The interaction of representative members from two classes of antimycotics--the azoles and the allylamines--with cytochromes P-450 in steroidogenic tissues and liver.

Spectrophotometric studies with ketoconazole, clotrimazole and miconazole show strong type-II interactions with several cytochromes P-450, particularly (Ks greater than 10(7)M-1; pH7.4; 25 degrees C) with the 11 beta-hydroxylase of adrenal mitochondria, with the 17 alpha/20 lyase of testis microsomes and with some forms of cytochromes P-450 of liver. A tight binding of the azoles also occurs to the reduced cytochromes, giving rise to an impeded CO binding to the haem iron. The binding of the azoles to 11 beta-hydroxylase and 17 alpha/20 lyase is much tighter than the binding of endogenous substrates, and consequently inhibition of steroidogenesis will occur at these sites. The metabolism of xenobiotic substrates by the cytochromes P-450 of liver will also be severely impeded. In contrast, the allylamines naftifine and SF 86-327 are type-I substrates for a small portion of cytochromes P-450 of liver microsomes only and there is no spectral evidence for binding to the cytochromes P-450 involved in steroid biosynthesis.

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