title: Variation in inducibility of cytochrome P-450c and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase in rat liver, lung, kidney, pancreas and nasopharynx.
abstract: The effect of 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) treatment on the cytochrome P-450c content of various rat tissues was examined by measuring the level of immunodetectable P-450c in conjunction with its aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) activity. Immunoblots revealed that P-450d was induced in the nasopharynx and pancreas in addition to its previously reported induction in the liver, lung and kidney. In contrast to P-450c, induction of the immunorelated P-450d was observed only in the liver. The specific content of immunodetected P-450c in the tissue homogenates decreased in the order: liver, nasopharynx, pancreas, lung, kidney. The corresponding AHH activities decreased in the order: liver, kidney, lung, nasopharynx, pancreas. The ratio of AHH activity to P-450c content varied widely among tissues: ratios of 37.2:1.7:0.47:0.04:0.02 were obtained for the kidney, liver, lung, nasopharynx and pancreas, respectively. The absence of a direct relationship between the levels of AHH and P-450c indicates that the extrahepatic activity may partially derive from P-450 forms other than P-450c and/or the specific activity of P-450c varies among different tissues.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Gelboin
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases