title: Decrease in the levels of a constitutive cytochrome P-450 (RLM5) in hepatic microsomes of diabetic rats.
abstract: Cytochrome P-450 dependent hydroxylation of testosterone has been measured in hepatic microsomes of control, diabetic and insulin-treated diabetic rats. The observed decrease in testosterone 16 alpha-hydroxylase activity in diabetes, an activity previously shown to be largely due to RLM5, was accompanied by a dramatic decrease in immunodetectable RLM5. Diabetic rats which received insulin had elevated testosterone 16 alpha-hydroxylase activity relative to the diabetic animals, which was accompanied by a corresponding increase in the levels of RLM5. These results provide evidence that specific constitutive cytochrome P-450 enzymes are altered in the diabetic state and that these changes are not permanent since they can be overcome, at least partially, by insulin replacement therapy.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D039181:Steroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D039181:Steroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase; C022724:testosterone 7-alpha-hydroxylase, hamster