title: Effects of phenobarbital, 3-methylcholanthrene and polychlorinated biphenyls on sex-specific forms of cytochrome P-450 in liver microsomes of rats.
abstract: The effects of treatment with phenobarbital, 3-methylcholanthrene or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) on the amounts of sex-specific forms of cytochrome P-450, namely P-450-male and P-450-female, in male and female rats were studied. Although treatment with phenobarbital, 3-methylcholanthrene or PCB markedly increased the total amount of hepatic cytochrome P-450, P-450-male and P-450-female were rather decreased or not significantly changed. Thus, the percentages of P-450-male and P-450-female in the total cytochrome P-450 were decreased in liver microsomes from the treated rats. The increases in specific cytochrome P-450, such as P-448-H, P-448-L, and P-450I-c accounted for the increase in the total amount of cytochrome P-450 in the treated rats. The treatment with phenobarbital or PCB increased the activities of testosterone 16 alpha-hydroxylase, benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase and aminopyrine N-demethylase more markedly in female rats than in male rats. Similarly, the treatment with 3-methylcholanthrene increased benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase more markedly in female rats. Therefore, the sex-differences in testosterone 16 alpha-hydroxylase, benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase, and aminopyrine N-demethylase activities became smaller after the drug treatment. These results indicate that sex-specific P-450-male and P-450-female were unaffected, or even depressed by the agents in some cases.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000032:analysis*; D003580:Cytochromes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012737:Sex Factors; D039181:Steroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000032:analysis; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003580:Cytochromes; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D013739:Testosterone; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C017170:Cyp1a2 protein, rat; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2; D039181:Steroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase; C022724:testosterone 7-alpha-hydroxylase, hamster; D010634:Phenobarbital