Research Article

Ring-Oxidative Biotransformation and Drug Interactions of Propofol in the Livers of Rats

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Effects of propofol on phenobarbital (PB)-induced CYP2B1/2 synthesis and pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylase (PROD) activity. Rats were exposed to propofol (PPF), phenobarbital (PB), and a combination of PPF and PB. Amounts of CYP2B1/2 were immunodetected ((a), top panel). β-Actin was quantified as the internal control (bottom panel). These immunorelated protein bands were quantified and analyzed (b). Propofol at 25, 50, 75, and 100 μM was added for the dealkylation of pentoxyresorufin, and the enzyme activity in liver microsomes from control and PB-treated rats was determined by measuring the amounts of the fluorescent resorufin (c). Each value represents the mean ± SD for . “” Values significantly differ from the respective control, .
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