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( sup 125 I)2-iodo-3,7,8-trichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-binding species in mouse liver induced by agonists for the Ah receptor: Characterization and identification

Journal Article · · Molecular Pharmacology; (USA)
OSTI ID:5512378

The admininistration of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) to C57BL/6J mice produces a dose-related increase in the hepatic uptake of ({sup 125}I)2-iodo-3,7,8-trichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (({sup 125}I)Cl3DpD) in vivo and the binding of the radioligand to liver homogenate in vitro. The TCDD-induced hepatic binding species was found to be predominantly in the microsomal fraction and was inactivated by heating at 60 degree, trypsin, and mercurials. The TCDD-induced binding species was found to have an apparent equilibrium dissociation constant, KD, (({sup 125}I)Cl3DpD) of 56 +/- 16 nM and a pool size, Bmax, of 22 +/- 5 nmol/g of liver. A number of halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins, biphenyls, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons compete with ({sup 125}I)Cl3DpD binding to this species; all are aromatic and planar. The distinctive profile of this binding species, a protein of large pool size induced in the microsomal fraction of liver but not other tissues and induced by agonists for the Ah receptor, suggested that this moiety might be cytochrome P3-450. The coincidence of the major microsomal species covalently labeled with the photoaffinity ligand ({sup 125}I)2-iodo-3-azido-7,8-dibromodibenzo-p-dioxin and that immunochemically stained with polyclonal antiserum that binds to cytochrome P3-450 confirms this hypothesis. This is a novel role for a cytochrome P-450 isozyme, as an induced sequestration site that enhances the hepatic localization of the agonist drug.

OSTI ID:
5512378
Journal Information:
Molecular Pharmacology; (USA), Journal Name: Molecular Pharmacology; (USA) Vol. 36:1; ISSN 0026-895X; ISSN MOPMA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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