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Würger LTD, Alarcan J, Braeuning A. Effects of marine biotoxins on drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes and their regulation in mammalian cells. Arch Toxicol 2024; 98:1311-1322. [PMID: 38416141 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-024-03694-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Marine biotoxins are a heterogenous group of natural toxins, which are able to trigger different types of toxicological responses in animals and humans. Health effects arising from exposure to marine biotoxins are ranging, for example, from gastrointestinal symptoms to neurological effects, depending on the individual toxin(s) ingested. Recent research has shown that the marine biotoxin okadaic acid (OA) can strongly diminish the expression of drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes in human liver cells by a mechanism involving proinflammatory signaling. By doing so, OA may interfere with the metabolic barrier function of liver and intestine, and thus alter the toxico- or pharmacokinetic properties of other compounds. Such effects of marine biotoxins on drug and xenobiotic metabolism have, however, not been much in the focus of research yet. In this review, we present the current knowledge on the effects of marine biotoxins on CYP enzymes in mammalian cells. In addition, the role of CYP-regulating nuclear receptors as well as inflammatory signaling in the regulation of CYPs by marine biotoxins is discussed. Strong evidence is available for effects of OA on CYP enzymes, along with information about possible molecular mechanisms. For other marine biotoxins, knowledge on effects on drug metabolism, however, is scarce.
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- Leonie T D Würger
- Department Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department Food Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany.
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Aftabi Y, Colagar AH, Mehrnejad F. An in silico approach to investigate the source of the controversial interpretations about the phenotypic results of the human AhR-gene G1661A polymorphism. J Theor Biol 2016; 393:1-15. [PMID: 26776670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) acts as an enhancer binding ligand-activated intracellular receptor. Chromatin remodeling components and general transcription factors such as TATA-binding protein (TBP) are evoked on AhR-target genes by interaction with its flexible transactivation domain (TAD). AhR-G1661A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP: rs2066853) causes an arginine to lysine substitution in the acidic sub-domain of TAD at position 554 (R554K). Although, numerous studies associate the SNP with some abnormalities such as cancer, other reliable investigations refuse the associations. Consequently, the interpretation of the phenotypic results of G1661A-transition has been controversial. In this study, an in silico analysis were performed to investigate the possible effects of the transition on AhR-mRNA, protein structure, interaction properties and modifications. The analysis revealed that the R554K substitution affects secondary structure and solvent accessibility of adjacent residues. Also, it causes to decreasing of the AhR stability; altering the hydropathy features of the local sequence and changing the pattern of the residues at the binding site of the TAD-acidic sub-domain. Generating of new sites for ubiquitination and acetylation for AhR-K554 variant respectively at positions 544 and 560 was predicted. Our findings intensify the idea that the AhR-G1661A transition may affects AhR-TAD interactions, especially with the TBP, which influence AhR-target genes expression. However, the previously reported flexibility of the modular TAD could act as an intervening factor, moderate the SNP effects and causes distinct outcomes in different individuals and tissues.
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- Younes Aftabi
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Post Code: 47416-95447, Mazandaran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Post Code: 47416-95447, Mazandaran, Iran.
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, P.O. Box: 14395-1561, Tehran, Iran
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Gebraël C, Jumarie C. Cadmium interference with ERK1/2 and AhR signaling without evidence for cross-talk. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5tx00284b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The possibility that Cd may activate AhR indirectlyviaERK1/2 phosphorylation was tested as a function of enterocytic differentiation status in the human Caco-2 cells.
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- C. Gebraël
- Département des Sciences Biologiques
- Centre TOXEN
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Montréal
- Canada
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- Département des Sciences Biologiques
- Centre TOXEN
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- Montréal
- Canada
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Noll C, Tlili A, Ripoll C, Mallet L, Paul JL, Delabar JM, Janel N. Dyrk1a activates antioxidant NQO1 expression through an ERK1/2-Nrf2 dependent mechanism. Mol Genet Metab 2012; 105:484-8. [PMID: 22178546 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.11.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Revised: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Among cardiovascular risk factor, people with Down syndrome have a lower plasma homocysteine level. In a previous study, we have shown that DYRK1A (dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation regulated kinase 1a), a serine/threonine kinase found on human chromosome 21, is implicated on homocysteine metabolism regulation. Indeed, mice that overexpress in liver this kinase have a lower plasma homocysteine level concomitant with an increased hepatic S-adenosyhomocysteine hydrolase (SAHH) activity, which depends on the activation of NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase-1 (NQO1). Since NQO1 gene transcription is under the control of NRF2 and AhR, the aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of DYRK1A overexpression in mice onto NRF2 and AhR signaling pathways. METHODS Effects of DYRK1A overexpression were examined in mice overexpressing Dyrk1a treated with an inhibitor, harmine, by real-time quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase reaction and western blotting. RESULTS We found that overexpression of DYRK1A increases the nuclear NRF2 quantity, concomitant with the activation of ERK1/2. We also show that the overexpression of Dyrk1a has no effect on PI3K/AKT activation, and AhR signaling pathway in liver of mice. CONCLUSIONS Our results reveal a link between DYRK1A and NRF2 signaling pathway.
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- Christophe Noll
- Univ Paris Diderot-CNRS EAC 4413, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (BFA), Case 7104, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France
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Mukai R, Shirai Y, Saito N, Fukuda I, Nishiumi S, Yoshida KI, Ashida H. Suppression mechanisms of flavonoids on aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated signal transduction. Arch Biochem Biophys 2010; 501:134-41. [PMID: 20450880 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Revised: 04/23/2010] [Accepted: 05/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that mediates biological and toxicological effects by binding to its agonists such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Previously we demonstrated that flavonoids suppressed the TCDD-induced DNA-binding activity of the AhR in a structure-dependent manner. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms by which flavonoids suppressed the AhR-mediated signal transduction in mouse hepatoma Hepa-1c1c7 cells. Flavones and flavonols suppressed the TCDD-induced nuclear translocation of the AhR and dissociation of its partner proteins, heat shock protein 90 and X-associated protein 2, whereas flavanones and catechins did not. Flavonoids of all these four subclasses suppressed the phosphorylation of both AhR and Arnt and the formation of a heterodimer consisting of these proteins. Since certain flavonoids are known to inhibit mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), we confirmed the contribution of MAPK/ERK kinase (MEK) to the AhR-mediated signal transduction by using U0126, an inhibitor of MEK1/2. U0126 suppressed TCDD-induced phosphorylation of the AhR and Arnt followed by the DNA-binding activity of the AhR. Flavanones and catechins suppressed the TCDD-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2. The inhibition of MEK/ERK phosphorylation is one of the mechanisms by which flavanones and catechins suppress the AhR-mediated signal transduction in Hepa-1c1c7 cells.
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- Rie Mukai
- Department of Agrobioscience, School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Ma C, Marlowe JL, Puga A. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor at the crossroads of multiple signaling pathways. EXS 2009; 99:231-57. [PMID: 19157064 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8336-7_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) has long been recognized as a ligand-activated transcription factor responsible for the induction of drug-metabolizing enzymes. Its role in the combinatorial matrix of cell functions was established long before the first report of an AHR cDNA sequence was published. It is only recently that other functions of this protein have begun to be recognized, and it is now clear that the AHR also functions in pathways outside of its well-characterized role in xenobiotic enzyme induction. Perturbation of these pathways by xenobiotic ligands may ultimately explain much of the toxicity of these compounds. This chapter focuses on the interactions of the AHR in pathways critical to cell cycle regulation, mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades, differentiation and apoptosis. Ultimately, the effect of a particular AHR ligand on the biology of the organism will depend on the milieu of critical pathways and proteins expressed in specific cells and tissues with which the AHR itself interacts.
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- Ci Ma
- Department of Environmental Health and Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA.
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Ashida H, Nishiumi S, Fukuda I. An update on the dietary ligands of the AhR. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2008; 4:1429-47. [DOI: 10.1517/17425255.4.11.1429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Puga A, Ma C, Marlowe JL. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor cross-talks with multiple signal transduction pathways. Biochem Pharmacol 2008; 77:713-22. [PMID: 18817753 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2008] [Revised: 08/20/2008] [Accepted: 08/21/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Exposure to toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons raises a number of toxic and carcinogenic responses in experimental animals and humans mediated for the most part by the aryl hydrocarbon -- or dioxin -- receptor (AHR). The AHR is a ligand-activated transcription factor whose central role in the induction of drug-metabolizing enzymes has long been recognized. For quite some time now, it has become clear that the AHR also functions in pathways outside of its role in detoxification and that perturbation of these pathways by xenobiotic ligands may be an important part of the toxicity of these compounds. AHR activation by some of its ligands participates among others in pathways critical to cell cycle regulation, mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades, immediate-early gene induction, cross-talk within the RB/E2F axis and mobilization of crucial calcium stores. Ultimately, the effect of a particular AHR ligand may depend as much on the adaptive interactions that it established with pathways and proteins expressed in a specific cell or tissue as on the toxic responses that it raises.
