Characterization of pyrazole and 4-methylpyrazole induction of cytochrome P4502E1 in rat kidney. 1994

D Wu, and A I Cederbaum
Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.

Pyrazole and 4-methylpyrazole induce cytochrome P4502E1 (P4502E1) in the liver. It is not known whether induction occurs in nonhepatic tissue such as kidney and lung. Rats were treated with saline, pyrazole or 4-methylpyrazole and assayed for the activity and content of P4502E1 and mRNA in liver, lung and kidney. Treatment with these agents resulted in increases in P4502E1 content as detected by immunoblots in liver and kidney, but not lung, microsomes. Oxidation of relatively specific substrates for P4502E1 was also significantly increased with liver and kidney microsomes after pyrazole or 4-methylpyrazole treatment. P4502E1 mRNA levels in liver, kidney and lung were not increased by treatment with pyrazole or 4-methylpyrazole. Associated with the induction of P4502E1 was an elevated production of reactive oxygen intermediates such as superoxide radical and H2O2 by kidney and liver, but not lung. microsomes. Lipid peroxidation induced by CCI4 was also increased with kidney microsomes after treatment with pyrazole or 4-methylpyrazole. Anti-P4502E1 IgG inhibited the increased oxidation of substrates and the increased production of H2O2 by the kidney microsomes found after treatment with pyrazole and 4-methylpyrazole. These results show that pyrazole and 4-methylpyrazole, which induce P4502E1 in liver, are also effective in inducing this enzyme in the kidney, whereas the lung is not sensitive to induction by these agents. The mechanism of induction of kidney P4502E1, similarly to that of liver, appears to reflect a post-transcriptional effect-probably stabilization of the protein against degradation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007074 Immunoglobulin G The major immunoglobulin isotype class in normal human serum. There are several isotype subclasses of IgG, for example, IgG1, IgG2A, and IgG2B. Gamma Globulin, 7S,IgG,IgG Antibody,Allerglobuline,IgG(T),IgG1,IgG2,IgG2A,IgG2B,IgG3,IgG4,Immunoglobulin GT,Polyglobin,7S Gamma Globulin,Antibody, IgG,GT, Immunoglobulin
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
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
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D010089 Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating N-Demethylase,N-Demethylases,Oxidoreductases, N Demethylating,Demethylating Oxidoreductases, N,N Demethylase,N Demethylases,N Demethylating Oxidoreductases,N-Demethylating Oxidoreductases
D011720 Pyrazoles Azoles of two nitrogens at the 1,2 positions, next to each other, in contrast with IMIDAZOLES in which they are at the 1,3 positions.
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

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