title: [Studies on correlation between liver drug metabolizing enzyme activities and microsomal membrane fluidity in phenobarbital treated rats].
abstract: By the use of ANS(1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate) and DPH(1, 6-diphenyl-1, 3, 5-hexatriene) as fluorescent probes, correlation between liver microsomal membrane fluidity and drug metabolizing enzyme activity has been studied in rats. phenobarbital(PB) ip treatment caused an increase in P-450 content, cytochrome C reductase.aminopyrine N-demethylase(AMD) and glutathione S-transferase(GST) activities by 78, 66, 270 and 52%, respectively. However, there was a simultaneous decrease in microsomal membrane fluorescent intensity and microviscosity, i.e. an increase in membrane fluidity. There is a positive linear correlation between microsomal membrane fluidity and cytochrome C reductase and AMD activities (r = 0.798, r = 0.781, respectively, P less than 0.05). This result suggests that there may be some relationship between microsomal membrane fluidity and drug-metabolizing enzymatic activities in PB-treated rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Hubei Medical College, Wuhan.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: R X
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000633:Aminopyrine N-Demethylase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D008560:Membrane Fluidity / Q000187:drug effects*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D000633:Aminopyrine N-Demethylase; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D010634:Phenobarbital