文摘
Human colonic well differentiated adenocarcinoma homogenate was incubated with NADPH and docosahexaenoic acid (22:6(n - 3)) or arachidonic acid (20:4(n - 6)) as a substrate. On a selected ion monitoring chromatogram obtained with reversed phase-high-performance liquid chromatography thermospray mass spectrometry, ω-hydroxydocosahexaenoic acid (ω-HDHE) or ω-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (ω-HETE) from an incubation mixture of the homogenate was detected in significant amount, compared to that from a colonic region remote from the carcinoma. In contrast, epoxydocosapentaenoic acids and the dihydroxy derivatives from 22:6(n - 3) or epoxyeicosatrienoic acids and the dihydroxy derivatives from 20:4(n - 6) were detected in low amounts, compared to that from a colonic region remote from the carcinoma. The results suggest that highly active NADPH-dependent ω-oxidations of polyunsaturated fatty acids occur in colonic adenocarcinoma homogenate.