15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid
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(5Z,8Z,11Z,13E,15S)-15-Hydroxyicosa-5,8,11,13-tetraenoic acid
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15-HETE, 15(S)-HETE, 15(S)-HETE
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.214.805 |
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| C20H32O3 |
| Molar mass | 320.47 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (also termed
15-HETE,
15(S)-HETE, and
15S-HETE) is an endogenous
eicosanoid, i.e. a metabolite of
arachidonic acid. Various cell types and tissues first produce 15-Hydroperoxyicosatetraenoic acid (15-HpETE). These initial hydroperoxy products are extremely short lived in cells: if not otherwise metabolized, they are reduced to 15-HETE. Both these molecules are
hormone-like
autocrine and
paracrine signalling agents, involved in
inflammation response, but often are further metabolized to a wide range of products that are much more potent, including
eoxins.
[1][2][3]
The production and actions of these molecules and their metabolites often differ greatly depending on cell-type or tissue-type studied. In many ways they are analogous to the more abundant
5-HETE and
5-HPETE.
Nomenclature and stereoisomers[edit]
15-HETE (15(
S)-HETE, or 15
S-HETE) is unambiguously designated by a shortened version of its
IUPAC name, (15
S)-hydroxy-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acid, where
S refers to the
absolute configuration of the
point chirality of the hydroxyl
functional group at carbon position 15. Its
enantiomer is (15
R)-hydroxy-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acid, i.e. 15(
R)-HETE or 15
R-HETE. The substance also has
Z- and
E-
stereoisomers (an example of
cis–trans isomerism) about each of its
double bond moieties at carbon positions 5, 8, 11, and 13.
These stereoisomers are produced from corresponding stereoisomers of 15-HpETE, namely (15
S)-hydroperoxy-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acid (15(S)-HpETE), (15
R)-hydroperoxy-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acid (15(R)-HpETE), and/or a
racemic mixture of both stereoisomers. These initial hydroperoxy products are extremely short lived in cells: if not otherwise metabolized, they are reduced to their 15(
S)-HETE or 15(
R)-HETE analogs.
Both stereoisomers of 15-HETE and probably also of 15-HpETE have signalling activities, as discussed below.
Production[edit]
Human tissues attack
arachidonic acid with 15-lipoxygenase-1 (i.e., 15-LO-1,
ALOX15) to form (15(
S)-HpETE) as a major product and 12(
S)-hydroperoxy-5
Z,8
Z,10
E,15
Z-eicosatetraenoic acid and 14(
S),15(
S)-
trans-oxido-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z-14,15-leukotriene A4 as minor products; 15(
S)-hydroperoxy-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoic and 12(
S)-hydroperoxy-5
Z,8
Z,10
E,15
Z-eicosatetraenoic acids, i.e. 12-hydroperoxyicosatetraenoic acid (12-HpETE), are rapidly converted to 15(
S)-HETE and 12(
S)-hydroxy-5
Z,8
Z,10
E,15
Z-eicosatetraenoic acid (
12-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid), 12(
S)-HETE), respectively, or flow into numerous other metabolic pathways while 14(
S),15(
S)-
trans-oxido-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z-14,15-leukotriene A
4 is further metabolized by 15-LO-1 to various isomers of 8,15(
S)-dihydroxy-5
S,8
S,
11Z,13
S-eicosatetraenoic acids, e.g. 8,15(S)-LTB
4's.
[4][5][6][7][8] Human 15-LOX-2 (i.e.
ALOX15B) also makes 15(
S)-HpETE and 15(
S)-HETE but prefers
linoleic acid over arachidonic acid as substrate and therefore produces 15(
S)-HpETE and 15(
S)-HETE as minor products; 15-LO-2 does not make 12-HETE.
[8] Human and rat microsomal
cytochrome P450s, e.g. CYP2C19, metabolize arachidonic acid to a
racemic mixture of 15-HETEs, i.e., 15(
R,
S)-HETEs, >90% of which is 15(
R)-HETE.
[9][10] Human
prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 1 (COX-1) and
Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (COX-2) metabolize arachidonic acid primarily to
prostaglandins but also to small amounts of
11(R)-HETE and a racemic mixture of 15-HETEs composed of ~22% 15(
R)-HETE and 78% 15(
S)-HETE.
[11] When pretreated with
aspirin, however, COX-1 is inactive while COX-2 attacks arachidonic acid to produce almost exclusively 15(
R)-HETE along with its presumed precursor 15(
R)-HpETE.
[11][12][13] The spontaneous and non-enzymatically-induced autooxidation of arachidonic acid yields 15(
R,
S)-hydroperoxy-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acids
[14][15] which in tissues would be rapidly converted to 15(
R,
S)-HETEs.
Further metabolism of 15(S)-HpETE, 15(S)-HETE, 15(R)-HpETE, 15(R)-HETE, and 15-oxo-ETE[edit]
15(S)-HpETE[edit]
C) Is further metabolized by 15-LO-1 to its 14,15-
trans-epoxide, 14,15-trans-epoxide oxido-5
Z,8
Z,10
E,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acid (i.e.,
Eoxin A
4 or EXA
4), and thereafter to 14(R)-glutothionyl-15(S)hydroxy-5
Z,8
Z,10
E,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acid (i.e. Eoxin C
4 or EXC
4) by
leukotriene C4 synthase.
[24][25][26] EXC
4 contains
glutathione (i.e. γ-L-glutamyl-L-cysteinylglycine) bound in the
R configuration to carbon 14. EXC
4 is further metabolized by removal of the γ-L-glutamyl residue to form EXD
4 which is in turn further metabolized by removal of the glycine residue to form EXE
4.
[27] These metabolic transformations are similar to those in the pathway that metabolizes arachidonic acid to [[LTA
4]], [[LTC
4]], [[LTD
4]], and [[LTE
4]] and presumed to be conducted by the same enzymes
[24][26][28] (Eoxins are also termed 14,15-leukotrienes or 14,15-LTs).
D) is also metabolized by 15-LO-1 acid to various 8,15-diHETEs including the two 8(R) and 8(S)
Diastereomers of 8,15(
S)-dihydroxy-5,9,11,13-eicosatetraenoic acid (8,15-leukotrienes B4) and to two isomeric
erythro-14,15-dihydroxy-5-cis-8,10,12-eicosatetraenoic acids (14,15-leukotrienes B4).
[29][30][31]
E) Is further metabolized by 15-LO-1 to 11(
S)-hydroxy-14(
S),15(
S)-epoxy-5(
Z),8(
Z),12(
E)-eicosatrienoic acid and 13(
R)-hydroxy-14(
S),15(
S)-epoxy-5(
Z),8(
Z),11(
Z)-eicosatrienoic acid; these two products are novel
Hepoxilins produced by ALOX15 rather than ALOX12, the enzyme responsible for making the various other hepoxilins in humans.
[32] The two novel hepoxilins are termed respectively
14,15-HXA3 and
14,15-HXB3. 14,15-HXA
3 can be further metabolized by glutathione transferases to 11(
S),15(
S)-dihydroxy-14(
R)-glutathionyl--(5
Z),8(
Z),12(
E)eicosatrienoic acid (
14,15-HXA3C) which is then further metabolized to 11(
S),15(
S)-dihydroxy-14(
R)-cysteinyl-glycyl-(5
Z),8(
Z),12(
E)eicosatrienoic acid (
14,15-HXA3D).
[32]
F) Is isomerized to 15(
S)-hydroxy-11,12-cis-epoxy-5
Z,8
Z,13
E-eicosatrienoic acid (i.e., 15-H-11,12-EETA) by a hydroperoxide isomerase activity and then to 11,12,15-trihydroxy-5
Z,8Z
12E-eicosatrienoic acid (i.e. 11,12,15-THETA) and 11,14,15-trihydroxy-5
Z,8
Z,12
E-eicosatrienoic acid (i.e., 11,14,15-THETA) by a soluble epoxide hydrolase activity or, alternatively, by acid in a non-enzymatic reaction(the R, S configuration of the hydroxy residues in the latter two metabolites has not been defined.
[33]
G) Is isomerized to
threo and
erythro diastereoisomers of 13-hydroxy-14,15-cis-epoxy-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z-eicosatrienoic acid (i.e., 15-H-11,12-EETA) by a hydroperoxide isomerase activity, possibly a
Cytochrome P450, i.e. CYP2J2.
[34]
H) Is metabolized in skin epidermis by Epidermis-type lipoxygenase 3 (eLOX3, encoded by the
ALOXE3 gene) to make two products, hepoxilin A3 (HxA3, i.e., 13
R-hydroxy-14
S,15
S-epoxy-5
Z,8
Z,11
Z-eicosatetraenoic acid) and 15-oxo-ETE).
[35]
I) Like other hydroperoxy-containing fatty acids, degrades in cells to various bifuctional potentially toxic electrophiles such as 4-hydroxy-2(
E)-nonenal and 4-oxo-2(
E)-nonenal.
[36]
15(S)-HETE[edit]
A) Is oxidized to its keto analog, 15-oxo-ETE, by the same enzyme that converts
prostaglandins of the A, E, and F series to their 15-keto analogs viz., NAD
+-dependent
15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase; 15-oxo-ETE, similar to 15(S)-HETE, may be acylated into membrane phosphatidylethanolamaine
[21][22] or, similar to 15(
S)-HpETE, conjugated with
glutathione to form a 13-cysteinyl-glycyl-glutamine adduct viz., 13-glutatione,15-oxo-5(
S),8(
Z),11(
E)-eicosatrienoic acid; the latter metabolite is attacked by γ-glutamyl-transferase to form 13-cysteinyl-glycine,15-oxo-5(
S),8(
Z),11(
E)-eicosatrienoic acid.
[38]
B) Is acylated into membrane
phospholipids, particularly
phosphatidylinositol and
phosphatidylethanolamine. The phospholipid products contain this 15(
S)-HETE most likely at the
sn-2 position; these same phospholipids may be made directly by the action of 15-LO-1 on membrane phosphatidylinositols or phosphatidylethanolamines containing arachidonic acid at the
sn-2 positions.
[39][40][41][42] The phosphatidylethanolamine-bound 15-HETE may be converted to phosphatidylethanolamine-bound 15-oxo-ETE.
[22]
C) Is oxygenated by 5-lipoxygenase (
ALOX5 to form its 5,6-trans epoxide derivative which may then rearrange to the
lipoxins (LX), LXA
4 (i.e. 5(
S),6(
R),15(
S)-trihydroxy-7
E,9
E,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acid) and LXB
4 (i.e., 5(
S),14(
R),15(
S)-trihydroxy-6
E,8
Z,10
E,12
E-eicosatetraenoic acid).
[43][44] or to 5
(S),15(
S)-dihydroperoxy-6
E,8
Z,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoate (i.e., (5(S),15(S)-diHETE).
[45][46] 5(S),15(S)-diHETE may then be oxidized to 5-oxo-15(
S)-hydroxy-6
E,8
Z,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoate (i.e., 5-oxo-15(
S)-hydroxy-ETE); these two metabolites may also be made by 15-LO's metabolism of
5-Hydroxyicosatetraenoic acid and 5-oxo-eicosatetraenoic acid), respectively.
[47][48]
15(R)-HpETE[edit]
A) This hydroperoxy precursor of 15(
R)-HETE made by COX enzymes degrades to 15(R)-HETE.
[36] B) Decomposes to various bifuctional potentially toxic electrophiles such as 4-hydroxy-2(
E)-nonenal and 4-oxo-2(
E)-nonenal.
[36]
15(R)-HETE[edit]
A) Like 15(
S)-HETE is oxidized by NAD-dependent 5-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase to form 15-oxo-ETE which product can be converted its 13-cysteinyl-glycyl-glutamyl and then 13-cysteinyl-glycine products as described above for 5(
S)-HETE.
[38]
B) Is oxygenated by ALOX5 to form its 5,6-oxido derivative which then rearranges to the 15(
R)
diastereomers of LXA
4 and (LXB
4 viz., 15-epic LXA
4 5(
S),6(
R),15(
R)-trihydroxy-7
E,9
E,11
Z,13
E-eicosatetraenoic acid) and 15-epi-LXB
4 (i.e., 5(
S),14(
R),15(
S)-trihydroxy-
6E,8
Z,10
E,12
E-eicosatetraenoic acid, respectively.
[43][49]
15-oxo-ETE[edit]
A) Is adducted to glutathione and thereby is preferentially exported from cells through multiple drug resistance transporters MRP1 (see
ABCC10 and MRP4 (see
ABCC4).
[50][51]
Activities of parent metabolites and their metabolites[edit]
15(S)-HpETE and 15(S)-HETE[edit]
Most studies have analyzed the action of 15(S)-HETE but not that of its less stable precursor 15(S)-HpETE. Since this precursor is rapidly converted to 15(S)-HETE in cells, it is likely that the two metabolites share similar activities. In many studies, however, is not clear that these activities reflect their intrinsic action or reflect their further metabolism to the metabolites sited above.
15(
S)-HpETE and 15(
S)-HETE bind to the
G protein-coupled receptor,
Leukotriene B4 receptor 2, i.e. BLT2;
[52] this receptor may mediate at least some of their stimulatory activities. Thus, BLT2 may be responsible in part or whole for mediating the growth-promoting and anti-
apoptosis (i.e. anti-cell death) activities of 15(S)-HETE in cultured human breast cancer cells,
[53] human cancer colon cells,
[54] human hepatocellular HepG2 and SMMC7721 cancer cells,
[55] mouse
3T3 cells (a fibroblast cell line),
[56] rat PA adventitia fibroblasts,
[57] Baby hamster kidney cells,
[58] and diverse types of vascular endothelial cells.
[59][60][61][62] These growth-stimulating effects could contribute to the progression of the cited cancer types in animal models or even humans
[53][63] or to the excess fibrosis that occurs, e.g. in the narrowing of pulmonary arteries that contributes to hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension,
[56] or accompanies liver cirrosis.
[64] 15(
S)-HETE may also act through BLT2 to stimulate an immediate contractile response in rat pulmonary arteries
[65] and the angiogenic effect on human umbilical
[60] and dermal
[66] endothelial cells of the vasulature.
15(
S)-HpETE and 15(
S)-HETE also directly bind with and activate
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma.
[67] This activation may contribute to the ability of 15(S)-HETE to inhibit the growth of cultured human
a) prostate cancer
PC-3,
LNCaP, and
DU145 cells and non-malignant human prostate cells;
[68][69] b) lung adenocarcinoma
A549 cells;
[70] c) human colorectal cancer cells;
[71] d) corneal epithelial cells;
[72] and
e) Jurkat T-cell leukemia cells;
[73] The decline in the level of 15(
S)-HpETE-forming enzymes and consequential fall in cellular 15-HETE production that occurs in human prostate may be one mechanism by which this and perhaps other human cancers such as those of the colon, rectum, and lung avoid apoptosis and thereby progress and spread.
[74][75] In this scenario, 15(S)-HETE and one of its formaing enzymes, particularly 15-LOX-2, appear to act as tumor suppressors.
