title: Characterization of the microsomal cytochrome P-450 species induced in rat liver by trans-stilbene oxide.
abstract: trans-Stilbene oxide differs from the classical inducers of drug-metabolizing enzymes, phenobarbital and 3-methylcholanthrene, in that it induces the so-called phase II activities, epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase, to a much larger extent than it induces cytochrome P-450. Nonetheless, the level of cytochrome P-450 in liver microsomes from rats treated with trans-stilbene oxide is increased significantly to twice the control value. The existence of a number of different isozymes of cytochrome P-450 has now been clearly demonstrated and in the present study we have posed the question. What form(s) of cytochrome P-450 is induced by trans-stilbene oxide? A number of criteria including substrate specificity, pattern of benzo(a)pyrene metabolism, sensitivity to inhibitors, substrate binding spectra, ethylisocyanide binding spectra, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and crossed immunoelectrophoresis were used to answer this question. It seems clear that trans-stilbene oxide induces the same form(s) of cytochrome P-450 as phenobarbital.
mesh_terms: D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D000633:Aminopyrine N-Demethylase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D001579:Benzopyrene Hydroxylase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D005037:Ethylmorphine-N-Demethylase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D013267:Stilbenes; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010105:Oxygenases; D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D001579:Benzopyrene Hydroxylase; C019781:benzphetamine N-demethylase; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating; D000633:Aminopyrine N-Demethylase; D005037:Ethylmorphine-N-Demethylase; C025906:stilbene oxide