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  • Title: Clotrimazole as an inhibitor of benzo[a]pyrene metabolite-DNA adduct formation in vitro and of microsomal mono-oxygenase activity.
    Author: Kahl R, Friederici DE, Kahl GF, Ritter W, Krebs R.
    Journal: Drug Metab Dispos; 1980; 8(4):191-6. PubMed ID: 6105049.
    Abstract:
    The fungistatic drug clotrimazole (1-[(o-chlorophenyl)diphenylmethyl]imidazole) in concentrations of 5 or 50 microM completely prevented the formation of benzo[a]pyrene metabolite-DNA adducts in vitro catalyzed by liver microsomes from phenobarbital-or 3-methylcholanthrene-treated rats, respectively. Microsomal 7-ethoxycoumarin de-ethylase and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase were effectively inhibited by clotrimazole and three clotrimazole derivatives in all induction states tested, with I50 values down to 7 x 10(-8) M. The mechanism of inhibition was noncompetitive in phenobarbital-stimulated microsomes. Microsomal epoxide hydratase in vitro was enhanced up to 450% by clotrimazole and one of the analogues in concentrations between 5 and 500 microM. Clotrimazole spectrally interacted with reduced cytochrome P-450, exhibiting a double-banded Soret region with peaks at 427 and 446 nm, and partially prevented cytochrome P-450-CO complex formation. When administered in vivo, clotrimazole effectively induced cytochrome P-450 content, mono-oxygenase activity and epoxide hydratase activity in rat liver microsomes. The induction pattern was similar to that obtained with phenobarbital. The analogues were less potent inducers.
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