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  • Title: cDNA cloning and expression of the mRNA for cytochrome P-450kd which shows a fatty acid omega-hydroxylating activity.
    Author: Yokotani N, Kusunose E, Sogawa K, Kawashima H, Kinosaki M, Kusunose M, Fujii-Kuriyama Y.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1991 Mar 28; 196(3):531-6. PubMed ID: 2013275.
    Abstract:
    We have recently purified three distinct forms of fatty acid omega-hydroxylase cytochrome P-450 (P-450), designated P-450ka-1, P-450ka-2 and P-450kd, from rabbit kidney cortex microsomes, and isolated and sequenced cDNA clones corresponding to P-450ka-1 and P-450ka-2 [Yokotani, N., Bernhardt, R., Sogawa, K., Kusunose, E., Gotoh, M., Kusunose, M. & Fujii-Kuriyama, Y. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 21,665-21,669]. The present paper describes cloning, sequencing and expression of a cDNA for the third fatty acid, omega-hydroxylase, P-450kd, from a rabbit kidney cDNA library. The cDNA for P-450kd encodes a polypeptide of 511 amino acids with sequence similarity of 87% to P-450ka-1. Its deduced NH2-terminal sequence of amino acids 5-24 is in complete agreement with the NH2-terminal sequence of P-450kd. The identity of the cDNA was further confirmed by its expression in COS-7 cells. When 14C-labeled lauric acid was added to the culture medium of COS-7 cells transfected with the cDNA, significant amounts of radioactive dodecanedioic acid, together with omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylauric acids, were produced. Microsomes prepared from the transfected cells also efficiently catalyzed the omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation of lauric acid without formation of dodecanedioic acid. RNA blot analysis demonstrated that the mRNA for P-450kd gave a single band at the approximately 2.6-kb position. The mRNA for P-450kd was expressed in the liver and kidney, but not in many other tissues examined. Treatment of rabbits with clofibrate resulted in a elevated level of mRNA for P-450kd in both liver and kidney. Furthermore, the mRNA was remarkably increased in the kidney by the administration of cyclosporin A.
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