title: Quantitative differences in phase I and II metabolism between rat precision-cut liver slices and isolated hepatocytes.
abstract: Testosterone (250 microM), 7-ethoxycoumarin (25 microM), and 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB, 50 microM) were used as substrates to compare phase I and II metabolism in rat precision-cut liver slices and rat hepatocytes. Overall clearance to metabolites was significantly greater in hepatocytes for testosterone (1.9- to 16.9-fold), 7-ethoxycoumarin (O-deethylation, 14.8-fold; glucuronidation, 3.1-fold), and CDNB (8.7-fold). The same metabolites for each of the substrates were detected in slices and hepatocytes. However, the ratio of sulfate to glucuronide conjugation was higher in slices, in line with the markedly slower rate of formation of 7-hydroxycoumarin. The slower rate of CDNB conjugation could not be explained by differences in the intracellular concentration of glutathione. These data suggest that metabolism in precision-cut slices is limited by diffusion of the substrate. This was illustrated by the use of 2-(5'-chloro-2'-phosphoryloxyphenyl)-6-chloro-4-(3H)-quinazolinone as a fluorescent probe to investigate diffusion in slices and hepatocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ekins
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Marchant
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hawksworth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D011799:Quinazolines; D052999:Quinazolinones; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D011799:Quinazolines; D052999:Quinazolinones; C079177:2-(5'-chloro-2'-phosphoryloxyphenyl)-6-chloro-4-(3H)-quinazolinone; D013739:Testosterone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione