title: Tissue distribution of bufuralol hydroxylase activity in Sprague-Dawley rats.
abstract: This study has characterised the distribution of bufuralol 1'-hydroxylase activity in various organs of male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. Microsomes were prepared from the liver, kidney, brain, kidney, spleen and adrenals of male and female rats. Measurement of 1'-hydroxybufuralol produced by the incubation of racemic, (+) and (-) bufuralol with the microsomes was by HPLC. The specific activity (nmol/min/mg protein) of bufuralol 1'-hydroxylase in various tissues were: liver (M 12.3; F 10.2), kidney (M 12.3; F 11.7), brain (M 8.9; F 9.0), adrenal (M 0.9; F 0.3), lung (M 4.6; F 3.6) and spleen (M 8.8; F 10.0). Stereoselective preference (+/-) of the isozyme for (+) bufuralol was: Liver (M 2.2; F 2.2), kidney (M 2.2; F 2.1), brain (M 1.0; F 0.9), lung (M 0.74; F 0.95) and spleen (M 1.0; F 1.32).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moochhala
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013154:Spleen / Q000201:enzymology; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004983:Ethanolamines; C010831:bufuralol; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C043872:bufuralol 1'-hydroxylase