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Cell- and tissue-specific metabolic activation of chemicals as determined by autoradiography: in vitro—in vivo correlations. Toxicol In Vitro 1997; 11:417-26. [DOI: 10.1016/s0887-2333(97)00047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Paolini M, Cantelli-Forti G. On the metabolizing systems for short-term genotoxicity assays: a review. Mutat Res 1997; 387:17-34. [PMID: 9254890 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5742(97)00020-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- M Paolini
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Bologna, Italy.
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Das M, Ramchandani S, Upreti RK, Khanna SK. Metanil yellow: a bifunctional inducer of hepatic phase I and phase II xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes. Food Chem Toxicol 1997; 35:835-8. [PMID: 9350229 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-6915(97)00047-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Metanil yellow, a non-permitted food colour, has been found in various foodstuffs. The induction potential of metanil yellow on hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 (P-450)-dependent monooxygenases and cytosolic detoxification enzymes, namely, glutathione S-transferase (GST) and quinone reductase (QR), was investigated. Oral administration of metanil yellow (430 mg/kg body weight) to four animals for seven days caused significant induction of hepatic P-450 (48%) and its dependent aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (100%) activity and cytosolic GST (136%) and QR (92%) activities. Parenteral administration of metanil yellow (80 mg/kg body weight) to another set of four animals for 3 days resulted in higher induction of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (228%) as compared to other monooxygenases (64-92%), while GST and QR were also found to be induced (59-95%). Spectra of metanil yellow-induced microsomes showed an increase in P-450 with a shift of 2.2 nm in the soret region. The results suggest that metanil yellow acts as a bifunctional inducer of specific isozymes of P-450 and cytosolic enzymes and thus may involve the cytosolic aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor for this type of induction.
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- M Das
- Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, India
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Lee HC, Yoon YB, Kim CY. Association between genetic polymorphisms of the cytochromes P-450 (1A1, 2D6, and 2E1) and the susceptibility to pancreatic cancer. Korean J Intern Med 1997; 12:128-36. [PMID: 9439147 PMCID: PMC4531995 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.1997.12.2.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Metabolic activation is a prerequisite for the carcinogenic effect of many carcinogens, and considerable interindividual variation exists in the metabolic capacity to activate the carcinogens. The cytochromes P-450 (CYPs) are responsible for the activation mechanism, and polymorphisms of the CYPs (CYP1A1, CYP2D6, and possibly CYP2E1) are known to be related to increased susceptibility to smoking related Kreyberg type I lung cancer. The aim of this study is to clarify the relationship of genetic polymorphisms of the CYPs to susceptibility to pancreatic cancer, another smoking-related cancer. METHODS We analyzed 45 samples from patients with pancreatic cancer and 53 samples from controls. DNA was isolated from blood samples and the CYP1A1, 2D6 and 2E1 genes were amplified by PCR. Analyzing the genotypes of the CYPs by allele-specific PCR or RFLP analysis, we assessed the allele frequencies for each mutation of the CYPs among the patients with pancreatic cancer and the controls. RESULTS The allele frequencies for the mutation in the 3'-flanking region of the CYP1A1 among the cases and the controls were 0.31 and 0.36, respectively. The allele frequencies for the exon 7 mutation of the CYP1A1 were 0.16 and 0.23, respectively, but with no statistical significance. The frequencies for the mutant c2 allele of the CYP2E1 were 0.19 and 0.30, respectively, but with no statistical significance. Two persons homozygous for a gene deletion of the CYP2D6 were observed among control subjects; other mutations were not observed among either the patients or controls. CONCLUSION We could not find any evidence that polymorphisms of the CYPs are associated with increased susceptibility to pancreatic cancer.
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- H C Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
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Rietjens IM, den Besten C, Hanzlik RP, van Bladeren PJ. Cytochrome P450-catalyzed oxidation of halobenzene derivatives. Chem Res Toxicol 1997; 10:629-35. [PMID: 9208168 DOI: 10.1021/tx9601061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- I M Rietjens
- Department of Biochemistry, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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2-Methylpropene (MP) or isobutene is a gaseous chemical used on a large scale in the synthetic rubber industry. The present review covers the rather scarce literature on MP with respect to its metabolic fate and toxicity in laboratory animals and humans. It has been shown both in vivo and in vitro that MP is metabolized to the primary metabolite 2-methyl-1,2-epoxypropane (MEP) by rodent and human liver tissue. The formation of this reactive epoxide intermediate is catalyzed by CYP2E1, while epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase appear to be involved in its inactivation. In rats, the capacity to absorb and metabolize MP is saturable. MP is oxidized to compounds that are mainly excreted in urine. Data indicate that rodents can tolerate low levels of MP without apparent toxicity. The primary metabolite MEP, however, is able to produce genetic damage in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in vitro. MP is thus not toxic per se but elicits metabolic activation to become potentially harmful. Consequently, the balance between formation and detoxification of MEP plays a key role in determining the potential toxicity of the parent compound. Obviously, further research, including repeated exposure toxicity studies, is required before an estimation of the risk for man can be made.
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- M Cornet
- Department of Toxicology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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The present work examines the mechanism of testicular toxicity of acrylonitrile. In testicular centrifugal fractions from Sprague Dawley rats, the metabolism of VCN to cyanide (CN-) was highest in the microsomal fraction and required NADPH for maximum activity. This biotransformation of VCN to CN- was characterized with respect to time (30 min), microsomal protein concentration (1.5 mg ml(-1)), pH (7.5) and temperature (37 degrees C). The V(max) of the reaction was 65.1 pmol CN- mg protein(-1) min(-1) and K(m) was 88.6 micromol VCN. Flushing the microsomes with carbon monoxide (CO)(4:1, CO/O2 v/v), addition of benzimidazole (1 mM) or addition of SKF 525-A (5x10(-4) M) to incubation mixtures significantly inhibited VCN metabolism by 49%, 54% and 37.4% respectively. Activation of VCN to CN- was markedly increased in microsomes obtained from phenobarbital (PB)-treated rats (128.2%). Addition of glutathione (GSH), L-cysteine, D-penicillamine or 2-mercaptoethanol significantly enhanced the release of CN- from VCN 126%, 247%, 202% and 129% of the control value respectively. These findings indicate that VCN is metabolized in the testis via cytochrome P-450 dependent mixed function oxidase system.
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- A H Abdel-Aziz
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
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Paolini M, Pozzetti L, Mesirca R, Sapone A, Silingardi P, Grilli S, Croce CD, Bronzetti G, Cantelli-Forti G. Role of Phase II Enzymes in the Bioactivation of 1,4-Dichlorobenzene and 1,4-Dibromobenzene. Altern Lab Anim 1996. [DOI: 10.1177/026119299602400422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The use of sodium phenobarbital (PB, CYP2B1 inducer) combined with β-naphthoflavone (β-NF, 1A1) to induce certain Phase I reactions in S9 liver fractions is a standard method for conducting short-term bioassays for genotoxicity. However, because post-oxidative enzymes are also able to activate many precarcinogens, we tested the possibility of adapting S9 liver fractions derived from Phase II-induced rodents to the field of genetic toxicology. In this study, S9 liver fractions derived from Swiss albino CD1 mice fed 7.5g/kg 2-(3)-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (BHA; a monofunctional Phase II-inducer) for 3 weeks, show a clear pattern of induction with an approximately 3.5–9.5-fold increase in glutathione S-transferase activity. In vitro DNA binding of the promutagenic agents, [14C]-l,4-dichlorobenzene (DCB) and [14C]-1,4-dibromobenzene (DBB), is mediated by such metabolic liver preparations and showed a significant increase in covalent binding capability. In some instances, enzyme activity was more elevated when compared to that obtained with traditional (Phase I-induced) S9. Together with DNA binding, the genetic response of these chemicals in the diploid D7strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae used as a biological test system, revealed the ability of the BHA-derived preparations to activate the promutagenic agents, as exemplified by the significant enhancement of mitotic gene-conversion (up to 5.2-fold for DCB and 3.4-fold for DBB) and reverse point mutation (up to 3.6-fold for DCB and 2.5-fold for DBB) at a 4mM concentration. This novel metabolising biosystem, with enhanced Phase II activity, is recommended together with a traditional S9, for detecting unknown promutagens in genotoxicity studies. The routine use of either oxidative or post-oxidative S9 increases the responsiveness of the test and can contribute to the identification of promutagens not detected when using traditional protocols.
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- Moreno Paolini
- Department of Pharmacology, Biochemical Toxicology Unit and
- Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biochemical Toxicology Unit and
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biochemical Toxicology Unit and
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biochemical Toxicology Unit and
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- Institute of Cancerology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Cancerology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Mutagenesis and Differentiation, CNR, via Suezia 10, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Mutagenesis and Differentiation, CNR, via Suezia 10, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biochemical Toxicology Unit and
- Department of Preventative Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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The kidney is a frequent target organ for toxic effects of xenobiotics. In recent years, the molecular mechanisms responsible for the selective renal toxicity of many nephrotoxic xenobiotics have been elucidated. Accumulation by renal transport mechanisms, and thus aspects of renal physiology, plays an important role in the renal toxicity of some antibiotics, metals, and agents binding to low molecular weight proteins such as alpha(2u)-globulin. The accumulation by active transport of metabolites formed in other organs is involved in the kidney-specific toxicity of certain polyhaloalkanes, polyhaloalkenes, hydroquinones, and aminophenols. Other xenobiotics are selectively metabolized to reactive electrophiles by enzymes expressed in the kidney. This review summarizes the present knowledge on the mechanistic basis of target organ selectivity of these compounds.
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- W Dekant
- Institut für Toxikologie, Universität Würzburg, FRG
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Baumann A, Kerdar RS, Cramer P, Feser W, Blode H, Salomon A, Kuhnz W. Use of rat and human liver slices for the detection of steroid hormone-induced DNA-adducts in vitro by means of the (32)P-postlabeling technique. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1996; 78:214-23. [PMID: 8861778 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1996.tb00208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Precision cut liver slices from humans and rats were used to investigate the covalent binding of xenobiotics to the DNA by means of the (32)P-postlabeling technique. Human liver slices were incubated with the structurally related steroid hormones chlormadinone acetate (5 mu g/ml), cyproterone acetate (0.01-5 mu g/ml), megestrol acetate (5 mu g/ml), and the positive control 2-aminofluorene (0.01-5 mu g/ml), which is known for its marked ability to form DNA-adducts in vivo. Rat liver slices were incubated with cyproterone acetate in concentrations of 0.1, 1, and 5 mu g/ml. The functional viability and metabolic activity of the slices were shown to be sufficiently maintained during the incubation time by measurement of the intracellular K(+)-content and the metabolic turnover of the model substrate 7-ethoxycoumarin, respectively. All three test substances and the control induced DNA-adducts in human liver slices, however, with a different adduct pattern. While the total DNA-adduct levels obtained with cyproterone acetate and megestrol acetate were in the same order of magnitude (on average 1000 DNA-adducts/10(9) nucleotides after incubation with 5 mu g /ml), the relative adduct labeling calculated for chlormadinone acetate was about 400. Following in vitro incubation of rat liver slices with cyproterone acetate, the relative adduct labeling values increased proportionally with increasing concentrations and added linearily to in vivo generated DNA-adducts. At the level of liver slices, different DNA-adduct patterns were induced by cyproterone acetate in rat and man. In contrast to the finding of others, using rat hepatocytes, the relative adduct labeling values of cyproterone acetate and megestrol acetate were in the same order of magnitude after incubation with human liver slices. The present study indicates that liver slices are a useful tool to investigate the in vitro DNA-adduct inducing potential of xenobiotics.
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- A Baumann
- Research Laboratories, Schering Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
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Bergman K, Müller L, Teigen SW. Series: current issues in mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, No. 65. The genotoxicity and carcinogenicity of paracetamol: a regulatory (re)view. Mutat Res 1996; 349:263-88. [PMID: 8600357 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00185-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The publication of several studies reporting genotoxic effects of paracetamol, one of the world's most popular over-the-counter drugs, has raised the question of regulatory action. Paracetamol does not cause gene mutations, either in bacteria or in mammalian cells. There are, however, published data giving clear evidence that paracetamol causes chromosomal damage in vitro in mammalian cells at high concentrations and indicating that similar effects occur in vivo at high dosages. Available data point to three possible mechanisms of paracetamol-induced genotoxicity: (1) inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase; (2) increase in cytosolic and intranuclear Ca2+ levels; (3) DNA damage caused by NAPQI after glutathione depletion. All mechanisms involve dose thresholds. Studies of the relationship between genotoxicity and toxic effects in the rat (induction of micronuclei in rat bone marrow including dose-response relationship, biotransformation of paracetamol at different dosages, concomitant toxicity and biochemical markers) have recently been completed. These studies, which employed doses ranging from the dose resulting in human therapeutic peak plasma levels to highly toxic doses, give convincing evidence that genotoxic effects of paracetamol appear only at dosages inducing pronounced liver and bone marrow toxicity and that the threshold level for genotoxicity is not reached at therapeutic dosage. Reliable studies on the ability of paracetamol to affect germ cell DNA are not available. However, based on the amount of drug likely to reach germ cells and the evidence of thresholds, paracetamol is not expected to cause heritable damage in man. Various old and poorly designed long-term studies of paracetamol in the mouse and rat have given equivocal results. A few of these studies showed increased incidence of liver and bladder tumours at hepatotoxic doses. National Toxicology Program (U.S.A.) feeding studies have shown that paracetamol is non-carcinogenic when given at non-hepatotoxic doses up to 300 mg/kg/d to the rat and up to 1000 mg/kg/d to the mouse. Taking into account the knowledge of the hepatotoxicity and metabolism of paracetamol and the existence of thresholds for its genotoxicity, the animal studies do not indicate a carcinogenic potential at non-hepatotoxic dose levels. Based on this updated assessment of the genotoxicity and carcinogenicity of paracetamol, it is concluded that there is no need for regulatory action.
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- K Bergman
- Medical Products Agency, Uppsala, Sweden
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Nebbia C, Dacasto M, Ceppa L, Roncada P. Changes in the activities of hepatic xenobiotic metabolising enzymes after the administration of clenbuterol to female broilers. Res Vet Sci 1996; 60:33-6. [PMID: 8745252 DOI: 10.1016/s0034-5288(96)90127-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Clenbuterol is a beta 2-agonist drug which in some countries is used illegally to enhance the productivity of various food-producing species, including poultry. This work investigated whether the prolonged exposure of female broilers to clenbuterol modified the activity of hepatic microsomal or cytosolic enzyme systems concerned with the metabolism of drugs, pesticides, carcinogens and endogenous substrates such as sexual steroids. Clenbuterol was added to the birds' diet at concentrations of 1 or 25 ppm for 21 days. There was a dose-related decrease in the concentration of cytochrome P-450 and in the activities of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-inducible monooxygenases ethoxyresorufin O-de-ethylase and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase. The activities of glutathione S-transferase, N-acetyltransferase and uridinediphosphoglucuronyltransferase were not affected by the treatment.
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- C Nebbia
- Department of Animal Pathology, University of Turin, Italy
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Cornet M, Callaerts A, Vercruysse A, Rogiers V. In vitro biotransformation of 2-methylpropene (isobutene) in rat lung tissue in comparison with liver tissue. Arch Toxicol 1995; 70:64-7. [PMID: 8750908 DOI: 10.1007/s002040050251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The epoxidation of the gaseous alkene 2-methylpropene or isobutene was studied in vitro in rat lung tissue in comparison with rat liver. Pulmonary tissue appears to be less exposed to the toxic epoxide metabolite than is the case for hepatic tissue. The results are correlated with the low capacity of the mixed function oxidase system, expressed by means of the cytochrome P-450 content and the 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase activity, to form reactive intermediates. The activities of the principal epoxide detoxifying enzymes glutathione S-transferase and epoxide hydrolase represent only 5-10% of the values measured in rat liver.
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- M Cornet
- Department of Toxicology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Bhagwat SV, Leelavathi BC, Shankar SK, Boyd MR, Ravindranath V. Cytochrome P450 and associated monooxygenase activities in the rat and human spinal cord: induction, immunological characterization and immunocytochemical localization. Neuroscience 1995; 68:593-601. [PMID: 7477969 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00071-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We have discovered cytochrome P450 and associated monooxygenase activities in microsomes prepared from spinal cord tissues from rats and a human. Cytochrome P450 levels and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate cytochrome c reductase activities in microsomes from rat spinal cord were similar to those observed from the whole brain. However, certain monooxygenase activities were significantly lower in the rat spinal cord microsomes as compared to the corresponding activities observed in the whole brain. Cytochrome P450-mediated monooxygenase activities were also detectable in microsomes prepared from human spinal cord. Immunoblot analyses of rat and human spinal cord microsomes using antisera to various forms of hepatic cytochrome P450 namely (2B1 + 2B2), 1A1, 1A2 and 2E1 revealed the presence of immunologically similar forms. The spinal cord microsomes also cross-reacted with the antiserum to the phenobarbital-inducible form of rat brain cytochrome P450. Immunocytochemical stain was predominant in the gray horns of the rat spinal cord. At the cervical level, lamina 1 and 2 representing the substantia gelatinosa were intensely stained. In the ventral horns, lamina 7, 8 and 9 containing the large motor neurons were strongly labelled, while small neurons revealed variable staining. In the white matter, the glial cells were stained but the axons remained non-reactive.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S V Bhagwat
- Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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Singh A, Rao AR. Modulatory influence of arecanut on antioxidant 2(3)-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy anisole-induced hepatic detoxification system and antioxidant defence mechanism in mice. Cancer Lett 1995; 91:107-14. [PMID: 7750084 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(95)03727-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This paper assesses the modificatory potential of arecanut (Areca catechu L.), a popular masticatory substance, on 2(3)-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy anisole (BHA)-induced changes in the hepatic detoxification system and antioxidant defence mechanisms in mice. The modulatory effects on biochemical parameters including glutathione S-transferase (GST), cytochrome b5, cytochrome P-450, acid soluble sulfhydryl (-SH) content and microsomal lipid peroxidation (MDA) levels were assessed. Mice were fed either a normal diet or diets containing 0.25%, 0.5% or 1% (w/w) arecanut for 45 days. During the last 10 days of treatment the feed was supplemented with 0.5% or 1% BHA. Inclusion of BHA in the diet significantly modulated the detoxification system enzymes, -SH content and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels in the liver of the mice. BHA-induced alterations in hepatic GST and -SH content were depressed while cytochrome b5, cytochrome P-450 and MDA levels were further elevated by the arecanut treatment.
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- A Singh
- Cancer Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Taioli E, Crofts F, Trachman J, Bayo S, Toniolo P, Garte SJ. Radical differences in CYP1A1 genotype and function. Toxicol Lett 1995; 77:357-62. [PMID: 7618162 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(95)03318-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) gene may be of critical importance in determining individual cancer susceptibility to aromatic hydrocarbons such as those in tobacco smoke. We compared the frequencies of CYP1A1 haplotypes, and complete genotypes, taking into account polymorphisms at 3 sites, including an African-specific polymorphism. No concordance was observed in Africans or African-Americans between any of the 3 polymorphisms, (Msp1 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)--'M', exon 7--'E', new RFLP--'A') in contrast to the concordance seen between the M and E polymorphisms in Caucasians and Asians. We observed an effect of the E polymorphism on enzyme activity and mRNA induction in Asians and Caucasians.
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- E Taioli
- Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016, USA
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Green VJ, Pirmohamed M, Kitteringham NR, Knapp MJ, Park BK. Glutathione S-transferase mu genotype (GSTM1*0) in Alzheimer's patients with tacrine transaminitis. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1995; 39:411-5. [PMID: 7640148 PMCID: PMC1365129 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1995.tb04470.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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1. Tacrine (1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-aminoacridine) which is used in Alzheimer's disease, causes elevation of liver transaminases ('tacrine transaminitis') in 40-50% of patients. This may be related to the formation of a chemically reactive metabolite from tacrine, which can be detoxified in vitro by glutathione. 2. Glutathione-S-transferase mu (GSTM1), a detoxication enzyme, is polymorphically expressed being absent in about 50% of patients. Its role in the detoxication of the reactive metabolite of tacrine is not known. 3. The frequency of the enzyme deficiency (GSTM1*0) has been investigated in patients with tacrine transaminitis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to determine whether the GSTM1 status can be used as an absolute predictive factor for susceptibility to tacrine transaminitis. 4. The frequency of the GSTM1*0 genotype in patients with tacrine transaminitis (n = 33; 45.5%) was not significantly different from that in patients treated with tacrine without liver dysfunction (n = 37; 43%), and when compared with all the controls used in the study (n = 167; 56%). 5. The frequency of the GSTM1*0 genotype in patients with Alzheimer's disease (n = 79; 46%) was not significantly different from that in healthy volunteers (n = 121; 59.5%). 6. Our results indicate that the GSTM1 status cannot be used clinically to predict individual susceptibility to tacrine transaminitis, and that patients with the GSTM1*0 genotype are unlikely to have an increased risk of tacrine-induced liver damage. Furthermore, the GSTM1 status was not associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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- V J Green
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool
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Rannug U, Holme JA, Hongslo JK, Srám R. International Commission for Protection against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens. An evaluation of the genetic toxicity of paracetamol. Mutat Res 1995; 327:179-200. [PMID: 7870087 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)00184-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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During the last years, several reports have indicated genotoxic effects of paracetamol, a widely used non-prescription analgesic and antipyretic drug. Thus, a careful evaluation of a possible genotoxic effect related to paracetamol use is warranted. Studies in vitro and in vivo indicate that the reactive metabolite of paracetamol can bind irreversibly to DNA and cause DNA strand breaks. Paracetamol inhibits both replicative DNA synthesis and DNA repair synthesis in vitro and in experimental animals. Paracetamol does not cause gene mutations, either in bacteria or in mammalian cells. On the other hand, a co-mutagenic effect of paracetamol has been reported. Furthermore, paracetamol increases the frequency of chromosomal damage in mammalian cell lines, isolated human lymphocytes and experimental animals. Two independent studies have shown an increase in chromosomal damage in lymphocytes of human volunteers after intake of therapeutic doses of paracetamol, whereas a third study was negative. Paracetamol-induced chromosomal damage appears to be caused by an inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase. This indicates that a threshold level for the paracetamol-induced chromosomal damage may exist. Genotoxic effects of paracetamol have, however, been demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo at or near therapeutic concentrations. The data indicate that the use of paracetamol may contribute to an increase in the total burden of genotoxic damage in man. Thus, there may be a need to evaluate the therapeutic benefit of paracetamol, taking into consideration not only its potential to induce acute and chronic organ damage, but also genotoxic effects.
