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Abdel-Aziz AH, Abdel-Naim AB, Hamada FM, Ahmed AE: In-vitro testicular bioactivation of acrylonitrile. . Pharmacol Res. 1997 Feb;35(2):129-34.
The present work examines the mechanism of testicular toxicity of acrylonitrile. In testicular centrifugal fractions from Sprague Dawley rats, the metabolism of VCN to cyanide (CN-) was highest in the microsomal fraction and required NADPH for maximum activity. This biotransformation of VCN to CN- was characterized with respect to time (30 min), microsomal protein concentration (1.5 mg ml (-1)), pH (7.5) and temperature (37 degrees C). The V (max) of the reaction was 65.1 pmol CN- mg protein (-1) min (-1) and K (m) was 88.6 micromol VCN. Flushing the microsomes with carbon monoxide (CO)(4:1, CO/O2 v/v), addition of benzimidazole (1 mM) or addition of SKF 525-A (5x10 (-4) M) to incubation mixtures significantly inhibited VCN metabolism by 49%, 54% and 37.4% respectively. Activation of VCN to CN- was markedly increased in microsomes obtained from phenobarbital (PB)-treated rats (128.2%). Addition of glutathione (GSH), L-cysteine, D-penicillamine or 2-mercaptoethanol significantly enhanced the release of CN- from VCN 126%, 247%, 202% and 129% of the control value respectively. These findings indicate that VCN is metabolized in the testis via cytochrome P-450 dependent mixed function oxidase system. |
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