title: Immunological detection of CYP2E1 in fresh rat lymphocytes and its pretranslational induction by fasting.
abstract: The level of ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) in fresh lymphocytes compared with cultured cells and its induction mechanism by fasting were studied. CYP2E1 in the homogenate and S-9 fraction of fresh lymphocytes was elevated about 5-fold by fasting, comparable to the induction observed in cultured lymphocytes. This induction was accompanied by increased level of CYP2E1 mRNA, confirmed by nested RT-PCRs, Southern blot, and DNA sequence analysis. Our data thus demonstrated that CYP2E1 in fresh lymphocytes is pretranslationally induced by fasting, in parallel to the hepatic enzyme, and that measurement of CYP2E1 in the lymphocyte homogenate can be useful to estimate the hepatic CYP2E1 level in a relatively noninvasive manner.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Soh
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005215:Fasting; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000431:Ethanol; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1