title: Differential effects of nonhydroxylated flavonoids as inducers of cytochrome P450 1A and 2B isozymes in rat liver.
abstract: Flavanone, flavone, and tangeretin differentially affected the activities of cytochrome P540 1A and 2B isozymes in rat liver. Flavone and, to a lesser extent, tangeretin, increased activities of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase, methoxyresorufin O-demethylase, and pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylase (PROD), whereas flavanone mainly enhanced PROD activity. Immunoblot analysis indicated that flavone and tangeretin increased cytochrome P450 1A1, 1A2, and 2B1,2 forms, whereas flavanone only enhanced the cytochrome P450 2B isozymes. Northern blot study showed that flavone and tangeretin increased the level of the cytochrome P450 1A2 mRNAs. The concentration of the other mRNAs were slightly or not affected by flavonoids. These results suggest that the induction of P450 1A2 by flavone and tangeretin might involve a transcriptional and/or post-transcriptional mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Toxicologie Nutritionnelle, Station de Recherche sur la Qualité des Aliments de l'Homme, INRA, Dijon, France.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Canivenc-Lavier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bentejac
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Siess
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Latruffe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suschetet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D044950:Flavanones; D047309:Flavones; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D044950:Flavanones; D047309:Flavones; D005419:Flavonoids; D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C059006:tangeretin; C028610:flavanone