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Transcripts of the murine CYP1A1 (cytochrome P1450) mRNA are markedly elevated in mutant hepatoma cell lines that contain missense mutations in the Cyp1a-1 structural gene. This putative derepression extends to other genes in the [Ah] battery. To test whether the Cyp1a-1 gene product is involved in a mechanism of feedback regulation of transcription, we introduced expression plasmids carrying the murine wild-type Cyp1a-1 cDNA into the mutant hepatoma cells. Measurements of steady-state mRNA levels and of transcriptional rates in the transfectants reveal that expression of a functional, exogenous CYP1A1 protein is sufficient to restore the repression of the endogenous gene, as well as restore the inducibility by dioxin, and that this effect takes place primarily at the level of transcription. Similar experiments with expression plasmids that carry the human CYP1A2 cDNA indicate that the CYP1A2 protein (cytochrome P3450) can also function as a transcriptional repressor. In addition, we find that expression of the Nmo-1 [NAD(P)H:menadione oxidoreductase] gene, a third member of the [Ah] gene battery, is also repressed by the exogenous expression of either Cyp1a-1 or CYP1A2 cDNA. These results indicate that the gene product of either member of the mammalian CYP1 family has a previously unrecognized transcriptional regulatory function, which is likely to be exerted by modification of preexisting trans-acting factors. This function may help bring about a fast reprogramming of gene expression, as might be needed during detoxification of toxic foreign chemicals.
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PMID:The murine Cyp1a-1 gene negatively regulates its own transcription and that of other members of the aromatic hydrocarbon-responsive [Ah] gene battery. 208 80

The cytochrome P4501 gene family consists of two members, CYP1A1 and CYP1A2, that are induced by halogenated hydrocarbons and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The human CYP1 promoters and 5'-flanking sequences were cloned into luciferase expression vectors to develop cell lines that stably express luciferase activity in response to CYP1 gene induction. Plasmids were initially tested in transient transfection assays. Transient transfections resulted in high-level expression of luciferase by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) from both the CYP1 expression vectors, pLUC1A1 and pLUC1A2. In dose-response experiments, 10 nM TCDD caused a maximal induction of pLUC1A2-directed luciferase activity that was 10-fold over control. Maximal pLUC1A1-directed luciferase activity was 65-fold over control in cells treated with 10 nM TCDD. Stable integration of CYP1-luciferase-neo plasmids, pL1A1N and pL1A2N, into the human hepatoma cell line, HepG2, was achieved by selection with G418. G418-resistant colonies were isolated for both pL1A1N and pL1A2N plasmids. The pL1A2N transfectants showed basal-level luciferase activity, but were nonresponsive to treatment with 10 nM TCDD. These results are in contrast to the observed induction of pLUC1A2-mediated luciferase expression in transient transfection experiments. Stable integration of the human CYP1A2 gene sequences appears to silence the transcriptional activation by TCDD. The pL1A1N transfectants showed inducible luciferase activity and one cell line, referred to as 101L, was used to establish dose-response relationships for TCDD and various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Maximal induction occurred after treatment with 100 nM TCDD, 10 microM 3-methylcholanthrene, 50 microM benz[a]anthracene, and 50 microM benzo[a]pyrene. These studies illustrate the use of the CYP1A1-luciferase cell line for the study of structure-activity relationships.
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PMID:Response of human CYP1-luciferase plasmids to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. 844 4

It has been difficult to study the regulation of cytochrome P4501A2 (CYP1A2) because expression of this enzyme is reported to be limited or absent in cell culture. We found that CYP1A2 can be induced significantly by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), 3-methylcholanthrene (MC), or benz[a]anthracene in the human colon carcinoma cell line LS180. TCDD and MC each caused a dramatic elevation of CYP1A2 mRNA, as assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction or by northern blot analysis. TCDD also increased immunoreactive CYP1A2 protein and the activity of phenacetin-O-deethylase, a diagnostic catalytic marker for CYP1A2. The induction of CYP1A2 at all levels (mRNA, protein, catalytic activity) was concentration- and time-dependent: the EC50 for mRNA induction by TCDD = 0.5 nM, and by MC = 1.4 microM. Inducible CYP1A2 mRNA also was detected at lower levels in two other human cell lines, the hepatoma cell line HepG2 and the breast carcinoma cell line MCF-7. CYP1A1 and CYP1B1, additional CYP1 enzymes regulated by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), also were inducible by TCDD and MC in LS180 cells; their concentration-dependent induction was highly correlated with induction of CYP1A2 at mRNA, protein, and catalytic levels. CYP1B1 was constitutively expressed and inducible in the LS180, MCF-7, and HepG2 cell lines as well as in the human choriocarcinoma cell line JEG-3 and the squamous cell carcinoma line A431. CYP1A2 was neither constitutively expressed nor inducible in A431 or JEG-3 cells. The expression of mRNAs encoding the regulators of CYP1 enzymes-the AHR and its heterodimerization partner, the ARNT (AH receptor nuclear translocator) protein-was not altered by treatment with TCDD or MC. However, the cytosolic content of AHR protein and ARNT protein was depleted substantially following treatment with TCDD. The LS180 cell line should constitute a good model for further mechanistic studies on AHR-regulated CYP1A2 expression.
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PMID:Regulation of cytochrome P450 enzymes by aryl hydrocarbon receptor in human cells: CYP1A2 expression in the LS180 colon carcinoma cell line after treatment with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or 3-methylcholanthrene. 978 29

Allyl sulfides such as diallyl sulfide (DAS), diallyl disulfide (DADS), and diallyl trisulfide (DATS), typical flavor components of Allium vegetables, have been shown to inhibit benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P)-induced carcinogenesis in animal models. As a possible mechanism of this inhibition, the effect of these volatile substances on cytochrome P450 (CYP)1 (CYP1A1, 1A2 and 1B1)-mediated bioactivation of B[a]P was investigated using a human hepatoma cell model (HepG2). DADS and DATS inhibited the B[a]P-induced ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity, a marker enzyme for CYP1, by 30-90% and 70-95% at 100-1,000 microM concentration, respectively. The cell viability, an indicator of the capacity to inhibit B[a]P bioactivation, was increased by treatments of 100-1,000 microM DADS and 10-100 microM DATS. Immunoblot results indicated that the B[a]P inducible CYP1A2 protein was suppressed by 100-1,000 microM of DADS and 10-100 microM of DATS, but CYP1A1 and 1B1 were not detectable in any microsomes. Analysis of B[a]P metabolites revealed that the level of 7,8-diol formed was significantly reduced in the DADS and DATS treated microsomes as compared to the control. The level of 9,10-diol and 4,5-diol formed was also lowered by the allyl sulfide treatments. These results suggest that the protective mechanism of allyl sulfides on B[a]P-induced carcinogenesis is possibly related with the modulation of CYP1-mediated bioactivation of B[a]P.
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PMID:Modulation of cytochrome P4501-mediated bioactivation of benzo[a]pyrene by volatile allyl sulfides in human hepatoma cells. 1175 11

1. Xenobiotic-mediated regulation of mRNA expression of all members of the human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1 family has been measured by RT-PCR in the hepatoma cell line, HepG2. Besides the positive control beta -naphthoflavone, the H(+)/K(+)-ATPase inhibitors omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole and rabeprazole and the anti-malaria drug primaquine were included in this study. 2. beta-Naphthoflavone, primaquine, omeprazole and lansoprazole increased mRNA levels of CYP1A1, CYP1A2 and CYP1B1. Induction by rabeprazole was significant only for CYP1A1 and CYP1A2, whereas none of the CYP1 mRNAs was induced by pantoprazole. This result was confirmed in primary human hepatocytes. 3. Transcriptional regulation was proved by inhibition of induction with actinomycin D. 4. Increase of CYP1 mRNA was significant after 1 h and maximal after 4 h. CYP1B1, but not CYP1A1 or CYP1A2, was dramatically down-regulated between 4 and 24 h. This decrease was prevented by treatment of cells with actinomycin D after induction, indicating an active transcription-dependent mechanism of CYP1B1 mRNA degradation. 5. In conclusion, xenobiotics inducing CYP1A1 mRNA expression have been shown also to induce CYP1A2 and CYP1B1, differing only with regard to level and time course of induction.
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PMID:Time-dependent transcriptional induction of CYP1A1, CYP1A2 and CYP1B1 mRNAs by H+/K+ -ATPase inhibitors and other xenobiotics. 1262 54

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AhRR) has been recently identified as a negative factor that suppresses aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-mediated transcriptional gene expression. In the present study, the expression level of AhRR in normal human tissues was determined. AhRR mRNA was detected in liver, breast, colon, kidney, lung, bladder, uterus, testis, ovary, and adrenal gland. The expression level in the testis was prominently high. AhRR mRNA was also detected in various human tissue-derived cell lines, HepG2 (hepatocellular carcinoma), MCF-7 (breast carcinoma), LS-180 (colon carcinoma), ACHN (renal carcinoma), A549 (lung carcinoma), HT-1197 (bladder carcinoma), HeLa (cervix of uterus adenocarcinoma), NEC14 (testis embryonal carcinoma), and OMC-3 (ovarian carcinoma). Since the expression level of AhRR mRNA was prominently high in HeLa cells, it is suggested that the high expression level of AhRR might work as a negative factor for the low inducibility of the CYP1 family in HeLa cells. The expression of AhRR mRNA was induced by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) or 3-methylchoranthrene (3-MC) in HepG2, MCF-7, LS-180, and OMC-3 cells, but not in ACHN, A549, HT-1197, HeLa, and NEC14 cells. The responsiveness was similar to the cell-specific inducibility of the CYP1 family. The inducibility of AhRR mRNA by nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs) as well as their parent PAHs was compared in HepG2 and OMC-3 cells. The chemical-specific inducibility of AhRR was also similar to that of the CYP1 family determined in our previous study. These results indicated that AhRR is also induced in chemical- and cell-specific manners.
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PMID:Expression of aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor in normal human tissues and inducibility by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in human tumor-derived cell lines. 1265 30

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a widespread environmental contaminant, that has been linked with a variety of deleterious effects on human health, including increased cancer rates and reproductive anomalies. The detrimental effects of TCDD are mediated via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a transcription factor that regulates the expression of the carcinogen-activating enzymes cytochromes P-450 (CYP) 1A1, 1A2, and 1B1. In the present study, we examined the ability of synthetic derivatives of salicylic acid to affect TCDD-stimulated AhR-mediated signal transduction in human hepatoma HepG2 cells. Salicylamide (SAL), an analgesic drug, caused a potent and long-lasting inhibition of TCDD-induced CYP enzyme activity. Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) and the naturally occurring phytochemical salicylic acid had no effect on CYP activity. SAL inhibited the increase in CYP1A1, -1A2, and -1B1 mRNA levels that occurs on exposure to TCDD. TCDD-induced transcription of these genes was also inhibited by SAL, but not by aspirin or salicylic acid, as demonstrated by luciferase reporter assays. The transcription of the CYP1 family of genes is regulated by the interaction of TCDD-activated AhR with the xenobiotic-responsive element present in the promoter regions of these genes. As shown by electrophoretic mobility shift assay, SAL completely blocked the binding of TCDD-activated AhR to the xenobiotic responsive element. Also, SAL substantially blocked the binding of TCDD to the cytosolic AhR. These results demonstrate that SAL, a commonly used analgesic, is a potent inhibitor of AhR-mediated signal transduction, and may be an effective agent in the prevention of TCDD-associated disease.
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PMID:The drug salicylamide is an antagonist of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor that inhibits signal transduction induced by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. 1472 55

