title: Induction of liver microsomal epoxide hydrolase, UDP-glucuronyl transferase and cytosolic glutathione transferase in different rodent species by 2-acetylaminofluorene or 3-methylcholanthrene.
abstract: Control activities vary 12-fold for microsomal epoxide hydrolase, two-fold for UDP-glucuronyl transferase and five-fold for cytosolic glutathione (GSH) transferase among the different rodents (rat, hamster, guinea-pig, mouse) examined. For all three enzymes the activities in rat liver are towards the lower values. In these rodents, except for a 100% increase in microsomal epoxide hydrolase in guinea-pig liver, 2-acetylaminofluorene induces the three phase 2 enzymes only in rat. Treatment with 3-methylcholanthrene also produces the largest effects on these three enzyme activities in rat liver; exceptions are its failure to induce microsomal epoxide hydrolase in female rat and the large induction of cytosolic GSH transferase in hamster liver. Quantitatively, hepatic microsomal epoxide hydrolase, UDP-glucuronyl transferase and cytosolic GSH transferase activities, and their inducibility by 2-acetylaminofluorene or 3-methylcholanthrene, in male Sprague-Dawley rats are not representative for other rodent species or even, in all cases, for female rat.
mesh_terms: D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology*; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D004851:Epoxide Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; D004851:Epoxide Hydrolases