Abstract
The interferon inducing agents, poly rI·rC and tilorone, cause a marked depression of hepatic cytochrome P-450-linked monooxygenase systems. Ascorbate synthesis and hepatic monnoxygenase systems are induced by phenobarbital and 3-methylcholanthrene. Poly rI·rC and tilorone suppressed the induction of ascorbate synthesis, P-450 and monooxygenase activity (ethylmorphine N-demethylase and benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylase) by phenobarbital. 3-Methylcholanthrene-induced ascorbate synthesis was suppressed by poly rI·rC, but equivocal results were obtained with tilorone. Induction of P-450 by 3-methylcholanthrene was suppressed completely by poly rI·rC or tilorone, but that of benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylase was lowered by only 40%, thus demonstrating the selective depressive action of interferon inducing agents on different species of P-450.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1017-1023 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 13 1979 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:1Recipient of a fellowship from the Medical Research Council of Canada. Present address: Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4H6. 2Abbreviations: Poly rI*rC or IC, polyriboinosinic acid - polyribo-cytidylic acid; MC, 3-methylcholanthrene; PB, phenobarbital; BP, benzo[a]-pyrene; EM, ethylmorphine.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology