title: The effects of dietary corn oil on the metabolism and activation of benzo[a]pyrene by the benzo[a]pyrene metabolizing enzymes of the mouse.
abstract: Male ICR Swiss mice, weighing 16-20 g, were fed ad libitum either a fat-free diet or a diet containing 10% corn oil. After three weeks on these diets, the rates of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) metabolite formation and metabolism to products which covalently bind with macromolecules were compared using hepatic nuclei and microsomal preparations. The maximum activity of B[a]P hydroxylase in microsomes from untreated animals was increased 50% by feeding the corn oil diet, however, B[a]P hydroxylase in microsomes from 3-methylcholanthrene (3-MC)-treated mice was unaffected by diet. In animals treated with phenobarbital, B[a]P metabolism and B[a]P-DNA adduct formation were greater in microsomes from corn oil fed mice compared to those fed the fat-free diet. At a B[a]P concentration of 96 microM, microsomes from corn oil fed untreated mice produced 26% more extractable metabolites and covalent binding to exogenous DNA was increased 46%. At lower substrate concentrations (0.94-15.0 microM B[a]P), B[a]P-DNA and B[a]P-protein binding were 300-400% greater when incubated with microsomes from corn oil fed mice than when incubated with microsomes from mice fed fat-free diet. The apparent Vmax's determined for the formation of each extractable metabolite were increased 1.5-3.0 times by the corn oil diet. Hepatic nuclear B[a]P hydroxylase and nuclear activation of B[a]P to products which covalently bind to DNA in both non-induced and 3-MC-pretreated animals fed the corn oil diet were greater than that observed in animals fed the fat-free diet. B[a]P hydroxylase activities in the lungs of these animals were unaltered by diet.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; D001579:Benzopyrene Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001711:Biotransformation / Q000187:drug effects; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003314:Corn Oil; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D009821:Oils / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001580:Benzopyrenes; D004041:Dietary Fats; D009821:Oils; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; D003314:Corn Oil; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D001579:Benzopyrene Hydroxylase