{"title":"Soluble glutathione S-transferases from rat testes: isoenzyme pattern and lack of inducibility by drug metabolizing enzyme inducers.","authors":"P J Dierickx","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The soluble glutathione S-transferase (GST) isoenzymes from rat testicular tissue were separated in one chromatographic run on carboxymethyl cellulose. GST was measured with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene as the second substrate. The following percentages for the different isoenzymes were found: GST AA: 12.6%, GST A:8.1%, GST B:4.2%, GST C:18.1%, GST D and E: not detected, GST x:7.4%, and anionic GST:49.6%. These values were quite different from those found in liver tissue. Testicular GST could not be induced by the drug metabolizing enzyme inducers trans-stilbene oxide, DDT, and phenobarbital. The high GST content in rat testes may suggest that these enzymes function also in this tissue in the metabolism and detoxification of electrophilic xenobiotics.</p>","PeriodicalId":23153,"journal":{"name":"Toxicological European research. Recherche europeenne en toxicologie","volume":"4 1","pages":"47-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Toxicological European research. Recherche europeenne en toxicologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The soluble glutathione S-transferase (GST) isoenzymes from rat testicular tissue were separated in one chromatographic run on carboxymethyl cellulose. GST was measured with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene as the second substrate. The following percentages for the different isoenzymes were found: GST AA: 12.6%, GST A:8.1%, GST B:4.2%, GST C:18.1%, GST D and E: not detected, GST x:7.4%, and anionic GST:49.6%. These values were quite different from those found in liver tissue. Testicular GST could not be induced by the drug metabolizing enzyme inducers trans-stilbene oxide, DDT, and phenobarbital. The high GST content in rat testes may suggest that these enzymes function also in this tissue in the metabolism and detoxification of electrophilic xenobiotics.