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Shen Q, Liu R, Chen J, Li G, Ma S, Yu Y, An T. Co-exposure health risk of benzo[a]pyrene with aromatic VOCs: Monoaromatic hydrocarbons inhibit the glucuronidation of benzo[a]pyrene. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 219:115158. [PMID: 36580988 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.115158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Occupational workers and residents near petrochemical industry facilities are exposed to multiple contaminants on a daily basis. However, little is known about the co-exposure effects of different pollutants based on biotransformation. The study examined benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), a representative polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon related to the petrochemical industry, to investigate changes in toxicity and co-exposure mechanism associated with different monoaromatic hydrocarbons (MAHs). A central composite design method was used to simulate site co-exposure scenarios to reveal biotransformation of BaP when co-exposed with benzene, toluene, chlorobenzene, or nitrobenzene in microsome systems. BaP metabolism depended on MAH concentration, and association of MAH with microsome concentration/incubation time. Particularly, MAH co-exposure negatively affected BaP glucuronidation, an important phase Ⅱ detoxification process. BaP metabolite intensities decreased to 43%-80% for OH-BaP-G, and 32%-71% for diOH-BaP-G in co-exposure system with MAHs, compared with control group. Furthermore, glucuronidation was affected by competitive and time-dependent inhibition. Co-exposure significantly decreased gene expression of UGT 1A10 and BCRP/ABCG2 in HepG2 cells, which are involved in BaP detoxification through metabolism and transmembrane transportation. Therefore, human co-exposure to multiple contaminants may deteriorate toxic effects of these chemicals by disturbing metabolic pathways. This study provides a reference for assessing toxic effects and co-exposure risks of pollutants.
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- Qianyong Shen
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Photocatalytic Technology Integration and Equipment, Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Photocatalytic Technology Integration and Equipment, Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Photocatalytic Technology Integration and Equipment, Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Photocatalytic Technology Integration and Equipment, Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Photocatalytic Technology Integration and Equipment, Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Photocatalytic Technology Integration and Equipment, Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Health Risk Control, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Photocatalytic Technology Integration and Equipment, Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Zhang QL, Dong ZX, Xiong Y, Li HW, Guo J, Wang F, Deng XY, Chen JY, Lin LB. Genome-wide transcriptional response of microRNAs to the benzo(a)pyrene stress in amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 218:205-210. [PMID: 30471501 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Amphioxus, a cephalochordate found in sand habitats in shallow in-shore seawaters, has been widely used as a model in comparative immunology of chordates. However, the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in amphioxus under abiotic stress, particularly xenobiotics with strong toxicity, remains largely unknown. Here, a widespread marine contaminant, benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) is used to evaluate its toxic effects on miRNA expression of amphioxus. Six small RNA libraries were sequenced from Branchiostoma belcheri. A total of 144 known and 157 novel miRNAs were identified using deep sequencing and bioinformatics approaches. A total of 58 differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) were screened, including 25 up- and 33 down-regulated DEMs under BaP stress. Target genes possibly regulated by DEMs were predicted, and their functional enrichment analyses were performed. Targets of DEMs are primarily involved in xenobiotic and cellular homeostasis, catabolic and transport process. They could be largely linked to nine immune- and toxin detoxification-related pathways, including metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450, drug metabolism-other enzymes, and drug metabolism-cytochrome P450, etc. Furthermore, quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis for 12 key BaP-responsive DEMs validates the accuracy of deep sequencing. Experiments were then conducted to investigate their expression responses to BaP stress at different time intervals in detail to further determine their expression dynamic in responses of B. belcheri towards BaP exposure. This study, to the best of our knowledge, investigates the regulatory roles of miRNAs in the toxicological response of amphioxus for the first time, providing valuable information for the protection of lone existing cephalochordate amphioxus.
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- Qi-Lin Zhang
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- LPS, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China.
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Potent phototoxicity of marine bunker oil to translucent herring embryos after prolonged weathering. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30116. [PMID: 22312421 PMCID: PMC3270018 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Accepted: 12/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pacific herring embryos (Clupea pallasi) spawned three months following the Cosco Busan bunker oil spill in San Francisco Bay showed high rates of late embryonic mortality in the intertidal zone at oiled sites. Dead embryos developed to the hatching stage (e.g. fully pigmented eyes) before suffering extensive tissue deterioration. In contrast, embryos incubated subtidally at oiled sites showed evidence of sublethal oil exposure (petroleum-induced cardiac toxicity) with very low rates of mortality. These field findings suggested an enhancement of oil toxicity through an interaction between oil and another environmental stressor in the intertidal zone, such as higher levels of sunlight-derived ultraviolet (UV) radiation. We tested this hypothesis by exposing herring embryos to both trace levels of weathered Cosco Busan bunker oil and sunlight, with and without protection from UV radiation. Cosco Busan oil and UV co-exposure were both necessary and sufficient to induce an acutely lethal necrotic syndrome in hatching stage embryos that closely mimicked the condition of dead embryos sampled from oiled sites. Tissue levels of known phototoxic polycyclic aromatic compounds were too low to explain the observed degree of phototoxicity, indicating the presence of other unidentified or unmeasured phototoxic compounds derived from bunker oil. These findings provide a parsimonious explanation for the unexpectedly high losses of intertidal herring spawn following the Cosco Busan spill. The chemical composition and associated toxicity of bunker oils should be more thoroughly evaluated to better understand and anticipate the ecological impacts of vessel-derived spills associated with an expanding global transportation network.
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Anderson SE, Munson AE, Tomblyn S, Meade BJ, Diotte NM. The humoral immune response of mice exposed to simulated road paving-like asphalt fumes. J Immunotoxicol 2008; 5:307-13. [PMID: 18830891 DOI: 10.1080/15376510802312407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Asphalt is a complex mixture of organic molecules, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which have been reported to cause serious adverse health effects in humans. Workers in manufacturing and construction trades exposed to asphalt are potentially at risk for being exposed to asphalt fumes and PAHs. Epidemiological investigations have collected mounting evidence that chemicals found in asphalt fumes present carcinogenic and possibly immunotoxic hazards. Studies evaluating the immunotoxic effects of asphalt fume are limited due to the large number of variables associated with asphalt fume exposures. This work investigates the immuno-toxic effects of road paving-like asphalt fume by analyzing the in vivo IgM response to a T-dependent antigen after exposure to whole, vapor, and particulate phase road paving-like asphalt fumes and asphalt fume condensate. Systemic exposures via intraperitoneal injection of asphalt fume condensate (at 0.625 mg/kg) and the particulate phase (at 5 mg/kg) resulted in significant reductions in the specific spleen IgM response to SRBC. Pharyngeal aspiration of the asphalt fume condensate (at 5 mg/kg) also resulted in significant suppression of the IgM response to SRBC. A significant reduction in the specific spleen IgM activity was observed after inhalation exposure to whole asphalt fumes (35 mg/m(3)) and the vapor components (11 mg/m(3)). Dermal exposures to the asphalt fume condensate resulted in significant reductions in the total (at 50 mg/kg) and specific (at 250 mg/kg) spleen IgM response to SRBC. These results demonstrate that exposure to road paving-like asphalt fumes is immunosuppressive through systemic, respiratory, and dermal routes of exposure in a murine model and raise concerns regarding the potential for adverse immunological effects.
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- Stacey E Anderson
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
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Lochan R, Daly AK, Reeves HL, Charnley RM. Genetic susceptibility in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Br J Surg 2008; 95:22-32. [PMID: 18076020 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The strongest risk factors for pancreatic adenocarcinoma are tobacco smoking and increasing age. However, only a few smokers or elderly individuals develop the disease and genetic factors are also likely to be important. METHODS The literature on genetic factors modifying susceptibility to cancer was reviewed, with particular regard to the interindividual variation that exists in the development of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. RESULTS Tobacco-derived carcinogen-metabolizing enzyme gene variants have been the main area of study in stratifying the risk of sporadic pancreatic cancer. Inconsistent results have emerged from the few molecular epidemiological studies performed. CONCLUSION There is great scope for further investigation of critical pathways and unidentified genetic influences may be revealed. This may eventually allow the identification of individuals at high risk who might be targeted for screening.
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- R Lochan
- Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Unit, Department of Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Webb L, Miles K, Kessler F, Ritter JK. Activity of rat UGT1A1 towards benzo[a]pyrene phenols and dihydrodiols. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2006; 21:224-230. [PMID: 21783661 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2005.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2004] [Accepted: 07/22/2005] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Four UDP-glucuronosyltransferases from the rat UGT1A family were tested for activity towards benzo[a]pyrene phenols and dihydrodiols. UGT1A1 and UGT1A7 were found to be broadly active towards BaP metabolites. Antisera recognizing rat UGT1A1 and UGT1A7 were used to assess UGT levels in relation to UGT activity towards benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol (BPD). The rank BPD UGT activities were liver=intestine≫kidney, whereas UGT1A1 was highest in liver and UGT1A7 was highest in intestine. Phenobarbital, an inducer of hepatic UGT1A1, only slightly increased BPD UGT activity, whereas UGT1A7 inducers more potently increased the activity. Inhibition studies using the differential UGT1A1 inhibitor, bilirubin, suggest that UGT1A1 is not a major contributor to the constitutive BPD glucuronidating activity of control rat liver microsomes. These data suggest that multiple UGT1A enzymes contribute to glucuronidation of BPD and other BaP metabolites, and that their relative contributions depend on tissue- and environmental-specific factors.
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- Laura Webb
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Campus Box 980613, 1217 E. Marshall Room 536, Richmond, VA 23298-0613, USA
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Wells PG, Mackenzie PI, Chowdhury JR, Guillemette C, Gregory PA, Ishii Y, Hansen AJ, Kessler FK, Kim PM, Chowdhury NR, Ritter JK. Glucuronidation and the UDP-glucuronosyltransferases in health and disease. Drug Metab Dispos 2004; 32:281-90. [PMID: 14977861 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.32.3.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This article is an updated report of a symposium held at the June 2000 annual meeting of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics in Boston. The symposium was sponsored by the ASPET Divisions for Drug Metabolism and Molecular Pharmacology. The report covers research from the authors' laboratories on the structure and regulation of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) genes, glucuronidation of xenobiotics and endobiotics, the toxicological relevance of UGTs, the role of UGT polymorphisms in cancer susceptibility, and gene therapy for UGT deficiencies.
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- Peter G Wells
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Kawasaki S, Takizawa H, Takami K, Desaki M, Okazaki H, Kasama T, Kobayashi K, Yamamoto K, Nakahara K, Tanaka M, Sagai M, Ohtoshi T. Benzene-extracted components are important for the major activity of diesel exhaust particles: effect on interleukin-8 gene expression in human bronchial epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2001; 24:419-26. [PMID: 11306435 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.24.4.4085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Epidemiologic and experimental studies suggest that diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) may be related to increasing respiratory mortality and morbidity. We have shown that DEPs augmented the production of inflammatory cytokines by human airway epithelial cells in vitro. To better understand the mechanisms of their proinflammatory activities, we studied the effects of several components extracted from DEPs on interleukin (IL)-8 expression in human bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B and normal human airway epithelial cells obtained from very peripheral airways by an ultrathin bronchoscope. We used several agents active on signal transduction pathways in cytokine expression, such as the protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporin, antioxidant agents including N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor SB203580. Benzene-extracted components showed effects mimicking DEPs on IL-8 gene expression, release of several cytokines (IL-8; granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor; and regulated on activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted) and nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B activation. We also found that NAC, PDTC, and SB203580 suppressed the activities of DEPs and their benzene extracts, suggesting the roles of oxidants-mediated NF-kappa B activation and p38MAPK pathways. Finally, benzo[a]pyrene, one of the important compounds included in the benzene component, replicated the activities shown by DEPs.
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- S Kawasaki
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Dietrich CG, Ottenhoff R, de Waart DR, Oude-Elferink RP. Lack of UGT1 isoforms in Gunn rats changes metabolic ratio and facilitates excretion of the food-derived carcinogen 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2001; 170:137-43. [PMID: 11162778 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2000.9090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) play an important role in detoxification of endo- and xenobiotics. Deficiencies of these enzymes can have serious consequences, for example, in Crigler-Najjar disease Type I. Recently it was shown that the activated form of the abundant food-derived carcinogen 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) is glucuronidated mainly by UGT1 isoforms. Therefore UGT1 deficiency may have an important impact on metabolism and excretion of PhIP in the body and consequently for the susceptibility toward carcinogenic effects through PhIP. To test this hypothesis we investigated fate and distribution of PhIP in the UGT1-deficient Gunn rat. In 2 h after intravenous injection of PhIP, Gunn rats excreted significantly more PhIP and metabolites than control animals, which were age- and weight-matched Wistar rats. In bile, both glucuronides of N-OH-PhIP were reduced but, in urine, only the N3-glucuronide was reduced while the N2-glucuronide was elevated. The metabolic pathway ratio between 4'-hydroxylation and N-hydroxylation was dramatically changed in the Gunn rat (five times higher in bile and doubled in urine, resulting in a four times higher ratio in total), mostly because of the doubled amount of 4'-PhIP-sulfate in Gunn rats compared to Wistar rats. Tissue levels of PhIP and metabolites were significantly lower in liver and colon of the Gunn rats. We conclude that, in Gunn rats, PhIP is alternatively metabolized through UGT2B enzymes and sulfotransferases, which adds another clue to the potential importance of sulfotransferases in detoxification of PhIP.
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- C G Dietrich
- Laboratory of Experimental Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Academic Medical Center, F0-116, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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