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- U Rannug
- Department of Genetic and Cellular Toxicology, Stockholm University, Sweden
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Basketter D, Dooms-Goossens A, Karlberg AT, Lepoittevin JP. The chemistry of contact allergy: why is a molecule allergenic? Contact Dermatitis 1995; 32:65-73. [PMID: 7758323 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1995.tb00748.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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This review concentrates on some specific aspects of the chemistry of allergic contact dermatitis. The way low molecular weight chemicals react with skin proteins to form complete antigens will be discussed and the development of molecular modelling techniques to analyse molecular recognition presented. Subsequently, how knowledge of the chemical structure can be used to estimate the allergenic activity of a molecule will be considered. This aspect includes work with qualitative and quantitative structure-activity relationships (SAR) in the field of contact allergy.
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- D Basketter
- Unilever Environmental Safety Laboratory, Sharnbrook, Bedford, UK
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- V Ravindranath
- Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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Singh A, Rao AR. Evaluation of the modifying influence of arecanut on the garlic-modulated hepatic detoxication system enzymes, sulfhydryl content, and lipid peroxidation in mice. TERATOGENESIS, CARCINOGENESIS, AND MUTAGENESIS 1995; 15:127-34. [PMID: 8584984 DOI: 10.1002/tcm.1770150305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This paper evaluates the potential effects of arecanut (Areca catechu, L.), an important ingredient of betel quid, on the garlic (Allium sativum, L.)-modulated activities of hepatic detoxication system enzymes, acid soluble sulfhydryl content, and lipid peroxidation in mice. Mice were fed on either a normal diet or a diet containing 0.25%, 0.5%, or 1% (w/w) arecanut for 45 days. During the last 10 days of treatment oral administration of garlic at the dose level of 20 or 100 mg/kg body weight/day was supplemented. Significant modulation in the activities of phase I and phase II enzymes, -SH content, and malondialdehyde (MDA) level by garlic was observed. Garlic-modulated alterations in glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity and -SH content were decreased, while cytochrome b5, cytochrome P-450, and MDA levels were further augmented by the arecanut plus garlic treatments.
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- A Singh
- Cancer Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Ramchandani S, Das M, Khanna SK. Effect of metanil yellow, orange II and their blend on hepatic xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes in rats. Food Chem Toxicol 1994; 32:559-63. [PMID: 8045463 DOI: 10.1016/0278-6915(94)90114-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The effects of Metanil yellow, Orange II and their blend on hepatic xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes were compared. Parenteral administration of Metanil yellow and Orange II to rats at a dose of 80 mg/kg body weight for 3 days caused a significant induction of ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (40-190%), aniline hydroxylase (27-92%), aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (50-62%) and aminopyrine N-demethylase (42-49%) activities. Metanil yellow and Orange II brought about a substantial increase in cytosolic quinone reductase (34-82%) and glutathione S-transferase (23-43%) activities and significant depletion of glutathione levels with a concomitant increase in lipid peroxide formation. A blend (1:1) of Metanil yellow and Orange II showed a synergistic or additive effect on these hepatic parameters, suggesting that the addition of these two prohibited dyes together in foodstuffs may give rise to more toxic effects than are produced by each dye individually.
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- S Ramchandani
- Dyes and Food Adulterant Toxicology Laboratory, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC), Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, India
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Penny JI, Campbell FC. Active transport of benzo[a]pyrene in apical membrane vesicles from normal human intestinal epithelium. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1226:232-6. [PMID: 7911330 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4439(94)90034-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Transport of the carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene in apical membrane vesicles (AMV) from normal human intestine, was investigated. Benzo[a]pyrene transport was found in AMV throughout the small intestine, but was greatest in colon. Evidence suggesting involvement of P-Glycoprotein (P-Gp), included (1) comparable transport of P-Gp substrate doxorubicin, (2) transport stimulation by ATP and (3) transport suppression by the P-Gp inhibitor, verapamil.
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- J I Penny
- Department of Surgery, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Uetrecht JP, Spielberg SP. Mechanisms of neutropenia: The role of Neutrophil-specific pathways of drug metabolism. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 1993. [DOI: 10.1002/pds.2630020708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Manjgaladze M, Chen S, Frame LT, Seng JE, Duffy PH, Feuers RJ, Hart RW, Leakey JE. Effects of caloric restriction on rodent drug and carcinogen metabolizing enzymes: implications for mutagenesis and cancer. Mutat Res 1993; 295:201-22. [PMID: 7507558 DOI: 10.1016/0921-8734(93)90021-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Caloric restriction in rodents results in increased longevity and a decreased rate of spontaneous and chemically induced neoplasia. The low rates of spontaneous neoplasia and other pathologies have made calorically restricted rodents attractive for use in chronic bioassays. However, caloric restriction also alters hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme (DME) expression and so may also alter the biotransformation rates of test chemicals. These alterations in DME expression may be divided into two types: (1) those that are the direct result of caloric restriction itself and are detectable from shortly after the restriction is initiated; (2) those which are the result of pathological conditions that are delayed by caloric restriction. These latter alterations do not usually become apparent until late in the life of the organism. In rats, the largest direct effect of caloric restriction on liver DMEs is an apparent de-differentiation of sex-specific enzyme expression. This includes a 40-70% decrease in cytochrome P450 2C11 (CYP2C11) expression in males and a 20-30% reduction of corticosterone sulfotransferase activity in females. Changes in DME activities that occur late in life in calorically restricted rats include a stimulation of CYP2E1-dependent 4-nitrophenol hydroxylase activity and a delay in the disappearance of male-specific enzyme activities in senescent males. It is probable that altered DME expression is associated with altered metabolic activation of chemical carcinogens. For example the relative expression of hepatic CYP2C11 in ad libitum-fed or calorically restricted rats of different ages is closely correlated with the amount of genetic damage in 2-acetylaminofluorene- or aflatoxin B1-pretreated hepatocytes isolated from rats of the same age and caloric intake. This suggests that altered hepatic drug and carcinogen metabolism in calorically restricted rats can influence the carcinogenicity of test chemicals.
