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Stimulation of microsomal dimethylnitrosamine-N-demethylase by pretreatment of mice with acetone

1978; Elsevier BV; Volume: 21; Issue: 2-3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0009-2797(78)90016-9

1872-7786

I.G. Sipes, Marguerite Lenore Slocumb, Golde I. Holtzman,

Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress

To further investigate the relationship between in vivo microsomal enzyme modifiers and in vitro dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) metabolism, male C57BL/6J mice were pretreated with acetone or Aroclor 1254, two compounds known to influence DMN-N-demethylase activity. Pretreatment with acetone enhanced the in vitro microsomal activity of DMN-N-demethylase, as measured by formaldehyde production from DMN. Accompanying this acetone-enhanced demethylase activity was an increase in the covalent binding of [14C] DMN to RNA, protein, and DNA. Four distinct Km values dependent on the substrate concentration were observed for the N-demethylase present in control microsomes. Only one Km value was observed for the demethylase in microsomes from acetone-treated animals, but it was significantly lower than the lowest Km observed in the control microsomes. At DMN concentrations of 1 and 10 mM, acetone significantly increased N-demethylation of DMN as compared to control, but not at 100 mM DMN. Aroclor 1254 pretreatment repressed DMN-N-demethylase at 1 mM DMN but enhanced it at 100 mM. These results suggest that there may be multiple forms of DMN-N-demethylase which are dependent on DMN concentration and respond differently to modifiers of the microsomal drug-metabolizing enzymes.