Aflatoxin B1-specific cytochrome P-450 isozyme (P-450-AFB) inducible by 3-methylcholanthrene in golden hamsters

Biochemical Pharmacology
M FukuharaA Takanaka

Abstract

Hepatic microsomes of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-treated Syrian Golden hamsters possessed a higher potency toward aflatoxin B1 activation, based on the Ames test, than other animal species. This activity was induced in hamsters preferentially by treatment with 3-methylcholanthrene rather than phenobarbital. The contribution of an isozyme of cytochrome P-450 (P-450-AFB) to the activity of hamster livers for aflatoxin B1 was studied. P-450-AFB, purified from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated hamster livers, was shown to possess the highest activation of aflatoxin B1 in the Ames test. The quantification of this isozyme by a fluorometric sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) demonstrated that P-450-AFB was induced mainly in Syrian Golden hamsters but not in Chinese hamsters, or in other species. This isozyme constitutes approximately 40% of the total cytochrome P-450 of the hepatic microsomes from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated Golden hamsters but only 1% in the microsomes of phenobarbital-treated hamsters. Thus, we conclude that the high activity of Golden hamster livers towards aflatoxin B1 activation was due presumably to this distinct and unique cytochrome P-450 isozyme which was induced mainly by 3-methylcholanthrene...Continue Reading

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