Interspecies variations in caffeine metabolism related to cytochrome P4501A enzymes.
1. Interspecies (including man, monkey, rabbit, rat and mouse) variations in caffeine metabolism by liver microsomes were studied. While N-3 demethylation was the major pathway in man (81% of total dimethylxanthines), N-7 demethylation was predominant in monkey (89%), and the three demethylation pathways were about equal in mouse, rabbit and rat. 2. Three monooxygenase activities (methoxyresorufin O-demethylase, phenacetin O-deethylase and acetanilide 4-hydroxylase) correlated significantly with the rate of metabolism of caffeine. 3. P4501A1 and 1A2 enzymes were immunodetected in different species. P4501A2 was the only isoform detected in liver of man, rat and mouse, while no polypeptide immunorelated to P4501A was detected in monkey and only a minor band of P4501A1 was detected in rat and rabbit. 4. All in vitro data indicate that paraxanthine formation is mediated mainly by P4501A2 in mammals while theophylline formation is mediated mainly by cytochromes P-450 other than those of the 1A family.
Berthou
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Laboratoires de Biochimie-Pharmacologie, Faculté de Médecine, Brest, France.
Guillois
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B
Riche
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C
Dreano
Y
Y
Jacqz-Aigrain
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E
Beaune
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PH
D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002110:Caffeine / Q000378:metabolism*; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013045:Species Specificity
D002110:Caffeine; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1