title: Purification and characterization of three constitutive cytochrome P-450 isoforms from bovine olfactory epithelium.
abstract: Three constitutive forms of cytochrome P-450 (P-450s) were isolated from olfactory microsomes of cattle. The purified P-450s, designated P-450bov1, P-450bov2 and P-450bov3, were electrophoretically nearly homogeneous by SDS/PAGE and their apparent relative molecular masses were estimated to be 50000, 53000 and 51000 respectively. As indicated by several criteria including the N-terminal sequence and absorption spectra, the three olfactory forms of P-450 were distinct from each other and from all the other P-450s currently known in cattle. P-450bov1 and P-450bov2 were purified in the low-spin state, whereas P-450bov3 was in the high-spin state. Studies to evaluate, by Western blot analysis, the reactivity of these purified P-450s with antibodies raised against rat hepatic P-450 2E1, 2B, 1A and 3A and rabbit olfactory P-450NMa and P-450NMb showed that P-450bov3 strongly cross-reacted with anti-P-450NMb IgG, and P-450bov1 moderately with anti-P-450NMa IgG. As determined by immunoblots, P-450bov1 and P-450bov3 represented a great portion of the total olfactory P-450. In a reconstituted system with NADPH:cytochrome P-450 reductase and phospholipids, P-450bov1 was more active in the metabolism of xenobiotic compounds (i.e. O-de-ethylation of ethoxycoumarin and N-demethylation of hexamethylphosphoramide) than towards endogenous substrates (testosterone and progesterone). Conversely, P-450bov3 metabolized the xenobiotics at lower rates but exhibited total oxidation rates of the above sex hormones higher than those of P-450bov1. From the comparison of the catalytic, immunochemical and structural properties, it was inferred that P-450bov1 and P-450bov3 are the bovine orthologues of P-450NMa (2A) and P-450NMb (2G1) respectively, the only two olfactory P-450s previously purified from rabbit. P-450bov2, which showed low activity toward some exogenous and endogenous compounds, represents a novel purified olfactory hemoprotein possibly belonging to the 3A subfamily. These results are consistent with a specific presence of catalytically and structurally similar P-450s, at least for the major ones, in the olfactory mucosa of mammals.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Genetic and Biochemical Toxicology, Istituto di Mutagenesi e Differenziamento, CNR, via Svezia 10, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santucci
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Gervasi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004848:Epithelium / Q000201:enzymology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D013739:Testosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System