Mutagenesis, Vol. 18, No. 1, 95-100,
January 2003
© 2003 UK Environmental Mutagen Society/Oxford University Press
Modulation of rat liver citochrome P450 by protein restriction assessed by biochemical and bacterial mutagenicity methods
1 CIBIOMED, ICBP ‘Victoria de Girón’, Ciudad Habana, Cuba, 2 Torre de Investigación ‘Joaquín Cravioto’, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Insurgentes Sur, 3700-C, 04530 México, D.F., México and 3 Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, UNAM, Apartado Postal 70228, 04510 México, D.F., México
Protein restriction (PR) significantly inhibits spontaneous and chemical carcinogenesis. Several factors seem to be involved in this effect, including a decrease in body weight, cellular proliferation and DNA damage and an increase in antioxidant defenses. The current study was designed to determine modifications in some hepatic cytochromes P450 (CYPs) due to a hypoproteic diet and to investigate its implications on chemical mutagenesis. Western blot analysis showed decreases of 73, 40 and 74% in CYP1A, CYP2B and CYP2E1 protein concentrations in hepatic microsomes from animals fed a protein-restricted (6% protein) diet for 6 weeks in comparison with microsomes from rats fed a 24% protein diet during the same period. In the same way, low protein fed animals showed a 3.5-fold decrease in hepatic CYP1A1-associated ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity, a 6-fold decrease in CYP1A2-associated methoxyresorufin O-demethylase activity, a 1.7-fold decrease in CYP2B1-associated penthoxyresorufin O-dealkylase activity, a 9-fold decrease in CYP2B2-associated benzyloxyresorufin O-dealkylase and, finally, a 3.4-fold decrease in CYP2E1-associated 4-nitrophenol hydroxylase activity. As a result of decreased CYP hepatic protein concentrations and enzymatic activities, liver S9 from rats fed a hypoproteic diet was less efficient in activating promutagens than S9 prepared from rats fed a 24% protein diet in the Ames test. Mutagenic potency obtained with protein-restricted S9 was reduced 25-fold for 2-aminoanthracene, 1.5-fold for N-nitrosodipropylamine, 12.5-fold for N-nitrosodibutylamine, 2-fold for cyclophosphamide and N-nitrosopyrrolidine and 71-fold for N-nitrosodimethylamine. However, the mutagenic potency of benzo[a]pyrene was the same (4 revertants/µg) with S9 derived from rats fed either a 6 or 24% protein diet.
4 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70228, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D.F., México. Tel: +52 5 6 22 38 58; Fax: +52 5 6 22 38 53; Email: jjea{at}servidor.unam.mx
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