title: Effect of interferon inducers on superoxide anion generation from rat liver microsomes detected by lucigenin chemiluminescence.
abstract: Microsomal superoxide anion (O2-) production was detected using the chemiluminigenic probe, bis-N-Methylacridinium nitrate (lucigenin). Superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibited 55% of the light emission but in the presence of a detergent (Triton X100) SOD inhibited the light emission by 94%. Lucigenin chemiluminescence from rat liver microsomes supplemented with NADPH was found to be selective and sensitive in detecting the O2- production. Treatment of rats with poly IC and LPS resulted in a decrease of the hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450 content by 44% and 37% respectively. The decrease in the cytochrome P450 contents was accompanied by a decrease in LgCl from the hepatic microsomal fractions by 61% for the poly IC and by 51% for the LPS treated rats. This is the first report to demonstrate that decreased P450 in the presence of normal amounts of cytochrome P450(c) reductase produce correspondingly less O2- from the microsomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California, Irvine 92717.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ischiropoulos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumae
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikkawa
mesh_terms: D000166:Acridines; D000818:Animals; D001386:Azides / Q000494:pharmacology; D002374:Catalase / Q000494:pharmacology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011070:Poly I-C / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000494:pharmacology; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000166:Acridines; D001386:Azides; D003902:Detergents; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013481:Superoxides; C033472:10,10'-dimethyl-9,9'-biacridinium; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D011070:Poly I-C