title: Detection of phenobarbital-induced cytochrome P-450 in rat hepatic microsomes using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
abstract: The major phenobarbital-inducible form of cytochrome P-450 (cytochrome P-450 PB) was purified to homogeneity from rat liver microsomes and rabbit antibodies prepared against the purified enzyme. Using these antibodies, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the detection of cytochrome P-450 PB in microsomes which was sensitive at the nanogram level. The content of cytochrome P-450 PB was determined in hepatic microsomes from rats treated with various xenobiotics. Phenobarbital and Aroclor 1254 pretreatments resulted in several-fold increases in immunoreactive cytochrome P-450 PB over control levels. ELISA measurements of cytochrome P-450 PB were also carried out over a 48-h time course of phenobarbital induction in liver microsomes. Significant increases over control levels were seen at 16 h and beyond. Measurements of ELISA-detectable cytochrome P-450 PB were made in microsomes following the administration of CCl4 to phenobarbital-pretreated rats. Immunoreactive cytochrome P-450 PB was observed to decrease less rapidly than the spectrally detectable enzyme in the microsomal membranes. Inhibition of heme synthesis was carried out by the administration of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (AT) to rats. Concomitant pretreatment with phenobarbital and AT resulted in levels of ELISA-detectable cytochrome P-450 PB which were significantly increased over control levels, while spectrally detectable levels of total holoenzyme remained unchanged. These results support the idea that this cytochrome P-450 may exist, at least partly, in the microsomal membrane in an inactive or apoprotein form.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007700:Kinetics; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010634:Phenobarbital