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. 2014 Nov 5;88(12):2135–2190. doi: 10.1007/s00204-014-1382-8

Table 1.

Representative cytochrome P450 (CYP) basal activities in skin microsomes of various mammalian species

Activity (preferential for) Human Rat Mouse Guinea pig Pig
AHH (CYP1 family) 0.24–1.35a 1.25 ± 0.11a mb: 3.3–8a; fb: 17–21a 2.51 ± 0.35a
EROD (CYP1 family) bd–35a m: 3.6 ± 0.3; f: 1.5 ± 0.2a m: bd; f: 3–19a 4.62 ± 0.54b
ECOD (CYP1A, 2B) bd–12a 0.36–2.15a 10.4–80a 3.8 ± 2.7a (13.2 ± 2.5b)
MROD (CYP1A2) bd to +
PROD (CYP2B) bd to bq m: 3.7 ± 1.3; f: 1.8 ± 0.1a m: bq; f: 0.1–1.7a bq bd
BROD (CYP3A, 2B) m: 4.4 ± 0.9; f: 2.1 ± 0.2a
Aminopyrine-N-demethylase (CYP2B, 3A) 1,000–4200a +
Tolbutamide 4-hydroxylation (CYP2C9) 0.46 ± 0.05b 0.47 ± 0.04b bd 1.66 ± 0.49b
Bufuralol 1-hydroxylation (CYP2D6) bd 1.33 ± 0.17b 9.23 ± 0.67b 0.26 ± 0.03b
Chlorzoxazone 6-hydroxylation (CYP2E1) 2.83 ± 0.34b bd 20.8 ± 0.5b bd
Para-nitrophenol hydroxylation (CYP2E1) bd/+ bdc f: 40 ± 10a
Midazolam 1-hydroxylation (CYP3A) 2.35 ± 0.23b 0.58 ± 0.09b 8.70 ± 0.28b 2.32 ± 0.21b
Benzoquinoline O-dealkylation (CYP3A) bd–76 ± 41a
Erythromycin N-demethylation (CYP3A) + bd–270a f: 540–1100a

More examples and references in the text

AHH aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase, phenolic benzo[a]pyrene metabolites determined with 3-hydroxy-benzo[a]pyrene as standard, bd below detection, BROD 7-benzyloxyresorufin O-debenzylase, bq below quantification, ECOD 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase, EROD 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase, f female, m male, MROD 7-methoxyresorufin O-demethylase, PROD pentoxyresorufin O-depentylase

apmol/mg protein/min

bpmol/mg protein/h, numbers in brackets: in medium of short-term culture

cIn epidermal microsomes