title: Enzymatic analysis of cDNA-expressed human CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1 with 7-ethoxyresorufin as substrate.
abstract: Cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes belonging to the CYP1 family are highly inducible by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other environmental chemicals and play a major role in the metabolism of many foreign chemicals and endogenous substances. We describe a spectrofluorometric method for determining 7-ethoxyresorufin O-dealkylation catalyzed by CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYPB1. The formation of the enzymatic product, resorufin, is monitored continuously by fluorescence using an excitation wavelength of 530 nm and an emission wavelength of 580 nm. This method can be applied to assay P450-catalyzed formation of resorufin from other alkoxyresorufins, such as 7-methoxyresorufin, 7-benzyloxyresorufin, and 7-pentoxyresorufin. It can also be used to assay 7-ethoxyresorufin O-dealkylation activity in isolated hepatocytes and cultured cells that express this P450 activity.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Thomas K H
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Waxman
mesh_terms: D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D065633:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D010078:Oxazines / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010078:Oxazines; C007649:ethoxyresorufin; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C585496:CYP1B1 protein, human; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2; D065633:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1