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PubMed2006

Oxidation pattern of the anticancer drug ellipticine by hepatic microsomes - similarity between human and rat systems.

Ellipticine is an antineoplastic agent, whose mode of action is based mainly on DNA intercalation, inhibition of topoisomerase II and formation of DNA adducts mediated by cytochrome P450 (CYP). We investigated the ability of CYP enzymes in rat, rabbit and human hepatic microsomes to oxidize ellipticine and evaluated suitable animal models mimicking its oxidation in humans. Ellipticine is oxidized by microsomes of all species to 7-hydroxy-, 9-hydroxy-, 12-hydroxy-, 13-hydroxyellipticine and ellipticine N(2)-oxide. However, only rat microsomes generated the pattern of ellipticine metabolites reproducing that formed by human microsomes. While rabbit microsomes favored the production of ellipticine N(2)-oxide, human and rat microsomes predominantly formed 13-hydroxyellipticine. The species difference in expression and catalytic activities of individual CYPs in livers are the cause of these metabolic differences. Formation of 7-hydroxy- and 9-hydroxyellipticine was attributable to CYP1A in microsomes of all species. However, production of 13-hydroxy-, 12-hydroxyellipticine and ellipticine N(2)-oxide, the metabolites generating DNA adducts, was attributable to the orthologous CYPs only in rats and humans. CYP3A predominantly generates these metabolites in rat and human microsomes, while CYP2C3 activity prevails in microsomes of rabbits. The results underline the suitability of rat species as a model to evaluate human susceptibility to ellipticine.

Animals↗
PubMed1976

Microsomal membrane permeability and the hepatic glucose-6-phosphatase system. Interactions of the system with D-mannose 6-phosphate and D-mannose.

We have proposed that glucose-6-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.9) is a two-component system consisting of (a) a glucose-6-P-specific transporter which mediates the movement of the hexose phosphate from the cytosol to the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (or cisternae of the isolated microsomal vesicle), and (b) a nonspecific phosphohydrolase-phosphotransferase localized on the luminal surface of the membrane (Arion, W.J., Wallin, B.K., Lange, A.J., and Ballas, L.M. (1975) Mol. Cell. Biochem. 6, 75-83). Additional support for this model has been obtained by studying the interactions of D-mannose-6-P and D-mannose with the enzyme of untreated (i.e. intact) and taurocholate-disrupted microsomes. An exact correspondence was shown between the mannose-6-P phosphohydrolase activity at low substrate concentrations and the permeability of the microsomal membrane to EDTA. The state of intactness of the membrane influenced the kinetics of mannose inhibition of glucose-6-P hydrolysis; uncompetitive and noncompetitive inhibitions were observed for intact and disrupted microsomes, respectively. The apparent Km for glucose-6-P was smaller with intact preparations at mannose concentrations above 0.3 M. Mannose significantly inhibited total glucose-6-P utilization by intact microsomes, whereas D-glucose had a stimulatory effect. Both hexoses markedly enhanced the rate of glucose-6-P utilization by disrupted microsomes. The actions of mannose on the glucose-6-phosphatase of intact microsomes fully support the postulated transport model. They are predictable consequences of the synthesis and accumulation of mannose-6-P in the cisternae of microsomal vesicles which possess a nonspecific, multifunctional enzyme on the inner surface and a limiting membrane permeable to D-glucose, D-mannose, glucose-6-P, but impermeable to mannose-6-P. The latency of the mannose-6-P phosphohydrolase activity is proposed as a reliable, quantitative index of microsomal membrane integrity. The inherent limitations of the use of EDTA permeability for this purpose are discussed.

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PubMedDate not supplied

Comparison of the interaction of pyrazole and its metabolite 4-hydroxypyrazole with rat liver microsomes.

Pyrazole is known to interact with and to induce cytochrome P-450 IIE1. Since pyrazole is oxidized by rat liver microsomes to 4-hydroxypyrazole, and several of the actions of pyrazole have been ascribed to its metabolite, experiments were conducted to evaluate the interactions of 4-hydroxypyrazole with microsomes, and to compare these to pyrazole itself. Rats were injected with doses of 4-hydroxypyrazole ranging from 2 to 100 mg/kg body weight/day for 2 days. A slight increase of total cytochrome P-450 was observed at low doses, followed by a decrease at higher concentrations. NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase activity was not affected. The oxidation of aniline or dimethylnitrosamine was increased about 50% by the 4-hydroxypyrazole treatment; however, this extent of increase was much less than that produced by pyrazole treatment. In vitro, 4-hydroxypyrazole produced a type II binding spectrum with microsomes, with a peak at about 425 nm and a trough at about 395 nm. The affinity for 4-hydroxypyrazole was increased from a value of about 0.60 mM in control microsomes to a value of about 0.40 mM in microsomes from pyrazole-treated rats. These values are 2-fold greater than those observed with pyrazole as the ligand. 4-Hydroxypyrazole inhibited the microsomal oxidation of ethanol; kinetics of inhibition were mixed. The apparent KI for 4-hydroxypyrazole inhibition of ethanol oxidation by microsomes was about 4 mM, which is about an order of magnitude greater than that for pyrazole. The in vivo and in vitro interactions of 4-hydroxypyrazole with microsomes appear to be similar to those described for pyrazole; however, these interactions are considerably less effective than those of the parent drug, pyrazole. Thus, although some actions of pyrazole may be due to the metabolite 4-hydroxypyrazole, it appears that the induction of P-450 IIE1 and the in vitro interactions of pyrazole with microsomes is not likely to be mediated by prior metabolism of pyrazole to 4-hydroxypyrazole.

Aniline Hydroxylase↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Oxidative defluorination of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane by rat liver microsomes.

1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) is a non-ozone-depleting alternative to dichlorodifluoromethane for use as an air-conditioning refrigerant and as a propellant in anti-asthmatic and other pharmaceutical preparations. Hepatic microsomes, supplemented with NADPH, catalyzed the release of F- from R-134a; metabolite production was positively correlated with both duration of incubation and gas phase [R-134a]. Defluorination of R-134a was inhibited by CO, lack of NADPH, or heat denaturation of microsomes. Release of F- from R- 134a biotransformation as shown by the near-total lack of dehalogenation during anaerobic incubations. R-134a did not produce a difference spectrum (360 to 500 nm) with either oxidized or dithionite-reduced microsomes. Microsomes from phenobarbital- or Aroclor 1254-treated rats produced greater amounts of F- per mg protein from high concentrations of R-134a than did microsomes from untreated rats, but when normalized for microsomal cytochrome P-450 content both phenobarbital and Aroclor treatment decreased the specific activity (nmol F-/nmol cytochrome P-450) of R-134a metabolism. Furthermore, while defluorination of R-134a by microsomes from livers of untreated rats was substrate-saturable (Vmax, 11 nmol of F-/nmol cytochrome P-450/15 min; KM, 8% R-134a), R-134a dehalogenation by microsomes from Aroclor-treated rats was nonsaturable with [R-134a] as high as 69%. Microsomes from phenobarbital-treated rats retained the saturable, low KM activity, but also exhibited the apparently nonsaturable kinetic component when [R-134a] was greater than 24%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1990

Thermal stability of microsomal glucose-6-phosphatase.

The thermal stability of glucose-6-phosphatase in rat liver microsomes was examined in untreated and cholate-treated microsomes. Activity of the enzyme was measured with both glucose-6-P and mannose-6-P as substrates. Heat treatment did not cause glucose-6-phosphatase activity to decline to zero with a single rate constant in untreated microsomes. Instead, heat treatment produced an enzyme with a small residual activity that was stable. The residual level of activity was not stimulated by addition of detergent. In untreated microsomes the energies of activation for the processes of decay were different for glucose-6-phosphatase and mannose-6-phosphatase activities, suggesting that the rate-limiting steps for the hydrolysis of these compounds were different. Treatment of microsomes with detergent increased the rate constants for the thermal decay of glucose-6-phosphatase by about 150 times, and, in contrast to untreated microsomes, glucose-6-phosphatase and mannose-6-phosphatase decayed to zero with a single rate constant in cholate-treated microsomes. Also, rate constants for thermal inactivation of glucose-6-phosphatase and mannose-6-phosphatase were the same in cholate-treated microsomes. Removal of cholate increased the stability of glucose-6-phosphatase but did not regenerate the form of the enzyme present in untreated microsomes. The data for the stability of glucose-6-phosphatase under different conditions provide evidence that the enzyme can exist in at least five different stable states that are enzymatically active.

Acid Phosphatase↗
PubMed1975

Characterization of soluble and microsomal adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinases from rabbit heart.

Cardiac microsomes contained an intrinsic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP)-dependent protein kinase which stimulated phosphorylation of serine residue(s) of microsomal protein. The phosphorylated residues were associated with a microsomal protein component of 20,000 molecular weight as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Intrinsic phosphoprotein phosphatase activity of the microsomal membrane resulted in rapid dephosphorylation of these residues. Microsomes phosphorylated in the presence of cyclic AMP (10(-6) M) exhibited enhanced calcium uptake. We conclude that: 1) cardiac microsomes contain intrinsic cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase(s) which phosphorylate a specific microsomal protein and phosphoprotein phosphatase(s) capable of dephosphorylating this protein, 2) phosphorylation of this protein enhances calcium uptake, 3) reversible phosphorylation of microsomal membrane may be an important mechanism for the regulation of calcium uptake of cardiac microsomes by cyclic AMP.

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PubMed1989

Regulation of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase by lipid-protein interactions. Comparison of the thermotropic properties of pure reconstituted enzyme with microsomal enzyme.

The temperature dependence of two kinetic properties of the GT2P isoform of microsomal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase was studied for enzyme in intact microsomes and for pure enzyme reconstituted into different types of lipid bilayers. The properties studied were the non-Michaelis-Menten kinetics of the enzyme and activity at Vmax(app). For enzyme in intact microsomes, the pattern of non-Michaelis-Menten kinetics was seen at all temperatures in the range tested (23 to 48 degrees C), and the slopes of the Hill plots of the data were constant across this range of temperatures. Although non-Michaelis-Menten kinetics were present for pure enzyme in bilayers of 1,2-dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine or 1,2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine only in the gel phase (Hockman, Y., Kelley, M., and Zakim, D. (1983) J. Biol. Chem. 258, 6509-6519), it was not possible to reconstitute this pattern of kinetics for enzyme at T greater than 40 degrees C. For example, GT2P displayed Michaelis-Menten kinetics in bilayers of 1,2-distearoylphosphatidylcholine at 44 degrees C. For enzyme in microsomes, activities at Vmax(app) increased with increasing temperature in the range 23 to 48 degrees C, with a discontinuity in the slope of the Arrhenius plot at 34 degrees C. This thermotropic property also could not be reconstituted with pure GT2P. Instead, activities at Vmax(app) for GT2P reconstituted in 1,2-dioleoylphosphatidylcholine, 1,2-distearoylphosphatidylcholine, or 1,2-stearoyl oleoylphosphatidylcholine increased in the range 23 to 37 degrees C, but then decreased at T greater than 37 degrees C. The fall in activity at T greater than 37 degrees C was reversible, indicating that GT2P undergoes a reversible change at 37 degrees C to a less active form of the enzyme. The differences between pure, reconstituted GT2P and microsomal GT2P indicate that the thermotropic properties of the microsomal enzyme are not properties of the enzyme per se but depend on interactions between it and other components in the microsome. The data suggest, therefore, that the properties of GT2P in microsomes results in part from an organization of components in the microsomal membrane.

Animals↗
PubMed1989

Formation of hydroxy derivatives, aldehydes, and nitrite from N-nitrosomethyl-n-amylamine by rat liver microsomes and by purified cytochrome P-450 IIB1.

The metabolism was examined of the esophageal carcinogen N-nitrosomethylamylamine (NMAA) by liver microsomes and slices from adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. Hydroxylation at C-2 to C-5 of the amyl group to give stable hydroxy-NMAAs was studied by gas chromatography-thermal energy analysis to determine the products. Microsomal metabolism produced mainly 4-hydroxy-NMAA, proceeded optimally in 100 mM phosphate at pH 7.4, and showed no sex differences. Induction by phenobarbital (PB) and 3-methylcholanthrene produced effects which were similar in slices and microsomes, with PB inducing hydroxylation at all positions and 3-methylcholanthrene specifically inducing 3-hydroxylation by factors of 2- and 6-fold. Clofibrate and isoniazid treatments did not affect NMAA metabolism by liver slices. Aroclor-1254 strongly induced microsomal 2- and 3-hydroxylation. For 2- to 5-hydroxylation, Km values for uninduced microsomes were, respectively, 1.6, 1.2, 0.3, and 1.1 mM, with Vmax of 0.08, 0.26, 1.06, and 0.15 nmol/min/mg protein. With PB-induced microsomes, all 4 Km values were 0.4-0.7 mM. Liver microsomal production of nitrite and aldehydes from NMAA was determined colormetrically or (for pentaldehyde) by high-pressure liquid chromatography of the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone. Uninduced microsomes produced nitrite, formaldehyde and pentaldehyde from 0.6 mM NMAA at rates that were, respectively, 0.15, 0.72, and 1.15 times that for 4-hydroxylation. PB especially induced depentylation, whereas 3-methylcholanthrene induced depentylation and denitrosation, but suppressed demethylation. A reconstituted system containing cytochrome P-450 IIB1 gave metabolite ratios similar to those in PB-induced microsomes. The results account for most of the possible primary metabolites of NMAA and demonstrate the selectivity for metabolism at each position.

Aldehydes↗
PubMed1988

Binding kinetics of delta opioid receptors differ for microsomal and synaptic sites.

Earlier, we demonstrated that agonist binding to synaptic plasma membranes involves a multi-step association process. In this study, high affinity binding kinetics of an agonist, [3H]D-Ala2-D-Leu5-enkephalin (DADLE), to delta sites on bovine hippocampal microsomal and synaptic plasma membranes (SPM) were compared. delta site selectivity of DADLE was ensured by suppressing undesirable mu site binding with 20 nM unlabeled D-Ala2-MePhe4-Glyol5-enkephalin. The kinetics of receptor binding to microsomal delta sites are generally more rapid than those of SPMs. Furthermore, the association time-dependent rate of dissociation, which is readily observed with SPMs, was not detected for microsomal binding sites. Although the apparent KD of DADLE did not differ significantly from that in SPMs, kinetic analysis indicated that little or no formation of the high affinity, slowly dissociating, complex occurred with microsomes. The absence of this complex, shown previously in SPMs to be most sensitive to guanine nucleotides, appeared to account for the attenuated effect of guanyl 5'-yl-imidodiphosphate [Gpp(NH)p] on dissociation from microsomes. Nevertheless, the presence in microsomes of inhibitory guanine nucleotide binding proteins was demonstrated by specific 32P-labeling by pertussis toxin of bands at 39 and 41 kDa, attributable to the alpha subunit of Go and Gi, respectively. The action of 100 mM Na+ to increase the off-rate is similar for both preparations. In contrast, addition of Mn2+ reduced the rates of association and dissociation for both subcellular fractions. The off-rate in the presence of Mn2+ is similar for SPMs and microsomes, displaying association time-dependent rates of dissociation for both. To determine whether Mn2+ promotes coupling in microsomes, the effect of Gpp(NH)p was examined. After a 60-min association, Gpp(NH)p did not affect microsomal kinetics but increased the off-rate from SPMs. The actions of both Na+ and Mn2+ appear to be mediated at early steps in the association process.

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PubMedDate not supplied

Regioselective and stereoselective metabolisms of pyrene and 1-bromopyrene by rat liver microsomes and effects of enzyme inducers.

Due to the symmetrical property of pyrene (Py), trans-dihydrodiols formed at 4,5- and 9,10-positions are identical, as are the monohydroxylated products (phenols) formed at C1, C3, C6, and C8 positions. With a bromo substituent at C1 position of Py, 1-bromopyrene (1-BrPy) trans-4,5-dihydrodiol and 1-BrPy trans-9,10-dihydrodiol are distinctly different products, as are the phenolic products formed at C3, C6, and C8 positions. Products formed in the oxidative metabolism of 1-BrPy by rat liver microsomes were characterized by retention times on reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and by ultraviolet-visible absorption and mass spectral analyses. We have compared regioselective and stereoselective metabolisms at the K- and non-K-regions of Py and 1-BrPy by liver microsomes from untreated (control), phenobarbital (PB)-treated, 3-methylcholanthrene (MC)-treated, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB, Aroclor 1254)-treated rats. The effects of inducers on the relative amounts of non-K-region phenols formed in the metabolisms of Py and 1-BrPy by rat liver microsomes were: MC greater than PCB greater than PB greater than control. The relative order was PB greater than PCB greater than MC greater than control for the formation of both 1-BrPy trans-4,5-dihydrodiol and 1-BrPy trans-9,10-dihydrodiol in the metabolism of 1-BrPy. The ratios between metabolically formed 1-BrPy trans-4,5-dihydrodiol to Py trans-4,5-dihydrodiol, using 0.5 mg of microsomal protein per ml of incubation mixture, were between 0.4 and 0.6 in the presence of liver microsomes from untreated, PB-treated, and PCB-treated rats. However, the ratio was approximately 1.5 using liver microsomes from MC-treated rats. The ratios between the sum of 1-BrPy trans-9,10-dihydrodiol and 1-BrPy 9,10-epoxide to Py trans-9,10-dihydrodiol, and to 1-BrPy trans-4,5-dihydrodiol were in the range of 0.1 to 0.5 using four rat liver microsomal preparations. These data revealed the effects of a bromo substituent at C1 of Py on the regioselectivity of various rat liver microsomal enzymes toward the oxidative metabolism at various positions of 1-BrPy. The enantiomeric compositions of K-region dihydrodiols formed by four rat liver microsomal preparations were determined by chiral stationary phase HPLC and circular dichroism spectral analyses; the percentage of R,R-enantiomers were: Py trans-4,5-dihydrodiol, 78-79%; 1-BrPy trans-4,5-dihydrodiol, 74-77%; 1-BrPy trans-9,10-dihydrodiol, 86-97%.

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PubMedDate not supplied

Comparison of human and mouse liver microsomal metabolism of bromobenzene and chlorobenzene to 2- and 4-halophenols.

Bromobenzene is metabolized by hepatic microsomes to two different epoxide intermediates, which then rearrange to form either ortho- or para-bromophenol. A rapid and sensitive technique utilizing HPLC with electrochemical detection is presented for the quantitation of these primary bromobenzene metabolites. This analytical procedure allows selective quantitation of phenolic products of microsomal metabolism without prior extraction. Application of this assay method to the microsomal metabolism of bromobenzene and chlorobenzene revealed that three important differences exist between mice and humans regarding the metabolism of these compounds. First, human liver microsomes have a greater affinity for halobenzene biotransformation to the hepatotoxic 3,4-epoxide, as indicated by the approximately 2-fold lower Km values for para-halophenol production compared with mouse liver microsomes. Second, human liver microsomes produce the hepatotoxic metabolite at a 2-fold greater rate than mouse liver microsomes, relative to the microsomal cytochrome P-450 content. And third, human liver microsomes produce less of the nonhepatotoxic ortho-halophenol metabolites at Vmax resulting in an average ratio of the hepatotoxic: nonhepatotoxic metabolite production that is 3.5 times higher than the ratio for B6C3F1 mice. These results indicate humans preferentially metabolize halobenzenes through the hepatotoxic 3,4-epoxide pathway, suggesting that humans may be more susceptible than mice to halobenzene-induced hepatotoxicity.

Animals↗
PubMed1986

Alterations in microsomal drug metabolism and heme oxygenase activity in isolated hepatic parenchymal and sinusoidal cells in Murphy-Sturm lymphosarcoma-bearing rats.

Previous studies have demonstrated that Murphy-Sturm lymphosarcoma-bearing rats have significantly decreased hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activity, a consequent decreased capacity for oxidative microsomal drug metabolism, and increased microsomal heme oxygenase activity. Splenic microsomes obtained from tumor-bearing rats did not display similar changes. To define the cellular locus of these changes, preparations of hepatic parenchymal and hepatic sinusoidal cells were obtained from control and Murphy-Sturm lymphosarcoma-bearing rats and examined for alterations in microsomal parameters of drug metabolism and heme oxygenase. In hepatic parenchymal cell populations, heme oxygenase activity was significantly increased in tumor-bearing rats (0.046 nmol/mg/min vs. 0.019 nmol/mg/min, control, p less than 0.01) while other microsomal parameters were all significantly decreased in activity (cytochrome P-450, 0.25 nmol/mg vs 0.70 nmol/mg, control, p less than 0.001; NADPH-cytochrome c reductase, 24.4 nmol/mg/min vs 42.6 nmol/mg/min, control, p less than 0.005; benzo(a) pyrene hydroxylase, 0.230 nmol/mg/min vs. 0.518 nmol/mg/min, control, p less than 0.001). These results are similar to those obtained with microsomes from whole liver. Conversely, while hepatic sinusoidal cell preparations also demonstrated increased heme oxygenase activity (0.134 nmol/mg/min vs 0.079 nmol/mg/min, control, p less than 0.01), all other hepatic sinusoidal cell microsomal parameters were not appreciably altered in tumor-bearing animals. The results indicate that the major effect of the tumor-bearing state on hepatic microsomal heme and drug metabolism is on the parenchymal cell, and not the sinusoidal cell population.

