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Inducibility of cytochromes P-450 by dioxin in liver and extrahepatic tissues of the marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus).

Abstract
Cytochrome P-450 induction was investigated in the marmoset monkey, a non-human primate, using dioxins as inducing agents. Animals received a single subcutaneous dose of 1.6 nmol tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or tetrabromodibenzo-p-dioxin/kg body weight. Microsomal fractions were prepared from liver, lung and kidney, and homogenates were prepared from gut and adrenal glands. Anti-peptide antibodies which bind to CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2B6 and CYP3A4 in human were used to identify related forms in the marmoset. The results indicate that CYP1A2 is constitutively expressed in liver, but not in lung, kidney, gut or adrenal gland and that CYP1A1 is not expressed in any of these tissues in untreated animals. Treatment with dioxin induced both CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 in liver, but only CYP1A1 in lung. No induction of CYP1A1 or CYP1A2 was found in kidney, small intestine or adrenal glands. Methoxy-, ethoxy-, pentoxy- and benzoyloxyresorufin O-dealkylases and high affinity phenacetin O-deethylase activities were induced in the liver, whereas ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activities were not affected by dioxin treatment. High-affinity phenacetin O-deethylase and CYP1A2 apoprotein were detected only in liver, consistent with this activity being specifically catalysed by CYP1A2. Furafylline was found to be a competitive inhibitor of methoxyresorufin O-demethylase activity with a Ki of 10 microM. In the lung the induction of CYP1A1 was accompanied by 15- and 23-fold increases in ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase and methoxyresorufin O-demethylase activities, respectively, suggesting that both activities are catalysed by CYP1A1. In contrast, there was no induction of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity in lung or liver showing that, unlike in many other species, marmoset CYP1A1 does not catalyse this reaction efficiently. The expression, distribution, induction and substrate specificities of marmoset monkey P-450 enzymes differ from the situation found in rodents and other species, demonstrating that caution has to be exercised when making cross-species extrapolations.
AuthorsT G Schulz, D Neubert, D S Davies, R J Edwards
JournalBiochimica et biophysica acta (Biochim Biophys Acta) Vol. 1298 Issue 1 Pg. 131-40 (Nov 14 1996) ISSN: 0006-3002 [Print] Netherlands
PMID8948497 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Dioxins
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Theophylline
  • furafylline
  • Oxidoreductases
  • methoxyresorufin-O-demethylase
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1
Topics
  • Animals
  • Callithrix
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1 (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Dioxins (pharmacology)
  • Gene Expression Regulation (genetics)
  • Immunoblotting
  • Kidney (enzymology)
  • Kinetics
  • Lung (enzymology)
  • Microsomes, Liver (chemistry, enzymology)
  • Oxidoreductases (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins (metabolism)
  • Theophylline (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)

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