Some of the inhibitory effects of 15(
S)-HpETE and 15(
S)-HETE, particularly when induced by high concentrations (e.g. >1-10 micromolar), may be due to a less specific mechanism: 15(
S)-HpETE and to a lesser extent 15(
S)-HETE induce the generation of
Reactive oxygen species. These species trigger cells to activate their death programs, i.e.
apoptosis, and/or are openly toxic to the cells.
[76][77][78][79][80] 15(
S)-HpETE and 15(S)-HETE inhibit angiogenesis and the growth of cultured human chronic myelogenous leukemia K-562 cells by a mechanism that is associated with the production of reactive oxygen species.
[81][82][83]
Several bifuctional electrophilic breakdown products of 15(
S)-HpETE, e.g. 4-hydroxy-2(
E)-nonenal, 4-hydroperoxy-2(
E)-nonenal, 4-oxo-2(
E)-nonenal, and
cis-4,5-epoxy-2(
E)-decanal, are
mutagens in mammalian cells and thereby may contripute to the development and/or progression of human cancers.
[36]
15(R)-HETE[edit]
Similar to 15(
S)-HpETE and 15(
S)-HETE and with similar potency, 15(
R)-HETE binds with and activates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma.
[67] The precursor of 15(
R)-HETE, 15(
R)-HpETE may, similar to 15(
S)-HpETE, break down to the mutagenic products 4-hydroxy-2(
E)-nonenal, 4-hydroperoxy-2(
E)-nonenal, 4-oxo-2(
E)-nonenal, and
cis-4,5-epoxy-2(
E)-decanal and therefore be involved in cancer development and/or progression.
[84]
15-oxo-ETE[edit]
In cultured human monocytes of the
THP1 cell line, 15-oxo-ETE inactivates IKKβ (also known as
IKK2) thereby blocking this cell's
NF-κB-mediated pro-inflammatory responses (e.g.,.
Lipopolysaccharide-induced production of
TNFα,
Interleukin 6, and
IL1B) while concurrently activating anti-oxidant responses upregulated through the anti-oxidant response element (ARE) by forcing cytosolic
KEAP1 to release
NFE2L2 which then moves to the nucleus, binds ARE, and induces production of, e.g. hemoxygenase-1, NADPH-quinone oxidoreductase, and possibly glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier.
[85] By these actions, 15-oxo-ETE may dampen inflammatory and/or
Oxidative stress responses. In a cell-free system, 15-oxo-ETE is a moderately potent (IC
50=1 μM) inhibitor of
12-lipoxygenase but not other human lipoxygenases.
[86] This effect could also have anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative effects by blocking the formation of
12-HETE and
Hepoxilins. 15-Oxo-ETE is an example of an α,β unsaturated ketone
Electrophile. These ketones are highly reactive with
nucleophiles, adducting to, for example, the cysteines in transcription and transcription-related regulatory factors and enzymes to form their alkylated and thereby often inactivated products.
[86][87] It is presumed that the preceding activities of 15-oxo-ETE reflect its adduction to the indicated elements.
[85] 15-Oxo-ETE, at 2-10 μM, also inhibits the proliferation of cultured
Human umbilical vein endothelial cellsand LoVo human colorectal cancer cells
[88][89] and at the extremely high concentration of 100 μM inhibits the proliferation of cultured MBA-MD-231 and MCF7 breast cancer cells as well as SKOV3 ovarian cancer cells.
[90] They may use a similar "protein-adduction" mechanism; if so the target protein(s) for these effects have not been defined or even suggested. This 15-oxo-ETE action may prove to inhibit the remodeling of blood vessels and reduce the growth of the cited cell types and cancers. At sub-micromolar concentrations, 15-oxo-ETE has weak
Chemotaxis activity for human
monocytes and could serve to recruit this
White blood cell into
inflammatory responses.
[91]
5-Oxo-15(S)-hydroxy-ETE[edit]
Lipoxins[edit]