Abstract
Pretreatment of rabbits with phenobarbital caused significant increases in total pulmonary cytochrome P-450 content, benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase and 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase activities and to a lesser extent in benzphetamine N-demethylase activity in lung microsomes. However, 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity was not significantly altered. In addition, the pulmonary concentration of the cytochrome P-450-metyrapone complex was increased significantly. Column chromatography of the pulmonary monooxygenases demonstrated that in untreated and phenobarbital-treated rabbits, cytochromes P-450I and P-450II constituted the major forms of cytochrome P-450 isozymes. In addition, the chromatographic studies showed that pretreatment with phenobarbital caused an increase in the content of cytochrome P-450I, but not of cytochrome P-450II. These observations were confirmed by subjecting the pulmonary cytochromes to gel electrophoresis, and staining of the gels for protein and heme.
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