N-Decanoyl p-nitroaniline (DepNA) is one of several nitroaniline fatty acid amides which can be used to measure fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity. FAAH is a relatively unselective enzyme in that it accepts a variety of amide head groups other than the ethanolamine of its endogenous substrate anandamide...

Several different arachidonoyl amino acids, including N-arachidonoyl dopamine (NADA) and N-arachidonoyl serine (ARA-S), have been isolated and characterized from bovine brain. During mass spectral lipidomic analysis of rat brain, a series of fatty acyl amides of a third amino acid, taurine, was discovered....

Anandamide (AEA) is an endogenous cannabinoid that binds to both central cannabinoid (CB1) and peripheral cannabinoid (CB2) receptors. The biological actions of AEA are terminated by cellular uptake and hydrolysis of the amide bond by the enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH). Anandamide (AEA) is an endogenous...

VO-OHpic is a specific inhibitor of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN, IC50 = 35 nM in vitro). Through this action, it increases cellular phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3) levels, phosphorylation of Akt, and glucose uptake in adipocytes. In mice, VO-OHpic (10 µg/kg, i.p.) decreases left ventricular...

Electrolyte and fluid transport in the kidney are regulated in part by arachidonic acid and its metabolites. 17-HETE is a cytochrome P450 (CYP450) metabolite of arachidonic acid that has stereospecific effects on sodium transport in the kidney.17(S)-HETE inhibits proximal tubule ATPase activity by as much as 70% at...