title: Studies on covalent binding of (-)trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene metabolites to cytochromes P-450 LM2 and LM4 and NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase.
abstract: 1. Metabolism of 14C-labelled benzo[a]pyrene (-)trans-7,8-dihydrodiol to protein- and DNA-binding products in a reconstituted enzyme system proceeds 5 to 10 times faster with rabbit cytochrome P-450 LM4 than with LM2. 2. Either cytochrome converts the substrate to ethyl acetate- and water-soluble metabolites, identified by h.p.l.c. Water-soluble metabolites comprise 78% of the total products with cytochrome P-450 LM2, but only 50% of those formed by LM4. The relative proportion of the two types of metabolites is differentially affected by certain modifiers such as 7,8-benzoflavone. 3. Half of the radioactivity in the aqueous phase of reaction mixtures containing cytochrome P-450 LM4 represents (-)trans-7,8-diol metabolites in complex primarily with NADPH and phosphate. The remaining water-soluble products are bound covalently to proteins in the reconstituted system. 4. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, autoradiography, and measurement of the radioactivity in individual bands indicate that a larger fraction of metabolites is bound to cytochrome P-450 LM4 than to NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase, and only marginal binding to cytochrome P-450 LM2 is seen. Metabolite binding to added DNA is likewise substantially greater in magnitude when cytochrome P-450 LM4, as opposed to LM2, catalyses (-)trans-7,8-diol oxygenation. Thus, the degree of metabolite binding to monoxygenase proteins and to DNA correlates well with the catalytic activity of cytochrome P-450 LM4 and LM2 towards (-)trans-7,8-diol. 5. DNA causes a dramatic enhancement in the activity of cytochrome P-450 LM4 with (-)trans-7,8-diol, indicating that the cytochrome and/or the reductase may be functionally impaired by metabolites of this substrate. Such an effect may alter the balance between detoxication and activation of the carcinogenic benzo[a]pyrene.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Vatsis
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Leutz
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Coon
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Gelboin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001571:Benzoflavones / Q000494:pharmacology; D001711:Biotransformation; D002384:Catalysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001571:Benzoflavones; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; C011512:alpha-naphthoflavone; D004247:DNA; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase