title: Effects of cooked brussels sprouts on cytochrome P-450 profile and phase II enzymes in liver and small intestinal mucosa of the rat.
abstract: Male Wistar rats were given semi-synthetic diets supplemented with 0, 2.5, 5 and 20% cooked Brussels sprouts for 2, 7, 14 or 28 days. The effects on several cytochrome P-450 enzymes and phase II enzymes (glutathione S-transferase (GST), glucuronyl transferases 1 and 2 (GT1 and GT2) and DT-diaphorase (DTD)) in the liver and small intestinal mucosa were investigated. From 2 days of exposure onwards Brussels sprouts induced P4501A2 and--to a lesser extent--P4501A1 apoprotein levels in the liver, whereas in the small intestine markedly enhanced P4502B apoprotein levels could be detected. No enhanced P4503A apoprotein levels were observed. The 5 and 20% sprouts diets increased the intestinal pentoxyresorufin depentylation (PROD, 4.5-9-fold), and the hydroxylation of testosterone at the 16 alpha- and 16 beta-site (2.6-4.2-fold) after 2 days of exposure. In addition, the 20% sprouts died also enhanced the intestinal ethoxyresorufin deethylation (EROD) activity (c. 5-fold), the hepatic EROD and PROD activities (c. 2-fold) and the formation of 6 beta-hydroxytestosterone (c. 1.6-fold); the formation of 2 alpha-hydroxytestosterone in the liver was decreased (to c. 70% of the control value). GST activity was induced both in the liver (5 and 20% diet) and intestine (20% diet only) throughout the experiment. The 20% sprouts diet enhanced the hepatic DTD and GT1 activities, whereas the GT2 activity was decreased. The induction of DTD in the small intestine after 2 days (2.5-3.2-fold with 5 and 20% sprouts diets, respectively) diminished during the experiment. These results indicate that dietary exposure to cooked Brussels sprouts for only 2 days can change the metabolic activities of several phase II enzymes and cytochrome P-450 enzymes, of which P4502B is the predominant form induced in the small intestine.
authors.affiliation: UTOX, Research Institute of Toxicology (RITOX), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Wortelboer
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: de Kruif
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: van Iersel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noordhoek
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Blaauboer
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: van Bladeren
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Falke
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019362:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019362:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1