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Boopathi, E. et al.

Accumulation of mitochondrial P450MT2, NH(2)-terminal truncated cytochrome P4501A1 in rat brain during chronic treatment with beta-naphthoflavone. A role in the metabolism of neuroactive drugs.

The biochemical and molecular characteristics of cytochrome P4501A1 targeted to rat brain mitochondria was studied to determine the generality of the targeting mechanism previously described for mitochondrial cytochrome P450MT2 (P450MT2) from rat liver. In rat brain and C6 glioma cells chronically exposed to beta-naphoflavone (BNF), P450MT2 content reached 50 and 95% of the total cellular pool, respectively. P450MT2 from 10 days of BNF-treated rat brain was purified to over 85% purity using hydrophobic chromatography followed by adrenodoxin affinity binding. Purified brain P450MT2 consisted of two distinct molecular species with NH(2) termini identical to liver mitochondrial forms. These results confirm the specificity of endoprotease-processing sites. The purified P450MT2 showed a preference for adrenodoxin + adrenodoxin reductase electron donor system and exhibited high erythromycin N-demethylation activity. Brain mitoplasts from 10-day BNF-treated rats and also purified P450MT2 exhibited high N-demethylation activities for a number of neuroactive drugs, including trycyclic anti-depressants, anti-convulsants, and opiates. At 10 days of BNF treatment, the mitochondrial metabolism of these neuroactive drugs represented about 85% of the total tissue activity. These results provide new insights on the role of P450MT2 in modulating the pharmacological potencies of different neuroactive drugs in chronically exposed individuals.[1]

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Accumulation of mitochondrial P450MT2, NH(2)-terminal truncated cytochrome P4501A1 in rat brain during chronic treatment with beta-naphthoflavone. A role in the metabolism of neuroactive drugs. Boopathi, E., Anandatheerthavarada, H.K., Bhagwat, S.V., Biswas, G., Fang, J.K., Avadhani, N.G. J. Biol. Chem. (2000) [Pubmed]

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