Expression and zonal distribution of CYP2D16 in the guinea pig adrenal cortex: relationship to xenobiotic metabolism

Q Jiang, Y Huang, JM Voigt, BK DeBolt, S Kominami, S Takemori, Y Funae and HD Colby

Department of Pharmacology, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

We recently cloned a CYP2D subfamily member (CYP2D16) from a guinea pig adrenal cDNA library and investigated the expression of CYP2D16 in the guinea pig adrenal cortex and its relationship to adrenal xenobiotic metabolism. A modified sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis technique revealed three major bands in the molecular mass range of cytochromes P450 in guinea pig adrenal microsomes. Two of the bands were immunoreactive with anti-CYP17 (54 kDa) or anti-CYP21 (52 kDa) antibody. The third band (50 kDa) was immunoreactive with antibody raised against CYP2D1 and with anti-CYP1A1/1A2 antibody. Microsequencing of the 50-kDa band yielded an amino-terminal sequence of 38 amino acids identical to that deducted from the CYP2D16 cDNA. In addition, Northern blot analyses indicated the CYP1A1 was not expressed in the adrenal gland, suggesting that only CYP2D16 composed the microsomal 50-kDa band. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blot analyses demonstrated greater expression of CYP2D16 in microsomes from the inner zone (zona reticularis) of the adrenal cortex than from the outer zones, coinciding with the major site of adrenal xenobiotic metabolism. Bufuralol-1'-hydroxylase activity, a marker for CYP2D isozymes, was also greater in inner- than in outer-zone microsomal preparations and was highly correlated with CYP2D16concentrations. Northern blot analysis with a full-length CYP2D16 cDNA as the probe gave strong bands with adrenal inner zone RNA preparations and relatively weak bands with outer zone RNA. CYP2D16 mRNA was also detectable in liver and kidney RNA preparations, but at lower levels than in the adrenal inner zone, and it was not detectable in testes, lung, intestines, or heart. Overall, the results demonstrate that CYP2D16 is expressed at highest levels in the inner zone of the guinea pig adrenal cortex and suggest a major role for this isozyme in adrenal xenobiotic metabolism.

Volume 49, Issue 3, pp. 458-464, 03/01/1996
Copyright © 1996 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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