Abstract
Two types of aryl hydrocarbon (benzo[a]pyrene) hydroxylase have been distinguished in liver from rats of different sex and age by their sensitivity to the synthetic flavonoid, 7,8-benzoflavone. One type, which is stimulated by the 7,8-benzoflavone, is found in newborn rats and predominates in the liver of adult male rats. This type is inducible by phenobarbital. A second type, which is inhibited by 7,8-benzoflavone, comprises a larger fraction in the liver of adult female rats and is inducible by polycyclic hydrocarbons in immature and mature animals of either sex. The presence of this form in adult female liver is also indicated by the kinetics of the hydroxylase reaction. Removal of solid food for 18 hr not only decreases hepatic aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activity in female rats, but also lowers the degree of inhibition by 7,8-benzoflavone. Kinetic data suggest that at low concentrations 7,8-benzoflavone acts as a competitive inhibitor but at higher concentrations inhibits the hydroxylation reaction by a more complex mechanism.
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