On the mechanism of the inactivation of the major phenobarbital-inducible isozyme of rat liver cytochrome P-450 by chloramphenicol.

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Halpert JR, Miller NE, Gorsky LD

On the mechanism of the inactivation of the major phenobarbital-inducible isozyme of rat liver cytochrome P-450 by chloramphenicol.

J Biol Chem. 1985 Jul 15;260(14):8397-403.

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The mechanism of the inactivation of the major phenobarbital-inducible isozyme of rat liver cytochrome P-450 (P-450 PB-B2) by chloramphenicol has been investigated. Preparations of the enzyme from animals treated in vivo with chloramphenicol (CAP PB-B2) have been isolated, and their catalytic, spectral, and physical properties have been compared with those of the native PB-B2. The CAP PB-B2 exhibited: 1) a 60-70% loss in the rate of NADPH-supported monooxygenase activity with the substrates benzphetamine, 7-ethoxycoumarin, and p-nitroanisole; 2) a 60% decrease in the extent of enzymatic P-450 reduction catalyzed by NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions; 3) a 60% decrease in the steady-state level of the ferrous dioxygen complex in the presence of substrates; 4) a 60% decrease in the magnitude of the type I spectral change induced by benzphetamine; and 5) a shift in the wavelength maximum for the chemically reduced ferrous-carbonyl complex from 450 to 451.5 nm. On the other hand, the ability of the CAP PB-B2 to catalyze the iodosobenzene-supported metabolism of 7-ethoxycoumarin and p-nitroanisole was unaltered. The results are consistent with a scheme whereby the binding of metabolites of chloramphenicol to amino acid residues in the PB-B2 close to the heme moiety blocks electron transport from NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase, thereby leading to a loss of monooxygenase activity.

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Drug	Enzyme	Kind	Organism	Pharmacological Action	Actions
Benzphetamine	NADPH--cytochrome P450 reductase	Protein	Humans	Unknown	Substrate	Details