PMID: 6104577May 1, 1980Paper

Effect of phenobarbital treatment and cytochrome P-450 inhibitors on the laurate omega- and (omega - 1)-hydroxylase activities of rat liver microsomes

Drug Metabolism and Disposition : the Biological Fate of Chemicals
R Okita, B S Masters

Abstract

The omega- and (omega - 1)-hydroxylase activities for lauric acid were investigated in rat liver microsomes. Treatment of rats with phenobarbital selectively induced the hydroxylation of the fatty acid (omega - 1)-hydroxylase activity two- to threefold, but had little effect on the omega-hydroxylation reaction. SKF 525-A, metyrapone, and alpha-naphthoflavone inhibited (omega - 1)-hydroxylation, but had only neglible effects on omega-hydroxylation. Metyrapone at 10(-4) inhibited the specific activity of (omega - 1)-hydroxylase 70% in phenobarbital-pretreated rats, but produced only a 10% inhibition of the omega-hydroxylation activity. alpha-Naphthoflavone at 10(-4)M inhibited (omega - 1)-hydroxylase activity 60% in untreated and beta-haphthoflavone-pretreated rats, while omega-hydroxylase activity was decreased only 20%. A selective effect was also observed when microsomes were stored overnight at 4 degrees C. Declines of 50% and 70% were observed in the (omega - 1)-hydroxylase activities after 24 and 48 hr, respectively, whereas omega-hydroxylation decreased only 10-20%. The differential effects on omega- and (omega - 1)-hydroxylase activities of a variety of conditions suggest that distinct cytochromes P-450 mediate the two fa...Continue Reading

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