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HERO ID
782833
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Oxidative and conjugative metabolism of xenobiotics by isolated rat and hamster acinar cells
Author(s)
Wiebkin, P; Schaeffer, BK; Longnecker, DS; Curphey, TJ
Year
1984
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Drug Metabolism and Disposition
ISSN:
0090-9556
EISSN:
1521-009X
Volume
12
Issue
4
Page Numbers
427-431
Language
English
PMID
6148208
URL
http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/12/4/427.abstract
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Abstract
Isolated rat and hamster acinar cell suspensions possess the ability to carry out the cytochrome P-450-dependent O-deethylation of 7-ethoxycoumarin, 2-,3-, and 4-hydroxylation of biphenyl and 3-hydroxylation of benzo(a)pyrene. Rat and hamster acinar cells isolated from 5,6-benzoflavone-pretreated animals oxidize all three substrates at measurable rates. These rates are considerably lower (16-210-fold in the rat and 290-2670-fold in the hamster) than those in incubations using hepatocytes isolated from 5,6-benzoflavone-pretreated animals. Hydroxylation of biphenyl at the 2-, 3-, and 4-positions proceeds at similar rates in rat acinar cells. The rate of 3-hydroxybiphenyl formation is barely detectable in hamster acinar cells where the rates of 2- and 4-hydroxybiphenyl formation are slower than in the rat. No detectable oxidation products of 7-ethoxycoumarin, biphenyl, or benzo(a)pyrene are found with acinar cells of either species isolated from untreated and phenobarbital-pretreated animals. The O-deethylation of 7-ethoxycoumarin in rat and hamster acinar cells is decreased in the presence of inhibitors of the cytochrome P-450-dependent monooxygenase system, 7,8-benzoflavone being much more effective than metyrapone. The deethylation product of 7-ethoxycoumarin, 7-hydroxycoumarin, is conjugated with sulfate and glucuronic acid moieties at appreciable rates by acinar cells isolated from both rat and hamster. Pretreatment of rats and hamsters with either 5,6-benzoflavone or phenobarbital has little effect on the rates of conjugation in isolated acinar cell preparations.
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