page_title: Docosapentaenoic acid
section_title: all-cis-7,10,13,16,19-docosapentaenoic acid (clupanodonic acid)
hierarchical_section_title: Docosapentaenoic acid / Isomers / all-cis-7,10,13,16,19-docosapentaenoic acid (clupanodonic acid)
caption_attribution_description: chemical structure of docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) showing numbering systems
context_page_description: Docosapentaenoic acid designates any straight chain 22:5 fatty acid, that is a straight chain open chain type of polyunsaturated fatty acid which contains 22 carbons and 5 double bonds. DPA is primarily used to designate two isomers, all-cis-4,7,10,13,16-docosapentaenoic acid and all-cis-7,10,13,16,19-docosapentaenoic acid. They are also commonly termed n-6 DPA and n-3 DPA, respectively; these designations describes the position of the double bond being 6 or 3 carbons closest to the carbon at the methyl end of the molecule and is based on the biologically important difference that n-6 and n-3 PUFA are separate PUFA classes, i.e. the omega-6 fatty acids and omega-3 fatty acids, respectively. Mammals, including humans, can not interconvert these two classes and therefore must obtain dietary essential PUFA fatty acids from both classes in order to maintain normal health.
context_section_description: n-3 DPA is an n-3 fatty acid with the trivial name clupanodonic acid. It is an intermediary between eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 5,8,11,14,17-20:5n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6 ω-3) in the following stepwise pathway in which DPAn-3 is a precursor to DHA (6,9,12,15,18,21:24:6n-3) and the final product, 4,7,10,13,16,19-22:6n-3, can be retro-converted to DPAn-3:
  Mammalian cells, including human cells, metabolize DPAn-3 to an array of products that are members of the specialized proresolving mediators class of PUFA metabolites. These metabolites include seven resolvins Ds (RvT1, RvT2, RvT3, RvT4, RvD1ₙ₋₃, RvD2ₙ₋₃, and RvD5ₙ₋₃; see specialized proresolving mediators#n-3 DPA-derived resolvins and Resolvin); two protectins (PD1ₙ₋₃ and PD2ₙ₋₃; see specialized proresolving mediators#n-3 DPA-derived protectins/neuroprotectins and neuroprotectin); and three maresins (MaR1ₙ₋₃,  MaR2ₙ₋₃,and MaR3ₙ₋₃l see specialized proresolving mediators#n-3 DPA-derived maresins and maresin.
caption: The chemical structure of clupanodonic acid showing physiological numbering (red) and chemical numbering (blue) conventions.
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