Anti‐P450lpr antiserum inhibits specific monooxygenase activities in LPR house fly microsomes

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Monooxygenase activity in microsomes from the LPR strain of house fly (Musca domestica L.) was inhibited by anti-P450lpr, an antiserum specific for house fly cytochrome P450lpr, Anti-P450lpr did not inhibit house fly cytochrome P450 reductase or rat cytochrome P450 monooxygenase assays, consistent with specific inhibition of P450lpr. Anti-P450lpr inhibited the ability of cytochrome P450 reductase to reduce carbon monoxide treated LPR microsomal cytochrome P450, up to 49% of the total, showing that inhibition of cytochrome P450 reduction is the major mechanism of inhibition. Anti-P450lpr inhibited 98% of methoxyresorufin-O-demethylase activity and all the benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase activity in LPR microsomes, but none of the pentoxyresorufin-O-dealkylase activity. The antiserum partially inhibited ethoxyresorufin-O-dealkylase and ethoxycoumarin-O-dealkylase activity. These results demonstrate that methoxyresorufin-O-demethylase activity and benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase activity are characteristic substrates for P450lpr activity in the LPR strain of house fly.