title: Decrease in the content of cytochrome P450IIE by fasting in liver microsomes of house musk shrew (Suncus murinus).
abstract: The effects of fasting on hepatic cytochrome P450 in the mature male house musk shrew, Suncus murinus (suncus), were studied by Western blot analyses and enzyme assays. The content of P450IIE protein was decreased, by fasting, to 24% of the control level in contrast to the results with rats, in which P450IIE protein was increased to 172% by fasting. These changes reflected on catalytic activities, such as aniline hydroxylase and N-nitrosodimethylamine demethylase activities, which were decreased to about 45% and 28%, respectively, of the control levels by fasting, while in fasting rats, the catalytic activities of these enzymes were 2-3-fold higher than in controls.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishizone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Funae
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamataki
mesh_terms: D000815:Aniline Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D005215:Fasting; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009929:Organ Size; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012788:Shrews / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1; D000815:Aniline Hydroxylase; C071207:1,2-dimethylhydrazine demethylase; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating