Effect of ethanol on CHCl3 metabolism in hepatic microsomes from Osborne-Mendel rats. 1994

E Testai, and S Gemma, and P Gervasi, and S Menicagli, and L Vittozzi
Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Comparative Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Department, Rome, Italy.

The treatment of Osborne-Mendel rats with ethanol in drinking water for 2 weeks resulted in a 3-fold increase of hepatic microsomal hydroxylation of both p-nitrophenol and aniline, two substrates considered highly selective for P4502E1. No other forms of P450 seemed to be affected. These results, confirmed by the immunoblot analysis of microsomal protein, showed an induction of P4502E1. The levels of total covalent binding to microsomal phospholipid due to 14CHCl3 reactive intermediates in ethanol-pretreated microsomes were identical to those measured in microsomes from untreated rats at any pO2. The distribution of radioactivity obtained after transmethylation of the adducts of 14CHCl3 intermediates with microsomal phospholipids (PL) indicated that binding to fatty acyl chains (due to .CHCl2 radicals) increased with decreasing pO2. On the contrary, the binding to polar heads due to phosgene decreased. The ethanol treatment did not affect binding to either PL moieties. These results indicated that, in our experimental conditions, the in vitro production of both oxidative and reductive intermediates of CHCl3 in the liver of Osborne-Mendel rats were not influenced by ethanol consumption.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
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
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D010089 Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating N-Demethylase,N-Demethylases,Oxidoreductases, N Demethylating,Demethylating Oxidoreductases, N,N Demethylase,N Demethylases,N Demethylating Oxidoreductases,N-Demethylating Oxidoreductases
D002725 Chloroform A commonly used laboratory solvent. It was previously used as an anesthetic, but was banned from use in the U.S. due to its suspected carcinogenicity. Trichloromethane
D003577 Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System A superfamily of hundreds of closely related HEMEPROTEINS found throughout the phylogenetic spectrum, from animals, plants, fungi, to bacteria. They include numerous complex monooxygenases (MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES). In animals, these P-450 enzymes serve two major functions: (1) biosynthesis of steroids, fatty acids, and bile acids; (2) metabolism of endogenous and a wide variety of exogenous substrates, such as toxins and drugs (BIOTRANSFORMATION). They are classified, according to their sequence similarities rather than functions, into CYP gene families (>40% homology) and subfamilies (>59% homology). For example, enzymes from the CYP1, CYP2, and CYP3 gene families are responsible for most drug metabolism. Cytochrome P-450,Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme,Cytochrome P-450-Dependent Monooxygenase,P-450 Enzyme,P450 Enzyme,CYP450 Family,CYP450 Superfamily,Cytochrome P-450 Enzymes,Cytochrome P-450 Families,Cytochrome P-450 Monooxygenase,Cytochrome P-450 Oxygenase,Cytochrome P-450 Superfamily,Cytochrome P450,Cytochrome P450 Superfamily,Cytochrome p450 Families,P-450 Enzymes,P450 Enzymes,Cytochrome P 450,Cytochrome P 450 Dependent Monooxygenase,Cytochrome P 450 Enzyme,Cytochrome P 450 Enzyme System,Cytochrome P 450 Enzymes,Cytochrome P 450 Families,Cytochrome P 450 Monooxygenase,Cytochrome P 450 Oxygenase,Cytochrome P 450 Superfamily,Enzyme, Cytochrome P-450,Enzyme, P-450,Enzyme, P450,Enzymes, Cytochrome P-450,Enzymes, P-450,Enzymes, P450,Monooxygenase, Cytochrome P-450,Monooxygenase, Cytochrome P-450-Dependent,P 450 Enzyme,P 450 Enzymes,P-450 Enzyme, Cytochrome,P-450 Enzymes, Cytochrome,Superfamily, CYP450,Superfamily, Cytochrome P-450,Superfamily, Cytochrome P450
D000431 Ethanol A clear, colorless liquid rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and distributed throughout the body. It has bactericidal activity and is used often as a topical disinfectant. It is widely used as a solvent and preservative in pharmaceutical preparations as well as serving as the primary ingredient in ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Alcohol, Ethyl,Absolute Alcohol,Grain Alcohol,Alcohol, Absolute,Alcohol, Grain,Ethyl Alcohol
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
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D019392 Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 An ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 enzyme that metabolizes several precarcinogens, drugs, and solvents to reactive metabolites. Substrates include ETHANOL; INHALATION ANESTHETICS; BENZENE; ACETAMINOPHEN and other low molecular weight compounds. CYP2E1 has been used as an enzyme marker in the study of alcohol abuse. 4-Nitrophenol-2-Hydroxylase,CYP2E1,Dimethylnitrosamine N-Demethylase,CYP 2E1,CYP IIE1,CYPIIE1,Cytochrome P-450 (ALC),Cytochrome P-450 IIE1,Cytochrome P-450-J,Cytochrome P450 2E1,N-Nitrosodimethylamine Demethylase,4 Nitrophenol 2 Hydroxylase,Cytochrome P 450 CYP2E1,Cytochrome P 450 IIE1,Cytochrome P 450 J,Dimethylnitrosamine N Demethylase,N Nitrosodimethylamine Demethylase

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