title: Downregulation of male-specific cytochrome P450s 2C11 and 3A2 in bile duct-ligated male rats: importance to reduced hepatic content of cytochrome P450 in cholestasis.
abstract: The effects of bile duct ligation (BDL) on the activity and content of individual hepatic mixed-function oxidases (MFOs) was examined. Five days after BDL, hepatic microsomal total cytochrome P450 (CYP) content and NADPH-cytochrome P450-reductase (P450-reductase) activity were reduced to 56% and 57% of control, respectively. MFO activities attributable to the sexually undifferentiated CYPs 1A, 2A1, 2C6, and 2E1 were decreased to 32% to 52% of control, but the activities of two male sex-specific CYPs, 2C11 and 3A2, were reduced to a significantly greater extent (P < .05). The microsomal contents of CYP proteins 2C6 and 2E1 were decreased after BDL to 61% and 63% of control, whereas 2C11 and 3A2 proteins were 21% and 45% of control. Corresponding reductions of the messenger RNA (mRNA) species for CYP 2C11 (9% of control) and 3A2 (37%) were detected, whereas there was no reduction of 2C6 mRNA. These findings are consistent with downregulation of the CYP 2C11 and 3A2 genes. Nuclear run-on studies performed 3 days after BDL showed that there was a generalized impairment of gene transcription after BDL, but a disproportionate reduction in transcription of CYPs 2C11 and 3A2. A possible explanation for downregulation of CYP 2C11 and 3A2 was provided by the observation that serum estradiol concentrations were threefold greater in BDL male rats, while serum testosterone was reduced; estradiol is known to downregulate CYPs 2C11 and 3A2. It is concluded that male sex-specific CYP enzymes are decreased to a greater extent than other microsomal proteins in BDL male rats.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Storr Liver Unit, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liddle
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Farrell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D001483:Base Sequence; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000097:blood; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000201:enzymology*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008026:Ligation; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D039181:Steroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D039181:Steroid 16-alpha-Hydroxylase; C022657:steroid hormone 6-beta-hydroxylase; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase