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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Archives of toxicology 44 (1980), S. 85-98 
    ISSN: 1432-0738
    Keywords: Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase ; Cell cultures ; Drug-metabolizing enzymes ; Glucuronyltransferase ; 3-Hydroxy-benzo(a)pyrene ; Monooxygenases
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Cells in culture were investigated for the expression of monooxygenase and UDP-glucuronyltransferase activities as representatives of activating and inactivating pathways of drug metabolism. Most established cell lines express monooxygenase activity that is detected by the oxygenation of polycyclic hydrocarbons and appears to be a function of cytochrome P-448-dependent enzyme forms (Wiebel et al., 1977). In the hepatoma cell line, H-4-II-E, dexamethasone is capable of increasing the level of benzo(a)pyrene-monooxygenation about 10-fold and of potentiating its induction by benz(a)anthracene. The enzyme activities elicited by dexamethasone and the polycyclic hydrocarbon did not significantly differ in their response to 7,8-benzoflavone, an inhibitor of cytochrome P-448-dependent monooxygenases. Observations on the pattern of benzo(a)pyrene metabolites formed in benz(a)anthracene-treated H-4-II-E and BHK21(C13) cells indicate that established cell cultures may contain different forms of monooxygenases of the cytochrome P-448 type. The majority of cell lines tested express UDP-glucuronyltransferase activity directed toward the substrate, 3-hydroxybenzo(a)pyrene. No clear correlation appears to exist between the presence and level of monooxygenase and glucuronyltransferase activities in the various cell lines, i.e., the cultures may express any one or both enzymes. The ratio of the two enzyme levels can be modified by selective induction. Thus, at present there is a choice of established cells in culture exhibiting widely differing ratios of activating and inactivating enzymes to analyse the metabolic pathways of selected classes of foreign compounds, such as polycyclic hydrocarbons, and to determine their toxicological significance. Further efforts are likely to yield cell lines that express the enzymic functions lacking in the cultures currently used and will be suitable to study the full spectrum of foreign compounds.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-0738
    Keywords: Aminophylline ; Aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase ; Benzo(a)pyrene ; Cell hybridization ; Monooxygenases
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird darüber berichtet, inwieweit Säugetierzellen in Kultur für Untersuchungen des oxidativen Metabolismus von Fremdstoffen geeignet sind. Viele Zellstämme enthalten Monooxygenaseaktivität, die sich durch polycyclische Kohlenwasserstoffe auf ein Mehrfaches induzieren läßt. Gegenwärtig lassen sich jedoch Zellkulturen aus folgenden Gründen nur beschränkt zum Studium der Fremdstoffaktivierung einsetzen: 1) Zellen in Kultur enthalten anscheinend Monooxygenaseformen, die von den in der Leber vorherrschenden Formen verschieden sind. Dies spiegelt sich im unterschiedlichen Metabolismus des Benzpyrens wieder. Foetale Hamsterund Mauszellen scheinen vorwiegend Positionen am Benzo-Ring zu oxydieren, während Lebermikrosomen aus diesen Tierspezies in erster Linie den Pyren-Teil des Moleküls oxidativ angreifen. Schon früher war beobachtet worden, daß Monooxygenasen in Zellkulturen mehr denen in extrahepatischen Geweben ähneln. In Anbetracht der Befunde scheinen Zellen in Dauerkultur gegenwärtig ungeeignet zu sein, als Modell für den hepatischen Metabolismus von Fremdstoffen zu dienen, und nur begrenzt brauchbar zu sein zum generellen Screening gefährlicher Substanzen. 2) In vielen Zellstämmen ist die Aktivität der Monooxygenasen so niedrig, daß der Fremdstoffmetabolismus nicht mehr analytisch erfaßt werden kann. Dem läßt sich in einigen spezifischen Zellstämmen durch Zusatz eines Hemmstoffes der Nucleotid-Phosphodiesterase entgegenwirken. Die durch polycyclische Kohlenwasserstoffe hervorgerufene Induktion kann dadurch um das 2-10fache gesteigert werden. Hybridisierung von somatischen Zellen sollte es ermöglichen, Zellen auszulesen, die sich durch ihre spezifische Ausstattung mit Fremdstoff-metabolisierenden Enzymen auszeichnen. Ein erster Schritt in dieser Richtung wurde mit der Hybridisierung von Mauszellen und menschlichen Knochenmarkzellen getan, die zur vorläufigen Zuordnung eines Gens, das für die Expression der Aryl-Hydrocarbon-Hydroxylase erforderlich ist, zum menschlichen Chromosom 2 führte.
    Notes: Abstract The present studies explore some of the limitations and possibilities of using cultured mammalian cells in the analysis of xenobiotic metabolism by microsomal monooxygenases. A large variety of cells in culture contain monooxygenase activity which is inducible severalfold by polycyclic hydrocarbons. Presently the application of cultured cells to studies of drug activation is restricted mainly by two factors: 1) Cells in culture may contain forms of monooxygenases that differ from those predominating in liver. This is suggested by the metabolism of benzo(a)pyrene in fetal cells in culture and in liver microsomes of mouse and hamster. These cultured cells appear to oxygenate preferably the benzo ring of benzo(a)pyrene whereas microsomes of liver predominantly attack the pyrene side of the molecule. Earlier studies indicated that monooxygenases in cultured cells resemble in many respects those in extrahepatic tissues. The results suggest that at present cells in long term culture are unsuitable as model for the hepatic metabolism of xenobiotics and limited as tool for a general screening of potentially hazardous chemicals. 2) Monooxygenase activity in many established cell lines is too low to be useful in studies of drug metabolism. In some selected cultures this may be overcome by the use of a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitor which may increase polycyclic hydrocarbon induced monoxygenase activity 2 fold and in some cell lines more than 10 fold. Selection of cells with specific sets of enzymes involved in xenobiotic metabolism may be facilitated by somatic cell hybridization techniques. A beginning has been made with the preliminary assignment of a locus required for aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase expression to human chromsome 2 in hybrids of RAG cells, an established mouse line, and normal human bone marrow cells.
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