The Endocannabinoid Anandamide Is a Substrate for the Human Polymorphic Cytochrome P450 2D6
作者:Natasha T. Snider、Matthew J. Sikora、Chitra Sridar、Thomas J. Feuerstein、James M. Rae、Paul F. Hollenberg
DOI:10.1124/jpet.108.141796
日期:2008.11
Members of the cytochrome P450 (P450) family of drug-metabolizing enzymes are present in the human brain, and they may have important roles in the oxidation of endogenous substrates. The polymorphic CYP2D6 is one of the major brain P450 isoforms and has been implicated in neurodegeneration, psychosis, schizophrenia, and personality traits. The objective of this study was to determine whether the endocannabinoid arachidonoylethanolamide (anandamide) is a substrate for CYP2D6. Anandamide is the endogenous ligand to the cannabinoid receptor CB1, which is also activated by the main psychoactive component in marijuana. Signaling via the CB1 receptor alters sensory and motor function, cognition, and emotion. Recombinant CYP2D6 converted anandamide to 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid ethanolamide and 5,6-, 8,9-, 11,12-, and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid ethanolamides (EET-EAs) with low micromolar K m values. CYP2D6 further metabolized the epoxides of anandamide to form novel dioxygenated derivatives. Human brain microsomal and mitochondrial preparations metabolized anandamide to form hydroxylated and epoxygenated products, respectively. An inhibitory antibody against CYP2D6 significantly decreased the mitochondrial formation of the EET-EAs. To our knowledge, anandamide and its epoxides are the first eicosanoid-like molecules to be identified as CYP2D6 substrates. Our study suggests that anandamide may be a physiological substrate for brain mitochondrial CYP2D6, implicating this polymorphic enzyme as a potential component of the endocannabinoid system in the brain. This study also offers support to the hypothesis that neuropsychiatric phenotype differences among individuals with genetic variations in CYP2D6 could be ascribable to interactions of this enzyme with endogenous substrates.
细胞色素P450(P450)药物代谢酶家族成员存在于人脑中,它们可能在内源性底物的氧化中发挥重要作用。多态性CYP2D6是主要的脑P450同工型之一,与神经变性、精神病、精神分裂症和人格特质有关。这项研究的目的是确定内源性大麻素花生四烯乙醇酰胺(anandamide)是否是CYP2D6的底物。Anandamide是大麻素受体CB1的内源性配体,它也可以被大麻中的主要精神活性成分激活。通过CB1受体传递的信号会改变感觉和运动功能、认知和情绪。重组CYP2D6将anandamide转化为20-羟基二十碳四烯酸乙醇酰胺和5,6-、8,9-、11,12-和14,15-环氧二十碳三烯酸乙醇酰胺(EET-EAs),其K m值较低。CYP2D6进一步代谢anandamide的环氧化物,形成新的双氧衍生物。人脑微粒体和线粒体制剂分别将anandamide代谢为羟基化和环氧化的产物。针对CYP2D6的抑制性抗体显著降低了线粒体形成的EET-EAs。据我们所知,anandamide及其环氧化物是首批被确定为CYP