| Literature DB >> 3402528 |
S Petruzzelli1, P Bernard, P Paoletti, A Rane, C Giuntini, G M Pacifici.
Abstract
Pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAMs) were obtained from 11 patients by bronchoalveolar lavage. Epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase in sonicated PAMs were measured using benzo(a)pyrene-4,5-oxide as the substrate. The activity of epoxide hydrolase was 0.24 +/- 0.10 nmol/min/mg protein (mean +/- SD), and of glutathione S-transferase 0.22 +/- 0.12 nmol/min/mg protein. There was a significant difference in enzyme activities in the PAMs from smokers and non-smokers. Epoxides may be metabolized in PAMs.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3402528 DOI: 10.1007/bf00542447
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Clin Pharmacol ISSN: 0031-6970 Impact factor: 2.953