title: Dose-dependent effect of alpha-tocopherol on activity of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes in rat liver.
abstract: Oral treatment with alpha-tocopherol for 4 days dose-dependently increased the content of cytochrome P450 (CYP), catalytic activities of CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2B1, CYP2C, and activity of NADPH-cytochrome-P450 reductase in the liver of male rats, but did not change activity of glutathione S-transferase. These results suggest that alpha-tocopherol induced the enzymes of phase I of xenobiotic metabolism, including CYP1 and CYP2 families involved in the metabolism of drugs and procarcinogenes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Foreign Compounds Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk. sidorova@cyber.ma.nsk.ru
authors.forename: Yu A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Sidorova
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: A Yu
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Grishanova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Lyakhovich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000378:metabolism; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 / Q000378:metabolism; D019362:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1 / Q000378:metabolism; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015262:Xenobiotics; C400322:cytochrome P-450 CYP2C subfamily; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2; D019362:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D024502:alpha-Tocopherol