title: Induction of rat UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and glutathione S-transferase activities by L-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine without induction of cytochrome P-450.
abstract: The effect of prolonged exposure to buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) on rat hepatic Phase I and Phase II drug-metabolizing enzymes has been examined. Exposure to 30 mM BSO in drinking water for 7 days induced hepatic microsomal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity (detergent-activated) toward p-nitrophenol (250%), 1-naphthol (210%), morphine (130%) and testosterone (140%), but not estrone. Glucuronosyltransferase activities were also induced after exposure for as short as 3 and as long as 13 days. When rats were returned to unsupplemented drinking water for 1 day prior to sacrifice following 6 days on 30 mM BSO, comparable induction to that seen after 7 consecutive days on the BSO solution was observed despite liver glutathione concentration having rebounded to 127% of control. Daily ingestion of BSO was similar (1 mmol/rat/day) for all periods of 30 mM BSO-drinking water exposure, with a body weight-adjusted dose range of 3.2-6.3 mmol/kg/day. An analogous inductive response caused by drinking 30 mM BSO for 3 days was elicited for p-nitrophenol and morphine glucuronidation by 6 mmol/kg doses of BSO given as single daily intraperitoneal or intragastric injections for 3 days. Intraperitoneal, intragastric and all BSO-drinking water exposures also significantly induced (130-195%) cytosolic glutathione S-transferase activity toward 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene. Significant increases in UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and glutathione S-transferase activities were also observed following 3 days of exposure to BSO in the drinking water at a concentration as low as 5 mM. Cytosolic p-nitrophenol sulfotransferase activity, with one minor exception, was not enhanced by any BSO treatment regimen. Alterations in transferase activities were not accompanied by any major changes in either overall cytochrome P-450 concentration or oxidative reactions selective for two isozymes. Thus, in addition to its well-documented glutathione-depleting property, BSO also selectively induces several Phase II drug-metabolizing enzymes, an effect to be considered in studies employing extended BSO treatment.
authors: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
authors: B W
authors: BW
authors: Manning
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Franklin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000963:Antimetabolites / Q000633:toxicity*; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008717:Methionine Sulfoximine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000963:Antimetabolites; D008717:Methionine Sulfoximine; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione