BIOTRANSFORMATION OF THE CARCINOGEN CHRYSAZIN BY NADPH-MICROSOME SYSTEM

  • 1 November 1986
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 54  (2) , 217-226
Abstract
The interactions of chrysazin, a carcinogenic anthraquinone, with electron transport systems in microsomes and mitochondria (submitochondrial particles, SMP) were studied. The NADPH-dependent oxygen uptake in microsomes was significantly enhanced by chrysazin and no such effect was observed in the NADH-dependent reactions in microsomes and SMP. The NADPH-microsome system caused a marked alteration in the visible absorption spectrum of chrysazin. These results strongly suggest that chrysazin is biotransformed selectively by the NADPH-microsome system.