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Advanced Approaches to Model Xenobiotic Metabolism in Bacterial Genotoxicology In Vitro. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017. [PMID: 27619490 DOI: 10.1007/10_2016_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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During the past 30 years there has been considerable progress in the development of bacterial test systems for use in genotoxicity testing by the stable introduction of expression vectors (cDNAs) coding for xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes into bacterial cells. The development not only provides insights into the mechanisms of bioactivation of xenobiotic compounds but also evaluates the roles of enzymes involved in metabolic activation or inactivation in chemical carcinogenesis. This review describes recent advances in bacterial genotoxicity assays and their future prospects, with a focus on the development and application of genetically engineering bacterial cells to incorporate some of the enzymatic activities involved in the bio-activation process of xenobiotics. Various genes have been introduced into bacterial umu tester strains encoding enzymes for genotoxic bioactivation, including bacterial nitroreductase and O-acetyltransferase, human cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, rat glutathione S-transferases, and human N-acetyltransferases and sulfotransferases. Their application has provided new tools for genotoxicity assays and for studying the role of biotransformation in chemical carcinogenesis in humans.
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Phousongphouang PT, Grosovsky AJ, Eastmond DA, Covarrubias M, Arey J. The genotoxicity of 3-nitrobenzanthrone and the nitropyrene lactones in human lymphoblasts. Mutat Res 2000; 472:93-103. [PMID: 11113702 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(00)00135-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and nitrated polycyclic aromatic compounds (nitro-PAC) have been found to be mutagenic in bacterial and human cells as well as carcinogenic in rodents. In this investigation, the genotoxic effects of 3-nitrobenzanthrone (3NB) and a mixture of nitropyrene lactones (NPLs) were determined using forward mutation assays performed in two human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines, MCL-5 and h1A1v2, which are responsive to the nitro-PAC class of compounds. Mutagenicity of the compounds was determined at the heterozygous tk locus and the hemizygous hprt locus, thus, identifying both large-scale loss of heterozygosity (LOH) events as well as intragenic mutagenic events. Genotoxicity was also determined using the CREST modified micronucleus assay, which detects chromosomal loss and breakage events. Results indicate 3NB is an effective human cell mutagen, significantly inducing mutations at the tk and hprt loci in both cell lines, and inducing micronuclei in the h1A1v2 cell line. The NPL isomers are also mutagenic, inducing mutations at the two loci as well as micronuclei in both cell lines. Because of their mutagenic potencies and their presence in ambient air, further assessments should be made of human exposures to these nitro-PAC and the potential health risks involved.
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- P T Phousongphouang
- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Grove AD, Llewellyn GC, Kessler FK, White KL, Crespi CL, Ritter JK. Differential protection by rat UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 against Benzo[a]pyrene-3,6-quinone- versus Benzo[a]pyrene-induced cytotoxic effects in human lymphoblastoid cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2000; 162:34-43. [PMID: 10631125 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 (UGT1A7) is a polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-inducible UGT with activity toward various benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) metabolites. To investigate the influence of rat UGT1A7 on B[a]P-induced cytotoxicity, human lymphoblastoid L3 cells were transfected with pMF6 (control expression vector), p167Dtk2 (microsomal epoxide hydrolase expression vector), or p167Dtk2-1A7 (epoxide hydrolase/UGT1A7 coexpression vector), and the cell populations were compared for sensitivity to B[a]P-induced effects. B[a]P inhibited cell proliferation and decreased relative cell survival of p167Dtk2 and p167Dtk2-1A7 cells to a similar extent. Metabolism studies using [(3)H]B[a]P revealed increased formation of glucuronide conjugates of B[a]P-4,5-diol, 3-OH-, or 9-OH-B[a]P and an unidentified metabolite by p167Dtk2-1A7 cells, but the presence of unconjugated metabolites suggested that glucuronidation capacity may be limited. No differences between p167Dtk2 and p167Dtk2-1A7 L3 cells were observed in the growth inhibitory effects of 3-OH-B[a]P or B[a]P-7,8-diol, but p167Dtk2-1A7-expressing cells were found to be less sensitive to B[a]P-3,6-quinone-induced effects on cell proliferation and relative cell survival. The effect was also observed in AHH-1 lymphoblastoid cells expressing UGT1A7 without epoxide hydrolase. The UGT1A7-expressing AHH-1 cells were also less sensitive to growth inhibition by B[a]P-1,6-quinone and B[a]P-6,12-quinone. Flow cytometric analysis of vehicle and B[a]P-3, 6-quinone-exposed cell populations showed an association between UGT1A7 expression and resistance to B[a]P-3,6-quinone-induced apoptosis and loss of cell viability. These data suggest that UGT1A7 may be preferentially active toward B[a]P-quinones and that UGT1A7 may represent the PAH-inducible UGT activity previously implicated in protection against toxic redox cycling by B[a]P-3,6-quinone.
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- A D Grove
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0613, USA
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Aryal P, Terashita T, Guengerich FP, Shimada T, Oda Y. Use of genetically engineered Salmonella typhimurium OY1002/1A2 strain coexpressing human cytochrome P450 1A2 and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase and bacterial O-acetyltransferase in SOS/umu assay. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2000; 36:121-126. [PMID: 11013410 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2280(2000)36:2<121::aid-em6>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The major pathway of bioactivation of procarcinogenic heterocyclic aromatic amines (HCAs) is cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2)-catalyzed N-hydroxylation and subsequent esterification by O-acetyltransferase (O-AT). We have previously reported that an umu tester strain, Salmonella typhimurium OY1001/1A2, endogenously coexpressing human CYP1A2 and NADPH-P450 reductase (reductase), is able to detect the genotoxicity of some aromatic amines [Aryal et al., 1999, Mutat Res 442:113-120]. To further enhance the sensitivity of the strain toward HCAs, we developed S. typhimurium OY1002/1A2 by introducing pCW"/1A2:hNPR (a bicistronic construct coexpressing human P450 1A2 and the reductase) and pOA102 (constructed by subcloning the Salmonella O-AT gene in the pOA101-expressing umuC"lacZ gene) in S. typhimurium TA1535. In addition, as an O-AT-deficient strain, we developed the OY1003/1A2 strain by introducing pCW"/1A2:hNPR and pOA101 into O-AT-deficient S. typhimurium TA1535/1,8-DNP. Strains OY1001/1A2, OY1002/1A2, and OY1003/1A2 expressed, respectively, about 150, 120, and 140 nmol CYP1A2/l culture (in whole cells), and respective cytosolic preparations acetylated 15, 125, and > or = 0 nmol isoniazid/min/mg protein as the O-AT activities of cytosolic preparations, respectively. We compared the induction of umuC gene expression as a measure of genotoxicity and observed that the OY1002/1A2 strain was more sensitive than OY1001/1A2 strain toward the genotoxicity of 2-amino-1,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinol ine(MeIQ), 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ),2-amino-3, 8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx),2-aminoanthracene, 2-amino-6-methyldipyrido[1,2-a::3,2'-d]i midazole,3-amino-1, 4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole, and 3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido[4, 3-a]indole. However, the genotoxicity of MeIQ, IQ, and MeIQx was not detected with the OY1003/1A2 strain. These results indicate that the newly developed strain OY1002/1A2 can be employed in detecting potential genotoxic aromatic amines requiring bioactivation by CYP1A2 and O-acetyltransferase.
