The nephrotoxicity of p-aminophenol. II. The effect of metabolic inhibitors and inducers. 1979

I C Calder, and A C Yong, and R A Woods, and C A Crowe, and K N Ham, and J D Tange

Inducers and inhibitors of the microsomal mixed function oxidase system have no consistent effect upon the nephrotoxicity of p-aminophenol, or on binding of the compound in vivo to cell protein. p-[ring-3H]Aminophenol was bound in vitro to kidney microsomal protein and to a lesser extent to liver. The binding was enhanced by preincubation of the p-aminophenol in air and inhibited by ascorbate, GSH, N2 and NADPH. These findings indicate that in contrast to paracetamol hepatoxicity which is dependent upon the mixed function oxidase system, that nephrotoxicity of p-aminophenol is dependent upon oxidation to a toxic metabolite by some other pathway. A similar metabolite may be responsible for the nephrotoxic action of phenacetin.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D008297 Male Males
D008861 Microsomes Artifactual vesicles formed from the endoplasmic reticulum when cells are disrupted. They are isolated by differential centrifugation and are composed of three structural features: rough vesicles, smooth vesicles, and ribosomes. Numerous enzyme activities are associated with the microsomal fraction. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990; from Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) Microsome
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
D010088 Oxidoreductases The class of all enzymes catalyzing oxidoreduction reactions. The substrate that is oxidized is regarded as a hydrogen donor. The systematic name is based on donor:acceptor oxidoreductase. The recommended name will be dehydrogenase, wherever this is possible; as an alternative, reductase can be used. Oxidase is only used in cases where O2 is the acceptor. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992, p9) Dehydrogenases,Oxidases,Oxidoreductase,Reductases,Dehydrogenase,Oxidase,Reductase
D010882 Piperonyl Butoxide An insecticide synergist, especially for pyrethroids and ROTENONE. Butoxide, Piperonyl
D004790 Enzyme Induction An increase in the rate of synthesis of an enzyme due to the presence of an inducer which acts to derepress the gene responsible for enzyme synthesis. Induction, Enzyme
D005260 Female Females
D006899 Mixed Function Oxygenases Widely distributed enzymes that carry out oxidation-reduction reactions in which one atom of the oxygen molecule is incorporated into the organic substrate; the other oxygen atom is reduced and combined with hydrogen ions to form water. They are also known as monooxygenases or hydroxylases. These reactions require two substrates as reductants for each of the two oxygen atoms. There are different classes of monooxygenases depending on the type of hydrogen-providing cosubstrate (COENZYMES) required in the mixed-function oxidation. Hydroxylase,Hydroxylases,Mixed Function Oxidase,Mixed Function Oxygenase,Monooxygenase,Monooxygenases,Mixed Function Oxidases,Function Oxidase, Mixed,Function Oxygenase, Mixed,Oxidase, Mixed Function,Oxidases, Mixed Function,Oxygenase, Mixed Function,Oxygenases, Mixed Function
D000627 Aminophenols Phenols substituted in any position by an amino group. Hydroxyanilines

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