title: Plant activation of aromatic amines mediated by cytochromes P450 and flavin-containing monooxygenases.
abstract: To know the mechanisms involved in the activation of promutagenic aromatic amines mediated by plants, we used Persea americana S117 system (S117) for the activation of 2-aminofluorene (2-AF) and m-phenylenediamine (m-PDA) in Ames assays. In these assays, the effect of the diphenylene iodonium (DPI), an inhibitor of flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs), of the 1-aminobenzotriazole (1-ABT), an inhibitor of cytochromes P450 (cyt-P450s) and of the methimazole, a high-affinity substrate for FMOs, was studied. The efficacy of both inhibitors and of the methimazole was verified to find that they did partially inhibit the mutagenesis of both aromatic amines, activated with rat liver S9. Similarly, both inhibitors and methimazole did produce a significant decrease in 2-AF and m-PDA mutagenesis, when the activation system was S117, indicating that, similar to what occurs in mammalian systems, plant FMOs and cyt-P450s can metabolize aromatic amines to mutagenic product(s). However, the affinity of both FMOs and cyt-P450s of plant for 2-AF and m-PDA was different. Data obtained indicate that the activities of plant FMOs must be the main enzymatic system of m-PDA activation while, in 2-AF activation, plant cyt-P450s have the most relevant activities. In addition, peroxidases of the S117 system must contribute to 2-AF activation and some isoforms of FMOs and/or cyt-P450s of the S117 system, uninhibited by the inhibitors used, must be the responsible for a partial activation of m-PDA.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici Cn, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiapella
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Radovan
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Casares
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barbé
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Llagostera
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001711:Biotransformation; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D009153:Mutagens; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010105:Oxygenases; C020066:dimethylaniline monooxygenase (N-oxide forming)