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Effect of asbestos fibers on aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and aminopyrine N-demethylase activities of rat liver microsomes. 1986

C Kandaswami, and M Rahimtula, and P J O'Brien

Chrysotile asbestos fibers impair the activities of rat liver microsomal aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH), aminopyrine (AP) N-demethylase and dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) demethylase in vitro. This inhibition is concentration-dependent. Preincubation of 3-methylcholanthrene (3-MC)-pretreated rat liver microsomes with chrysotile depresses the overall metabolism of [G-3H]benzo[a]pyrene (BaP). Various forms of asbestos employed inhibit AHH activity to the same extent. However, other types of asbestos are not as effective as chrysotile in diminishing AP demethylase activity. Chrysotile and crocidolite fibers are not found to significantly change the apparent Km of AHH activity, from 3-MC-pretreated rat liver microsomes, for BaP. Increasing the microsomal protein concentration partially abolishes the inhibition of AHH activity caused by chrysotile fibers. Inhibition of AP demethylase and AHH activities is attenuated by bovine serum albumin (BSA) or ferritin. Depression of AHH activity by crocidolite is significantly reversed by ferritin. Since polymers such as ferritin override enzyme inhibition by chrysotile as well as crocidolite, surface chemical groups of the fibers may be involved in enzyme modification.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008748 Methylcholanthrene A carcinogen that is often used in experimental cancer studies. 20-Methylcholanthrene,3-Methylcholanthrene,20 Methylcholanthrene,3 Methylcholanthrene
D008862 Microsomes, Liver Closed vesicles of fragmented endoplasmic reticulum created when liver cells or tissue are disrupted by homogenization. They may be smooth or rough. Liver Microsomes,Liver Microsome,Microsome, Liver
D010130 p-Aminohippuric Acid The glycine amide of 4-aminobenzoic acid. Its sodium salt is used as a diagnostic aid to measure effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) and excretory capacity. 4-Aminohippuric Acid,para-Aminohippuric Acid,Aminohippurate Sodium,Aminohippuric Acid,Nephrotest,Sodium Para-Aminohippurate,p-Aminohippurate,4 Aminohippuric Acid,Para-Aminohippurate, Sodium,Sodium Para Aminohippurate,Sodium, Aminohippurate,p Aminohippurate,p Aminohippuric Acid,para Aminohippuric Acid
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D000633 Aminopyrine N-Demethylase Aminopyrine N Demethylase,Demethylase, Aminopyrine N,N Demethylase, Aminopyrine,N-Demethylase, Aminopyrine
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001189 Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases A large group of cytochrome P-450 (heme-thiolate) monooxygenases that complex with NAD(P)H-FLAVIN OXIDOREDUCTASE in numerous mixed-function oxidations of aromatic compounds. They catalyze hydroxylation of a broad spectrum of substrates and are important in the metabolism of steroids, drugs, and toxins such as PHENOBARBITAL, carcinogens, and insecticides. Microsomal Monooxygenases,Xenobiotic Monooxygenases,Hydroxylases, Aryl Hydrocarbon,Monooxygenases, Microsomal,Monooxygenases, Xenobiotic
D001194 Asbestos Asbestos. Fibrous incombustible mineral composed of magnesium and calcium silicates with or without other elements. It is relatively inert chemically and used in thermal insulation and fireproofing. Inhalation of dust causes asbestosis and later lung and gastrointestinal neoplasms.
D001564 Benzo(a)pyrene A potent mutagen and carcinogen. It is a public health concern because of its possible effects on industrial workers, as an environmental pollutant, an as a component of tobacco smoke. 3,4-Benzopyrene,3,4-Benzpyrene,3,4 Benzopyrene,3,4 Benzpyrene

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