Inhibition of overall protein and RNA synthesis as a mechanism for the tunicamycin induced decrease in cytochrome P-450 in rat hepatocytes

Singh, Y.; Shirhatti, V.; Liu, C.T.; Davies, H.W.; Krishna, G.

Biochemistry International 13(2): 213-220

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0158-5231
PMID: 2429661
Document Number: 267990
In rat hepatocytes maintained in culture, cytochrome P-450 and NADPH cytochrome c reductase activities were decreased by tunicamycin in a dose and time dependent fashion. The effect of tunicamycin was mainly due to inhibition of protein synthesis. Tunicamycin decreased L-[35S] methionine incorporation into many proteins, including a 52 kDa cytochrome P-450 isozyme. Tunicamycin also reduced RNA synthesis. These results indicate that tunicamycin decreased cytochrome P-450 levels in hepatocytes by inhibiting protein and RNA synthesis.

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