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In this study we have used cloned gene probes for human glutathione peroxidase (GPX), rat cytochrome P-450IVA1 and rat cytochrome P-450IIE1 to detect homologous sequences in RNA from the hepato-pancreas of Mytilus edulis. The presence of sequences hybridising to the GPX and P-450IVA1 probes, but not to the P-450IIE1 probe, confirms the ancient origin of the former genes and indicates that conserved-sequence DNA probes from higher organisms can be used to examine the structure and function of genes of environmental interest in marine organisms.  相似文献   

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These studies were designed to determine the metabolic capability of the microsomal cytochrome(s) P-450 in spiny lobster hepatopancreas, and to determine how chemicals which selectively modify mammalian monooxygenase activity catalyzed by different cytochrome P-450 isozymes affect the spiny lobster cytochrome P-450. We used a washing procedure to concentrate the hepatopancreas microsomal cytochrome P-450 and remove the inhibitors of monooxygenase activity which are normally present in microsomes. The resulting reparation (MI fraction) was used to determine monooxygenase activity towards benzo[a]pyrene, benz-phetamine, 7-ethoxyresorufin in the presence of either cumene hydroperoxide or NADPH and vertebrate liver cytochrome P-450 reductase. Benzphetamine was the best substrate for the lobster cytochrome P-450, whereas 7-ethoxyresorufin was metabolized very slowly. Studies with chemical modifiers showed that the responses of the lobster cytochrome(s) P-450 were not similar to those of any of the well-characterized cytochrome P-450 isozymes purified from mammalian liver.  相似文献   

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The monooxygenase cytochrome P-450 is a ubiquitous enzyme well known for its role in the detoxication of drugs and xenobiotics and the biosynthesis of the steroid hormones. The toxicity and carcinogenicity of many chemicals is frequently due to the formation of oxygenated reactive intermediates, which are formed by the same enzymes that effect the detoxication of these chemicals, namely the cytochromes P-450. In mammalia the cytochromes P-450 exist as a group of isoenzymes with overlapping substrate affinities, selectively and differentially induced by their specific substrates or inhibitors. As few enzyme assays have been shown to be specific for a particular cytochrome P-450 isoenzyme the characterisation of these isoenzymes has been dependent on their isolation and purification. It is therefore important to know whether one or more isoenzyme of cytochrome P-450 is specifically concerned with the activation of carcinogens and chemicals, rather than their detoxication, and to develop a specific enzymic assay for this activating enzyme.  相似文献   

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Monooxygenase reactions catalyzed by cytochromes P-450 are paramount in the oxidative metabolism of many xenobiotics, determining both the persistence and effects of numerous types of compounds. Immunological probes are proving useful in evaluating the functions of P-450 isozymes in microsomal preparations from many species. The regulation of specific isozymes by endogenous and exogenous factors can also be evaluated with such probes. Here we describe studies on the activities apparently catalyzed by induced P-450 in fish, evaluated with both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to cytochrome P-450E, the apparent major β-naphthoflavone(BNF) or methylcholanthrene(MC)-inducible isozyme purified from scup (S. chrysops) liver.  相似文献   

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The capacity of the mammalian liver microsomal P-450-dependent systems to metabolize a wide variety of endogenous and exogenous compounds is thought to reflect the presence of multiple forms of P-450 haemoproteins with broad and overlapping substrate specificity. In plants, the functions and specificity of cytochrome P-450 systems are less well known.This study was designed to prepare and characterize subcellular fractions from fresh sheaths (basal parts of leaves) of a mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, the aim being the preparation of a microsomal fraction suitable for studying xenobiotic metabolism. The purity of the different fractions obtained by centrifugation, as well as the recovery of different organelles, was determined using enzyme markers (cytochrome c oxidase, alkaline phosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase) and morphological examination by transmission electron microscopy. Some assays of enzymes involved in xenobiotic metabolism (cytochrome c reductase, laurate hydroxylase, ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase and glutathione-S-transferase) were also performed on different fractions of the preparation. The subcellular distribution for drug metabolism and marker enzymes showed a loss of endoplasmic reticulum in the pellet obtained after the first centrifugation, but the microsomal fraction was relatively free of mitochondria and fragments of the plasma membrane.Some assays are still being performed to avoid the small loss of endoplasmic reticulum experienced with the first pellet. However, the microsomes prepared in this study from sheaths of Posidonia oceanica appear suitable for further investigation of xenobiotic metabolism.  相似文献   

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Xenobiotic-mediated productions of reactive oxygen species, via enzymemediated redox cycling, have been implicated in a variety of toxicological phenomena including lipid peroxidation, enzyme inactivation and oxidative DNA damage leading to cancer. A comparison was undertaken of two benthic freshwater fish species that appear to differ markedly in their susceptibility to chemical carcinogenesis—the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and the more cancer-prone brown bullhead (Ameriurus nebulosus)-in terms of basic biochemical characteristics related to oxidative stress. This has included analysis of microsomal redox cycling of model xenobiotics (e.g. menadione) as well as antioxidant and other detoxifying enzymes in hepatic tissue of the two species. In addition, endpoints of oxidative stress, such as altered glutathione status and oxidative DNA damage, were examined. These studies have revealed numerous qualitative and quantitative differences between the two species both in terms of basal enzyme activities and in species response to model prooxidants. For example, bullhead appear to possess a greater capacity for microsomal redox cycling of xenobiotics, but have glutathione-dependent defense systems less able to withstand oxidative challenge. These and other interspecific differences have allowed for an improved understanding of the basic mechanisms which may underly species susceptibility to oxidative stress and critical manifestations such as cancer.  相似文献   

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谷胱甘肽硫转移酶是一类在细胞解毒和抗氧化过程中发挥重要作用的超家族酶系。采用cDNA末端快速扩增技术,从菲律宾蛤仔中克隆获得Rho型GST和微粒体型GST基因的全长序列(分别命名为VpGSTR和VpGSTMi)。序列分析显示,VpGSTR和VpGSTMi的cDNA全长分别为942bp和661bp,编码234和149个氨基酸。系统分析结果表明,菲律宾蛤仔GSTR与GSTMi在进化树上的位置与其分类所处的位置一致。荧光定量PCR结果发现,VpGSTR和VpGSTMi广泛分布于所检测组织中,且在肝胰腺组织中表达量最高。在鳗弧菌侵染后,VpGSTR和VpGSTMi基因表达量在24h内均表现出明显的上升趋势。上述结果表明,VpGSTR和VpGSTMi可能在菲律宾蛤仔抵御细菌侵染导致的氧化应激中发挥重要功能。  相似文献   

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Monoclonal antibody directed against a major β-naphthoflavone (BNF)-induced form of teleost cytochrome P-450, P-450E (equivalent to P-450c in rat) was used to immunolocalize this enzyme in liver, gill and heart of scup and trout. Liver sections from both species showed P-450E in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes. No regional differences were observed which might indicate zonation of cytochrome P-450E within subpopulations of hepatocytes. Scup exocrine pancreatic cells were only weakly positive. In the gill of both fish, cytochrome P-450E was restricted to the endothelium (pillar cells) of secondary lamellae, where fluorescence appeared as a chain in longitudinal sections through lamellae and as star-shaped clusters in en face views. Sections of ventricular wall in both species revealed P-450E was restricted to endothelium at margins of muscle bands limiting heart ventricular lumen. Localization in the specific cells of these and other organs may be fundamentally important in understanding the role of cytochrome P-450E.  相似文献   

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The hepatic mixed function oxidase system in the fish differs from that in mammals in its responses to the two classic mammalian inducers. The cytochrome P-448-type inducers (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) stimulate monooxygenase activity, but phenobarbital, a P-450-type inducer, does not.1 We have compared the effects of phenobarbital (PB) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) on the turnover of hepatic microsomal hemoproteins in trout (PCB's are P-448- and P-450-type inducers in mammals, which in fish induce only cytochrome P-448). We show here that neither PCB nor PB treatment changed the turnover rate. However, both the rates of synthesis and degradation were much slower than in the rat.  相似文献   

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The metabolism of some xenobiotics can lead to the formation of reactive intermediates with mutagenic/carcinogenic properties. With the carcinogenic PAH these have been identified as bay-region diol-epoxides.1 Phenanthrene, a non-carcinogenic, bay-region containing model PAH, is metabolised in vivo by bony fish at the proximate bay-region position, whereas mammals and other marine organisms mainly form the K-region metabolite 9,10-dihydro-9,10-dihydroxy-phenanthrene.2 We wanted to investigate this difference more closely by studying the regiospecificity of phenanthrene metabolism in vitro both with microsomes from differently pretreated cod and with isolated cytochrome P-450 isozymes from BNF-induced cod.3 Secondly, by preparing antibodies to the major isozyme isolated (called cod P-450c), we investigated the immunochemical properties of the variously treated cod liver microsomes.  相似文献   

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微粒体谷光甘肽硫转移酶(microsomal glutathione S-transferases,MGST)作为膜结合蛋白之一,具有谷光甘肽转移酶和过氧化物酶活性,在细胞及细胞器的抗氧化胁迫中扮演着重要角色,但MGST基因在紫菜(Pyropia yezoensis)中的鉴定与分析还未见报道。本文采用RACE-PCR方法首次克隆了条斑紫菜的微粒体GST基因的全长,命名为PyMGST3,同时利用生物信息学及实时定量PCR方法对该基因的序列及诱导表达特征进行了分析,并通过原核表达进一步验证了该基因的酶活性及在抗氧化胁迫中的作用。结果表明,PyMGST3基因的c DNA序列全长为681bp,其中开放阅读框长度417bp,5'-UTR长度80bp,3'-UTR长度184bp,在受到Cd~(2+)和Cu~(2+)胁迫时,上调表达;PyMGST3蛋白具有三个跨膜结构域及跨膜疏水区,与皱波角叉菜的MGST蛋白相似性最高为60%,与其它藻类的MGST蛋白的相似性较低;在大肠杆菌中表达及纯化后的PyMGST3蛋白具有谷光甘肽转移酶活性;此外,超表达PyMGST3蛋白的重组菌株提高了对抗Cd~(2+)和Cu~(2+)毒害的能力。这些结果暗示PyMGST3基因很可能在条斑紫菜遭遇重金属等引起的氧化胁迫时起到重要的保护作用。  相似文献   

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This study was conducted to test whether live cells from the liver of fish could be used to detect early changes that are indicative of pollutant-induced liver damage. Low-molecular-weight fluorescent molecular probes were inserted into isolated hepatocytes from dab (Limanda limanda) from a contaminated site and a reference site in the North Sea. These included bioprobes for endoplasmic reticulum (ER), cytochrome P-450-associated 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD), oxyradicals, reduced glutathione (GSH) and microtubules (MT). Endocytosis of Texas Red-albumin was used as an integrated indicator of hepatocyte performance. Findings showed increases in ER-associated fluorescence, EROD and oxyradical generation, with a marked decrease in endocytosis in hepatocytes from fish caught at the contaminated site. These results indicate that fish from the historically contaminated site were impacted by organic xenobiotics which induced the biotransformation system, radical production and cell injury.  相似文献   

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The incidence of hepatoma, epidermal and other forms of cancerous growths in fish is well documented (Halver, 1967; Matsushima & Sugimura, 1976; Dawe et al., 1964). In fish, as in mammals, cancer may be a result of metabolically activated carcinogens. In mammals the primary enzyme system involved in the activation of environmental carcinogens is the cytochrome P-450 linked mixed-function oxidase (MFO). The hepatic microsomes of the species offish studied contain variable levels of cytochrome P-450. Liver microsomes of the trout Salmo trutta lacustris are surprisingly active in metabolising benzo-[a]pyrene (BP) and other compounds preferentially metabolised by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-specific cytochrome P-450. This finding may be significant, because it is apparent that the detrimental effects of PAHs require metabolic activation.We have studied the production of reactive intermediates of BP by following their binding to DNA and by measuring the specific nucleotide-BP metabolite complexes by chromatography. Untreated S. trutta liver microsomes catalyse the production of reactive intermediates of BP which bind to nucleotides of DNA at a rate that is 3–4 times higher than that catalysed by control rat liver microsomes. The most prominent DNA-BP metabolite adducts produced by trout liver microsomes are the nucleoside adduct of BP-7, 8-diol-9,10-epoxide and 9-OH-BP-4,5-oxide and other phenol oxides. In contrast to the trout, another fish species, roach (Rutilus rutilus), has extremely low activity. Although the in vitro binding of BP to DNA is not strictly correlated to in vivo binding or biological effects, our results show that reactive intermediates are formed by trout liver and thus the prerequisite for chemical carcinogenesis or mutagenesis is ful filled. This is further supported by the fact that in Ames's test, trout liver preparations produce mutagenic products from promutagens.  相似文献   

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Bivalve and gastropod molluscs readily accumulate polynuclear aromatic (PNAH) and other hydrocarbons from the environment and are widely used in environmental monitoring programmes.1 The response of the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase or mixed function oxidase (MFO) system to organic xenobiotics is of interest from the comparative viewpoint and in biological effects monitoring.2 We have studied the bivalves Mytilus edulis (mussel) and Cardium edule (cockle) and the gastropod Littorina littorea (periwinkle) exposed to hydrocarbons, experimentally or naturally in the field. The general trend of response in digestive gland microsomes was an increase in cytochrome P-450 content and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase (NADPH-CYTCRED) activity but no increase in benzo[a]pyrene hydrolyase (BPH) activity. Sex and seasonal interactions were evident. We conclude that aspects of the responses may be peculiar to the Mollusc and that NADPH-CTYCRED possibly offers potential for this phylogenetic group as a specific indicator of biological impact by organic pollution.  相似文献   

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Cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases catalyze the biotransformation of a great variety of foreign, as well as endogenous, lipid-soluble compounds to more water-soluble products. As in mammals, highest concentration of cytochrome P-450 in fish is found in the liver. However, previous studies have indicated that fish kidney contains relatively high cytochrome P-450-mediated activities.1,2 We have therefore prepared and characterized subcellular fractions from the kidney of rainbow trout suitable for studies on cytochrome P-450-dependent reactions. Furthermore, as in the liver, several cytochrome P-450-mediated reactions in the kidney were induced following treatment of the fish with β-naphthoflavone.  相似文献   

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The hepatic microsomal monooxygenase system of fish-eating sea birds has received little attention considering the vulnerability of this group of animals to environmental pollution. Knight et al.1 measured monooxygenase activities of six species of fish-eating sea birds towards the organochlorine pesticide aldrin and the dieledrin analogue HCE (1,2,3,4,9,9-hexachloro-1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octohydro-exo-7,8-epoxy-1,4-methanonaphaline) and found very low activities in all species except the puffin (Fratercula arctica), activities more comparable to those of the fish than those of terrestrial birds. The aims of the present study were to compare the aldrin epoxidase and HCE hydroxylase systems of the razorbill (Alca torda) and the puffin with those of the male rat. Kinetics of the two reactions were compared at substrate concentrations down to environmentally realistic levels and the forms of cytochrome P-450 of the birds were partially characterised and compared with forms equivalently from untreated male rat liver.  相似文献   

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The relationship between cytochrome P450 and feeding on terpenoid-rich gorgonian corals was investigated in a species of tropical butterflyfish and compared with two other sympatric congeners that do not feed on gorgonians. Fish were collected from non-polluted waters in Belize and the levels of two cytochrome P450 isozymes (CYP2B and CYP3A) were immunoquantitated in addition to quantification of total P450. Chaetodon capistratus regularly feeds on gorgonian corals and has higher levels of total hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450 than C. ocellatus or C. striatus. The content of hepatic P450 (0.588–0.794 nmol mg−1) in C. capistratus is among the highest ever reported in teleosts from non-polluted waters and is significantly greater than detected in C. ocellatus or C. striatus. Chaetodon capistratus also had a larger hepatic index (g liver per g fish) and more microsomal protein (mg protein per g liver), factors that translate into 3.3- to 8-fold more total P450 per g fish. Sexual differences in total P450 were observed between male and female C. capistratus, but not among the other species. The contents of proteins detected by immunoassay with polyclonal anti-scup P450B (CYP2B) and anti-human P4503A (CYP3A) were 2- to 10-fold and 2- to 20-fold greater, respectively, in C. capistratus than in the congeneric species. CYP2 and CYP3 gene families in mammals are thought to have evolved partially in response to dietary allelochemicals. These results suggest that these P450 isozymes may also be important in marine teleosts that feed on terpenoid-rich prey.  相似文献   

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The whales are an interesting group in several aspects of science, including evolutionary biology, marine ecology and toxicology. Some of the whale species, including the minke whale, graze at the top of the food chains, where they become susceptible to the accumulation of marine pollutants ingested by organisms at lower levels. The northern stock of the minke whale grazes in Arctic waters in the summer, an area of increasing interest in the development of new oil fields. Studies on the metabolism, disposition and effects of xenobiotics in marine mammals are few. The only reports in the open literature so far have dealt with these questions in seals.1–3 Although the marine mammals comprise a particularly interesting group in marine ecology and toxicology, no data have to our knowledge been presented on the xenobiotic metabolising enzyme systems of the whales. In this study, components of the microsomal cytochrome P-450 system were measured in liver samples from several females, one male, and two foetal minke whales, caught in the Norwegian whaling season of 1983. Because of the limited number of samples studied we have treated the samples individually and not performed any statistical analysis of the data. The trends discussed below must therefore be considered with this background.  相似文献   

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The hepatopancreae of the ribbed mussel, Geukensia demissa, and the wedge clam, Rangia cuneata, were examined for their ability to catalyze the reduction/oxidation cycling of the bipyridyl herbicide paraquat. In vitro studies indicated a dose-dependent increase in the rate of superoxide anion (O2−) generation in microsomal fractions supplemented with NADPH; the highest concentration of paraquat employed (4 mm) elicited an 81 % increase in cytochrome c reduction in G. demissa and a 135% increase in R. cuneata. In both .species, cytochrome c reduction was inhibited by the addition of exogenous superoxide dismutase (SOD). For in vivo studies, a single application of paraquat (0·5, 1·0 or 2·0 mm) was added to aerated salt-water aquaria containing G. demissa. Biochemical analyses of antioxidant enzymes, reduced glutathione (GSH) and lipid peroxidation were performed in hepatopancreatic tissue after exposures of 6, 12, 24 and 36 h. Results support the hypotheses that these bivalves can activate redox cycling compounds and demonstrate in vivo responses typical of oxidative stress as observed in other organisms.  相似文献   

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为了分析鳗草（Zostera marina）中微粒体谷胱甘肽S-转移酶在不同温度下的基因表达规律以及响应机制,本文通过在大肠杆菌中表达ZmGST,纯化重组蛋白以及热稳定性分析,以此为进一步阐述Z. marina的种群退化机制并提供理论依据。总之,鳗草中的微粒体GST的热稳定性和其对温度变化的响应决定了其对温度的耐受范围,并进而影响其恢复力。  相似文献   

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