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a carcinogen in humans. It acts through an aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated mechanism, inducing the transcription of numerous genes, including various cytochrome P450s (CYPs - CYP1A1, 1A2, 1B1). Induction of CYPs may lead to genotoxicity by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) which can damage DNA directly and/or via the generation of reactive metabolites. We determined ROS formation with the 2',7'-dihydrodichlorofluorescein diacetate fluorescence assay after incubation of HepG2 hepatoma cells or primary rat hepatocytes with TCDD. The amount of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) in DNA was measured using HPLC-MS/MS, the amount of CYP1A1 protein by Western blotting. The catalytic activity of CYP1A enzymes was determined as 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity. Incubation of cells with TCDD for 48 h caused increased levels of ROS in primary rat hepatocytes as well as increased levels of 8-oxo-dG in DNA compared to untreated cells. In the HepG2 cell line no significant effects were observed for both ROS formation and 8-oxo-dG levels. Both effects were in good agreement with the extent of induction of CYP1A1 protein and EROD activity, suggesting that CYP1 induction is a major source of ROS formation in TCDD-treated hepatocytes.
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PMID:2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin induced cytochrome P450s alter the formation of reactive oxygen species in liver cells. 1653 50

The CYP1A family of cytochrome P450s (CYPs), comprising CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1, plays a role in bioactivation of several procarcinogens to carcinogenic derivatives, and also in detoxification of several xenobiotic compounds. Resveratrol (3,4,5-trihydroxystelbine) is a naturally occurring compound that has been shown in a number of studies to inhibit the induction of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 by dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin), but the mechanism(s) of resveratrol inhibition is controversial. In the current study, 100nM dioxin treatment for 24, 48, and 72 h induced CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1 mRNA levels in the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7, and CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 mRNA levels in the human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, HepG2. Simultaneous treatment with 10 microM resveratrol significantly inhibited dioxin-induced mRNA expression levels of these genes in both cell lines. Our studies are novel in that we used the chromatin immunoprecipitation assay to assay dioxin-induced recruitment of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), and aryl hydrocarbon nuclear translocator (ARNT) to the enhancer regions and recruitment of RNA polymerase II to the promoter regions, of the CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 genes in their natural chromosomal settings. These recruitments were significantly inhibited in cells cotreated with resveratrol. Our studies thus indicate that resveratrol inhibits dioxin induction of the CYP1 family members either by directly or indirectly inhibiting the recruitment of the transcription factors AHR and ARNT to the xenobiotic response elements of the corresponding genes. The reduced transcriptional factor binding at their enhancers then results in reduced pol II recruitment at the promoters of these genes.
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PMID:Resveratrol inhibits dioxin-induced expression of human CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 by inhibiting recruitment of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor complex and RNA polymerase II to the regulatory regions of the corresponding genes. 1937 45

In contrast to hepatocytes, there is only limited information about the expression and activities of enzymes participating in metabolic activation of environmental mutagens, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in liver progenitor cells. In rat liver "stem-like" WB-F344 cell line, sharing many characteristics with rat liver progenitor cells, PAHs are efficiently activated to their ultimate genotoxic metabolites forming DNA adducts. The present study aimed to characterize expression/activities of enzymes of two major pathways involved in the metabolism of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP): cytochrome P450 (CYP) family 1 enzymes and cytosolic aldo-keto reductases (AKRs). We report here that, apart from induction of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 expression and the corresponding enzymatic activity, both BaP and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induced rat 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (AKR1C9) expression and activity. In contrast, the aldehyde reductase AKR1A1 was not induced by either treatment. Thus, both CYP1 and AKR metabolic pathways were inducible in the model of liver progenitor cells. BaP and TCDD were efficient inducers of NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) expression and activity in WB-F344 cells, a principal enzyme of cellular antioxidant defense. Both compounds also induced expression of transcription factor NRF2, involved in control of enzymes protecting cells from oxidative stress. However, although BaP induced a significant formation of reactive oxygen species, it did not induce expression of heme oxygenase-1, suggesting that induction of oxidative stress by BaP was limited. Using shRNA against the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), we found that similar to CYP1A1 and CYP1B1, the AKR1C9 induction was AhR-dependent. Moreover, constitutive AKR1C9 levels in AhR-deficient rat BP8 hepatoma cells were significantly lower than in their AhR-positive 5L variant, thus supporting possible role of AhR in regulation of AKR1C9 expression. Taken together, both CYP1 and AKR1C9 appear to be AhR-regulated metabolic pathways, which may contribute to formation of pro-carcinogenic PAH metabolites in liver progenitor cells.
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PMID:The role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in regulation of enzymes involved in metabolic activation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a model of rat liver progenitor cells. 1949 21


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