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  • Title: Oxidation of pesticides by purified cytochrome P-450 isozymes from mouse liver.
    Author: Levi PE, Hodgson E.
    Journal: Toxicol Lett; 1985; 24(2-3):221-8. PubMed ID: 3983973.
    Abstract:
    5 cytochrome P-450 isozymes were purified from the livers of uninduced mice and reconstituted with purified NADPH cytochrome P-450 reductase and phospholipid. The pesticides parathion, fonofos, DEF, Mocap and profenofos were oxidized by the reconstituted monooxygenase system to form acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors. The bioactivation varied with the pesticide substrate and the cytochrome P-450 isozyme. Aldrin epoxidation occurred with all 5 isozymes, with cytochrome P-450 A1 being the most active. All fraction metabolized the pesticide synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO) to form an inhibitory cytochrome P-450-PBO-metabolite complex. The reduced complex produced a spectrum in the Soret region which was characteristic for each of the cytochrome P-450 isozymes. Inhibition of aldrin epoxidation by PBO was found to be unrelated to the nature of the Soret spectrum.
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