title: NADPH:cytochrome P-450(c) reductase: biochemical characterization in rat brain and cultured neurons and evolution of activity during development.
abstract: NADPH:cytochrome P-450 (c) reductase is a microsomal enzyme which is involved in the cytochrome P-450-dependent biotransformation of many exogenous agents as well as of some endogenous molecules. Using cytochrome c as a substrate, the kinetic parameters of this enzyme were determined in brain microsomes. The comparison of the NADPH:cytochrome P-450 reductase's Vmax values and cytochrome P-450 contents in both fractions, suggests a role of cerebral NADPH:cytochrome P-450 reductase in cytochrome P-450 independent pathways. This is also supported by the different developmental pattern of brain enzyme as compared to the liver enzyme, and by the presence of a relatively high NADPH:cytochrome P-450 reductase activity in immature rat brain and neuronal cultures, while cytochrome P-450 was hardly detectable in these preparations. The enzyme activity was not induced by a phenobarbital chronic treatment neither in the adult brain nor in cultured neurons, suggesting a different regulation of the brain enzyme expression.
authors.affiliation: Université de Nancy-1, Centre du Médicament, CNRS URA 597, France.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ghersi-Egea
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minn
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Daval
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jayyosi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arnould
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Souhaili-El Amri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siest
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008099:Liver / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D010634:Phenobarbital