title: Increased expression of cytochrome P450 IIIA2 in male rat liver after dietary vitamin A supplementation.
abstract: In this study dietary vitamin A supplementation (25 IU/g diet) was assessed for its effect on hepatic microsomal P450 content and on P450 enzyme-specific drug oxidase activities in rats. Intake of the supplemented diet by male rats over a 15-week period resulted in a fivefold increase in hepatic vitamin A stores over those measured in control liver from rats that received a balanced diet without vitamin A supplementation. Serum retinol was unchanged and there was no evidence of hepatocellular injury in any of the animals. There was a 26% increase in P450 content in vitamin A-supplemented rat liver and regioselective androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (androstenedione) and progesterone hydroxylation revealed changes in several P450 pathways. Thus, androstenedione 16 alpha-hydroxylation (P450 IIC11-mediated) and progesterone 21-hydroxylation (P450 IIC6-mediated) were decreased slightly to 80 and 74% of respective control activities while P450 IIA1/2-dependent androstenedione 7 alpha-hydroxylation was slightly increased. In contrast, the 6 beta-hydroxylations of androstenedione and progesterone were increased to 169 and 152% of control following dietary supplementation. Kinetic analysis of androstenedione 6 beta-hydroxylation revealed an increase in maximal reaction velocity (Vmax 4.00 +/- 0.47 vs 2.20 +/- 0.10 nmol/min/mg protein) but the Km was unchanged, suggesting an increase in enzyme concentration. Consistent with this assertion, immunoquantitation of the steroid 6 beta-hydroxylase, P450 IIIA2, revealed a 158% increase in the microsomal expression of this enzyme (9.8 +/- 2.7 vs 6.2 +/- 1.3 ng/micrograms microsomal protein). From these studies it now seems clear that vitamin A, as a dietary additive in nontoxic doses, has the capacity to alter the activity of hepatic microsomal drug oxidases by modulating the expression of P450 enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cantrill
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D000735:Androstenedione / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072467:Cytochrome P450 Family 2; D004032:Diet; D004224:Diterpenes; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D000084562:Retinyl Esters; D039181:Steroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; D000084562:Retinyl Esters; D014801:Vitamin A; C014794:retinol palmitate; D000735:Androstenedione; D011374:Progesterone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C450279:CYP2C11 protein, rat; D000072467:Cytochrome P450 Family 2; D039181:Steroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase; C022657:steroid hormone 6-beta-hydroxylase; D010634:Phenobarbital