title: High induction of phenol UDP-glucuronosyltransferase in the kidney medulla of beta-naphthoflavone-treated rats.
abstract: Phenol UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity was highly induced in the microsomes of the kidney medulla of rats by beta-naphthoflavone treatment. In the medulla, phenol UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and its mRNA were greatly increased in both immunoblotting and Northern blot analyses following beta-naphthoflavone treatment of the rats. In untreated rat kidneys, phenol UDP-glucuronosyltransferase was detected by immunohistochemical analysis only in proximal convolution tubular cells located in the cortex. After beta-naphthoflavone treatment of the rats, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase appeared in the epithelial cells in the straight portion of the distal tubules located in the medulla. In conclusion, the medullary distal tubular cells have high latent glucuronidation activity and are thought to play an important role in drug excretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, Rakuno Gakuen University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yuasa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D019800:Phenol; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D019324:beta-Naphthoflavone / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010636:Phenols; D019800:Phenol; D019324:beta-Naphthoflavone; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase