title: Induction of hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes by cyclic fatty acid monomers in the rat.
abstract: The effects of cyclic monomers on the activities of several drug-metabolizing enzymes were evaluated. Female Wistar rats were fed, for 4 wk, a semi-synthetic diet containing different quantities of cyclic monomers isolated from linseed oil heated at 275 degrees C for 12 hr under nitrogen. Microsomal proteins and cytochrome c were significantly increased in rats fed a diet containing 0.1 or 1% cyclic monomers. Aminopyrine demethylation, a model reaction preferentially induced by phenobarbital, was increased by this treatment. NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase was also stimulated. Moreover, ethoxyresorufin deethylation, known to be greatly increased by methylcholanthrene-type inducer was only increased threefold by this treatment. The activity of p-nitrophenol UDP-glucuronosyl transferase decreased while the conjugation of bilirubin was stimulated. These results suggest that cyclic monomers isolated from heated linseed oil show some characteristics of phenobarbital-type inducers.
mesh_terms: D000633:Aminopyrine N-Demethylase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008043:Linseed Oil; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009929:Organ Size; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D008043:Linseed Oil; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D000633:Aminopyrine N-Demethylase; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase