Abstract
The effects of pregnancy on CYPs protein level in the liver have been investigated in our previous study. Since pregnancy was associated with a decrease in CYPs protein level, the objective of this study was to investigate whether CYPs protein can revert to the virgin control level after delivery. Western blot analysis was performed to investigate the changes of total nine CYPs protein (CYP1A1, CYP2B1/CYP2B2, CYP2C6, CYP2C12, CYP2D1, CYP2D4, CYP2E1, CYP3A1 and CYP4A1) at three distinct phases: delivery (postpartum day 0, PPD 0), peak lactation (PPD 14) and on weaning (PPD 28). By PPD 0, CYP1A1, 2B1, 2B2, 2C6, 2E1 and CYP4A1 were markedly down-regulated when compared with virgin controls. By PPD 14, however, CYP1A1, 2B1, 2B2 and CYP2C6 returned to the virgin control level. All the decreased CYPs during lactation were at the virgin control level at PPD 28. The expression of CYP2C12, CYP2D1 and CYP 3A1 did not differ between lactating, post-lactation and virgin control rats. CYP2D4 was not detectable in microsomal proteins obtained from virgin control rats at a protein loading of 20 μg total protein per lane.
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