title: Effects of motorcycle exhaust on cytochrome P-450-dependent monooxygenases and glutathione S-transferase in rat tissues.
abstract: The effects of motorcycle exhaust (ME) on cytochrome P-450 (P-450)-dependent monooxygenases were determined using rats exposed to the exhaust by either inhalation, intratracheal, or intraperitoneal administration. A 4-wk ME inhalation significantly increased benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylation, 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylation, and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activities in liver, kidney, and lung microsomes. Intratracheal instillation of organic extracts of ME particulate (MEP) caused a dose- and time-dependent significant increase of monooxygenase activity. Intratracheal treatment with 0.1 g MEP extract/kg markedly elevated benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylation and 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylation activities in the rat tissues 24 h following treatment. Intraperitoneal treatment with 0.5 g MEP extract/kg/d for 4 d resulted in significant increases of P-450 and cytochrome b5 contents and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activity in liver microsomes. The intraperitoneal treatment also markedly increased monooxygenases activities toward methoxyresorufin, aniline, benzphetamine, and erythromycin in liver and benzo[a]pyrene and 7-ethoxyresorufin in liver, kidney, and lung. Immunoblotting analyses of microsomal proteins using a mouse monoclonal antibody (Mab) 1-12-3 against rat P-450 1A1 revealed that ME inhalation, MEP intratracheal, or MEP intraperitoneal treatment increased a P-450 1A protein in the hepatic and extrahepatic tissues. Protein blots analyzed using antibodies to P-450 enzymes showed that MEP intraperitoneal treatment caused increases of P-450 2B, 2E, and 3A subfamily proteins in the liver. The ME inhalation, MEP intratracheal, or MEP intraperitoneal treatment resulted in significant increases in glutathione S-transferase activity in liver cytosols. The present study shows that ME and MEP extract contain substances that can induce multiple forms of P-450 and glutathione S-transferase activity in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China. thueng@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Ueng
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Guengerich
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000818:Animals; D001579:Benzopyrene Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000378:metabolism; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D001335:Vehicle Emissions; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D001579:Benzopyrene Hydroxylase; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase