title: Difference between guinea pig and rat in the liver peroxisomal response to equivalent plasmatic level of ciprofibrate.
abstract: Guinea pig was previously classified as a species nonresponsive to peroxisome proliferators. However, none of the previous reports was based on pharmacokinetic data. Here, after a comparative pharmacokinetic study between the guinea pig and rat, we evaluate the guinea pig liver peroxisomal response to ciprofibrate, a hypolipemic agent and a potent peroxisome proliferator in rat. (1) Pharmacokinetic results show equivalent in guinea pig and rat when guinea pigs are treated with ciprofibrate at 30 mg/kg twice a day and rats are treated at 3 mg/kg once a day. (2) The treatment of guinea pigs at 30 mg/kg twice a day for 2 weeks leads to a significant increase in the liver peroxisomal palmitoyl-CoA oxidase activity (x 1.6) and also in the microsomal omega-laurate hydroxylase activity (x 1.8). These increases are in accordance with the changes in polypeptide patterns of isolated liver peroxisomes as well as in the immunoblotting of acyl-CoA oxidase. It is deduced that a weak, but significant, peroxisome proliferation can occur in guinea pig liver after a ciprofibrate treatment at dosages corresponding to equivalent plasmic concentrations of the drug between guinea pig and rat. (3) The hybridization of guinea pig liver RNA with the rat liver-inducible acyl-CoA oxidase cDNA probe shows a decrease in the corresponding heterologous mRNA content after treatment with ciprofibrate at 30 mg/kg twice a day. This result contrasts with the slight increase observed in immunodetection and in enzymatic assays, suggesting the existence of at least two different acyl-CoA oxidases in guinea pig liver peroxisomes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences Mirande, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pacot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rollin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Behechti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moisant
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deslex
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Althoff
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lhuguenot
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Latruffe
mesh_terms: D042962:Acyl-CoA Oxidase; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002995:Clofibric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D015342:DNA Probes; D058607:Fibric Acids; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008830:Microbodies / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D058607:Fibric Acids; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D002995:Clofibric Acid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; C028427:palmitoyl CoA oxidase; D042962:Acyl-CoA Oxidase; C019304:ciprofibrate