Oxygenated cytochrome P-450-CAM and chloroperoxidase: direct evidence for sulfur donor ligation trans to dioxygen and structural characterization using EXAFS spectroscopy

1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (25) ◽  
pp. 8114-8116 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Dawson ◽  
Lung Shan. Kau ◽  
James E. Penner-Hahn ◽  
Masanori. Sono ◽  
Kim Smith. Eble ◽  
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1971 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. De Matteis

1. The effect of a single dose of 2-allyl-2-isopropylacetamide on the cytochrome P-450 concentration in rat liver microsomal fraction was studied. The drug caused a rapid loss of cytochrome P-450 followed by a gradual increase to above the normal concentration. 2. The loss of cytochrome P-450 was accompanied by a loss of microsomal haem and by a brown–green discoloration of the microsomal fraction suggesting that a change in the chemical constitution of the lost haem had taken place. Direct evidence for this was obtained by prelabelling the liver haems with radioactive 5-aminolaevulate: the drug caused a loss of radioactivity from the haem with an increase of radioactivity in a fraction containing certain un-identified green pigments. 3. Evidence was obtained by a dual-isotopic procedure that rapidly turning-over haem(s) may be preferentially affected. 4. The loss of cytochrome P-450 as well as the loss of microsomal haem and the discoloration of the microsomal fraction were more intense in animals pretreated with phenobarbitone and were much less evident when compound SKF 525-A (2-diethylaminoethyl 3,3-diphenylpropylacetate) was given before 2-allyl-2-isopropylacetamide, suggesting that the activity of the drug-metabolizing enzymes may be involved in these effects. 5. The relevance of the destruction of liver haem to the increased activity of 5-aminolaevulate synthetase caused by 2-allyl-2-isopropylacetamide is discussed.


1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (50) ◽  
pp. 12489-12497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy L. Stemmler ◽  
Terence M. Barnhart ◽  
James E. Penner-Hahn ◽  
Charles E. Tucker ◽  
Paul Knochel ◽  
...  

1986 ◽  
Vol 240 (2) ◽  
pp. 585-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Reed ◽  
E A Lock ◽  
F De Matteis

The presence of a very active cytochrome P-450-dependent drug-metabolizing system in the olfactory epithelium has been confirmed by using 7-ethoxycoumarin, 7-ethoxyresorufin, hexobarbitone and aniline as substrates, and the reasons for the marked activity of the cytochrome P-450 in this tissue have been investigated. The spectral interaction of hexobarbitone and aniline with hepatic and olfactory microsomes has been examined. By this criterion there was no evidence for marked differences in the spin state of the cytochromes of the two tissues, or for the olfactory epithelium containing a greater amount of cytochrome capable of binding hexobarbitone, a very actively metabolized substrate. Rates of NADPH and NADH: cytochrome c reductase activity were found to be higher in the olfactory epithelium than in the liver, and direct evidence was obtained for a greater amount of the NADPH-dependent flavoprotein in the olfactory microsomes. Investigation of male rats and male and female mice, as well as male hamsters, demonstrated that, in all cases, the cytochrome P-450 levels of the olfactory epithelium were lower than those of the liver, while the 7-ethoxycoumarin de-ethylase and NADPH:cytochrome c reductase activities were higher. A correlation was found between 7-ethoxycoumarin de-ethylase and NADPH:cytochrome c reductase activities for both tissues in all species examined. The ratio of reductase to cytochrome P-450 was found to be considerably higher in the olfactory epithelium (1:2-1:3) than in the liver (1:11-1:15), regardless of the species examined, suggesting that facilitated electron flow may contribute significantly to the cytochrome P-450 catalytic turnover in the olfactory tissue.


1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (3) ◽  
pp. H1252-H1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Nishikawa ◽  
David W. Stepp ◽  
William M. Chilian

Responses of epicardial coronary arterioles to ACh were measured using stroboscopic fluorescence microangiography in dogs ( n = 38). ACh (0.1 and 0.5 μg ⋅ kg−1 ⋅ min−1ic) dilated small (<100 μm, 11 ± 2 and 19 ± 2%, respectively) and large (>100 μm, 6 ± 3 and 13 ± 3%, respectively) arterioles at baseline. Combined administration of N ω-monomethyl-l-arginine (l-NMMA; 1.0 μmol/min ic) and indomethacin (10 mg/kg iv) eliminated ACh-induced dilation in large coronary arterioles but only partially attenuated that in small arterioles. Suffusion of a buffer containing 60 mM KCl (high KCl) completely abolished cromakalim-induced dilation in arterioles and in combination with l-NMMA plus indomethacin completely blocked ACh-induced dilation in small arterioles. This indicated that the vasodilation to ACh that persists in small arterioles after administration of l-NMMA and indomethacin is mediated via a hyperpolarizing factor. The ACh-induced vasodilation remaining after l-NMMA and indomethacin was completely blocked by the large-conductance potassium-channel antagonist iberiotoxin or by epicardial suffusion of miconazole or metyrapone, inhibitors of cytochrome P-450 enzymes. These observations are consistent with the view that endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) is a product of cytochrome P-450 enzymes and produces vasodilation by the opening of large-conductance potassium channels. We conclude that ACh-induced dilation in large coronary arterioles is mediated mainly by nitric oxide (NO), whereas, in small arterioles both NO and EDHF mediate dilation to ACh. These data provide the first direct evidence for an in vivo role of EDHF in small coronary arterioles.


1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 348-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Stemmler ◽  
James E. Penner-Hahn ◽  
Paul Knochel

1986 ◽  
Vol 238 (1) ◽  
pp. 263-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
F De Matteis ◽  
C Harvey ◽  
S R Martin

Isolated rat hepatocytes incubated with two suicide substrates of cytochrome P-450, 2-allyl-2-isopropylacetamide and 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-4-ethyl-1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethylpyridine(4-ethyl-DD C), convert exogenous mesohaem and deuterohaem into N-alkylated mesoporphyrins and deuteroporphyrins respectively. The N-alkylated mesoporphyrins can be separated by h.p.l.c. from the corresponding N-alkylated protoporphyrins originating from endogenous haem; in this way the contribution of both endogenous and exogenous pools of haem can be studied in the same experiment. N-Alkylated mesoporphyrin exhibits chiral properties, and its isomeric composition and/or amount are dependent on the particular cytochrome P-450 enzyme predominating in the cell. These findings provide additional and more direct evidence that exchangeable haem is taken up by cytochrome P-450 before being N-alkylated.


1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (24) ◽  
pp. 7819-7825 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Penner-Hahn ◽  
Kim. Smith Eble ◽  
Thomas J. McMurry ◽  
Mark. Renner ◽  
Alan L. Balch ◽  
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