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Title: Biosynthesis of the general form of monooxygenase induced by xenobiotics of the methylcholanthrene type in the rat liver

Journal Article · · Biochemistry (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5726872

When five structurally different inducers of the MC type (polycyclic aromatic and heterocyclic hydrocarbons, chloro-derivatives of biphenyl and dibenzo-p-dioxin) are introduced into Wistar rats, de novo synthesis of two P-448 hemoproteins (M/sub r/ 56,000 and 53,000), differing in their functional and immunological parameters, occurs. A comparison of the catalytic and immunochemical properties of five cytochromes P-448 (M/sub r/ 56,000), the data of electrophoretic, proteolytic, and inhibitor analyses did not reveal any differences in the preparations compared, with the exception of TCDD-microsomes, where a low content of this form of cytochrome P-448 and high molecular activity of it with respect to 3,4-benzpyrene and 7-ethoxyresorufin were demonstrated. The results obtained do not support the hypothesis of the possibility of induced synthesis of such a variety of individual forms of monoxygenases as would correspond to the number of variants of the chemical structure of the xenobiotic inducers.

Research Organization:
Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Novosibrisk, USSR
OSTI ID:
5726872
Journal Information:
Biochemistry (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 51:4; Other Information: Translated from Biokhimiya; 51: No. 4, 579-589(Apr 1986)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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