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R I Viner

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[An immunochemical analysis of the induction of cytochrome P-450 isoforms in the liver of fresh-water fishes by 3-methylcholanthrene, beta-naphthoflavone and aroclor 1254].

The cytochrome P-450 isoforms have been studied in liver microsomes of some fish species from Lake Baikal. Using the inhibitory analysis of microsomal monooxygenase activities carried out by the specific polyclonal antibodies it has been shown that 3-methylcholanthrene, beta-naphthoflavone and arochlor 1254 induce isoforms immunologically related to cytochrome P-488c but not to the rat cytochrome P-450b in fish liver microsomes. The immunologic identity in isoforms of fish and rat cytochromes induced by methylcholanthrene has not been revealed. A possibility to use the method of the inhibitory analysis of fish microsomal activities by specific antibodies to the rat cytochrome P-450 isoforms for biomonitoring and biotesting of polycyclic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in aquatic systems is discussed.

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[Does alpha-tocopherol interact with the active center of cytochrome P-450 in liver microsomes?].

The interaction of alpha-tocopherol (alpha-T) and its synthetic derivative 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethyl-6-hydroxy-chroman (PMC) with cytochrome P-450 system was studied in the rat liver microsomes. Spectral differentiations of type I, increase of NADPH oxidation rate and inhibition of 7-ethoxycoumarin deethylase in microsomes were observed only in the presence of PMC. The results obtained suggest that unlike alpha-T, PMC is effectively bound and metabolized by cytochrome P-450.

7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase

[Inhibition of the dealkylating activity of cytochrome P-450 isoforms in rat liver microsomes by the products of phospholipase A2-induced phospholipid hydrolysis].

The effects of exogenous phospholipase A2, oleic acid and lysolecithines on oxidative NADPH-dependent O-dealkylation of 7-ethoxycumarin in liver microsomes of phenobarbital- and 3-methylcholanthrene-induced and non-induced rats were studied. Oleic acid up to the concentration of 100 micrograms/mg of protein did not inhibit this process. gamma-Myristoyl and gamma-palmitoyl lysolecithines decreased the reaction rate already at concentrations of 2-4 micrograms/mg of protein. Oleic acid was attached to cytochrome P-450 according to type I binding, whereas lysolecithines did not bind to the cytochrome. Thus, in the presence of phospholipase A2 in liver microsomes of non-induced rats, when the phospholipid hydrolysis products are accumulated at low concentrations, 7-ethoxycumarin deethylase is inhibited by lysophospholipids but not by free fatty acids. In 3-methylcholanthrene-induced microsomes the sensitivity of O-deethylation of 7-ethoxycumarin to the inhibiting effect of phospholipase A2 or lysolecithine is lower than that in non-induced or phenobarbital-induced microsomes.

7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase

[Non-antioxidative mechanism of cytochrome P-450 stabilization by alpha-tocopherol: the effectiveness in avitaminosis E].

The efficiency of alpha-tocopherol as a 7-etoxycumarine deethylase protector in rat liver microsomes damaged by phospholipase A2 at various levels of vitamin E was studied. No selective damage of cytochrome P-450 isoforms possessing a catalytic activity towards 7-etoxycumarine under vitamin E deficiency was observed. Phospholipase A2 decreased the deethylase activity of cytochrome P-450, the efficiency of the damaging action being dependent on vitamin E content in the liver. Exogenous alpha-tocopherol exerts an antiphospholipase effect and protects 7-etoxycumarine deethylase; the protective action is inversely proportional to vitamin E level in the liver. Under normal conditions the damaging effect of phospholipase A2 on cytochrome P-450 is mainly provided for by lysophospholipids, while under vitamin E deficiency both lysophospholipids and free fatty acids exert a damaging action. A possible mechanism of the stabilizing effect of alpha-tocopherol may consist in the interaction of the chromanol nucleus in the vitamin E molecyule both with lysophospholipids and with free fatty acids.

7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase

[Hydroxylation products of hydrophobic xenobiotics--stabilizers of cytochrome P-450 in the hepatocytes].

The effects of the hydroxylation product 3,4-benzo(a)pyrene and the free radical scavenger 1,2,3-trioxybenzene on cytochrome P-450 degradation in isolated rat hepatocytes induced by the Fe2+-ADP + NADPH system activating lipid peroxidation (LPO) were investigated. During incubation of hepatocytes, cytochrome P-450 is destroyed due to accumulation of LPO products. Addition of the free radical scavenger 1,2,3-trioxybenzene and the monoxygenase substrate 3,4-benzo(a)pyrene to the incubation medium induces inhibition of LPO and simultaneous stabilization of cytochrome P-450. Deceleration of malonic dialdehyde production by the free radical scavenger of the monoxygenase substrate suggests that both the compounds stabilize cytochrome P-450. It is assumed that in liver hepatocytes, exogenous free radical scavengers of the phenolic type and the products of their decarboxylation protect cytochrome P-450 against the LPO-induced destruction via oxidative metabolism of hydrophobic substrates.

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