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  • Title: Metabolic activation of Trp-P-2, a tryptophan-pyrolysis mutagen, by isolated rat hepatocytes.
    Author: Mita S, Yamazoe Y, Kamataki T, Kato R.
    Journal: Biochem Pharmacol; 1983 Apr 01; 32(7):1179-82. PubMed ID: 6189495.
    Abstract:
    Metabolic activation of a tryptophan-pyrolysis product, 3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-2), by isolated rat hepatocytes was studied. The substrate (Trp-P-2) disappearance by hepatocytes from untreated rats was slow, but enhanced by 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) pretreatment of rats. The covalent binding of Trp-P-2 to cellular macromolecules was detected in hepatocytes from untreated rats. The amount of covalent binding of Trp-P-2 to protein and RNA was greater than that to DNA. The covalent binding to Trp-P-2 to DNA, RNA and protein in hepatocytes from untreated rats was about 5-10 times less than that in hepatocytes from MC-pretreated rats. 7,8-Benzoflavone strongly inhibited the substrate disappearance and the binding of Trp-P-2 to DNA in hepatocytes from MC-pretreated rats. These results indicate that Trp-P-2 is metabolically activated by the P-448 type of cytochrome P-450 which is induced by MC. Diethylmaleate enhanced by about 50% the binding of Trp-P-2 to DNA in hepatocytes from MC-pretreated rats. On the other hand, cysteine inhibited the binding of Trp-P-2 to DNA with a concomitant reduction in the accumulation of the active metabolite, N-hydroxy-Trp-P-2 (N-OH-Trp-P-2). Sulfhydryl compounds seemed to play important roles in the detoxification of Trp-P-2.
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