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- Alvaro Puga
- Department of Environmental Health and Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA.
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Henklová P, Vrzal R, Ulrichová J, Dvorák Z. Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases in aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling. Chem Biol Interact 2007; 172:93-104. [PMID: 18282562 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2007.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Revised: 12/14/2007] [Accepted: 12/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Human populations are increasingly exposed to a number of environmental pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins. These compounds are activators of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) that controls the expression of many genes including those for detoxification enzymes. The regulatory mechanisms of AhR are multi-factorial and include phosphorylation by various protein kinases. Significant progress in the research of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) has been achieved in the last decade. Isolated reports have been published on the role of MAPKs in AhR functions and vice versa, with activation of MAPKs by AhR ligands. This mini-review summarizes current knowledge on the mutual interactions between MAPKs and AhR. The majority of studies has been done on cancer-derived cell lines that have impaired cell cycle regulation and lacks the complete detoxification apparatus. We emphasize the importance of the future studies that should be done on non-transformed cells to distinguish the role of MAPKs in cancer and normal cells. Primary cultures of human or rodent hepatocytes that are equipped with a fully functional biotransformation battery or xenobiotics-metabolizing extra-hepatic tissues should be the models of choice, as the results in our experiments confirm.
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- Pavla Henklová
- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Hnevotínská 3, 775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Nishiumi S, Yoshida KI, Ashida H. Curcumin suppresses the transformation of an aryl hydrocarbon receptor through its phosphorylation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 466:267-73. [PMID: 17880909 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Revised: 07/27/2007] [Accepted: 08/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Halogenated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons induce diverse biochemical responses through the transformation of a cytosolic aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). In mouse hepatoma Hepa-1c1c7 cells, curcumin, a yellow pigment of Curcuma longa, did not inhibit the 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-induced translocation of the AhR into the nucleus, but rather accelerated it. In the nucleus, curcumin inhibited the TCDD-induced heterodimerization of the AhR with an AhR nuclear translocator (Arnt), an essential partner for the transformation, and also dose-dependently inhibited the TCDD-evoked phosphorylation of both the AhR and Arnt. Moreover, curcumin significantly inhibited the TCDD-induced activation of protein kinase C (PKC), which is involved in the transformation, decreased the TCDD-induced DNA-binding activity of the AhR/Arnt heterodimer, and downregulated CYP1A1 expression. In a cell-free system, curcumin inhibited the binding of 3-methylcholanthrene, an AhR agonist, to the receptor. These results indicate that curcumin is able to bind to the AhR as a ligand, but suppresses its transformation by inhibiting the phosphorylation of AhR and Arnt, probably by PKC.
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- Shin Nishiumi
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Shetty PV, Wang X, Chan WK. CyP40, but not Hsp70, in rabbit reticulocyte lysate causes the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-DNA complex formation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004; 429:42-9. [PMID: 15288808 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2004] [Revised: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Upon ligand binding, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) translocates into the nucleus and dimerizes with its partner aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (Arnt). The AhR-Arnt heterodimer binds to the dioxin response element (DRE) to regulate target gene expression. Using baculovirus expressed human AhR and Arnt, we showed that the formation of the ligand-dependent AhR-Arnt-DRE complex requires protein factors in vitro. Recently, we provided evidence that p23, an Hsp90-associated protein, is involved in the complex formation. The aim of this study was to determine whether two other Hsp90-associated proteins present in rabbit reticulocyte lysate (RRL), namely CyP40 and Hsp70, play any role in forming the AhR-Arnt-DRE complex. Fractionation and immunodepletion experiments revealed that Hsp70 is not necessary for the formation of this complex. In contrast, CyP40 is involved in forming the complex since (1) immunodepletion of CyP40 from a RRL fraction reduces the intensity of the AhR-Arnt-DRE complex by 48% and (2) recombinant human CyP40 alone causes the formation of this complex. In addition, CyP40-interacting proteins appear to be essential for the full CyP40 effect on the AhR gel shift complex.
