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Query: UMLS:C0699790 (colon cancer)
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A novel human cytochrome P450, designated CYP2W1, has recently been identified and is found to be present mainly in tumor cells, particularly in colon cancer cells. In the present study, we report the first systematic investigation of polymorphisms in the human CYP2W1 gene. Based on denaturing high performance liquid chromatography analyses of polymerase chain reaction products, we analyzed nine exons and exon-intron junctions of the gene in DNA samples from 200 Japanese subjects and identified six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). Three of the novel nonsynonymous SNPs were as follows: 173A>C (Glu58Ala) in exon 1 and 5432G>A (Val432Ile) and 5584G>C (Gln482His) in exon 9. Two previously known nonsynonymous SNPs, that is, 2008G>A (Ala181Thr) in exon 4 and 5601C>T (Pro488Leu) in exon 9, were also found. On haplotype analyses, in addition to the wild-type CYP2W1*1A (frequency, 0.295) allele, other alleles, namely, CYP2W1*1B (0.318), CYP2W1*2 (0.005), CYP2W1*3 (0.005), CYP2W1*4 (0.008), CYP2W1*5 (0.003), and CYP2W1*6 (0.368), were also characterized. The most common allele, CYP2W1*6, exhibited the amino acid substitution Pro488Leu. These results were in good agreement with the expected genotype distributions that were calculated using the Hardy-Weinberg equation. The data on variant alleles and comprehensive haplotype structures would be useful for predicting the metabolic phenotypes of CYP2W1 substrates in the Japanese population.
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PMID:Genetic polymorphisms and haplotype structures of the human CYP2W1 gene in a Japanese population. 1799 94

CYP2W1 is expressed in the course of development of the gastrointestinal tract, silenced after birth in intestine and colon by epigenetic modifications, but activated following demethylation in colorectal cancer (CRC). The expression levels in CRC positively correlate with the degree of malignancy, are higher in metastases and are predictive of colon cancer survival. The CYP2W1 transcripts have been detected also in hepatocellular carcinoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, childhood rhabdomyosarcoma and breast cancer; however, here the protein expression remains to be confirmed. The CYP2W1 enzyme has an inverted orientation in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, as compared to other cytochrome P450s and its immediate electron donor is unknown. Several lipid ligands have been proposed as endogenous substrates, among which retinol derivatives appear to have the highest affinities. However, the role of CYP2W1 in the endogenous and tumor localized metabolism of retinol derivatives has yet to be clarified. Indolines constitute high affinity exogenous compounds and specific chloromethylindolines have been shown to be activated by CYP2W1 into cytotoxic products in vitro and also in vivo, inhibiting the growth of human colon tumors in a mouse xenograft model. The CRC specific localization of CYP2W1 and its effective prodrug activation makes it a very promising target for future development of cancer therapeutics.
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PMID:The CYP2W1 enzyme: regulation, properties and activation of prodrugs. 2725 36