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- M Manjgaladze
- Division of Biometry and Risk Assessment, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079
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Palmen NG, Evelo CT. Glutathione depletion in human erythrocytes as an indicator for microsomal activation of cyclophosphamide and 3-hydroxyacetanilide. Toxicology 1993; 84:157-70. [PMID: 8266335 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(93)90114-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A model system for the detection of reactive metabolites, using glutathione depletion after microsomal activation, has been described previously. We developed a battery of complementary test systems using rat liver microsomes for metabolism and aqueous glutathione solutions, human erythrocytes or hemolysate derived therefrom, as target. Reactive metabolite formation and the ability of metabolites to pass the erythrocyte membrane were tested using 3-hydroxyacetanilide (3-HAA) and cyclophosphamide (CP) as substrates. Neither unchanged 3-HAA nor CP depleted glutathione in erythrocytes or in aqueous reduced glutathione solutions (GSH solutions). Addition of fortified normal or liver microsomes from rats pretreated with phenobarbital (PB microsomes) induced a 3-HAA/CP concentration-dependent glutathione depletion in both systems. With PB microsomes, higher depletions were found. While unchanged 3-HAA did not deplete aqueous GSH solutions or glutathione in erythrocytes, a significant depletion in hemolysate was found. The results indicate that both CP and 3-HAA metabolites are able to pass through the erythrocyte membrane. While both substances can metabolically be activated by rat liver microsomes, only 3-HAA can be activated by soluble factors in erythrocytes. However, unchanged 3-HAA has no effect on GSH in erythrocytes. This might be caused by an inability of unchanged 3-HAA to enter the erythrocyte. More generally, an adequate combination of the test systems described can be used to detect (a) the reactivity of unchanged substances and their metabolites, and (b) the ability of unchanged substances and their reactive metabolites to pass through the erythrocyte membrane.
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- N G Palmen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Tingle MD, Pirmohamed M, Templeton E, Wilson AS, Madden S, Kitteringham NR, Park BK. An investigation of the formation of cytotoxic, genotoxic, protein-reactive and stable metabolites from naphthalene by human liver microsomes. Biochem Pharmacol 1993; 46:1529-38. [PMID: 8240407 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(93)90319-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Chemically reactive epoxide metabolites have been implicated in various forms of drug and chemical toxicity. Naphthalene, which is metabolized to a 1,2-epoxide, has been used as a model compound in this study in order to investigate the effects of perturbation of detoxication mechanisms on the in vitro toxicity of epoxides in the presence of human liver microsomes. Naphthalene (100 microM) was metabolized to cytotoxic, protein-reactive and stable, but not genotoxic, metabolites by human liver microsomes. The metabolism-dependent cytotoxicity and covalent binding to protein of naphthalene were significantly higher in the presence of phenobarbitone-induced mouse liver microsomes than with human liver microsomes. The ratio of trans-1,2-dihydrodiol to 1-naphthol was 8.6 and 0.4 with the human and the induced mouse microsomes, respectively. The metabolism-dependent toxicity of naphthalene toward human peripheral mononuclear leucocytes was not affected by the glutathione transferase mu status of the co-incubated cells. Trichloropropene oxide (TCPO; 30 microM), an epoxide hydrolase inhibitor, increased the human liver microsomal-dependent cytotoxicity (19.6 +/- 0.9% vs 28.7 +/- 1.0%; P = 0.02) and covalent binding to protein (1.4 +/- 0.3% vs 2.8 +/- 0.2%; P = 0.03) of naphthalene (100 microM), and reversed the 1,2-dihydrodiol to 1-naphthol ratio from 6.6 (without TCPO) to 2.6, 0.6 and 0.1 at TCPO concentrations of 30, 100 and 500 microM, respectively. Increasing the human liver microsomal protein concentration reduced the cytotoxicity of naphthalene, while increasing its covalent binding to protein and the formation of the 1,2-dihydrodiol metabolite. Co-incubation with glutathione (5 mM) reduced the cytotoxicity and covalent binding to protein of naphthalene by 68 and 64%, respectively. Covalent binding to protein was also inhibited by gestodene, while stable metabolite formation was reduced by gestodene (250 microM) and enoxacin (250 microM). The study demonstrates that human liver cytochrome P450 enzymes metabolize naphthalene to a cytotoxic and protein-reactive, but not genotoxic, metabolite which is probably an epoxide. This is rapidly detoxified by microsomal epoxide hydrolase, the efficiency of which can be readily determined by measurement of the ratio of the stable metabolites, naphthalene 1,2-dihydrodiol and 1-naphthol.
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- M D Tingle
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, U.K
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Fisher R, Brendel K, Hanzlik RP. Correlation of metabolism, covalent binding and toxicity for a series of bromobenzene derivatives using rat liver slices in vitro. Chem Biol Interact 1993; 88:191-8. [PMID: 8403079 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(93)90091-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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For many acute-acting chemicals, toxic responses observed in vivo correlate strongly with metabolic activation and macromolecular covalent binding (CVB) observed in vitro and often in vivo; bromobenzene (BB) is a classic example of this behavior. Substituent groups modulate the toxicity of bromobenzene in vivo and in liver slices cultured in vitro in parallel fashion [Fisher, R., Hanzlik, R.P., Gandolfi, J.A., and Brendel, K. (1992), In Vitro Toxicology, 4, 173-186]. In the present study we used the liver slice system to examine the relationship between toxicity, metabolism and covalent binding amongst a series of [3H/14C] dual labelled BB derivatives including (in order of increasing hepatotoxicity) o-bromoanisole (BA), o-bromotoluene (BT), o-bromobenzonitrile (BBN), BB and o-dibromobenzene (DBB). Among these congeners apparent relative rates of metabolism varied only 4-fold, but the most extensively metabolized compounds were the least toxic. CVB varied 7-fold across the series, and those compounds which bound the most frequently were the most toxic. For each compound the relative binding index (RBI = pmol bound/nmol metabolized) and the average retention of tritium relative to carbon-14 in the CVB fraction were constant throughout the 24 h incubations, suggesting that the metabolic profile of each compound remained constant with time. The RBI values, however, did not reflect relative toxicity as well as total CVB values. The T/C ratios of the CVB residues varied from 0.36 (for BA) to 0.81 (for BBN), indicating that ortho-substitution on BB exerts important qualitative as well as quantitative effects on overall metabolism and reactive metabolite formation. The finding that relative toxicity among a series of bromobenzene congeners is paralleled by their relative covalent binding measured in the same system in which toxicity is assessed adds support to the hypothesis that covalent binding contributes to the observed toxicity, rather than merely being a correlated epiphenomenon.
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- R Fisher
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724
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Singh A, Rao AR. Effect of arecanut on the black mustard (Brassica niger, L.)-modulated detoxication enzymes and sulfhydryl content in the liver of mice. Cancer Lett 1993; 72:45-51. [PMID: 8402573 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(93)90009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The modulatory potential of arecanut, a popular masticatory, was assessed on the black mustard-induced changes in hepatic detoxication system in mice. The modulatory effect was assessed on glutathione S-transferase (GST), cytochrome b5 (Cyt. b5) and cytochrome P-450 (Cyt. P-450) and acid-soluble sulfhydryl (-SH) content. Mice were fed on either normal diet or diet containing 0.25%, 0.5% or 1% (w/w) arecanut for 45 days. During the last 10 days of treatment the feed was supplemented with 0.5% or 1% black mustard, the popular condiment. Dietary feeding of mustard could significantly enhance the studied phase I and phase II enzymes as well as -SH content in murine liver. However, black mustard-induced alterations in GST and -SH content were lower, while Cyt. b5 and Cyt. P-450 levels were much higher in mice receiving arecanut treatment than controls.
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- A Singh
- Cancer Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Singh A, Rao AR. Modulatory effect of Areca nut on the action of mace (Myristica fragrans, Houtt) on the hepatic detoxification system in mice. Food Chem Toxicol 1993; 31:517-21. [PMID: 8340031 DOI: 10.1016/0278-6915(93)90112-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The present paper reports the modifying potential of areca nut (Areca catechu), an ingredient of the habitual masticatory betel quid, on the induction of the hepatic detoxification system in mice by mace (the aril of nutmeg, Myristica fragrans) a known chemopreventor of chemically induced carcinogenesis. The modulatory effect of areca nut was assessed by determining the levels of enzymes of the hepatic detoxification system, such as glutathione S-transferase (GST), cytochrome b5 and cytochrome P-450, and the content of acid-soluble sulphhydryl (-SH). Mice were fed either control diet or diet containing 0.25, 0.5 or 1% areca nut for 45 days. During the last 10 days the diet was supplemented with 0.5 or 1% mace. At 0.5 and 1% in the diet, areca nut decreased mace-induced increases in hepatic GST and -SH levels and elevated further increases in the levels of cytochrome b5 and cytochrome P-450.
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- A Singh
- Cancer Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Poulsen HE, Loft S, Wassermann K. Cancer risk related to genetic polymorphisms in carcinogen metabolism and DNA repair. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1993; 72 Suppl 1:93-103. [PMID: 8474997 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1993.tb01676.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Chemical carcinogenesis involves metabolism in the body of the carcinogen to the ultimate carcinogen and its interaction with DNA. There is considerable interindividual variation in the metabolic ability to activate as well as detoxify the carcinogens and in the ability to repair the carcinogen-DNA adducts. In many cases such differences occur as genetic polymorphisms and form the basis for variation in susceptibility to carcinogens and thereby to cancer risk. The activation mechanism is particularly related to the cytochromes P-450 (CYPs), and four of these are known to activate carcinogens: CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4. Increased cancer risk has been related to polymorphisms in the CYPs and other activating enzymes. The DNA repair mechanisms show considerable complexity, and deficient repair mechanisms in certain human disorders are clearly related to increased cancer risk. Yet, there is no unambiguous epidemiological evidence available for cancer risk among individuals in general. In vivo methods have to be refined and developed for use in epidemiological studies.
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- H E Poulsen
- Department of Pharmacology, Health Science Faculty, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Boelsterli UA. Specific targets of covalent drug-protein interactions in hepatocytes and their toxicological significance in drug-induced liver injury. Drug Metab Rev 1993; 25:395-451. [PMID: 8313837 DOI: 10.3109/03602539308993981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- U A Boelsterli
- Institute of Toxicology, ETH, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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Dansette PM, Thang DC, el Amri H, Mansuy D. Evidence for thiophene-S-oxide as a primary reactive metabolite of thiophene in vivo: formation of a dihydrothiophene sulfoxide mercapturic acid. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1992; 186:1624-30. [PMID: 1510686 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81594-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Urine of rats treated with thiophene contains a very major metabolite which represents about 30% of the administered dose. A detailed analysis of its 1H and 13C NMR spectra and a study of its IR and mass spectra clearly showed that it was a 2,5-dihydrothiophene sulfoxide bearing a N-acetyl-cysteinyl group on position 2. Upon heating, it lost water with formation of N-acetyl-S-(2-thienyl)-L-cysteine. A likely mechanism for the formation of this metabolite should involve the S-oxidation of thiophene as a primary step and the addition of glutathione to the very reactive thiophene-S-oxide. These data provide a first evidence for the intermediate formation in vivo of thiophene-S-oxides as reactive metabolites.
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- P M Dansette
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, URA 400 CNRS, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
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La DK, Froines JR. 32P-postlabelling analysis of DNA adducts from Fischer-344 rats administered 2,4-diaminotoluene. Chem Biol Interact 1992; 83:121-34. [PMID: 1505056 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(92)90041-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Using 32P-postlabelling and thin layer chromatography, DNA adduct formation by the potent animal carcinogen 2,4-diaminotoluene in Fischer-344 rats was investigated. DNA from four different organs, liver, mammary gland, kidney and lung, were examined for adducts following single administration of this compound. DNA binding was detected in all four organs, with each producing one major and two minor adduct spots on autoradiograms. The adducts induced were qualitatively identical among the different organs, but quantitative differences were observed. The two target organs of 2,4-diaminotoluene induced carcinogenesis, the liver and mammary gland produced higher adduct yields, with levels up to 30-times higher than those for the two non-target organs. Since the liver is the principal target for 2,4-diaminotoluene induced carcinogenesis, we further examined DNA adducts from this site for the effects of different doses and time points. DNA binding in liver was detected following doses as low as 4.1 mumol/kg. At the highest concentration examined (2046 mumol/kg), the level of the major adduct was 29.2 adducted nucleotides per 10(7) total nucleotides. The yields for the two minor adducts were approximately one-tenth that for the major adduct. Following a 410 mumol/kg dose, DNA adduct removal over time was examined. DNA adduct removal exhibited biphasic kinetics, with a rapid initial phase followed by a slower rate of elimination. Up to 60% of maximum adduct levels persisted after 2 weeks. DNA binding by 2,4-diaminotoluene was also compared to that by its weakly carcinogenic analog, 2,4-dinitrotoluene. The two compounds produced identical adduct patterns, suggesting that they share common metabolites and adducts. Adduct yields from 2,4-dinitrotoluene, however, were lower. The results of our studies suggest that the differences in carcinogenic potency between 2,4-diaminotoluene and 2,4-dinitrotoluene, as well as the organotropic effects of 2,4-diaminotoluene may be explained, in part, by quantitative differences in the extent of DNA adduct formation.
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- D K La
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles 90024
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Laib RJ, Tucholski M, Filser JG, Csanády GA. Pharmacokinetic interaction between 1,3-butadiene and styrene in Sprague-Dawley rats. Arch Toxicol 1992; 66:310-4. [PMID: 1610292 DOI: 10.1007/bf01973624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Gas uptake studies were carried out to evaluate kinetic interactions between 1,3-butadiene and styrene in Sprague-Dawley rats. The animals were co-exposed by inhalation to a mixture of 1,3-butadiene between 20 and 6000 ppm (v/v) and styrene between 0 and 500 ppm. The data demonstrate that metabolism of 1,3-butadiene was partially inhibited by styrene. The inhibition was competitive at atmospheric concentrations of styrene up to 90 ppm. Higher concentrations of styrene resulted in a small additional inhibition only. The apparent Michaelis-Menten constant for 1,3-butadiene, related to the average concentration in the organism of the animals, was Kmapp = 1.17 +/- 0.37 (mumol/l of tissue) and the corresponding atmospheric concentration at steady state was 560 ppm. The inhibition constant of styrene was found to be Ki = 0.23 +/- 0.30 (mumol/l of tissue). The maximal metabolic rate for 1,3-butadiene was 230 +/- 10 (mu/kg/h).
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- R J Laib
- Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie, Universität Dortmund, Federal Republic of Germany
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Harvison PJ, Griffin RJ, Teets VJ, Nicoll DW, Brown PI, Rankin GO. Nephrotoxic potential of N-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)succinimide and N-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)succinamic acid in Fischer-344 rats. Toxicol Lett 1992; 60:221-6. [PMID: 1570636 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(92)90277-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The ultimate nephrotoxicant species following administration of the agricultural fungicide N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)succinimide (NDPS) has yet to be determined. The purpose of this study was to examine the nephrotoxic potential of two potential metabolites of NDPS, N-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-succinimide (NDHPS) and N-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)succinamic acid (NDHPSA). Male Fischer-344 rats (4 rats/group) were administered a single intraperitoneal injection of NDHPS or NDHPSA (0.2 or 0.4 mmol/kg) or vehicle and renal function was monitored at 24 and 48 h. Neither compound induced marked changes in renal function or morphology. These results suggest that NDHPS and NDHPSA do not contribute significantly to NDPS-induced nephrotoxicity.