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- Premnath V Shetty
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry, Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211, USA
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Yim S, Oh M, Choi SM, Park H. Inhibition of the MEK-1/p42 MAP kinase reduces aryl hydrocarbon receptor–DNA interactions. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 322:9-16. [PMID: 15313166 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induces expression of the cytochrome P450 1A1 gene, cyp1a1, by binding to its receptor, aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). TCDD-bound AhR translocates to the nucleus and forms a heterodimer with its partner protein, AhR nuclear translocator (Arnt). The AhR/Arnt heterodimer then binds to the dioxin-response elements (DREs) in the cyp1a1 enhancer and stimulates transcription of cyp1a1. We tested whether kinase pathways are involved in this process by treating Hepa1c1c7 cells with kinase inhibitors. The MEK-1 inhibitor PD98059 reduced TCDD-induced transcription of cyp1a1. TCDD treatment results in phosphorylation of p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), a substrate of MEK-1. Overexpression of dominant negative form of p42 MAPK suppressed TCDD-dependent transcription of a reporter gene controlled by dioxin-response elements (DREs), and pretreatment with PD98059 also blocked this transcription. PD98059 pretreatment also inhibited TCDD-induced DRE binding of the AhR/Arnt heterodimer. Together these results indicate that TCDD activates the MEK-1/p44/p42 MAPK pathway, which in turn activates AhR and so facilitates binding of AhR to the cyp1a1 DRE.
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- Sujin Yim
- Department of Life Science, University of Seoul, 90 Cheonnong-dong, Tongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-743, Republic of Korea
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Wang WD, Wang Y, Wen HJ, Buhler DR, Hu CH. Phenylthiourea as a weak activator of aryl hydrocarbon receptor inhibiting 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced CYP1A1 transcription in zebrafish embryo. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 68:63-71. [PMID: 15183118 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Accepted: 03/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that can be activated by a diverse synthetic and naturally-occurring chemicals, such as the halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAHs) and the non-halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The liganded AHR modulates the genetic activity of a variety of xenobiotic-responsive genes, including cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1). The tyrosinase inhibitor 1-phenyl-2-thiourea (PTU) is widely used in zebrafish research to suppress pigmentation in developing embryos/fry. Here we showed that 0.2 mM PTU induced a basal level of CYP1A1 transcription in zebrafish embryonic integument as early as 24 h postfertilization (hpf) stage. Subsequently, PTU induced CYP1A1 transcription in blood vessels at 36 hpf. During larval stage, the liver and all pharyngeal arch vessels of PTU-treated embryos exhibited CYP1A1 transcription as well. Comparing to TCDD, PTU induces CYP1A1 transcription with much lower efficacy in zebrafish embryos. Coincubating the embryos with PTU and TCDD led to repressing TCDD-induced CYP1A1 transcription. Mechanistic studies indicated that both of PTU- and TCDD-mediated CYP1A1 transcriptions are modulated by the same AHR-ARNT signaling pathway.
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- Wen-Der Wang
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202-24, Taiwan, ROC
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Joiakim A, Mathieu PA, Palermo C, Gasiewicz TA, Reiners JJ. THE JUN N-TERMINAL KINASE INHIBITOR SP600125 IS A LIGAND AND ANTAGONIST OF THE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR. Drug Metab Dispos 2003; 31:1279-82. [PMID: 14570754 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.31.11.1279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Exposure of the immortalized human breast epithelial cell line MCF10A to the Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor anthra[1,9-cd]pyrazol-6(2H)-one (SP600125) suppressed, in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50 is approximately 2 microM), the induction of CYP1A1 by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Cotreatment with SP600125 also suppressed the accumulation of TCDD-induced nuclear aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-DNA complexes, as assessed by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Concentrations of SP600125 < or = 50 microM did not transform the AhR into a DNA-binding species when added to rat liver cytosol. However, addition of SP600125 to cytosol just before TCDD addition completely suppressed AhR transformation and DNA binding (IC50 approximately 7 microM). Sucrose gradient analyses using rat liver and murine hepatoma 1c1c7 extracts demonstrated that SP600125 competed with TCDD for binding to the AhR. These results suggest that SP600125 is an AhR ligand and functions as an AhR antagonist at concentrations used to pharmacologically inhibit JNK.
