title: Induction of a pleiotropic response by phenobarbital and related compounds. Response in various inbred strains of rats, response in various species and the induction of aldehyde dehydrogenase in Copenhagen rats.
abstract: The ability of phenobarbital (PB) to induce a "pleiotropic response" which includes both cytochromes P450 (CYP) as well as other drug-metabolizing enzymes was investigated in mice, rabbits, hamsters, and various inbred strains of rats. PB induced similar drug-metabolizing enzymes (CYP2B, CYP3A, and epoxide hydrolase) in rats, mice, rabbits and hamsters. PB and two structural analogues (ethylphenylhydantoin and barbital) induced a variety of drug-metabolizing enzymes (CYP2B, CYP3A, CYP2A, epoxide hydrolase) in a series of inbred strains of rats. In contrast, levels of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) (propionaldehyde, NAD+) which were expressed constitutively in all strains of rats were induced by PB in only two of the eight strains (ACI, Copenhagen). Further investigations of ALDH induction by structurally diverse compounds in Copenhagen rats demonstrated a strong correlation between the induction of ALDH and other elements of the pleiotropic response (CYP2B, CYP3A, epoxide hydrolase). These results imply that induction of ALDH (propionaldehyde, NAD+) is associated with the PB pleiotropic response in Copenhagen rats.
authors.affiliation: Biological Carcinogenesis and Development Program, Program Resources Inc./DynCorp, Frederick, MD. p6
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lubet
mesh_terms: D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D006224:Cricetinae; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000032:analysis; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects*; D004851:Epoxide Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D051379:Mice; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000032:analysis; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; C022724:testosterone 7-alpha-hydroxylase, hamster; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D004851:Epoxide Hydrolases; D010634:Phenobarbital