title: Sequence and regulation of two growth-hormone-controlled, sex-specific isozymes of cytochrome P-450 in rat liver, P-450(15)beta and P-450(16)alpha.
abstract: Full length cDNA clones for the sexually differentiated rat liver cytochrome P-450 isozymes 15 beta and 16 alpha have been isolated and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence of P-450(15)beta is 66% homologous to that of P-450(16)alpha. Furthermore, either of these two cytochromes has a homology of about 50% with the major phenobarbital inducible form, cytochrome P-450b, while the homology with the major carcinogen inducible form, cytochrome P-450c, is less than 30%. Also, the homology of these two sex-dependent cytochromes with the developmentally regulated cytochrome P-450 isozymes f and PB-1 is about 70%. Therefore, it is concluded that P-450 isozymes 15 beta, 16 alpha, f, and PB-1 represent a subfamily within the phenobarbital related cytochrome P-450 gene family. Growth hormone is known to be a major determinant for expression of P-450(15)beta and P-450(16)alpha and the time course of this induction was studied at the pretranslational level. Continuous infusion of GH to hypophysectomized male rats caused an induction of P-450(15)beta mRNA after 6 days of treatment while intermittent injections had no effect during that time course. The opposite was found to be the case for P-450(16)alpha mRNA where no effect was observed following continuous administration of GH, whereas intermittent injections caused an induction after 2 days of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Zaphiropoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mode
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ström
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Husman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D013006:Growth Hormone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System