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  • Title: Metabolism of benzo[c]phenanthrene by rat liver microsomes and by a purified monooxygenase system reconstituted with different isozymes of cytochrome P-450.
    Author: Ittah Y, Thakker DR, Levin W, Croisy-Delcey M, Ryan DE, Thomas PE, Conney AH, Jerina DM.
    Journal: Chem Biol Interact; 1983 Jul 01; 45(1):15-28. PubMed ID: 6872097.
    Abstract:
    Metabolism of the environmental pollutant and weak carcinogen benzo[c]-phenanthrene (B[c]Ph) by rat liver microsomes and by a purified and reconstituted cytochrome P-450 system is examined. B[c]Ph proved to be one of the best polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon substrates for rat liver microsomes. It is metabolized by microsomes from control rats and by rats treated with phenobarbital or 3-methylcholanthrene at 3.9, 4.2 and 7.8 nmol/nmol cytochrome P-450/min, respectively. Principal metabolites are dihydrodiols along with small amounts (less than 10%) of phenols. The K-region 5,6-dihydrodiol is the major metabolite and accounts for 77-89% of the total metabolites. The 3,4-dihydrodiol with a bay-region 1,2-double bond is formed in much smaller amounts and accounts for only 6-17% of the total metabolites, the highest percentage being formed by microsomes from control rats. Highly purified monooxygenase systems reconstituted with cytochrome P-450a, P-450b and P-450c and epoxide hydrolase form predominantly the 5,6-dihydrodiol (95-97% of total metabolites) and only a small percentage of the 3,4-dihydrodiol (3-5% of total metabolites). The 3,4-dihydrodiol is formed with higher enantiomeric purity by microsomes from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated rats (88%) than by microsomes from control rats (78%) or phenobarbital-treated rats (60%). In each case the (3R,4R)-enantiomer predominates. B[c]Ph 5,6-dihydrodiol formed by all three microsomal preparations is nearly racemic.
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