title: Synthesis of sex-specific forms of cytochrome P-450 in rat liver is transiently suppressed by hepatic monooxygenase inducers.
abstract: The effects of phenobarbital (PB), 3-methylcholanthrene (MC), and alpha-naphthoflavone (alpha-NF) on the synthesis of drug-inducible forms of cytochrome P-450, P-450(PB-1), and P-450(MC-1), and sex-specific forms of cytochrome P-450, P-450(M-1), and P-450(F-1), in male and female rats were studied. Whereas P-450(PB-1) and P-450(MC-1) in liver microsomes were markedly induced in both sexes by treatment with PB and MC, respectively, the contents of P-450(M-1) and P-450(F-1) were significantly decreased by the treatments. alpha-NF, which is not a P-450 inducer, did not change the contents of sex-specific forms of cytochrome P-450. The translatable mRNAs of the P-450s were also determined by using an in vitro translation system. The mRNAs coding for P-450(PB-1) and P-450(MC-1) were increased by drug administrations. On the other hand, the mRNAs coding for P-450(M-1) and P-450(F-1) were transiently decreased by the drugs, and then returned to the normal levels. The time courses of the induction of the drug-inducible P-450s and the repression of the sex-specific P-450s showed no close correlation. alpha-NF had no effect on the synthesis of P-450(M-1) and P-450(F-1). We also found that the synthesis of P-450(M-1) in the livers of untreated rats showed no diurnal variations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Emi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001571:Benzoflavones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D001571:Benzoflavones; D005419:Flavonoids; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; C011512:alpha-naphthoflavone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010634:Phenobarbital