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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Study of oxidative and non-oxidative xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes was undertaken in microsomal and cytosolic fractions of two human livers, 10 individual and several pooled samples of human respiratory nasal mucosa obtained by surgical operation of male and female patients affected by hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates. The purity of nasal microsomes was checked by electron microscopy and marker enzyme assay. The pooled samples of respiratory nasal epithelium contained, relative to liver, a low amount of cytochrome P450 (about 25 pmol/mg protein) and associated biotransformation activities, and a low level of other components of the mixed-function oxidase system such as cytochrome b5, NADH and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase however the NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase activity was comparable to that of liver. The P450-dependent monooxygenase activities such as ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase, ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase and the dimethylnitrosamine N-demethylase were found in nearly all nasal microsomal specimens. The aniline hydroxylase and the aminopyrine or hexamethylphosphoramide N-demethylases were detected only in the pooled nasal samples. With regard to the non-oxidative enzymes, the activities of glutathione S-transferase, DT-diaphorase, epoxide hydrolase, UDP-glucuronyl-transferase, carbonyl reductase, benzaldehyde and propionaldehyde dehydrogenases, were investigated both in the individual and pooled nasal tissues and livers. These activities were similar in nasal and liver tissue, except for UDP-glucuronyltransferase which was not detected in nasal mucosa. The present findings demonstrate that the respiratory section of human nose contains a wide array of oxidative and non-oxidative enzymes, which could play a crucial role in the bioactivation or detoxication in situ of inhaled xenobiotics.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-2952
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Cytochrome Reductases, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Cytochrome-B(5) Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Electron Transport, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Epoxide Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Hypertrophy, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Microsomes, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Mixed Function Oxygenases, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-NADH Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Nasal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Turbinates, pubmed-meshheading:1989628-Xenobiotics
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in human respiratory nasal mucosa.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Mutagenesi e Differenziamento, CNR, Pisa, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study