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Tissue-specific expression and activity of cytochrome P450 1A and 3A in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

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  • Viktoriia Burkina, University of South Bohemia, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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  • Galia Zamaratskaia, University of South Bohemia, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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  • Sidika Sakalli, University of South Bohemia
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  • Pham Thai Giang, University of South Bohemia, Research Institute for Aquaculture No 1
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  • Vladimir Zlabek, University of South Bohemia
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  • Martin Krøyer Rasmussen

Piscine cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes play an important role in the metabolism of xenobiotics. Xenobiotics often act as inducers of CYP1A1 and CYP3A expression and activity in fish. We compared constitutive mRNA expression of CYP1A1, CYP3A27, and CYP3A45 and catalytic activity of CYP1A (7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylation, EROD) and CYP3A-like (benzyloxy-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin-O-debenzyloxylation, BFCOD) enzymes in the following six rainbow trout tissues: liver, gill, heart, brain, intestine, and gonad. mRNA expression and activity were present in all investigated tissues. The CYP1A1 mRNA expression was higher in the liver, gill, heart, and brain compared to gonad and intestine. The intestine was the main site of CYP3A27 and CYP3A45 expression. The highest EROD and BFCOD activity was observed in liver tissue followed in descending order by heart, brain, gill, intestine, and gonad. Such differences might be related to the role of CYP physiological functions in the specific tissue. Rainbow trout exposure to 50 mg/kg of β-naphthoflavone for 48 h resulted in a 7.5- and 5.9-fold increase in liver EROD and BFCOD activity, respectively. In vitro EROD activity inhibition with ellipticine showed tissue-specific inhibition, while ketoconazole decreased BFCOD activity by 50–98 % in all tissues. Further studies are needed to identify all CYP isoforms that are responsible for these activities and modes of regulation.

Original languageEnglish
JournalToxicology Letters
Volume341
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
ISSN0378-4274
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2021

    Research areas

  • Catalytic activity, CYP inhibitors, CYP1A1, CYP3A, P450

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