title: Hepatic and renal cytochrome P-450s in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: The differences in the levels of cytochrome P-450s in hepatic and renal microsomes between spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive control rats (Wistar Kyoto rats, WKY) were investigated by Western blotting with a specific antibody. Differences in the metabolic activity of the microsomes were also studied. In hepatic microsomes, the content of P450 PB-1 (IIIA2) was 140% higher in SHR than in WKY and the content of P450 IF-3 (IIA1) in SHR was one-seventh that in WKY. The differences reflected the increase in testosterone 6 beta-hydroxylation activity and decrease in testosterone 7 alpha-hydroxylation activity in hepatic microsomes of SHR. The level of P450 K-5 (IVA2) in hepatic microsomes of SHR was 4-times that in microsomes of WKY. The levels of other cytochrome P-450s in SHR were not very different from those in WKY. In renal microsomes, the levels of three renal cytochrome P-450s, P450 K-2, K-4, and K-5, were measured. The level of P450 K-5 (fatty acid omega-hydroxylase) in SHR was 50% higher than that in WKY and the difference reflected the increase in lauric acid omega- and (omega-1)-hydroxylation activities of the renal microsomes of SHR. The levels of P450 K-2 and K-4 did not differ in both rats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemistry, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Funae
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D006973:Hypertension / Q000201:enzymology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D013739:Testosterone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System