title: Expression and inducibility of cytochrome P450 3A9 (CYP3A9) and other members of the CYP3A subfamily in rat liver.
abstract: Quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used to determine the content of mRNA derived from four CYP3A genes (CYP3A2, CYP3A9, CYP3A18, and CYP3A23) in rat liver. CYP3A2 and CYP3A9 gene expression was age- and sex-dependent, whereas CYP3A18 and CYP3A23 mRNA were observed before and after puberty at fairly constant levels that were about 20% higher in males than in females. CYP3A9 mRNA was detected only in adult rats, with a nearly twofold higher expression in females. CYP3A9 induction was different from other CYP3A isoenzymes, since phenobarbital was a more effective inducer than dexamethasone and clotrimazole. The results presented for CYP3A23 are those anticipated for CYP3A1, which may be an allelic variant of CYP3A23 not detected in these experiments. These data show that rat CYP3A genes are variably expressed depending on age, sex, or inducer type.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Physiological Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahnke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strotkamp
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Hanstein
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Chabot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nef
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D001483:Base Sequence; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C465138:Cyp3a23-3a1 protein, rat; C415842:Cyp3a9 protein, rat; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating