Protein Information

Name cytochrome P450 (protein family or complex)
Synonyms cytochrome P450; cytochrome P 450; CYP450; CYP 450

Compound Information

Name dichlobenil
CAS 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
1884429 Eriksson C, Brittebo EB: Metabolic activation of the herbicide dichlobenil in the olfactory mucosa of mice and rats. Chem Biol Interact. 1991;79(2):165-77.

The covalent binding was dependent on NADPH and was inhibited by the addition of dithionite, metyrapone and glutathione indicating an oxidative cytochrome P-450 dependent activation of dichlobenil into an electrophilic intermediate.
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8378937 Walters E, Buchheit K, Maruniak JA: Olfactory cytochrome P-450 immunoreactivity in mice is altered by dichlobenil but preserved by metyrapone. Toxicology. 1993 Jul 28;81(2):113-22.

These studies support previous reports that dichlobenil-induced olfactotoxicity is cytochrome P-450 mediated.
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16661486 Reichhart D, Salaun JP, Benveniste I, Durst F: Time Course of Induction of Cytochrome P-450, NADPH-Cytochrome c Reductase, and Cinnamic Acid Hydroxylase by Phenobarbital, Ethanol, Herbicides, and Manganese in Higher Plant Microsomes. Plant Physiol. 1980 Oct;66(4):600-604.

The mixed function oxidase trans-cinnamic acid 4-hydroxylase, cytochrome P-450, cytochrome b (5), and NADPH-cytochrome c (P-450) reductase were measured in microsomes from aging artichoke tuber slices exposed to manganese, ethanol, phenobarbital, and the herbicides Chloro-IPC, Dichlobenil, and Monuron.
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7820883 Eriksson C, Brittebo EB: Metabolic activation of the olfactory toxicant, dichlobenil, in rat olfactory microsomes: comparative studies with p-nitrophenol. Chem Biol Interact. 1995 Mar 18;94(3):183-96.

The tissue-specific toxicity of the herbicide, dichlobenil (2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile), in the olfactory mucosa is related to a cytochrome P450 (P450)-dependent metabolism, depletion of glutathione and covalent binding of metabolites.
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9385390 Brittebo EB: Metabolism-dependent activation and toxicity of chemicals in nasal glands. Mutat Res. 1997 Oct 31;380(1-2):61-75.

Special attention is put on the herbicide dichlobenil which induces necrosis in the olfactory mucosa following a cytochrome-P450-mediated metabolic activation and covalent binding in the Bowman's glands.
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14566026 Piras E, Franzen A, Fernandez EL, Bergstrom U, Raffalli-Mathieu F, Lang M, Brittebo EB: Cell-specific expression of CYP2A5 in the mouse respiratory tract: effects of olfactory toxicants. J Histochem Cytochem. 2003 Nov;51(11):1545-55.

We performed a detailed analysis of mouse cytochrome P450 2A5 (CYP2A5) expression by in situ hybridization (ISH) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in the respiratory tissues of mice.
In contrast, the olfactory toxicants dichlobenil and methimazole induced characteristic changes.
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16221755 Franzen A, Carlsson C, Hermansson V, Lang M, Brittebo EB: CYP2A5-mediated activation and early ultrastructural changes in the olfactory mucosa: studies on 2,6-dichlorophenyl methylsulfone. Drug Metab Dispos. 2006 Jan;34(1):61-8. Epub 2005 Oct 12.

The aim of the present study was to examine cytochrome P450 (P450)-dependent bioactivation, nonprotein sulfhydryl (NP-SH) levels, and early ultrastructural changes in mouse olfactory mucosa following an i.p. injection of 2,6-diClPh-MeSO2 (32 mg/kg).
A high covalent binding of 2,6-diClPh-14C-MeSO2 in olfactory mucosa S9 fraction was observed, and the CYP2A5/CYP2G1 substrates coumarin and dichlobenil significantly decreased the binding, whereas the CYP2E1 substrate chlorzoxazone had no effects.
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2339421 Brandt I, Brittebo EB, Feil VJ, Bakke JE: Irreversible binding and toxicity of the herbicide dichlobenil (2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile) in the olfactory mucosa of mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1990 May;103(3):491-501.

In mice pretreated with metyrapone the binding decreased markedly, indicating that the reactive metabolite was formed by a cytochrome P450-dependent mechanism.
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8619240 Eriksson C, Busk L, Brittebo EB: 3-Aminobenzamide: effects on cytochrome P450-dependent metabolism of chemicals and on the toxicity of dichlobenil in the olfactory mucosa. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1996 Feb;136(2):324-31.
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8590028 Delaleu JC, Sicard G: Physiological and histological recovery of the olfactory mucosa of the frog after a dichlobenil injection. Chem Senses. 1995 Aug;20(4):433-40.

Pretreatment of the animals with metyrapone, an inhibitor of cytochrome P-450 enzymatic systems, inhibits the histological and physiological toxic effects of the dichlobenil injection.
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