title: Microsomal cytochrome P-450 degradation by in vitro lipid peroxidation.
abstract: In this study, the influence of in vivo lipid peroxidation (LPO) on cytochrome P-450 (P-450) degradation was investigated using rat liver microsomes. To identify the nature of P-450 degradation, three different perturbant LPO-initiation systems were employed: NADPH/ADP-Fe, cumene hydroperoxide (CHP), and 2,2'-azobis (2-amidino- propane) hydrochloride (AAPH). The results show that each of these systems readily induced P-450 degradation during in vitro LPO and that the progression and extent of the degradation increased with incubation time. However, attempts to elicit P-450 degradation by the use of hydrogen peroxide, superoxide, or hexanal failed to induce damage. Interestingly, the addition of several well-known radical scavengers and radical scavenging enzymes, including superoxide dismutase and catalase, into the incubation media provided little protection against P-450 degradation or malondialdehyde (MDA) formation. It was found, however, that sulfhydryl compounds, including GSH and substrates of P-450-dependent monooxygenases, provided varying degrees of protection. Based on the specificity of protective action, it was concluded that the structural stability of P-450 to defend against LPO requires reduced thiols and/or substrate binding. This suggests that P-450 degradation by LPO is closely related to the oxidation of certain essential thiol groups located at the substrate binding site of the P-450 molecule during LPO reaction.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, Korea Ginseng and Tobacco Research Institute, Science Town, Taejon.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008315:Malondialdehyde; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System