Animals↗
PubMed1988

Sulfation of chondroitin. Specificity, degree of sulfation, and detergent effects with 4-sulfating and 6-sulfating microsomal systems.

Microsomal preparations from chondroitin 6-sulfate-producing chick embryo epiphyseal cartilage, and from chondroitin 4-sulfate-producing mouse mastocytoma cells, were incubated with UDP-[14C]glucuronic acid and UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine to form non-sulfated proteo[14C]chondroitin. Aliquots of the incubations were then incubated with 3'-phosphoadenylylphosphosulfate (PAPS) in the presence or absence of various detergents. In the absence of detergents, there was good sulfation of this endogenous proteo[14C]chondroitin by the original microsomes from both sources. Detergents, with the exception of Triton X-100, markedly inhibited sulfation in the mast cell system but not in the chick cartilage system. These results indicate that sulfation and polymerization are closely linked on cell membranes and that in some cases this organization can be disrupted by detergents. When aliquots of the original incubation were heat inactivated, and then reincubated with new microsomes from chick cartilage and/or mouse mastocytoma cells plus PAPS, there was no significant sulfation of this exogenous proteo[14C] chondroitin with either system unless Triton X-100 was added. Sulfation of exogenous chondroitin and chondroitin hexasaccharide was compared with sulfation of endogenous and exogenous proteo[14C]chondroitin. Sulfate incorporation into hexasaccharide and chondroitin decreased as their concentrations (based on uronic acid) approached that of the proteo[14C]chondroitin. At the same time, the degree of sulfation in percent of substituted hexosamine increased. However, the degree of sulfation did not reach that of the endogenous proteo[14C]chondroitin. Hexasaccharide and chondroitin sulfation were stimulated by the presence of Triton X-100. However, in contrast to the exogenous proteo[14C]chondroitin, there was some sulfation of hexasaccharide and chondroitin in the absence of this detergent. These results indicate that the intact microsomal system was not accessible to the larger substrates, and that even with detergents exogenous substrates were not sulfated as effectively as newly formed proteo[14C]chondroitin in an intact microsomal system. When the proteo[14C]chondroitin formed by the chick cartilage microsomal system was incubated together with the mast cell microsomal system and PAPS, sulfation only occurred at the 4-position. When the proteo[14C]chondroitin formed by the mouse mast cell microsomal system was incubated together with the chick cartilage microsomal system and PAPS, sulfation only occurred at the 6-position.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Animals↗
PubMed1988

MgATP-dependent glucose 6-phosphate-stimulated Ca2+ accumulation in liver microsomal fractions. Effects of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and GTP.

Ca2+ release triggered by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and/or GTP has been studied with rough and smooth microsomes isolated from rat liver. Microsomes were loaded with Ca2+ in the presence of MgATP and in the presence or in the absence of glucose 6-phosphate (glucose-6-P) which markedly stimulated the MgATP-dependent Ca2+ accumulation in rough and smooth microsomes (5- and 10-fold, respectively). Upon addition of IP3 (5 microM), rough and smooth microsomes rapidly release a part (not exceeding 20%) of the Ca2+ previously accumulated both in the absence and in the presence of glucose-6-P. Under the same experimental conditions, inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate was ineffective in triggering any Ca2+ release. Upon addition of GTP (10 microM) both the microsomal fractions progressively release the Ca2+ previously accumulated in the presence of glucose-6-P, when 3% polyethylene glycol was also present. In the absence of polyethylene glycol, GTP released Ca2+ from rough microsomes only, and GTP plus IP3 caused a Ca2+ release which was the sum of the Ca2+ releases caused by GTP and IP3 independently. Both IP3 and GTP, added to microsomes at the beginning of the glucose-6-P-stimulated Ca2+ uptake, reduced the Ca2+ accumulation into rough and smooth microsomes without modifying the initial rate (3 min) of Ca2+ uptake. Also in these conditions, the effects of GTP and IP3 were merely additive. These results indicate that both rough and smooth liver microsomes are responsive to IP3 and GTP with respect to Ca2+ release and that IP3 and GTP likely act independently.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗
PubMed1985

Metabolism of N-nitroso-2,6-dimethylmorpholine by isozymes of rabbit liver microsomal cytochrome P-450.

The cis isomer of N-nitroso-2,6-dimethylmorpholine (NNDM), a pancreatic carcinogen for the Syrian golden hamster, is metabolized by hamster liver microsomes to yield N-nitroso(2-hydroxypropyl)(2-oxopropyl)amine (HPOP) as the major product. Rabbit liver microsomes catalyze the metabolism of cis-NNDM to HPOP at a rate slower than that observed with hamster microsomes, but significantly faster than that obtained with rat microsomes. Pretreatment of rabbits with phenobarbital results in a 6-fold increase in the cis-NNDM hydroxylase activity of the rabbit microsomes to levels equal to that observed with the hamster; pretreatment of rabbits with other xenobiotics had no effect on the hydroxylation of cis-NNDM. The role of rabbit liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 in the metabolism of the cis isomer of NNDM was studied in the reconstituted system consisting of NADPH:cytochrome P-450 reductase, phospholipid, and cytochrome P-450. Cytochrome P-450LM2, which is induced by pretreatment with phenobarbital, exhibited the highest activity for the metabolism of cis-NNDM. The Vmax for the formation of HPOP was 1.78 nmol/min/nmol cytochrome P-450LM2, and the apparent Km was 360 microM. Cytochrome P-450LM3a also catalyzed the metabolism of NNDM to HPOP at a significant rate (0.25 nmol/min/nmol cytochrome P-450). Of the four other isozymes of cytochrome P-450 (forms 3b, 3c, 4, and 6) tested in the reconstituted system, only forms 3b and 3c exhibited measurable activities (approximately 0.04 nmol of HPOP formed/min/nmol cytochrome P-450). The addition of antibodies to isozyme 2 to microsomes from phenobarbital-treated rabbits resulted in approximately 95% inhibition of the metabolism of NNDM, while the addition of antibodies to LM3a inhibited NNDM metabolism by only 7%. In microsomes from untreated rabbits, inhibition by anti-LM2 and anti-LM3a antibodies was 50 and 64%, respectively. The addition of antibodies to isozyme 3a to microsomes isolated from ethanol-treated rabbits caused approximately 90% inhibition of the metabolism of NNDM. These data conclusively demonstrate that several forms of cytochrome P-450 can catalyze the metabolism of cis-NNDM and that isozymes 2 and 3a play important roles in the rabbit hepatic metabolism of NNDM to HPOP, the proximate carcinogenic metabolite.

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PubMed1985

Characterization of the oxidation of amine metabolites of nitrotoluenes by rat hepatic microsomes. N- and C-hydroxylation.

The rat hepatic microsomal oxidation of amine metabolites of mono-and dinitrotoluene isomers has been investigated. Microsomes catalyzed the NADPH-dependent oxidation of 2-amino-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol, 2-amino-4-nitrobenzyl alcohol, and the isomeric aminobenzyl alcohols to ethyl acetate-extractable compounds capable of reducing ferric iron. The microsomal metabolism of 2-amino-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol, a metabolite of the hepatocarcinogen 2,6-dinitrotoluene, was characterized in detail. High pressure liquid chromatographic analysis indicated the formation of two metabolites, both of which were reducing agents. One metabolite was identified as 2-hydroxylamino-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol by comparison of its chromatographic properties and mass spectrum with those of the authentic compound. Mass spectral, proton NMR, and UV-visible spectroscopic studies suggested that the other metabolite was 2-amino-5-hydroxy-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol. The microsomal oxidation of 2-aminobenzyl alcohol also resulted in the formation of two reducing agents, one of which was the corresponding hydroxylamine. The formation of 2-hydroxylamino-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol from the microsomal oxidation of 2-amino-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol was linear with respect to time for at least 20 min, while aminophenol formation was only linear for 3 min. The rate of the microsomal oxidation of 2-amino-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol was decreased by known inhibitors of cytochrome P-450, while heat inactivation of microsomal flavin-containing monooxygenase had no effect. The rate of formation of both metabolites was increased 1.5-fold by phenobarbital pretreatment. Pretreatment with beta-naphthoflavone had no effect on the rate of N-hydroxylation, while a small but statistically significant increase in the rate of C-hydroxylation (117% of control) was observed. The rate of oxidation of 2-amino-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol was lower with microsomes from female rats than with those from males, yielding male/female ratios of 1.34 for aminophenol formation and 3.26 for hydroxylamine formation. These data indicate that 2-amino-6-nitrobenzyl alcohol, a metabolite of the hepatocarcinogen 2,6-dinitrotoluene, can be N-hydroxylated by hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that a hydroxylamine metabolite of 2,6-dinitrotoluene is sulfated in vivo to produce an electrophilic species.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

