title: Drug metabolism activities of isolated rat hepatocytes in monolayer culture.
abstract: The levels of cytochrome P-450 in hepatocytes cultured as monolayers for 22 hrs in Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium supplemented with serum and insulin was reduced to approximately 40% of initial values of freshly isolated hepatocytes. In correspondence with this the activities of the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases aryl hydrocarbon (benzo(a)pyrene) hydroxylase (AHH) and ethylmorphine (EM) N-demethylase were reduced to 40 and 22% of their initial activities, respectively. Modifying the culture medium through omission of cysteine and cystine, and adding dexamethazone and delta-amino levulinic acid, increased the content of cytochrome P-450 to 59% and EM N-demethylase to 46% of initial values, but was without effect on AHH activity. However, further modifications by adding high concentrations of asparagine and leucine increased AHH activity to 62% of initial values, but did not further enhance the total content of cytochrome P-450 or the EM N-demethylase activity. The activities of cytochrome P-450 reductase, flavin containing monooxygenase, epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase decreased less (to about 70-80% of initial values) than cytochrome P-450 associated monooxygenase activities, whereas UDP-glucuronyl transferase decreased to about 50% of initial values. In contrast to what was observed regarding cytochrome P-450 and associated monooxygenase activities, modification of the incubation conditions did not affect the non-cytochrome P-450 enzymatic activities.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003470:Culture Media; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011506:Proteins; D004247:DNA; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases