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Studies on Pulmonary Aryl Hydrocarbons Hydroxylase Activity in Inbred Strains of Mice, Chem. Biol. Interactions, 13 [St Results Show Genetically Regulated Levels of Ahh May Play A Role in Susceptibilty to Cancers Induced by Pah.]
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S1tiDIES ON PULbiONaRY AILYL HYDROCARBON
, HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITIP 4V I,YBRED STIiAL'4S OF .NUCE
RICHARD B. KOURL THOM.6J RUDE, PA(JL E.'IH064A.S.°
and CdRIitH L WHI7a'lIRE .
Depertrnant of 8loeheneiea!-0nroto~r. .Nierobio/ogieal Aaaoeiatae,
i7?3 Bathesde dewws, 8ethetda. lfd 20014. and
' Departmant of Afoel+emiutry and Drng Mataboilan4
hfolhnanLaRoche l,m.. Nntlop. N.J. 07Zl0 (U.S..LI
(Reeetved July 16eb, 19751
(ReTiawn nxea.ed and aceapted Dacmober 5th. 1975)
SUMMARY
PuLaonary and hepatiG leveis of aryl hydrocmcbon hydroltyiase (AHH)
were studied in inbred strains of mice following inctatracheal (i. :.) inscillation
of 3-methylcttolanttirene (MCA). Lt. tnstillaaon of 188 Feg MCA in stsrile
02% gelatin in saline resulted in pt'eferetltial induction of pulmonaey AHH.
After treatroent vath this dose of MCd, the pulmonary ?,tiH levels of stsAUts
C5 7BLl6Cum. C37BL(6i, BALB/a.Mai. C3EIJi14[ai. and C57LJJ wete ob-
served to be induced within 24 h after ueatment. Strains DBAl2C+>;al, a KRld.
SJLJJ. DBA/2d and RF/d expresseri ao such incresse. At a dose of 500 ;ag
ViCA., the pulmonary time of DBA/2 mice did express a 4-fold :ntsease.
This increase in AHH was determined to be quita different from the increase
observed in C878L/6 mice by: (1) specific activity of the enzymes, (2) gmietic
reguiatton. (3) snsceptibi3lty to inhibition by 7,11-benaotlavoae. and (4)
spectrrl properties of the associated cytoch.romea. It was of major impor-
;ance that induction of pulmonary AiiIt was observed to be regulated by a
single dominant gene in crosses iavolvi" the CS78W6Cuo and DBAi2Cum
suauls of miae. Rewlts were discussed with the view in mind that theae
genetically tegulated levels of .1FiE3 may play a role in suaceptibility to
cancets induced by polycydic, aromatic hydrocarbon csrcinogens..
Abbrenauoni: Al{Ei. xpl hydroaarbon hydrosytase; 3P. benae(alpyrene; DMSO,
dnteehyltul[axide: MCA, 3-mathylcholaothsrna; TCI1D, 2,3,7,9-eettachloeodibansaLp)-
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AFIFl is the name given to one oi Wn multicomlmnent niixcdCuiletion oxi-
clases which convert a variery of lipidsoluble compounds to water-soluble
forms, usually for subsequent elimination from the body (see refs. 1.2). The
presence or uiducibdity of AHH is associated wir,h the cytotoxic action of
certain chemical carcinogens in vivo (3] and in vitro [4.51 and the detosifi-
cation [6-8] or activation (9-131 of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in
chemical cardnogenesis. Thus. one is confronted with the paradoxtcal atua-
tion .that the same eazysne syst8m may both detoxify and acuwate the sarae
chemical aarcinogens. The AHH enzyme in inbred strains of mice posaesses
two properties which make it particulaly amenable for studying its role in
chemically induced cancers, tlsac is, the system is inducible °[14,13], and
this iaductbility is genetically controlled. Dependiog on the strains used,
hepatic AHH inducibility mn be nVlated by & single autosoaial donsinant
gene (14,16], a single autoaomal codominant gone [17,181 or non-ospon-
siveness can be the result of a dominant allele [181. Using these genetic sys-
terns, recent information suggesca that this enzyme system plays a major role
in the susceptibility to IMCa (19-21 ]- and BP (Z".1 -induced carcinogenesis.
The lungs and shin of mice seem to be under a different kind of control
because, these orgaas seem to be slightly inducible in those mouse strains in
which the liver is completely non-inducible [23-261. 11us apparent dichot-
omy is very important to understand because it suggests that the genetics of
AHH inducibility is orgap-dependenti rather than strain-dependent as origin-
ally conceived (14,16] . In this paper. we show that there is both a qualita4ive
and quantitative difference between the increased levels of ASH observed in
the AHH "noninducible" mice and the increase observed ui the AHH
"inducible' mice. Moreover, in crosses in,olvug the C5'Bi.l6Cuas and
DB,A/2Cum stzains of mice, pu4nonary AHH reaponsiveness to intrztracheally
odminWet+ed MCA is regulated by a single autosomal dominant gene.
SXPSRS'DfENTAL PR'nC8DU88
.lfaterrals
The polycyclic hydrocarbons 3P and ylCA were purclaaseid from Sigma
Wteisdcsls (St. Louis, Mo.) and poroed by nectysrallization from benzene.
7.8-Benzoflavoete was purchased from alclrich Chemicals (Cedar Kaoils, Y.J.).
Metaphane was purchased from Pftman-Moore (Washfngton Czossing. N.J.).
The sources of mice ~rere either Cumberland View Farats (Clinton, Tenn.),
The Jackson Laboiatory (Bar Harbor, Maine). or Microbiological Associates
($ethesda, Md.). For inUW=2denl inatillations, a Bausch and Lomb stsreo-
° Tho wrnt "inducibility" as used in arie papar. dQnota a relacive increase in raws of de
novo syrnehoafa or ai aeeivation of eazyms aeuviey from pre-exiaUna moiaumL or in rar® of
both, w6es compared to rate of bwnkdown. Vo parcicular mechamsm u implied.
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microscope equipped with fiber optic illuminacion and Hamilton syringes
wich 22 ga oy 38 mm (with 1.5 mm bails) feeder needles were used.
Methods
Care and feeding of mice were as stated previously (271. Animais were
always treated betweern the times of 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. to avoid diunaal,
variations. The i.t. iastillation technique was similar to that described recent
ly by Ho and Fuesc (28J. Aniaials were anesthesized by inhalation of ineta-
phaae and were placed oa special boards designed to hold their mouths open
and at the correct angle for instillation. After positioning the animals, 0.02 ml
of solution was given i.t. directly into the lung. The solution consisted of
MCA suspended in 0.2% gelatin in sterile saWte [29] or MCA dissolved in
trioctanoiin. At various times post-treatment, the lungs and livers were excised
and frozen at 70°C until assayed.
Microsomes were prepared from lung or liver tissues according to the
methods of Nebert and Gielen (301 and were stored at 70°C for up to 72 h
before being assayed. Samples were diluted with 0.1 N Tris-HCL buffer
(pH 7.4) to a Enai ratio of 1.0 ml of rniaosomal suspension per gram wet
weight tissue.
The assay for aEiEi was basically that of Neben and Gelboin (151 as
modified by Nebert and Gielen (30) :and Thomas at al. (14j. Tissues were
cuefully weighed and homogenized in 0.05 X Tris: 0.25 M sucrose buffer
(pH 7.,*) at a 1: 10 (wlv) dilution for lunes and 1: 20 (w/v) dilution for
livess. 0.2 ml of homagenate was added to 0.79 ml buffer containing 100
gmoles Tris, 0.90 µmoles vADP11, 0.78 µmoles VADfl. 6 µ:noles VLgCh
and 200 feg bovine serum albamus (Cohn Fraction V). 80 nmoles BP were
added in 0.01 ml acetone to initiate the :eaction, and cubes were incubated
with shaking at 3?°C for 20 min. The assay was stopped by :be addition of
cold acetone-hexane (1 : 3.3) and the polarmerabolitea in the hexane phase
were bac4:-extracted with 2.0 ml of 1 N NaOH. The amount of fluorescence
sssociated with the presence of 3-OH BP was deterauned with e.ccitation at
398 nm and emission at,522 nNn in an aminco-Boavmaa spectrophototluoro-
meter. 1ilfcrasomal preparations were assayed for 4HFi activity in a similar
raanner, however, the amount of microsomal protein was determir,ed by the
;ttethod of Oyama and Eagle (311. A unit of AHH activtty is deHned to be
that amount of enzyme producing the fluorescent equivalent of 1.0 amoles
3-0H BP per min at 37°C. For hepatic and pulmonary tissttes, this is given in
terms of units/g wet weight times, and for microeomal preparations in tezras
of units/µg protein.
7,8BenzoOavone inhibition of AFIIi in microsomal preparations was
determined according to the procedures of Goujon et al. (321 and Nlebel
et al. [24,33}. Concentrations of 7,8-benzotlavone were dissolved in DMSO
and 0.01 ml was added to tubes contaiaing all factors for the AHH assay.
occluding BP. The tubes were incubated at 37°C for 1 min, and then $P was
added.
For the spec=rl studies. =crosomal pellets were resu.6panded by homo-
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Gcnization in 0.1 N3 I:PO.,, pH 7.4. Spcctral studies were prrformed on an
.\minco-Chance DW'' V'Vlvis spcctroj,lu,wmctcr in uic split bcam mode.
Cytochrome P-4S0 was deterrnined after bubbling CO. adding 0.5 mINt
NADIi. dividing the sample between both cuvettes. correctinc tbe baseline
and then recording the spectra a[tcr adding sodium ditltiionil.c tu Uhe sample
cuvette (34). This procedure cancels out the contribucion from cytoclaPome
b, and hemoglobin.
BESULZ9
.4FIhf levels follorufrtq i.t. admtrsiscrarioR of MCA
Effect of uehicle. Tables t and II demonstrate the pulmonary and hepatic
responses of B6D2F,Cum mice 24 h after treatment with various doses of
M.+~CA pven in either 0.2mo gelatin or trioctanoin. MCA suspended in the
gelatin solution seemed preferendaily to induce pulmonary AHH at dose
levels e 188 µg. MCA ln trioctanoin induced both pulmonary and hepatic
AHH at every dose level tested. All subsequent studies were done with MCA
suspended in 0.2%, gelatin so thati pulmonary AHH could be specifically
studied.
Effect of aarental strains. The hepatic and pulmonary responses of CS i BL/
6Cum (86) and DBA/2Cum (D2) are shown in Table fII. The 86 strain re
spom9ed to MCA much like the B6D2F, hybrid (Table I): however, ac doses
> 1881q, MCA induced both pulmonary andhepatic AHH of 86 and BBD2F,
mice. Pulmonary AHH levels in 02 mice were induced Ilightly by treatmenc
TAS[.8 I
EFFECTS OF 114TRATit.aC8S.1f. IIdST1I,,L.ITION OF vAg10C5 31CA DOSGS iN
T8i0CPANOIId ON PVLYIONARY AND HEPATIC At1I? IN 3603F;Carn MICE
jtg MCA Lung AUi Liaer AEW
Uatraawd '14ioo MCA
Trioe Ind. ° Unrreatad Trioe MCA-
'rd= Ind.
0 0.32 o.ZO - - 12.6 9.8 - -
25 1.0 9.0 19.6 2.0
SO L' 3.3 19.6 2.0
100 L6 8.0 38.2 3.9
200 L9 9.5 39.2 4.0
400 LG 8.0 . 62.7 6.i
500 L2 8.0 44.1 4.3
,lM aaeivity givea in terres of unrta per g vrel aei91:.t ttewe. A unit ie that amount of
onaymo caueinq the lluoresoant equivalent of 1 nmolo uf 3-0E{ UP per rnia ar 37°C. Neao
of at laast three anmalr emyed in duplicetU; valuee for individud mice aera usuolly within
10% of each other.
d Ind.. IndudbiLity: the relative inereasa of 1ICa-ereat.d tiesue wer vehiole-aaated
Conaoi tissua.
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TABLE II
EFFECTS OF INTMa T ZAC:IEAL IINSTILLATION OF VARIOUS VICA DOSFS IN
J.:.°a GELATIN ON PUt.4ON.1RY AND HEPATIC Aall + IN 88D2F,Cum MICC
u81r1C.1 Luna AHH Liree ,iHH
0
5
11
23.
47
94
I88
375
500
Untreawd Gal NICA: Ind. Unrsearsd Gal MCA: [nd. .
Gal God
0.36 0.28- - 1:.6 10.0 - -
0.56 2.210 7.81 0.78
0.76 "-90 L0.30 L03
Ld0 5.40 : 10.110 L10
1.30 5.00 14.40 L40
L80 6.90 LI.,I0 L10
2.00 7.70 18.90 1.90
:.i0 9.20 24.00 2.40
'.a80 9.60 28.30 Z70
Soe Table I [ar [ootaoet~
TABLE DI
EFFECTS OF INTRATRACHEAL INSTILLATION OF VARIOUS IMCA D0SE8 IN
0.:°6 GELATD+I ON PULMONABY AND HEPATIC AFIH ` IN CS78Ld6Cusm AND
D8A/2Cwm MICE
Mg YICA Lung .1HH Liver AHH
Uactsnted Gal %1Ca
Gal [ndJ d Uncewsad Gal MCA
Gal Iad.
.1. C9TBL!
BCum
0 0.40 0.32 - - 17.8 14.5 - -
5 0."3 2.30 8.3 0.57
11 0.89 280 13.3 0.92
22 1.30 4.70 13.1 0.90
47 1.40 i.i0 14.5 LOiJ
94 1.70 5.30 24.7 1.70
188 :.40 7.50 32.3 2.Z0
375 2.80 1.30 35.0 2.,I0
S00 2,40 7.30 3Z.3 Z10
B. DBAJ
3Cum
0
0.210
0.18
-
-
9.80
' 9.80
-
-
188 0.1': 1.00 10.1 1.10
500 0.58 3.10 10.2 1.10
See Tabio I lae foomocoir. '
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with 500 gg N1CA but not by 188 rg 1dCa. winc:eas hepatic ?IEtH was un-
affected at either dose. The average inducibility :or pulmonary tissue of ten
D2 mice following MCA txeatment was 3.1 : 0.6 (s.e.) In teaas of specific
activity, the D2 strnin 71as very little pulmonary AHH aetiviry: the highest
induced activity was about the 9aate as the constitutive (or control) activity
of the other two e*ramQ- Both sexes oa the two inbred strauns and their
60
30
20
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0
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o--4b 02
G-s 86
a--r 8602Ft
10 11 12 13
OArS
F(q. L. Kioetlas of pulenonaay and hepetie AliEi f0((owEng i.tL adntinimatlon of MCA. (a)
11modmpendsat iname in pulmbnsry AHH foUowine l.tL trentment arittt 138 µ8 MCA
into 02 36 io--Q1 and 88D2Fi (a---o). (b) Timedependene increaee
in pu(monary AHFI fofloona8 i.t raeatmant with 500 AB MCA into 02 (d~~l. 06
ie,--®i and OsD2F, (O-~~:) miee. (c)'PimrdepfndOnc mcreae in hepatic ~1FiH
fotloanpg i. a traatmoeu Wesla 500 µg 78CA into Q2 (.r--s ). 36 ~a------0 ) aad 86D2F L
(O~o) mict.
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TABLE IV
KFAECTS OP INTRATflACiiliAl. INb"PiL4AT1ON OP 180 NB MCA IN 0.2% QB4ATIN ON 1'ULaIONAIiY ANU
IIl{P.1T11: A1111 1?:
VABInUS BTRAINS OP MICB
99mue b ({AI.NlcL1d C31UIElai C67WJ C67U1./t3J AKII/J SJLIJ DO Al3J Iti'1J
-- '
l.ung '
Conlrol 0.71 0.33 0.64 0.28 0.28 0.10 0.20 0.41
1NG:A 8.1(4.4) 2.6(7.2) S.4(b.3) 2.4(8.OI 0.46(1.6/ 0.28(1.6) 0.26(1.d/ 0.5111.3)
Liver
Coalnrl
10.2
7.9
138
16.1
11.6
10.8
B.9
13 b
i1l:A a2.2(1.2) 7.310.9) 27.442.11 32.0(2.0) lb.s(0.9' 11.711.11 B.slo.0) 136110)
° A1111 aetlaity gl.en In lerms of unils per g wel wuigbt lisaue. A unit is tbad amount of ansyme
csusing Ilre fluurescent aquir°lenr uf
1.0 nurule of 3O11 11P per min at 37°l!. The r°I°tire inducibility Is Qivsn in p°reatbea°o.
b Tirssues wero remosJ 24 16 after 1.8. Irn°Inuenl witb ei/bur gelslin s+.llno or 188 pg 61CA.
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ayurid were assayed for :hesr pulmonary and nepatlc :\Flll responses tailow-
in¢ 1IC.1 artd no differencos were obscrved (data not eho«n I. Ctangcg in
pultaonary AI*I with t;mc following i.t. instillation in cclaun of 188 p¢
NiCa into 36, D2 and 86D?JF, mice are shown in Fig. la. The induction
time course was similar for both .86 and 66D2F, mice: maximum inauction
was obseved by 24 h and remained constant for up ta 96 !1. The maximum
observed incresse for each strain and hy brid was similar; about 6-foid. Tlie
responses of pulmonary and hepatic AHH following i.tL administrationr of
500 µg MCA are shown in ?*.g. lb and Fig. ic. Pulmanary AHH levels re-
rssined meximelly induced .or at least 7 days. Hepatic levels deGeased by
day two and were almost.at bsckground level by the third day.'A subsequent
treatment on the seventh day resulted in levels of AHH activity similar to
that obseroed for the Gxat treatment.
I Ef fects on uorfous straUs of ntft Table IV demonstrates the hepatic -attd
~ pulmonary AHH levels follovQiag i.tL irstilletion of 188 jig MCA. The AHH
~ levels in pulmonary tissues of smins BAL8/c Mai, C3Hlf Vlat, CS7L/J and
~ C57BL16d were induced by MCA while scrains AKRlJ, SJL1J, DBA/2J and
! RF/J showed little or no increase. Hepatic responses were low for all stravis
~ except perhaps for the C57BL/6J and Ca7L/J, which did show a 100%
~ increase.
Genetic regulation of pulrnwtary AHH induction. Induction of pulmonary
~( AHII by i.t. instilled HC.1 segregated as a single autosomal dominant gene :n
; rrosses between the 86 and 02 strains of mice (Table V). Backcross antl F,
' animals were cloasiQed as inducible or non-inducible if, afler i.c. troatmr.nt
' with 188 ug MCA. pulmonary A1H8 levels were 2.5 (:0.5) ur.its/R tissue
(inducible) or 0.3 (c0.03) units/g tissue (noninducible). Among 90 bzck-
crosg animals tested, 47 were inducible (52%) and among 50 Fa animals
tessed, 36 were inducible (7?.yal. These numben were not statistically 3ifier-
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TaBL$ V
CMtSTIC SEGREGATION OF PULYIGNARY ,iKH IiY CROSSFS INVOLVING THE
CSTBL/BCum AND DBA/2Cam ST8AR4S OF 31ICB
Sts®ia ' Yamber teeated Numb.e induced % iadtuxion
36 30 s0 100
D2 30 0 0
86D7F, I00 100 100
88D2F,X 86 52 52 100
88DaF, X 02 92 4' 82
S8D2F3 s0 36 7:
' atlee wale troated with 188 !lq a+1CA10.02 ml d.2:5 gelatin aoluunn i.t. and :1 h;ater.
the pulmoaary AHH waa awyed. A mouae aae conaiderod inuucihle if. aiter \1C.1 Lrcu
moat, pulmonary AHH wae 2.5 (aO.S) uninlQ tiswe and considered nontnducililc if
auintonary AHH was 0.3 (s0.08) urtihr6 t4stte. The sea of tlte prepay pkiyad no rose in
sagre0,ttion pattarrt. .
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Eig.:. Lo vitro eWata of 7.846onsef(aeane on AHF[ activity of pulmonaey rni¢eoaomal
prepaeattoas trom coatrol and MCatreeced (m--®) 86 miee. and contsol
(a~d) ae.d MC.&-trsatad (~^s) 02 miee. Spedita aacivitles of the miaoeomn6
pnpaeatioas +.as 5.0. 84.0. L.T and 38 unies .t88 ancEvity aaslj8 protain, cespactlre(y.
ant (P < 0.01, using cbi square analysis) from the expw--d 50% and 75%
r.tdoa ttsara would be expected if a single autmmal dominsnt gene waa reg(a-
lating this indueibility.
AMR lenels in rniicrosoniad prepanations.llse effect of 7,"em:oQavoae. s
known compett&e inhibitor oi the 'snduced, or P4i8-medieted enzyme, on
the in vitro metabolism of BP by microsomea derived from pulmonary tissues
of that 36 and D2 mice is shown in F[g. 2. lt.mults.-4vith the untreatad (no 7,8-
benzoDavoae) preperations gerteraily agreed with the neiults shown in Tables
III arsd IV; that te, 02 pulmonary t'sasue eapeeased much Iess enzyme aativity .
than 66 tissue, MCA tteatmenc of D2 mice resulted in a small increase in
pulmonaty aFfK levels to about tlo,obsasved in contro186 mice, and J4CA-
tteataaent of B5 mice resulted ia a much higlzer level of pulmonary AHFi
acalvLty (about L4fobd in tlmae mierosomes). 7,8-8ensoAavoo.e inhibited
AHH activity ftotn control and induced D2 tissue and control 86 tfsnte in a
aimilar manner, while the AEIH activity from induced 30 tiasue was much
more sensitive. Foreaaaaple, at concentraeions of 7,8-bmtoflavone equimolar
to the BP concentration, the enzymes from the D2 tissue and Zrom control
B6 tissue were inhibited by about 40%, while the enzymes doas induced 36
cia6ues were inhibited by greater than 80%.
Speetro/ studies in nsicroso.nad preperations. Spectral determinations of P
450 in lung microsomes 8+om both control and MCA inducecd mice wese
attempted (Tabl4 V`Il. These studies were compltcatad by a large absorbance
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SPEL"M.1L STtlD[Cq ON ?IJi.StONARY MICROSOMES DERIVF.D FROM 02 A1VD
BB vllCE
Straina TteatmAnt " Spntral peak
(nn) nmotee cyrocfuatne P-4501
me protoin
02
Gel
450 ~I
0.1.98
02 %1CA 448-409.5 0.093
86 Gef 430 0.101
Be MCA 448 0.093
a Twopty mieQ nt aaalf ssraia w&ta treatod i.t. arltlt eitker 300 a8 MCA af 0.2% gelatiu-
=lioe rolutiom ned. saselLled 48 h laeac i.uaa microeomm wem pevpmtvd au gives in
a9ATERaAIeS AND dWTHODS&
in the 420-424 am n3gioa of the CO difference spectra which equalled or
ecceaded the abaorbance in the region of 450 nm. This "P-t20-like" materia,
was present even thouga the CO difference spectra were recorded under con-
ditons designed to blank out cytoctlrome b: and hemoglob(n, aand regardless
of whether the microsomes were tresh or frozen. We do not lotow to what
eat,ent this "P-i20-Ilks" material might intertere with the P450 determina-
ti+ons. Even under tttese conditions. a shift in the CO ditference spectra from
450 rms to 448 nm in C37BL16af lung 2 days after adminisrraeion of MCA
was observed. DB&V2J mice analyzed at the same time showed at most a
1«.m shift Pxom 450 nm to 449 nm after MCA induction. Thom resulLs are
very similar to those ra.ently described for mivrosomal, preparations of rat
lung (351. Follovving tteatment with MCA, the content of P450 in putmon-
arp tissue of D2 aQica actually decreased (see Table Vi). Total P-d50 content
of pulmomaty ttssae fracn B8 mice was not attered by MCA txeattnent. The
natuie of " decreaso is ineaplicable at this time.
GISCUSSION
In tl»s report we describe some of the major pantcneters regulating the
conatitutive ared MCA-induced Levels of pulmonary AfiN utRvity in inbred
sttainm of mice. The intiateaoheai route was used so as to att~mpt to limit the
eazymatic response to pulmonary tiasue. Utilizing the iabud strains C378Li6
and DBAJ2 whoae hepatic ARE responses have been e:ttansively studt ed
[i4-18] . we sww in this teport that: (a) MCa given in either trioctanoin or
a 0.2% gelattn solution induces puttrtonary AHH, and t[tis induction is doae-
dependeat (Tables I, II, III, IV7; (b) a dose of 188 Ag xCA given in 0.2°'0
gelatin induces pulmonary AHH. but has very limited effect on hepatic MK
levels (?ablea II aM III); (c) pulmonary t1I1H can be indutxd in Da mice by
Lt. administration oP MCA. but hepatic aElH levels are never induced (Tible
III: F(g.1): (d) although pulmonary AU3 :s it=duced in D2 miee. the levels
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