Use of monoclonal antibody probes against rat hepatic cytochromes P-450c and P-450d to detect immunochemically related isozymes in liver microsomes from different species

Arch Biochem Biophys. 1984 Nov 15;235(1):239-53. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(84)90273-x.

Abstract

Nine distinct monoclonal antibodies raised against purified rat liver cytochrome P-450c react with six different epitopes on the antigen, and one of these epitopes is shared by cytochrome P-450d. None of these monoclonal antibodies recognize seven other purified rat liver isozymes (cytochromes P-450a, b, and e-i) or other proteins in the cytochrome P-450 region of "Western blots" of liver microsomes. Each of the monoclonal antibodies was used to probe "Western blots" of liver microsomes from untreated, or 3-methylcholanthrene-, or isosafrole-treated animals to determine if laboratory animals other than rats possess isozymes immunochemically related to cytochromes P-450c and P-450d. Two protein-staining bands immunorelated to cytochromes P-450c and P-450d were observed in all animals treated with 3-methylcholanthrene (rabbit, hamster, guinea pig, and C57BL/6J mouse) except the DBA/2J mouse, where no polypeptide immunorelated to cytochrome P-450c was detected. The conservation of the number of rat cytochrome P-450c epitopes among these species varied from as few as two (guinea pig) to as many as five epitopes (C57BL/6J mouse and rabbit). The relative mobility in sodium dodecyl sulfate-gels of polypeptides immunorelated to cytochromes P-450c and P-450d was similar in all species examined except the guinea pig, where the polypeptide related to cytochrome P-450c had a smaller Mr than cytochrome P-450d. With the use of both monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, we were able to establish that purified rabbit cytochromes P-450 LM4 and P-450 LM6 are immunorelated to rat cytochromes P-450d and P-450c, respectively.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Cricetinae
  • Cross Reactions
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / immunology*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Epitopes / analysis
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Immunodiffusion
  • Isoenzymes / immunology*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Microsomes, Liver / enzymology*
  • Rabbits
  • Safrole / pharmacology
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Epitopes
  • Isoenzymes
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Safrole
  • isosafrole