RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Genetic control of acetyl coenzyme A-dependent arylamine N-acetyltransferase, hydrazine N-acetyltransferase, and N-hydroxy-arylamine O-acetyltransferase enzymes in C57BL/6J, A/J, AC57F1, and the rapid and slow acetylator A.B6 and B6.A congenic inbred mouse. JF Drug Metabolism and Disposition JO Drug Metab Dispos FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics SP 341 OP 347 VO 16 IS 3 A1 D W Hein A1 A Trinidad A1 T Yerokun A1 R J Ferguson A1 W G Kirlin A1 W W Weber YR 1988 UL http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/16/3/341.abstract AB Acetyl coenzyme A-dependent N-acetyltransferase and O-acetyltransferase activities were examined in liver cytosols derived from homozygous rapid acetylator C57BL/6J and A.B6 congenic inbred mouse strains, from homozygous slow acetylator A/J and B6.A congenic inbred mouse strains, and from the (C57BL/6J x A/J)F1 heterozygous acetylator hybrid mouse strain. Acetylator genotype-dependent N-acetyltransferase activity was exhibited for the N-acetylation of p-aminobenzoic acid, 2-aminofluorene, and 4-aminobiphenyl. In contrast, levels of isoniazid N-acetyltransferase and N-hydroxy-3,2'-dimethyl-4-aminobiphenyl O-acetyltransferase activities in mouse liver cytosol appeared to be independent of the arylamine Nat acetylator gene. Although cytosolic N-acetyltransferase activities differed about 2-fold between the parental C57BL/6J and A/J strains for p-aminobenzoic acid, 2-aminofluorene, and 4-aminobiphenyl, the same N-acetyltransferase activities differed about 6-7-fold between the homozygous rapid acetylator A.B6 and the homozygous slow acetylator B6.A congenic inbred strains. Partial purification of acetyl coenzyme A-dependent arylamine N-acetyltransferase activity in the five inbred mouse strains showed one major paraoxon-resistant enzyme in liver cytosol in each of the rapid and slow acetylator mouse strains examined. Levels of partially purified 2-aminofluorene and 4-aminobiphenyl N-acetyltransferase activity were about 7-fold higher in the A.B6 than the B6.A congenic inbred strain. Partial purification of acetyl coenzyme A-dependent isoniazid N-acetyltransferase activity showed catalysis by a paraoxon-resistant enzyme(s) distinct from the major arylamine N-acetyltransferase enzyme(s). These results suggest that isoniazid N-acetyltransferase(s) in mouse liver cytosol is a product of a separate gene that segregates independently of the arylamine Nat gene.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)