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- Aby Joiakim
- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 2727 Second Ave., Rm. 4000, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Minsavage GD, Vorojeikina DP, Gasiewicz TA. Mutational analysis of the mouse aryl hydrocarbon receptor tyrosine residues necessary for recognition of dioxin response elements. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 412:95-105. [PMID: 12646272 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00033-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Tyrosine phosphorylation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a member of the basic helix-loop-helix/PER-ARNT-SIM transcription factor family, has been shown to regulate its dioxin response elements (DRE) binding ability, although no specific residues have been directly demonstrated to be phosphorylated. Of the 23 tyrosines in the mouse AhR, 19 are conserved across all mammalian species sequenced thus far. The studies presented here were conducted to examine tyrosine residue(s) that are both likely candidates of phosphorylation and necessary for DNA binding and/or transcriptional activity of the AhR. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of phosphatase-treated AhR indicated that the receptor is phosphorylated on serine/threonine and tyrosine residues. Computational analysis predicted several highly conserved tyrosine residues to be phosphorylated. Both the N terminus (amino acids 1-399) and the C terminus (amino acids 399-805) of the mouse receptor synthesized in vitro using a rabbit reticulocyte lysate system are tyrosine phosphorylated as detected by antiphosphotyrosine antibodies. Furthermore, the N-terminal AhR bound DRE in a ligand-dependent manner similar to that by the full-length receptor, suggesting that phosphorylated tyrosines involved in DNA binding are likely located in the region between residues 1 and 399. Mouse AhR tyrosine (Y) residues were evaluated by phenylalanine (F) mutational analysis for both DNA binding (electrophoretic mobility shift assays; EMSAs) and ability to induce a DRE-driven reporter gene in transiently transfected AhR-deficient cells. Of the 12 tyrosine residues in the N-terminal AhR, only a tyrosine 9 mutant (AhRY9F) significantly decreased DRE binding as determined by EMSA. Similarly, only the AhRY9F mutant decreased the DRE-driven luciferase expression in AhR-deficient cells. Overall, these data strongly suggest that the putative posttranslational modification at, or mediated by, tyrosine 9, and not any other individual mouse AhR tyrosine residue, is necessary for AhR DRE binding and transcriptional activity.
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- Gary D Minsavage
- Department of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Swanson HI. DNA binding and protein interactions of the AHR/ARNT heterodimer that facilitate gene activation. Chem Biol Interact 2002; 141:63-76. [PMID: 12213385 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2797(02)00066-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gene activation by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and its DNA binding partner, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) requires a number of sequential steps that occur following the binding of ligand and entry of the AHR into the nuclear compartment. This includes heterodimerization of the AHR and ARNT, formation of the appropriate amino acid/nucleotide contacts at the GCGTG recognition site and interactions between either the AHR or ARNT with proteins that facilitate changes in chromatin structure. The majority of these steps are likely modulated by changes in both phosphorylation and oxidation status of the AHR, ARNT and associated proteins. Studies of both the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors and the nuclear hormone receptor family can provide significant insights into how this unique signaling pathway activates its target genes.
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- Hollie I Swanson
- Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky Medical Center, MS 303, Lexington 40536, USA.
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Traditionally, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is considered to be a ligand-activated receptor and transcription factor responsible for the induction of drug-metabolizing enzymes. Its role in the combinatorial matrix of cell functions was neatly established long before the first report of an AHR cDNA sequence was published. Only recently, other functions of this protein have begun to be recognized. This review addresses novel findings relating to AHR functions that have resulted from experimental approaches markedly outside traditional receptor analyses. Here we examine the aspects of AHR biology relevant to its role in cell cycle regulation, from the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases to the cross-talk between AHR and the RAS pathway and the functional significance of the interaction between AHR and the retinoblastoma protein. We have attempted to provide the reader with a balanced interpretation of the evidence, highlighting areas of consensus as well as areas still being contested.
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- Alvaro Puga
- Center for Environmental Genetics and Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, P.O. Box 670056, OH 45267-0056, USA.
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Tan Z, Chang X, Puga A, Xia Y. Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) by aromatic hydrocarbons: role in the regulation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) function. Biochem Pharmacol 2002; 64:771-80. [PMID: 12213569 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(02)01138-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The aromatic hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor (AHR) is the only known cellular receptor of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and of many other widespread environmental contaminants that cause diverse toxic effects in animals and humans. Most, if not all, the biological effects of TCDD are mediated by the activation of AHR, which is a ligand-activated transcription factor required for ligand-induced expression of several detoxification genes, including those encoding for cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1. Environmental agents also activate several mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways, believed to modulate transcription factor function and to regulate gene expression. However, the contribution to TCDD toxicity resulting from cross-talk between AHR and MAPK pathways has yet to be determined. In this study, we show that TCDD and other AHR ligands induced the immediate activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinases and the Jun N-terminal kinases, but not the p38 MAPKs. MAPK activation by TCDD did not require the AHR, since it occurred equally well in AHR-negative CV-1 cells and in Ahr (-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts as in AHR-positive cells. Distinct from serum factors and the tumor promoter TPA-induced MAPKs, which resulted in transcriptional activation of ELK or c-JUN, TCDD-stimulated MAPKs were critical for the induction of AHR-dependent gene transcription and CYP1A1 expression. These data indicate that AHR ligands elicit AHR-independent non-genomic events that are essential for AHR activation and function.
