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Title: Effect of carbon monoxide on xenobiotic metabolism in the isolated perfused rabbit lung

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5400398

It was the aim of this study to determine the level and duration of CO exposure necessary to alter mixed function oxidase-mediated activity in the intact lung and to determine the magnitude of this effect. The effect of CO on the mixed function oxidase-mediated activities of aminopyrine, aniline, 4-ipomeanol and p-nitroanisole in isolated perfused rabbit lungs (IPRL) was investigated. Several concentrations of CO were evaluated for their effect on cytochrome P-450-mediated activity in the lung. Both artificial medium and whole blood were utilized as recirculating perfusates. Monomethyl-4-aminoantipyrine was the major metabolite of aminopyrine produced by in vitro hepatic and pulmonary preparations and by the intact lung. Ventilation of isolated rabbit lungs with 7.5% CO for 2.5 hours caused a 40% decrease in the rates of metabolism of both aminopyrine and p-nitroanisole. This level of CO exposure did not alter the cytochrome P-450-mediated metabolism of aniline nor 4-ipomeanol in the intact lung. Aminopyrine metabolism in isolated rabbit lungs perfused with whole blood was also decreased following the administration of 7.5% CO suggesting that the hemoglobin in whole blood affords no protection against CO-induced inhibition of mixed function oxidase activity in the intact lung. The isozyme of cytochrome P-450 which preferentially metabolizes aminopyrine and p-nitroanisole may be more sensitive to CO-induced inhibition than the form(s) which metabolize aniline and 4-ipomeanol.

Research Organization:
Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (USA)
OSTI ID:
5400398
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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