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- P Aryal
- Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Japan
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Sasaki JC, Arey J, Eastmond DA, Parks KK, Phousongphouang PT, Grosovsky AJ. Evidence for oxidative metabolism in the genotoxicity of the atmospheric reaction product 2-nitronaphthalene in human lymphoblastoid cell lines. Mutat Res 1999; 445:113-25. [PMID: 10521697 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(99)00118-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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2-Nitronaphthalene (2NN) has been identified as a mutagenic atmospheric reaction product of naphthalene in the Ames bacterial reversion assay. Recent experiments have shown this nitroarene to be genotoxic in a human lymphoblastoid cell line (MCL-5) transfected with plasmids encoding epoxide hydrolase and four cytochrome P450 monooxygenase activities. The present study investigated the genotoxicity of 2NN in two related human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines, h1A1v2 containing a single P450 isozyme (cytochrome P450 1A1) and L3 cells which are isogenic with MCL-5 cells and are distinguished only by the absence of transfected plasmids. The results indicate that 2NN-induced mutagenesis at the heterozygous thymidine kinase (tk) locus was dependent on metabolic activities provided by the transfected plasmids in MCL-5; no significant induction of mutants was observed in L3 cells studied in parallel. A similar induction of mutation was observed in h1A1v2 and MCL-5 cell lines at the tk locus and no induction was observed at the hemizygous hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (hprt) locus. The induction of mutations in h1A1v2 cells suggests that cytochrome P450 1A1 alone can activate 2NN to a mutagenic species, however, this interpretation may be confounded by differences between the h1A1v2 and MCL-5 cell lines. The observed genotoxic activity induced by 2NN prompted testing of the amino analogue, beta-naphthylamine (betaNA), to investigate potential similarities in the metabolic activation pathways of the two compounds. The negative response of betaNA in all cell lines suggests that 2NN and betaNA are not activated in these human cells by similar metabolic pathways.
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- J C Sasaki
- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program and Air Pollution Research Center, 5419 Boyce Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Recently, a C to T transition mutation in exon 8 of the p53 gene has been identified in a subculture of the genetically engineered human lymphoblastoid cell line AHH-1 and this mutation was proposed to cause a loss of function of the p53 suppressor protein and may limit the use of this cell culture in genotoxicology test assays. This led us to investigate early passage cultures of AHH-1 and its derivative MCL-5 to determine the distribution of the mutation. In order to characterise the presence of mutations at the p53 locus, exon 8 was analysed using restriction enzyme analysis and automated sequencing to locate possible changes of sequence. Mutations were identified at codon 282, and treatment with the Msp1 restriction enzyme led to incomplete digestion suggesting the presence of heterozygosity at the site which was confirmed by sequencing. Our results indicate that the p53 gene is heterozygous at the interface between the codons 281 and 282 in both AHH-1 and MCL-5. An Annexin V labeling study was carried out and both AHH-1 and MCL-5 cell lines were shown to undergo DNA damage induced cell death after a 1-h exposure to MNNG.
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- R D Guest
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales SA2 8PP, UK
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Sawada M, Kamataki T. Genetically engineered cells stably expressing cytochrome P450 and their application to mutagen assays. Mutat Res 1998; 411:19-43. [PMID: 9675235 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5742(98)00005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Genetically engineered cells transiently and stably expressing cytochrome P450 (P450), a key enzyme for biotransformation of a wide variety of compounds, have provided new tools for investigation of P450 functions such as P450-mediated metabolic activation of chemicals. This review will focus on the development of mammalian cell lines stably expressing P450s and application to toxicology testings. Stable expression systems have an advantage over transient ones in that a series of the process from metabolic activation of test compounds to the appearance of toxicological consequences occurs entirely in the same intact cells. Indeed, many cell lines stably expressing a single form of mammalian P450 have been established so far and applied to cytotoxic or genotoxic assays, the endpoints of which contained mutations at hprt and other gene loci, chromosomal aberrations, sister chromatid exchanges, micronuclei, morphological transformation, and 32P-postlabeling. Analyses of metabolites of toxic substances have also been carried out, using the intact cells or microsomal fractions prepared from the cells. The stable expression systems clearly indicate the form of P450 enzyme capable of activating a certain chemical. More recently, coexpression of P450 together with other components of microsomal electron transfer systems such as NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase has been successfully performed to increase the metabolic capacity of the heterologously expressed P450. In addition, to reconstruct the entire metabolic activation system for certain heterocyclic amines, cell lines which simultaneously express a form of human P450 and a phase II enzyme, N-acetyltransferase, were established. These cells were highly sensitive to some carcinogenic heterocyclic amines. In genetic toxicology, such a coexpression system for two or more enzymes will provide useful materials which mimic in vivo activation systems.