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- Zongqing Tan
- Department of Environmental Health, Center for Environmental Genetics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0056, USA
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Bandari PS, Qian J, Yehia G, Seegopaul HP, Harrison JS, Gascon P, Fernandes H, Rameshwar P. Differences in the expression of neurokinin receptor in neural and bone marrow mesenchymal cells: implications for neuronal expansion from bone marrow cells. Neuropeptides 2002; 36:13-21. [PMID: 12147210 DOI: 10.1054/npep.2002.0869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor interacts with peptides that belong to the tachykinin family. NK-1 is inducible in bone marrow (BM) stroma. In neural cells, its expression is high to constitutive. Screening of three cDNA libraries indicated that this different in NK-1 expression in neural and BM cells could not be explained by differences in the cDNA sequence. Analyses the 5' flanking sequence in BM stroma and three neural cell lines indicated that sequence +1/+358 relative to the transcription start (TS) site could account for the differences in NK-1 expression. Particular cytokines could reverse the repressive effects of region +1/+358 in BM stroma. The effects of NF-kappa B and cAMP activators were studied in stromal cells using a dominant negative inhibitor of NF-kappa B (I kappa B) or a repressor of CRE activators (ICERII gamma). The results showed that their effects of these transcription factors depended on the stimulating cytokine. This study provides insight into the tissue-specific differences in the expression of the NK-1 gene.
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- P S Bandari
- UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Hukkanen J, Lassila A, Päivärinta K, Valanne S, Sarpo S, Hakkola J, Pelkonen O, Raunio H. Induction and regulation of xenobiotic-metabolizing cytochrome P450s in the human A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2000; 22:360-6. [PMID: 10696073 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.22.3.3845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Several cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes are expressed in the human lung, where they participate in metabolic inactivation and activation of numerous exogenous and endogenous compounds. In this study, the expression pattern of all known xenobiotic-metabolizing CYP genes was characterized in the human alveolar type II cell-derived A549 adenocarcinoma cell line using qualitative reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). In addition, the mechanisms of induction by chemicals of members in the CYP1 and CYP3A subfamilies were assessed by quantitative RT-PCR. The expression of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) of CYPs 1A1, 1B1, 2B6, 2C, 2E1, 3A5, and 3A7 was detected in the A549 cells. The amounts of mRNAs of CYPs 1A2, 2A6, 2A7, 2A13, 2F1, 3A4, and 4B1 were below the limit of detection. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induced CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 mRNAs 56-fold and 2.5-fold, respectively. CYP3A5 was induced 8-fold by dexamethasone and 11-fold by phenobarbital. CYP3A4 was not induced by any of the typical CYP3A4 inducers used. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein and the protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine blocked TCDD-elicited induction of CYP1A1, but they did not affect CYP1B1 induction. Protein phosphatase inhibitors okadaic acid and calyculin A enhanced TCDD-induction of CYP1B1 slightly, but had negligible effects on CYP1A1 induction. These results suggest that CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 are differentially regulated in human pulmonary epithelial cells and give the first indication of the induction of CYP3A5 by glucocorticoids in human lung cells. These results establish that having retained several characteristics of human lung epithelial cell CYP expression, the A549 lung cell line is a valuable model for mechanistic studies on induction of the pulmonary CYP system.
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- J Hukkanen
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Alexander DL, Zhang L, Foroozesh M, Alworth WL, Jefcoate CR. Metabolism-based polycyclic aromatic acetylene inhibition of CYP1B1 in 10T1/2 cells potentiates aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1999; 161:123-39. [PMID: 10581206 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have used polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) alkyne metabolism-based inhibitors to test whether CYP1B1 metabolism is linked to aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation in mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF). 1-ethynylpyrene (1EP) selectively inactivated CYP1B1 dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA) metabolism in C3H10T1/2 MEFs; whereas 1-(1-propynyl)pyrene (1PP) preferentially inhibited CYP1A1 activity in Hepa-1c1c7 mouse hepatoma cells (Hepa). In each cell type >90% inhibition of DMBA metabolism after 1 h treatment with each inhibitor (0.1 microM) was progressively reversed and then increased to levels seen with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induction (fourfold stimulation). It was found that 0.1 microM 1EP and 1PP maximally induce CYP1B1 and CYP1A1 mRNA levels in10T1/2 and Hepa cells, respectively, after 6 h. 1-Ethylpyrene (EtP), which lacks the activatable acetylene moiety, was far less effective as an inhibitor and as an inducer. AhR activation is essential for 1EP induction as evidenced by the use of AhR antagonists and AhR-deficient MEFs and absence of induction following inhibition of DMBA metabolism with carbon monoxide (CO). Inhibition of CYP1B1 was linked to enhanced AhR activation even at early stages prior to significant ligand depletion. 1EP and EtP were similarly effective in stimulating AhR nuclear translocation, though 5-10 times slower compared with TCDD, and produced no significant down-regulation of the AhR. TCDD activated AhR/Arnt complex formation with an oligonucleotide xenobiotic response element far more extensively than 1EP or EtP, even at concentrations of 1EP that increased CYP1B1 mRNA to similar levels. CO did not influence these responses to EtP, event hough CO treatment potentiated EtP induction of CYP1B1 mRNA. These differences suggest a fundamental difference between PAH/AhR and TCDD/AhR complexes where CYP1B1 metabolic activity regulates the potency, rather than the formation of the AhR/Arnt complex.
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- D L Alexander
- Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, USA
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Davarinos NA, Pollenz RS. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor imported into the nucleus following ligand binding is rapidly degraded via the cytosplasmic proteasome following nuclear export. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:28708-15. [PMID: 10497241 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.40.28708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that dimerizes with the AHR nuclear translocator protein to mediate gene regulation. However, the AHR protein is rapidly depleted in vitro and in vivo following exposure to ligands. The purpose of the studies in this report was to characterize the mechanism of AHR degradation and determine the consequence of blocking the degradation process. Western blot and immunological analysis of rat smooth muscle (A7), murine Hepa-1, and human HepG2 cells show that ligand-induced degradation of AHR is blocked when the proteasome is inhibited by MG-132. AHR degradation is also blocked in Hepa-1 and HepG2 cells when nuclear export is inhibited with leptomycin B. Mutation of a putative nuclear export signal present in the AHR results in the accumulation of AHR in the nucleus and reduced levels of degradation following ligand exposure. In addition, inhibition of AHR degradation results in an increase in the concentration of AHR.AHR nuclear translocator complexes associated with DNA and extends the duration that the complex resides in the nucleus. These findings show that nuclear export and degradation of the AHR protein are two additional steps in the AHR-mediated signal transduction pathway and suggest novel areas for regulatory control.
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- N A Davarinos
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
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Abnet CC, Tanguay RL, Hahn ME, Heideman W, Peterson RE. Two forms of aryl hydrocarbon receptor type 2 in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Evidence for differential expression and enhancer specificity. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:15159-66. [PMID: 10329723 PMCID: PMC2186364 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.21.15159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Two aryl hydrocarbon receptors (AhRs), rtAhR2alpha and rtAhR2beta, were cloned from rainbow trout (rt) cDNA libraries. The distribution of sequence differences, genomic Southern blot analysis, and the presence of both transcripts in all individual rainbow trout examined suggest that the two forms of rtAhR2 are derived from separate genes. The two rtAhR2s have significant sequence similarity with AhRs cloned from mammalian species, especially in the basic helix-loop-helix and PAS functional domains located in the amino-terminal 400 amino acids of the protein. In contrast, the Gln-rich transactivation domain found in the carboxyl-terminal half of mammalian AhRs is absent from both rtAhR2s. Both clones were expressed by in vitro transcription/translation and proteins of approximately 125 kDa were produced. These proteins bind 2,3,7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and are able to bind dioxin response elements in gel shift assays. rtAhR2alpha and rtAhR2beta are expressed in a tissue-specific manner with the highest expression of rtAhR2beta in the heart. Expression of rtAhR2alpha and rtAhR2beta mRNAs is positively regulated by TCDD. Both rtAhR2alpha and rtAhR2beta produced TCDD-dependent activation of a reporter gene driven by dioxin response elements. Surprisingly, the two receptors showed distinct preferences for different enhancer sequences. These results suggest that the two receptor forms may regulate different sets of genes, and may play different roles in the toxic responses produced by AhR agonists such as TCDD.
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- C C Abnet
- Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Kikuchi H, Hossain A, Yoshida H, Kobayashi S. Induction of cytochrome P-450 1A1 by omeprazole in human HepG2 cells is protein tyrosine kinase-dependent and is not inhibited by alpha-naphthoflavone. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 358:351-8. [PMID: 9784250 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Benzimidazole compounds, such as omeprazole and thiabendazole, are a different type of CYP1A1 inducer from Ah receptor-ligands, such as TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) and 3-methylcholanthrene. In HepG2 cells, the commonly used tyrosine kinase inhibitors, herbimycin-A and a series of tyrphostins, inhibited the induction of CYP1A1 produced by treatment with TCDD. Genistein, another type of tyrosine kinase inhibitor, inhibited the induction of CYP1A1 whether it was produced by omeprazole or TCDD; however, this inhibition was caused by a dual effect of genistein, that is an anti-tyrosine kinase and an anti-topoisomerase I effect. An antagonist of Ah receptor, alpha-naphthoflavone (0.1-10 microM), and 3'-methoxy-4'-aminoflavone (1 microM), did not inhibit the induction of CYP1A1 produced in HepG2 cells by omeprazole, but both of them did inhibit that produced by TCDD. In one of a number of human lung tumor cell lines, S6T, the inducibility of CYP1A1 was high by TCDD, whereas the inducibility by omeprazole was low. Thus, omeprazole appears to induce CYP1A1 by initiating a protein tyrosine kinase-mediated signal transduction pathway, a different pathway from that inhibited by TCDD.
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- H Kikuchi
- Research Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.
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Wilson CL, Safe S. Mechanisms of ligand-induced aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated biochemical and toxic responses. Toxicol Pathol 1998; 26:657-71. [PMID: 9789953 DOI: 10.1177/019262339802600510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The ubiquitous environmental contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD, dioxin) is a member of a broad group of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAHs) that is known to induce a wide range of toxic and biochemical responses in laboratory animals and humans. The effects of HAH exposure are mediated by binding to the cytosolic aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), which is expressed in a tissue- and cell type-specific manner. The AhR is a ligand-activated transcription factor belonging to the basic helix-loop-helix/Per-AhR-Arnt-Sim (bHLH/PAS) superfamily of proteins. The mechanism of induction of gene transcription by TCDD involves ligand recognition and binding by the AhR, nuclear translocation, and dimerization with the AhR cofactor, AhR nuclear translocator (Arnt). The nuclear heterodimer interacts with cognate xenobiotic responsive elements (XREs) in promoter/enhancer regions of multiple Ah-responsive genes. Subsequent changes in chromatin structure and/or interaction of the AhR complex with the basal transcriptional machinery play a significant role in AhR-mediated gene expression. Although Arnt is a necessary component of a functional nuclear AhR complex, this protein also forms transcriptionally active heterodimers with other bHLH/PAS factors, including those involved in the transcriptional response to hypoxia. Arnt is ubiquitously expressed in mammalian systems, and results from transgenic mouse studies suggest that this protein plays a vital role in early mammalian embryonic development. Similar experiments suggest that the AhR may be involved in development of various organ systems. Thus, molecular mechanistic studies of TCDD action have contributed significantly to an improved understanding of the role of at least 2 bHLH/PAS proteins, as well as organ- and tissue-specific biochemical and toxic responses to this class of environmental toxins.
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- C L Wilson
- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4466, USA
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Long WP, Pray-Grant M, Tsai JC, Perdew GH. Protein kinase C activity is required for aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway-mediated signal transduction. Mol Pharmacol 1998; 53:691-700. [PMID: 9547360 DOI: 10.1124/mol.53.4.691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the human aryl hydrocarbon receptor (hAhR) signal transduction pathway was examined in cell lines stably transfected with pGUDLUC6.1, in which luc+ is solely controlled by four dioxin-responsive elements (DREs). These cell lines, P5A11 and HG40/6, were derived from HeLa and HepG2 cells respectively. Simultaneous treatment of these cells with 2,3,7,8, -tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) enhanced trans-activation of the reporter construct several-fold relative to cells treated with TCDD alone. PKC inhibitors block the PMA effect and hAhR-mediated signal transduction, demonstrating these processes require PKC activity. Examination of other independently generated, HeLa-derived cell lines stably transfected with pGUDLUC6.1 demonstrates the PMA effect in P5A11 cells is not a clonal artifact. Transient transfections indicate the PMA effect is not due to a luciferase message/gene product stabilization mechanism or stimulation of the basal transcription machinery. Examination of cytosolic preparations demonstrates PKC stimulation or inhibition does not alter hAhR and hAhR nuclear translocator protein levels or TCDD-induced down-regulation of hAhR levels. Similarly, examination of nuclear extracts indicated PKC stimulation or inhibition does not alter nuclear AhR levels or hAhR/hAhR nuclear translocator protein heterodimer DRE-binding activity as assessed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. These results demonstrate a PKC-mediated event is required for the hAhR to form a functional transcriptional complex that leads to trans-activation and that the DRE is the minimal DNA element required for PMA to enhance AhR-mediated trans-activation.
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- W P Long
- Graduate Program in Biochemistry Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Veterinary Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA
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