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Title: | Effects of bromocriptine on hepatic cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase system | Authors: | Moochhala, S.M. Lee, E.J.D. Hu, G.T.M. Koh, O.S. Becket, G. |
Issue Date: | 1989 | Citation: | Moochhala, S.M.,Lee, E.J.D.,Hu, G.T.M.,Koh, O.S.,Becket, G. (1989). Effects of bromocriptine on hepatic cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase system. Japanese Journal of Pharmacology 49 (2) : 285-291. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | We have evaluated the in vitro effects of bromocriptine (Br), on the hepatic cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase system of rats pretreated with saline phenobarbitone (PB) and β-naphthoflavone (BNF). Br inhibited ethoxyresorufin O-dealkylase (EROD) activity in liver microsomes of rats pretreated with saline and PB but not in BNF pretreated animals. Maximum inhibition of EROD activity by Br in the microsomes of saline and PB pretreated rats were 50%-60% of the control. In contrast, a dual effect was observed on aminopyrine N-demethylase activity (APD) by Br in microsomes of saline, PB and BNF pretreated rats. At a low concentration (25 μM), Br inhibited the activity of APD to a similar extent in all pretreatment groups; however, with higher concentrations of Br (50 μM to 300 μM), enhancement of APD activity was observed. Br (300 μM) increased the APD activity to 2-3 times the control level in microsomes of rats pretreated with saline, PB or BNF. Spectral studies revealed a Type II binding of Br to cytochrome P-450 from microsomes of saline and PB pretreated rats. A reverse type I binding was observed for BNF induced microsomes. In addition, Br also enhanced NADPH cytochrome c (P-450) reductase activity to a similar extent in all pretreatment groups. These results suggest that the inhibition of EROD activity may be due to direct binding by Br to certain isozymes of cytochrome P-450 and that the enhancing effect of Br on APD activity may be in part due to the activation of the NADPH cytochrome c reductase component of the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase system. | Source Title: | Japanese Journal of Pharmacology | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/105894 | ISSN: | 00215198 |
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