title: Effect of vitamin A deficiency on the pulmonary and hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes in rat.
abstract: The effect of vitamin A deficiency on the drug-metabolizing enzyme system of the lung and liver was analyzed in rats fed diets with or without vitamin A for 5-6 weeks. The hepatic level of vitamin A was significantly reduced in vitamin A deficient animals. The hepatic cytochrome P-450 and b5 contents and activity of benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase was significantly reduced in deficient animals. Contrary to this, pulmonary cytochrome P-450 and b5 contents were above the control values. No alteration in pulmonary benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase was noted. The uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase activity of digitonin-treated microsomal membranes was below the control values both in lung and liver. However, the native uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase activity remained unchanged in the liver and was below control values in the lung.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000378:metabolism; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases