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. 2019 Aug 31;20(17):4274. doi: 10.3390/ijms20174274

Table 1.

Substrates and major expression tissues of cytochrome P450 4 (CYP4) enzymes in humans.

CYP4 Enzyme Expression Tissues Substrates Reference
CYP4A11 Platelets, liver, kidney Lauric acid, myristic acid, arachidonic acid [6,23,24]
CYP4A22 Low level in liver Arachidonic acid [25,26]
CYP4B1 Lung, bladder, fat tissues 2-aminofluorene, 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, arachidonic acid [27,28]
CYP4F2 Liver, platelet, kidney Arachidonic acid, lauric acid, vitamin K, leukotriene [6,29]
CYP4F3A Neutrophils, monocytes,
eosinophils
Leukotriene B4 [12,30,31]
CYP4F3B Liver, kidney, trachea,
gastro intestinal tract
Eicosapentaenoic acid, arachidonic acid [12,32]
CYP4F8 Prostate, seminal vesicles, epidermis, hair follicles, sweat glands, corneal epithelium, proximal renal tubules, epithelial linings of gut and urinary tract Arachidonic acid, prostaglandin H, prostaglandin E2 [33,34,35]
CYP4F11 Liver, kidney, heart, skeletal muscle, gall bladder, keratinocytes Vitamin K, erythromycin, arachidonic acid [11,29,36,37,38]
CYP4F12 Liver, kidney, colon, small intestine, heart, eosinophils, neutrophils Arachidonic acid, leukotriene B4, ebastine [8,31,33,39]
CYP4F22 Skin Ultra-long-chain fatty acid (acylceramide production) [18]
CYP4X1 Skin, breast, brain, heart, liver, prostate, trachea, aorta Anandamide, arachidonic acid [21,40]
CYP4V2 Macrophages, retina cells, cornea cells Arachidonic acid, lauric acid, eicosapentanoic acid, docosahexanoic acid [19,41]
CYP4Z1 Mammary tissues, cancer cells Lauric acid, myristic acid [21,42]