Conjugated Linoleic Acid Is a Preferential Substrate for Fatty Acid Nitration*

Background: Nitroalkene fatty acids are electrophilic cell metabolites that mediate anti-inflammatory signaling actions. Results: Conjugated linoleic acid is the preferential unsaturated fatty acid substrate for nitration reactions during oxidative inflammatory conditions and digestion. Conclusion: Nitro-fatty acid formation in vivo occurs during metabolic and inflammatory reactions and modulates cell signaling. Significance: Nitro-conjugated linoleic acid transduces signaling actions of nitric oxide, nitrite, and conjugated linoleic acid. The oxidation and nitration of unsaturated fatty acids by oxides of nitrogen yield electrophilic derivatives that can modulate protein function via post-translational protein modifications. The biological mechanisms accounting for fatty acid nitration and the specific structural characteristics of products remain to be defined. Herein, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is identified as the primary endogenous substrate for fatty acid nitration in vitro and in vivo, yielding up to 105 greater extent of nitration products as compared with bis-allylic linoleic acid. Multiple enzymatic and cellular mechanisms account for CLA nitration, including reactions catalyzed by mitochondria, activated macrophages, and gastric acidification. Nitroalkene derivatives of CLA and their metabolites are detected in the plasma of healthy humans and are increased in tissues undergoing episodes of ischemia reperfusion. Dietary CLA and nitrite supplementation in rodents elevates NO2-CLA levels in plasma, urine, and tissues, which in turn induces heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression in the colonic epithelium. These results affirm that metabolic and inflammatory reactions yield electrophilic products that can modulate adaptive cell signaling mechanisms.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Publication date

  2012-11-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1074/jbc.M112.401356PMID 23144452PMCID PMC3531723
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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