (P450 or CYP; EC 1.14.14.1), need to be examined. In the present study, novel CYP4A cDNAs were isolated and characterized, namely, pig CYP4A23 and CYP4A90; cat CYP4A37 and CYP4A106; and tree shrew CYP4A11a, CYP4A11d, CYP4A11e, CYP4A11f, and CYP4A11g. For comparison, the following known CYP4A cDNAs were also analyzed: pig CYP4A21 and dog CYP4A37, CYP4A38, and CYP4A39. These CYP4A cDNAs all contained open reading frames of 504-513 amino acids and had high amino acid sequence identity (74%-80%) with human CYP4As. Phylogenetic analysis of amino acid sequences revealed that these CYP4As were clustered in each species. All CYP4A genes contained 12 coding exons and formed a gene cluster in the corresponding genomic regions. A range of tissue types were analyzed, and these CYP4A mRNAs were preferentially expressed in liver and/or kidney, except for pig CYP4A90, which showed preferential expression in lung and duodenum. CYP4A enzymes, heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, preferentially catalyzed lauric acid 12-hydroxylation and arachidonic acid 20-hydroxylation, just as human CYP4A11 does, with the same regioselectivity (i.e., at the ω-position of fatty acids). These results imply that dog, cat, pig, and tree shrew CYP4As have functional characteristics similar to those of human CYP4A11, with minor differences in lauric acid 12-hydroxylation. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) 4As are important P450s in human biological processes because of their fatty acid-metabolizing ability. Pig CYP4A21, CYP4A23, and CYP4A90; cat CYP4A37 and CYP4A106; tree shrew CYP4A11a, CYP4A11d, CYP4A11e, CYP4A11f, and CYP4A11g; and dog CYP4A37, CYP4A38, and CYP4A39 cDNAs were isolated and analyzed. These CYP4A cDNAs shared relatively high sequence identities with human CYP4A11 and CYP4A22. Pig, cat, tree shrew, and dog CYP4As in the liver and kidneys are likely to catalyze the ω-hydroxylation of fatty acids.
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