title: Corticosterone 6 beta-hydroxylase in A6 epithelia: a steroid-inducible cytochrome P-450.
abstract: We found microsomal corticosterone 6 beta-hydroxylase (6 beta-OHase) from cultured A6 kidney epithelial cells to be a cytochrome P-450 enzyme with both similarities to and differences from the rat liver steroid 6 beta-OHase P-450p. Enzyme activity was inhibited by CO, alpha-naphthoflavone, metyrapone, and clotrimazole, well-known inhibitors of P-450 enzymes, and increased by known inducers of P-450 enzymes, including dilantin, phenobarbital sodium, and corticosteroids. Moreover, some additional, relatively specific inducers of P-450p (troleandomycin and pregnenolone-16 alpha-carbonitrile) also induced the A6 6 beta-OHase, whereas inducers of other forms of P-450 (aroclor, spironolactone, and isosafrole) appeared to repress the A6 enzyme. The time course of increase in enzyme activity and increased cellular cytochrome P-450 content were consistent with increased levels of enzyme protein. Induction of 6 beta-OHase by the substrate (corticosterone), the metabolite (6 beta-OH-corticosterone), dexamethasone, and aldosterone was biphasic as a function of inducer concentration, with approximate 50% effective concentration (EC50) values of 10(-8)-10(-9) M and 10(-5)-10(-6) M for the respective components of induction. Cortisol also induced the enzyme at 10(-8)-10(-6) M; however, its metabolite 6 beta-OH-cortisol was ineffective or decreased activity at higher concentrations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23298-0145.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Grogan
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Schuetz
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Guzelian
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Watlington
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney; D007700:Kinetics; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D012984:Software; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013256:Steroids / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids; D000450:Aldosterone; C044550:6-hydroxycorticosterone; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; C022657:steroid hormone 6-beta-hydroxylase; D003345:Corticosterone; D006854:Hydrocortisone