title: The effect of the tert-butylquinone metabolite of butylated hydroxyanisole on cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase activity.
abstract: 1. The t-butylquinone metabolite of BHA was shown to redox cycle with NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase leading to enhanced NADPH-oxidase activity for both the purified and liver microsome-bound flavoprotein. Likewise, addition of t-butylquinone (20-100 microM) strikingly inhibited electron transfer from the flavoprotein reductase to cytochrome P-450 of liver microsomes from phenobarbital-treated rats. 2. When the effect of t-butylquinone on metabolism of biphenyl was evaluated with liver microsomal fractions or isolated hepatocytes, t-butylquinone was less effective as an inhibitor then BHA alone or vitamin K3 (menadione). Addition of dicoumarol had little or no effect on the inhibitory potency of either t-butylquinone or vitamin K3 in isolated hepatocytes. 3. t-Butylquinone was not an effective reductant for exogenous oxidants, such as cytochrome c, in the presence of purified, cytosolic NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase (DT-diaphorase). This property is most probably due to the lower rate of reoxidation of t-butylquinone by molecular oxygen, relative to vitamin K3 (menadione).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas.
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Prough
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002083:Butylated Hydroxyanisole / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D014812:Vitamin K; D002083:Butylated Hydroxyanisole; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010105:Oxygenases; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; C051290:2-tert-butyl-4-quinone; D010634:Phenobarbital