title: [Alcohol-xenobiotic interactions. Role of cytochrome P450 2E1].
abstract: Alcohol and xenobiotics share the same oxidative microsomal pathway, which is mainly located in the endoplasmic reticulum of hepatocytes. This pathway involves enzymes that belong to the super family of cytochrome P450 and allows to explain a lot of pharmacokinetic or toxic interactions between alcohol and xenobiotics. Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) is the key enzyme of the microsomal pathway of ethanol oxidation. It is inducible by chronic ethanol consumption and its activity is increased by three to five fold in liver from alcoholics subjects. This induction involves to a lesser extent cytochromes P450 3A4 and 1A2 and contributes to the metabolic tolerance of alcohol and drugs observed in alcoholics. The metabolic tolerance persits several days after ethanol withdrawal. Furthermore, CYP2E1 has a high capacity to activate numerous xenobiotics into toxic or carcinogenic compounds. Drugs currently used such as paracetamol, anesthetics (enflurane, halothane), industrial solvents (benzene or its derivatives), halogenated solvents (CCl4, trichlorethylene) and nitrosamines which are present in food or tobacco smoke are included. Therefore, heavy consumption of alcohol, which results in CYP2E1 induction, increases individual susceptibility to the toxic or carcinogenic effects of these xenobiotics.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de biochimie, EA 948, CHU, faculté de médecine de Brest, 29285 Brest, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meskar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Plee-Gautier
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berthou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000009:adverse effects; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000009:adverse effects; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000009:adverse effects; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012997:Solvents / Q000009:adverse effects; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D009602:Nitrosamines; D012997:Solvents; D015262:Xenobiotics; D000082:Acetaminophen; D000431:Ethanol; D019392:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1
vernacular_title: Interactions alcool-xénobiotiques. Rôle du cytochrome P450 2E1.