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- P J Harvison
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, PA 19104-4495
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Giri AK, Sivam SS, Khan KA. Sister-chromatid exchange and chromosome aberrations induced by paracetamol in vivo in bone-marrow cells of mice. Mutat Res 1992; 278:253-8. [PMID: 1373861 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1218(10)80004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) and chromosome aberrations (CA) induced by paracetamol (PC), a common analgesic, were studied in vivo on bone-marrow cells of mice. The trend tests for the evidence of dose-response effects for both SCE and CA were significant. The significant increase in SCE as well as CA induced by PC may be attributed to the fact that PC can induce genotoxicity through DNA damage. Thus, the present study indicates that PC was genotoxic in vivo in bone-marrow cells of mice.
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- A K Giri
- Division of Toxicology, Central Drug Research Institute, Chattar Manzil Palace, Lucknow, India
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Corbett MD, Corbett BR, Hannothiaux MH, Quintana SJ. The covalent binding of acetaminophen to cellular nucleic acids as the result of the respiratory burst of neutrophils derived from the HL-60 cell line. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1992; 113:80-6. [PMID: 1553758 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(92)90011-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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After being induced to differentiate into a neutrophilic type, cultures of the leukemic cell line HL-60 were able to cause the bioactivation and nucleic acid binding of acetaminophen upon stimulation of the respiratory burst. This phenomenon was found to simulate the same process as that previously shown with normal human granulocytes. Binding to both DNA and RNA of the cells was determined quantitatively by use of 14C-labeled acetaminophen congeners. Protein binding occurred to about the same extent as did RNA binding. Simultaneous labeling experiments with [ring-14C]- and [14C = O]acetaminophen further showed that the acetaminophen molecule was bound to DNA in an intact manner, while binding to RNA showed about a 50% excess binding of the acetaminophen ring relative to the carbonyl group. Experiments with certain inhibitors showed that catalase and azide ion strongly inhibited DNA binding, while superoxide dismutase had a slight stimulatory effect on binding. These results suggest a significant role for myeloperoxidase in the bioactivation process, which contrasts with the proposed bioactivation mechanism of certain arylamine compounds. A mechanism was proposed for acetaminophen binding to nucleic acids that requires the 1 e- oxidation of this substrate to its phenoxyl radical, although the production of the N-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine metabolite, which has been proposed to account for the extensive protein binding known to occur for acetaminophen, might also contribute to such binding. The potential genotoxicity of acetaminophen was considered in view of what might be a unique pathway which can metabolize this chemical to a nucleic acid-binding species.
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- M D Corbett
- Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
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Uetrecht JP. The role of leukocyte-generated reactive metabolites in the pathogenesis of idiosyncratic drug reactions. Drug Metab Rev 1992; 24:299-366. [PMID: 1628536 DOI: 10.3109/03602539208996297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Evidence strongly suggests that many adverse drug reactions, including idiosyncratic drug reactions, involve reactive metabolites. Furthermore, certain functional groups, which are readily oxidized to reactive metabolites, are associated with a high incidence of adverse reactions. Most drugs can probably form reactive metabolites, but a simple comparison of covalent binding in vitro is unlikely to provide an accurate indication of the relative risk of a drug causing an idiosyncratic reaction because it does not provide an indication of how efficiently the metabolite is detoxified in vivo. In addition, the incidence and nature of adverse reactions associated with a given drug is probably determined in large measure by the location of reactive metabolite formation, as well as the chemical reactivity of the reactive metabolite. Such factors will determine which macromolecules the metabolites will bind to, and it is known that covalent binding to some proteins, such as those in the leukocyte membrane, is much more likely to lead to an immune-mediated reaction or other type of toxicity. Some reactive metabolites, such as acyl glucuronides, circulate freely and could lead to adverse reactions in almost any organ; however, most reactive metabolites have a short biological half-life, and although small amounts may escape the organ where they are formed, these metabolites are unlikely to reach sufficient concentrations to cause toxicity in other organs. Many idiosyncratic drug reactions involve leukocytes, especially agranulocytosis and drug-induced lupus. We and others have demonstrated that drugs can be metabolized by activated neutrophils and monocytes to reactive metabolites. The major reaction appears to be reaction with leukocyte-generated hypochlorous acid. Hypochlorous acid is quite reactive, and therefore it is likely that many other drugs will be found that are metabolized by activated leukocytes. Some neutrophil precursors contain myeloperoxidase and the NADPH oxidase system, and it is likely that these cells can also oxidize drugs. Therefore, although there is no direct evidence, it is reasonable to speculate that reactive metabolites generated by activated leukocytes, or neutrophil precursors in the bone marrow, could be responsible for drug-induced agranulocytosis and aplastic anemia. This could involve direct toxicity or an immune-mediated reaction. These mechanisms are not mutually exclusive, and it may be that both mechanisms contribute to the toxicity, even in the same patient. In the case of drug-induced lupus, a prevalent hypothesis for lupus involves modification of class II MHC antigens.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J P Uetrecht
- Faculties of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
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Dekant W, Vamvakas S. Mechanisms of xenobiotic-induced renal carcinogenicity. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1992; 23:297-337. [PMID: 1540538 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60969-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- W Dekant
- Institut für Toxikologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany
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Most chemical carcinogens are not active in themselves but require bioactivation to electrophiles that bind covalently to DNA and often act by producing mutations. In recent years it has been realized that mutations can be important at many stages of carcinogenesis. A variety of different enzymes are involved in bioactivation reactions, which include oxidation, reduction, thiol conjugation, acetyl transfer, sulfur transfer, methyl transfer, glucuronosyl transfer, and epoxide hydrolysis. These processes often occur in concert with a single carcinogen. Humans vary considerably in activities of these enzymes and this variation may contribute to differences in risk.
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- F P Guengerich
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146
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Pirmohamed M, Kitteringham NR, Park BK. Idiosyncratic reactions to antidepressants: a review of the possible mechanisms and predisposing factors. Pharmacol Ther 1992; 53:105-25. [PMID: 1641399 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(92)90046-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Antidepressants, a widely used group of drugs, are associated with a range of idiosyncratic reactions affecting in particular the liver, skin and both the hematological and central nervous systems. These reactions seem to be mediated by chemically reactive metabolites formed by the cytochrome P450 enzyme system, the toxicity occurring either directly or indirectly via an immune mechanism. Individual susceptibility is determined by factors, both genetic and environmental, which result in inadequate detoxication of the chemically reactive metabolite. Prevention of such reactions will depend on either the development of new compounds which are not converted to toxic metabolites or by prediction of individual susceptibility prior to drug administration.
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- M Pirmohamed
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool, U.K
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Paolini M, Biagi GL, Bauer C, Cantelli-Forti G. Is clonal adaptation a product of evolution over the millennia? Biochem Pharmacol 1991; 42:457-8. [PMID: 1859458 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(91)90304-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- M Paolini
- Dipartimento di Farmacologia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
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Boelsterli UA, Göldlin C. Biomechanisms of cocaine-induced hepatocyte injury mediated by the formation of reactive metabolites. Arch Toxicol 1991; 65:351-60. [PMID: 1929850 DOI: 10.1007/bf02284256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cocaine is an intrinsic hepatotoxin in laboratory animals, and there is growing evidence that high doses of cocaine can precipitate hepatic necrosis in humans. The rodent model of cocaine hepatotoxicity is commensurate with the concept that a multistep mainly cytochrome P-450 dependent N-oxidative pathway is responsible for the expression of hepatocellular injury. Among the possible biomechanisms by which cocaine exerts its cytotoxic effects, direct oxidative damage by reactive oxygen species generated by redox cycling during the metabolic cascade seems most important. The role of the ensuing lipid peroxidation and protein thiol oxidation is less clear. Similarly, the functional role of irreversible (covalent) binding of a not yet defined electrophilic cocaine intermediate to hepatocellular proteins remains enigmatic so long as the critical molecular targets have not been identified. Finally, glutathione plays a pivotal protective role against cocaine-induced hepatic injury. Interactions with ethanol or inducers of the expression of the cytochrome P-450IIB subfamily can potentiate cocaine hepatotoxicity. Thus, the net amount of the ultimate reactive species seems to determine the severity of the hepatic lesions and to be responsible for the marked interspecies, interstrain, and sex differences. Recent advances in culture techniques of hepatocytes and precision-cut liver slices from various species including man have made it possible to correlate cocaine biotransformation with cytotoxicity and to selectively study the putative cellular mechanisms. Clearly, more studies are necessary to further illuminate our understanding of the role of the biochemical and molecular events precipitating hepatic necrosis during cocaine-mediated hepatotoxicity.
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- U A Boelsterli
- Institute of Toxicology, ETH, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
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Schweizer M, Peter MA, Filipovic D, Tinner R, Bosshard HR, Oertle M. Mechanism of monoclonal antibody inhibition/stimulation of reactions catalyzed by cytochrome P450IIB1. Arch Biochem Biophys 1991; 288:64-70. [PMID: 1898025 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(91)90165-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We describe two monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against rat cytochrome P450IIB1 and investigate the mechanisms by which they influence P450IIB1-mediated catalysis. MAb ce9 partially inhibits the activities toward p-nitroanisole, 7-ethoxycoumarin, and benzphetamine as well as NADPH oxidation. These findings can be explained by the observation that ce9 cross-links P450 to form large aggregates resulting in the inhibition of the functional interaction with NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase. Binding of ce9 to P450IIB1 does not affect the spin state of the P450 heme, as revealed by comparing the magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra of free and antibody-bound P450IIB1. On the other hand, the second antibody tested, MAb 14E10, induces a remarkable low to high spin transition upon binding to P450IIB1, as shown by MCD difference spectroscopy. This MAb stimulates activities toward p-nitroanisole and 7-ethoxycoumarin without affecting the rate of NADPH oxidation. This observation indicates that MAb 14E10 may increase the efficiency of electron utilization by P450IIB1. Benzphetamine metabolism remains unchanged in the presence of MAb 14E10.
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- M Schweizer
- Biochemisches Institut Universität Zürich, Switzerland
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Barros SB, Simizu K, Junqueira VB. Liver lipid peroxidation-related parameters after short-term administration of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers to rats. Toxicol Lett 1991; 56:137-44. [PMID: 1708174 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(91)90099-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Rats treated with diets containing 20 ppm of alpha- or gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) for 15 or 30 days showed increased levels of liver cytochrome P-450 followed by increased production of both thiobarbituric acid reactants by liver homogenates and microsomes and superoxide anion production by liver microsomes. In these animals superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was also increased. In consequence, the ratio between SOD activity and microsomal superoxide radical (O2-.) production showed a slight increase after 15 days of treatment. However, after 30 days, there was a tendency for this ratio to decrease. Other parameters studied were liver glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and catalase (CAT) activities. Among them, only CAT activity showed a 26% and 38% increase after 15 or 30 days of treatment with the alpha-isomer. It is suggested that when lipid peroxidation is involved in the mechanism of toxicity of a xenobiotic, this parameter can be used to determine the no-observed-effect level.
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- S B Barros
- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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Huober J, Bertram B, Petru E, Kaufmann M, Schmähl D. Metabolism of debrisoquine and susceptibility to breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 1991; 18:43-8. [PMID: 1854978 DOI: 10.1007/bf01975442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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There may exist an association between the genetically determined oxidation status of the antihypertensive agent debrisoquine (DEB) and the propensity to develop tumours. The metabolism of DEB is extensive in 90% of healthy subjects (metabolic ratio = MR = 0-12.6; MR = % DEB excreted divided by % 4-hydroxy-DEB excreted) and poor in 10% (MR greater than 12.6). In patients with cancer of the lung, urinary bladder, and gastrointestinum, the percentage of high metabolizers is increased to greater than 98%. The poor metabolizer mode is almost devoid of cancer patients. It was investigated whether breast cancer patients show a similar association with respect to the oxidative status of DEB. 108 breast cancer patients and 123 women with benign gynecologic disorders received 1 tablet of 10 mg DEB orally in the evening. Urine was collected for the subsequent 8 hrs and analysed for its content of DEB and its main urinary metabolite 4-OH-DEB by means of HPLC. No decreased amount of poor metabolizers was seen in the cancer group.
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- J Huober
- Institute of Toxicology and Chemotherapy, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
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Brittebo EB, Eriksson C, Brandt I. Metabolic activation of halogenated hydrocarbons in the conjunctival epithelium and excretory ducts of the intraorbital lacrimal gland in mice. Exp Eye Res 1991; 52:245-52. [PMID: 2015854 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4835(91)90087-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Autoradiographic studies were performed to determine the localization of irreversibly bound radioactivity in the eyes and accessory structures of mice exposed to 14C-labelled organic solvents in vivo or in vitro. A selective localization of bound radioactivity was observed in the conjunctival epithelium of mice given i.v. injections of 1,2-dibromoethane, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride or bromobenzene. Similar results were observed after instillation of chloroform or carbon tetrachloride in the conjunctival sac and after incubation of eyelids with the labelled compounds in vitro. A high level of irreversibly bound radioactivity was also observed in the excretory ducts of the intraorbital lacrimal glands of mice exposed to 1,2-dibromoethane in vivo and in vitro. After incubation of 14C-labelled 1,2-dibromoethane or chloroform with homogenates prepared from rat conjunctiva, the presence of irreversibly protein-bound radioactivity was detected. The results indicate that the conjunctival epithelium can metabolically activate halogenated organic solvents into products that bind to the tissue. The significance of a metabolic activation of chemicals in the pathogenesis of chemically induced lesions in the conjunctiva merits further attention.
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- E B Brittebo
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
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Since Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) was first described more than 170 years ago, there have been major advances in the understanding of the etiology of the disease as well as in its treatment. This article will review current knowledge concerning the role of the environment, genetic hypotheses and the aging factor in the etiology of IPD and proposes a complex interaction involving all these factors. Hypotheses regarding mitochondrial inhibition and free radical generation in IPD are discussed in relation to the mechanism of action of neurotoxins known to produce parkinsonian syndromes.
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- J Poirier
- McGill Centre For Studies in Aging, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Developmentally regulated cytochrome P-450IA1 expression in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)67890-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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