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  • Title: Inactivation of Escherichia coli-expressed rabbit cytochrome P-450 2C enzymes by 17 beta-substituted steroids.
    Author: Klekotka PA, Richardson TH, Johnson EF, Halpert JR.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1995 Sep; 274(3):1450-5. PubMed ID: 7562521.
    Abstract:
    The specific inactivation of rabbit cytochromes P-450 2C by 17 beta-substituted steroids has been investigated by using purified, Escherichia coli-expressed enzymes. The expressed P-450s provided a means to characterize accurately the effects of 21,21-dichloroprogesterone, 21,21-dichloropregnenolone, 21-chloro-21-fluoropregnenolone, pregn-5,20-diene-3 beta-ol and pregn-4,20-diene-3-one on progesterone hydroxylation by P-450 2C5, 2C4, 2C3 and 2C3v. Previous studies using rabbit liver microsomes had suggested that 21-chloro-21-fluoropregnenolone is a selective inactivator of 2C5, a progesterone 21-hydroxylase. Studies of the expressed P-450 2C forms showed little selectivity of 21,21-dichloroprogesterone, pregn-5,20-diene-3 beta-ol or pregn-4,20-diene-3-one, whereas 21,21-dichloropregnenolone and 21-chloro-21-fluoropregnenolone preferentially inactivate 2C5. The data indicate the importance of progesterone 21-hydroxylase activity in facilitating selective mechanism-based inactivation of 2C subfamily P-450s by 21,21-dihalogenated steroids. Studies of the inactivation of P-450 2C16, a progesterone 16 alpha-hydroxylase, by the three dihalogenated steroids yielded results consistent with previous findings of 16 alpha-hydroxylase inactivation in rabbit liver microsomes from the inbred B/J strain. Additionally, two mutants, 2C3v:V113A and 2C3v:V113A, T364N were created which confer progesterone 21-hydroxylation on 2C3v. The single mutant, a 6 beta- and 21-hydroxylase, is inactivated rapidly by all three of the 21,21-dihalogenated steroids, whereas the double mutant, a 16 alpha- and 21-hydroxylase, is preferentially inactivated by 21,21-dichloroprogesterone.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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