title: Induction of P-450 isoenzyme activities in Syrian golden hamster liver compared to rat liver as probed by the rate of 7-alkoxyresorufin-O-dealkylation.
abstract: The activities of 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD), 7-pentoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (PROD), 7-ethoxycoumarin-O-deethylase (ECOD) and aromatic hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) were measured in hepatic microsomes from male and female Wistar rats and Syrian golden hamsters in order to probe the basal activity and the inducibility by phenobarbital (PB) and 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) of different P-450 isoenzymes. The basal activities of EROD and ECOD, but not PROD and AHH, were higher in male hamsters than in male rats. No sex-related difference in enzyme activities was observed with hamsters, whereas male rats had a higher ECOD and AHH activity than female rats. Induction by PB led to a 450-fold and 250-fold increase in PROD activity in male and female rat liver microsomes, respectively, while MC had a more pronounced inductive effect on EROD activity in this species. In hamsters, EROD activity was induced by MC but not by PB. Unexpectedly PROD activity in male and female hamster liver microsomes was only moderately induced by PB, the extent being lower than on induction by MC. Therefore, the activity of PROD, which is useful as a specific enzymatic assay for P-450 IIB in the rat liver, cannot be used to probe PB-like inducers in the hamster liver.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, University of Würzburg, F.R.G.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blaich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Göttlicher
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cikryt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metzler
mesh_terms: D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019362:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010105:Oxygenases; D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019362:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1; D010634:Phenobarbital