[Accelerated microsomal DNA synthesis under the influence of xenobiotics and chemical carcinogens].

Injection of 3,4-benz(a)pyrene, methyl nitrosourea and phenobarbital into healthy mice of the C3HA line results in a rapid, sharp increase of [14C]-thymidine incorporated into liver microsomal DNA, accompanied by a suppression of nuclear DNA synthesis. In the liver of neoplastic mice and in the ascite cells of hepatoma 22A the system of microsomal DNA synthesis was insensitive to the injection of methyl nitrosourea. Cycloheximide and puromycin, which strongly inhibited nuclear DNA synthesis, had no effect on the synthesis of microsomal DNA. Stimulation of [14C]-thymidine incorporation into microsomal DNA after injection of methyl nitrosourea and 3,4-benz(a)pyrene may be accounted for not only by an increase of the DNA reparation processes, since caffeine, the inhibitor of post-replicatory reparation of DNA, did not eliminate the induction of microsomal DNA synthesis in the liver. Hydroxyurea in combination with methyl nitrosourea and phenobarbital significantly suppressed the synthesis of nuclear DNA in the liver and did not affect the synthesis of mtDNA; the stimulating effects of these inducers on the synthesis of microsomal DNA was thereby removed. This is indicative of independence of synthesis of microsomal DNA on that of nuclear DNA and mtDNA. Different specific radioactivities of microsomal, nuclear and mtDNAs in the regenerating mouse liver on the 5th, 10th and 15th post-hepatectomy days may be due to different metabolic stability of these DNAs. A possible role of microsomal DNA as a xenobiotic system component is discussed.

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PubMed1980

Effect of dietary fat saturation on acylcoenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase activity of rat liver microsomes.

The saturation of the fat contained in the diet has been observed to affect the acylcoenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) activity of rat liver microsomes. ACAT activity in microsomes (Mp) prepared from livers of rats fed a polyunsaturated fat-enriched diet containing 14% sunflower seed oil was 70-90% higher than in microsomes (Ms) prepared from livers of rats fed a saturated fat-enriched diet containing 14% coconut oil. This difference was observed within 20 days after the diets were begun, the earliest time tested, and persisted throughout the 70-day experimental period. The difference was noted at all [1-14C]palmitoyl CoA concentrations tested, 2.5-33 micronM, and at temperatures between 18 and 40 degrees C. Arrhenius plots revealed a single transition in enzyme activity, occurring at 29 degrees C in both microsomal preparations. Likewise, the activation energy above this transition was the same in Mp and Ms, 12.5 KCal/mol. Addition of albumin to the incubation medium increased the ACAT activity of both microsome preparations, but the difference between Mp and Ms persisted. Mp was enriched in polyenoic fatty acids, primarily 18:2 and 20:4, while Ms was enriched in monoenoic acids. Although the 20:4 increase in Mp occurred in all phosphoglycerides, it was especially pronounced in the serine and inositol phosphoglyceride fraction. There were no differences in the phospholipid or cholesterol content, phospholipid head group composition, or protein composition of the two microsomal preparations. The possibility is discussed that the changes in ACAT activity result from the differences in fatty acid composition of the microsomes. Other microsomal enzymes exhibited varying responses to these dietary fatty acid modifications. Palmitoyl CoA hydrolase and NADPH cytochrome c reductase activities were unchanged. UDP glucuronyl transferase activity was 50% higher in Mp, but glucose-6-phosphatase and NADH cytochrome b5 reductase activities were 25% higher in Ms. Therefore, dietary fat modifications do not produce a uniform effect on the activity of microsomal enzymes.

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