Oxygenation of benzo[a]pyrene by plant microsomal fractions
Oxygenation of benzo[a]pyrene by plant microsomal fractions
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植物微粒体部分对苯并[a]芘的氧化
DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(80)80258-4
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发表时间:
1980
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
H. Sandermann
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作者:
Th.v.d. Trenck;H. Sandermann
Benzo [a] pyrene is a highly carcinogenic compound that occurs universally [1, 2]. An estimated 894 tons are released annually in the US alone, mainly in combustion processes [11.BP is extensively metabolized in mammalian systems, in particular by the mixed-function oxygenase system of liver microsomes [3]. Species of cytochrome P450 are involved in this process and lead via epoxide intermediates to various phenolic and dihydrodiol metabolites. A defined diol-epoxide is though to act as the ultimate carcinogen by binding covalently to cellular DNA [3]. BP is a relatively stable compound [1, 2] which is, for example, completely inert under waste treatment conditions [4] but it has been found to be metabolized by certain microorganisms [5], by intact plants [6, 7] and by cultured plant cells [8, 9]. The biochemical reactions leading to the various plant metabolite fractions of BP are as yet unknown although certain analogies with the liver microsomal system have been postulated on the basis of HPLC data [lo]. It is now reported that plant microsomal fractions catalyze the oxygenation of BP and that this process differs considerably from the oxygenation of BP by liver microsomal fractions.