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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 216-224Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1091581810388307
Keywords
cytochrome P450; rat; imprinting; red raspberry leaf; fluorogenic substrates
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- SickKids Foundation
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research
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The goal of our study was to determine whether maternal exposure to red raspberry leaf (RRL) and its constituents can permanently alter biotransformation of fluorogenic substrates by cytochrome P450 (CYP) in the livers of male and female offspring. Nulliparous female rats received vehicle, raspberry leaf, kaempferol, quercetin, or ellagic acid orally once breeding had been confirmed until parturition. Hepatic microsomes were prepared from animals at birth (postnatal day 1 [PND1]), weaning (PND21), PND65, and PND120 to determine the biotransformation of 8 fluorogenic substrates. The pattern of biotransformation of all but 2 of the substrates was gender specific. Maternal consumption of RRL increased biotransformation of 3 substrates by female offspring at PND120 resulting in a more masculine profile. Kaempferol and quercetin had a similar effect to RRL. These results suggest that maternal consumption of either RRL or some of its constituents leads to long-term alterations of CYP activity in female offspring.
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