title: Comparison of the effects of various inducers on 7-alkoxycoumarin O-dealkylase activities in liver microsomes.
abstract: The effects of six inducers and malotilate on 7-alkoxycoumarin O-dealkylase activities in rat liver microsomes were examined. Phenobarbital (PB) (100 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally to rats for 6 days; 3-methylcholanthrene (3-MC) (40 mg/kg), beta-naphthoflavone (beta-NF) (40 mg/kg), isosafrole (150 mg/kg) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) (100 mg/kg) were administered intraperitoneally for 3 days; isoniazid (INH) (50 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally for 10 days; and malotilate (500 mg/kg) was administered orally for 3 days. The O-dealkylase activities toward 7-methoxycoumarin (7-MC), 7-ethoxycoumarin (7-EC) and 7-propoxycoumarin (7-PC) were examined 24 hr after the final administration of the drugs. The ratios of 7-EC O-deethylase and 7-PC O-depropylase to 7-MC O-demethylase activity in the control and six inducer-treated groups were compared. The ratios in the groups treated with the six compounds, each of which induces a different form(s) of cytochrome P-450 (P-450), were clearly different from each other. Therefore, the measurement of 7-alkoxycoumarin O-dealkylase activities should be extremely useful for the routine determination of the molecular species of P-450. On the other hand, the ratio in the malotilate-treated group was different from that in any other inducer-treated group, so that there might be a possibility that malotilate induced a form(s) of P-450 that is different from any of the already known species.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takasu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shiozaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sameshima
mesh_terms: D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D000818:Animals; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000378:metabolism; D015786:Cytochromes b5; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D015786:Cytochromes b5; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010105:Oxygenases; D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase