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Evaluation of Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) as an Inducer of Rat Hepatic Microsomal Cytochrome P450, UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase, and Epoxide Hydrolase: A 28-Day Inhalation Study
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Received May 21, 1997; accepted October 22, 1997
Repeated inhalation exposure to octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) produces a reversible and dose-related hepatomegaly and proliferation of hepatic endoplasmic reticulum in rats. However, the effects of D4 on the expression of cytochrome P450 enzymes have not been evaluated. In the present study, the time course for changes in hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450 enzyme expression following repeated inhalation exposure to D4 vapors was determined in male and female Fischer 344 rats. Animals were exposed to D4 vapor at concentrations of 70 and 700 ppm, via whole body inhalation for 6 h/day, 5 days/week for 4 weeks. Specified animals were euthanized on exposure days 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28. Microsomal fractions were prepared from fresh liver by differential centrifugation. Enzyme activity as well as immunoreactive protein levels of several cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP), epoxide hy-drolase, and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT) were evaluated. The time course for enzyme induction was monitored by measuring 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) and 7-pentoxyresomfin O-depentylase (PROD) activities on days 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28. CYP1A1/2 activity, as determined by EROD activity, was increased approximately 2- to 3-fold over the exposure period. However, an examination of immunoreactive protein revealed no induction of CYP1A1 and a suppression of CYP1A2 in the 700 ppm D4 group. In comparison, CYP2B1/2 enzyme activity, as determined by PROD, was significantly increased as early as day 3 in both the 70 and 700 ppm D4 groups of male and female rats. Overall, PROD activity on day 28 was induced more than 10-fold in the 70 ppm D4 groups and more than 20-fold in the 700 ppm D4 groups. The increase in PROD activity was paralleled by a comparable increase in CYP2B1/2 immunoreactive protein. There was a modest (2- to 3-fold) increase in CYP3A1/2 activity and immunoreactive protein, as determined by 6ß-hydroxylation of testosterone and Western blot analysis. Expression of CYP enzymes was at or near maximum by day 14 and remained relatively constant throughout the exposure period. On day 28, epoxide hy-drolase activity and immunoreactive protein were induced (2- to 3-fold) in a dose-dependent manner. Only slight changes in the expression and activity of UDPGT were detected, and these did not appear to be dose related. Thus, repeated inhalation exposure to D4 induces CYP enzymes and epoxide hydrolase in a manner similar to that observed for phenobarbital (PB). Therefore, D4 can be described as a "PB-like" inducer of hepatic microsomal enzymes in the Fischer 344 rat.
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