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6-Amino-chrysene, a potent inhibitor of transferase activity in single living RTG2 cells

D Lautier, JM Salmon, B Anthelme and P Viallet

Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Universite de Perpignan, France.

Previous reports on the inhibitory effect of 6-amino-chrysene (6AC) on benzo(a)pyrene (BP) metabolism using single living cells have suggested that aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) is not the only pathway for 6AC metabolism. We present here results demonstrating that direct glucuronidation may constitute an alternative pathway for 6AC elimination. First, we describe the conjugate of 6AC to UDP-glucuronic acid (UDPGA) in solution. We performed competition experiments between 6AC and monohydroxy BP, which are known to be good substrates for glucuronic transferase (GT), in RTG2 cells, using microspectrofluorimetry. Because of intracellular accumulation of fluorescent metabolites during BP metabolism, RTG2 cells can be used as a tool for simultaneous study of AHH and GT activities. When RTG2 cells have been simultaneously treated with BP and 6AC, GT appeared to be a more specific target for 6AC than AHH in these cells. Therefore, 6AC can be expected to act as a more specific inhibitor for GT than for AHH activity.

Volume 36, Issue 6, pp. 685-691, 06/01/1988
Copyright © 1988 by The Histochemical Society


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