Localization of CYP2D16 in the guinea pig adrenal cortex by immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
B B YuanH D Colby

Abstract

Recent reports indicate that the cytochrome P450 isozyme, CYP2D16, is expressed at high levels in the inner regions of the guinea pig adrenal cortex and may contribute to xenobiotic and/or steroid metabolism in the gland. In the present studies, immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization techniques were employed to definitively establish the localization of CYP2D16 within the adrenal cortex. In male guinea pigs of various ages, CYP2D16 protein and mRNA were highly localized to the zona reticularis (ZR); none was detectable in the zona fasciculata (ZF), zona glomerulosa (ZG) or the medulla. In contrast, the steroidogenic P450 isozyme, CYP17, was distributed throughout the ZF and ZR. From the earliest stages of development of the ZR, CYP2D16 staining was intense. As guinea pigs aged, the ZR progressively enlarged and comprised a proportionately greater amount of the cortex. At all ages, CYP2D16 was uniformly distributed throughout only the ZR. Coinciding with the age-related growth of the ZR and increase in adrenal CYP2D16 content was an increase in adrenal xenobiotic-metabolizing activity. The results establish that CYP2D16 has an intraadrenal localization that is unique among P450 isozymes, suggesting novel regulatory mechan...Continue Reading

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Feb 18, 1999·Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology·B B YuanH D Colby
Jul 6, 2001·Toxicology Letters·J TallkvistB Lönnerdal

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