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- M Sawada
- Division of Environmental Hygiene, Hokkaido College of Pharmacy, Katsuraoka-cho 7-1, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-02, Japan
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Thornton-Manning JR, Dahl AR. Metabolic capacity of nasal tissue interspecies comparisons of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes. Mutat Res 1997; 380:43-59. [PMID: 9385389 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(97)00126-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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High levels of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes occur in the nasal mucosa of all species studied. In certain species, including rats and rabbits, unique enzymes are present in the nasal mucosa. The function of these enzymes is not well understood, but it is thought that they play a role in protecting the lungs from toxicity of inhalants. The observation that several nasal xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes accept odorants as substrates may indicate that these enzymes also play a role in the olfactory process. Xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes were found in the nasal cavity around 15 years ago. Since that time, much has been learned about the nature of the enzymes and the substrates they accept. In the present review, this information is summarized with special attention to species differences in xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes of the nasal cavity. Such differences may be important in interpreting the results of toxicity assays in animals because rodents are apparently more susceptible to nasal toxicity after exposure to inhalants than are humans.
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Sasaki JC, Arey J, Eastmond DA, Parks KK, Grosovsky AJ. Genotoxicity induced in human lymphoblasts by atmospheric reaction products of naphthalene and phenanthrene. Mutat Res 1997; 393:23-35. [PMID: 9357559 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(97)00083-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The genotoxic risks from exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) have long been recognized. Less well understood are the potential genotoxic risks of the atmospheric reaction products of this class of compounds. In this investigation, we have utilized several human cell genotoxicity assays to evaluate naphthalene, phenanthrene, and their atmospheric reaction products 1-nitronaphthalene, 2-nitronaphthalene, 1-hydroxy-2-nitronaphthalene, 2-hydroxy-1-nitronaphthalene, 1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-nitrodibenzopyranone. In addition, reaction products of naphthalene were generated in a 6700-1 Teflon environmental chamber, collected on a solid adsorbent, extracted and fractionated by normal-phase HPLC. Individual fractions were then analyzed using GC-MS, and tested for genotoxicity. Genotoxicity was determined using the human B-lymphoblastoid cell line, MCL-5, which expresses several transfected P450 and epoxide hydrolase genes. Mutagenicity was evaluated at both the heterozygous tk locus and the hemizygous hprt locus, permitting detection of both intragenic and chromosomal scale mutational events. Test compounds were also screened using the CREST modified micronucleus assay. Genotoxicity results indicate that 2-nitronaphthalene and 2-nitrodibenzopyranone possess greater mutagenic potency than their parent compounds, and interestingly, both compounds induced significant increases in mutation frequency at tk but not hprt. These results suggest a mechanistic difference in human cell response as compared to bacteria, where both compounds were previously shown to induce point mutations in the Salmonella reversion assay. The genotoxicity of 2-nitronaphthalene and 2-nitrodibenzopyranone in human cells, together with their high concentrations in ambient air relative to nitro-PAH directly emitted from combustion sources, emphasizes the need to consider atmospheric reaction products of PAH in genotoxicity assessments.
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- J C Sasaki
- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA
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Holler R, Arand M, Mecky A, Oesch F, Friedberg T, Meckey A. The membrane anchor of microsomal epoxide hydrolase from human, rat, and rabbit displays an unexpected membrane topology. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 236:754-9. [PMID: 9245728 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.7044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) and cytochrome P450s catalyze the sequential formation of carcinogenic metabolites. According to one algorithm for predicting the membrane topology of proteins, the human, the rabbit, and the rat mEH should adopt a type II topology. The type II topology is also predicted by a recently established neuronal network which is trained to recognize signal peptides with very high accuracy. In contrast to these predictions we find, based on N-glycosylation analysis in a cell-free and in a cellular system, that the membrane anchor of human, rat, and rabbit mEH displays a type I topology. This result is correctly predicted by the positive inside rule in which negatively charged residues, the distribution of which differs in the mEH membrane anchor of these species, have only a modulating role for the membrane topology of proteins. However, our results demonstrate that this role is not strong enough to force the mEHs into a type II topology, not even in the case of the rabbit mEH, in which the only positively charged residue in the C-terminal part of the topogenic sequence is flanked by five negatively charged residues.
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- R Holler
- Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany
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Busby WF, Smith H, Crespi CL, Penman BW, Lafleur AL. Mutagenicity of the atmospheric transformation products 2-nitrofluoranthene and 2-nitrodibenzopyranone in Salmonella and human cell forward mutation assays. Mutat Res 1997; 389:261-70. [PMID: 9093392 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(96)00156-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The mutagenicity of the atmospheric transformation products 2-nitrofluoranthene (2-NF) and 2-nitrodibenzopyranone (2-NDBP), as well as a related isomer 3-nitrodibenzopyranone (3-NDBP), was measured in quantitative forward mutation assays with bacteria (Salmonella typhimurium TM677) and in two metabolically competent human cell lines (MCL-5 and h1A1v2) that differ in their complement of cytochrome P450s and microsomal epoxide hydrolase. 2-NF was a potent mutagen in Salmonella TM677 both in the absence and presence of rat liver postmitochondrial supernatant (PMS). 2-NDBP was non-mutagenic in the absence of PMS, but was mutagenic in its presence. The converse result was obtained for 3-NDBP. The mutagenic potency series in Salmonella in the absence of PMS, expressed as the minimum detectable mutagen concentration (MDMC) in nmol/ml, was: 2-NF, 2.5; 3-NDBP, 16.9; and 2-NDBP, > 415. With PMS, the potency series was: 2-NF, 1.2; 2-NDBP, 15.1; 3-NDBP, 208. Neither 2-NDBP nor 3-NDBP were mutagenic at the tk locus in MCL-5 or h1A1v2 cells at up to 200 nmol/ml. 2-NF was also inactive in MCL-5 cells, but was a potent mutagen in h1A1v2 cells with an MDMC of 0.02 nmol/ml. Cytochrome P450 CYP1A1, present constitutively only in h1A1v2 cells, was implicated in 2-NF activation because mutagenicity was reduced by 55-80% when alpha-naphthoflavone (ANF) was present during incubation. The lack of mutagenicity in MCL-5 cells was attributed to the inability of 2-NF to induce CYP1A1 activity in this cell line. These data indicate a primary role for ring oxidation in 2-NF activation. Previous emphasis placed upon 2-NDBP as a major mutagen in ambient air may need to be modified in view of the negative results for this compound in the human cell assays and in the absence of PMS in Salmonella TM677. However, these findings support the concern that 2-NF may be a risk to human health.
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- W F Busby
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Grove AD, Kessler FK, Metz RP, Ritter JK. Identification of a rat oltipraz-inducible UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT1A7) with activity towards benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:1621-7. [PMID: 8999837 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.3.1621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Previous work has shown that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oltipraz both induce an unidentified rat liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferase with activity toward benzo(a)pyrene-7, 8-diol, the proximate carcinogenic form of benzo(a)pyrene. Here we report the isolation of a benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-diol transferase-encoding cDNA, LC14, from an adult rat hepatocyte-derived cell line (RALA255-10G LCS-3). The predicted amino acid sequence of LC14 is nearly identical (5 differences out of 531 residues) to that deduced from UGT1A7, recently cloned at the genomic DNA level (Emi, Y., Ikushiro, S., and Kyanagi, T. (1995) J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 117, 392-399). Northern analysis of RNA from female F344 rat liver and LCS-3 cells revealed over a 40-fold and 4.4-fold enhancement by oltipraz treatment, respectively. Benzo(a)pyrene-7, 8-diol glucuronidating activity was detected (0.4 nmol/10(6) cells/16 h) in AHH-1 cells transfected with the LC14 expression vector, pMF6-LC14-3. The LC14-encoded transferase exhibited even higher activity toward certain benzo(a)pyrene phenols, including the major 3- and 9-phenol metabolites (4.1 and 2.8 nmol/10(6) cells/16 h, respectively). The Km of the enzyme for (-)-trans benzo(a)pyrene-7, 8-diol and 3-OH-BP was 15.5 and 12.3 microM, respectively. Northern analyses of total RNA revealed expression of LC14 or LC14-like RNA in all extrahepatic tissues tested. Marked inducibility by oltipraz was observed only in liver and (to a lesser extent) intestine. The results suggest that induction of UGT1A7 may explain the increased glucuronidating activities toward benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-diol and other metabolites that occur following treatment with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-type inducing agents and oltipraz. UGT1A7 appears to represent an important cellular chemoprotective enzyme which mediates conjugation and elimination of toxic benzo(a)pyrene metabolites.
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- A D Grove
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
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Herrero ME, Arand M, Hengstler JG, Oesch F. Recombinant expression of human microsomal epoxide hydrolase protects V79 Chinese hamster cells from styrene oxide- but not from ethylene oxide-induced DNA strand breaks. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 1997; 30:429-439. [PMID: 9435884 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1997)30:4<429::aid-em8>3.0.co;2-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Styrene 7,8-oxide and ethylene oxide are widely used genotoxic bulk chemicals, which have been associated with potential carcinogenic hazard for occupationally exposed workers. Both epoxides alkylate DNA preferentially at the N-7 position of guanine and consequently produce single-strand breaks and alkali labile sites in the DNA of exposed cells. In order to study the role of human microsomal epoxide hydrolase (hmEH) in protecting cells against genotoxicity of styrene 7,8-oxide and ethylene oxide, we expressed the cDNA of hmEH in V79 Chinese hamster cells. We obtained a number of cell clones that expressed functionally active epoxide hydrolase. Among these, the clone 92hmEH-V79 revealed an especially high enzymatic mEH activity toward styrene 7,8-oxide (10 nmol converted per mg of protein per min, measured in the 9,000 x g supernatant of the cell homogenate), that was 100 times higher than that determined in mock-transfected cells and within the range of mEH activity in human liver. Styrene 7,8-oxide-induced DNA single-strand breaks/alkali labile sites (dose range 10 microM to 1 mM styrene 7,8-oxide) measured by the alkaline elution technique were significantly lower in the 92hmEH-V79 cells as compared to the mock-transfected cells. The protection against styrene 7,8-oxide genotoxicity in 92hmEH-V79 cells could be abolished by addition of valpromide, a selective inhibitor of microsomal epoxide hydrolase. These results clearly show that the metabolism of styrene 7,8-oxide by hmEH in 92hmEH-V79 cells was responsible for the protection against styrene 7,8-oxide genotoxicity. On the other hand, no protective effect of epoxide hydrolase expression could be observed on ethylene oxide-induced DNA damage with the recombinant cell line over a dose range of 0.5-2.5 mM ethylene oxide. This selectivity of the protective effect on epoxide genotoxicity thus appears to be an important factor that must be taken into account for the prediction of the genotoxic risk of epoxides themselves or compounds that can be metabolically activated to epoxides.
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- M E Herrero
- Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Germany
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Friedberg T, Holler R, Löllmann B, Arand M, Oesch F. The catalytic activity of the endoplasmic reticulum-resident protein microsomal epoxide hydrolase towards carcinogens is retained on inversion of its membrane topology. Biochem J 1996; 319 ( Pt 1):131-6. [PMID: 8870659 PMCID: PMC1217745 DOI: 10.1042/bj3190131] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Diol epoxides formed by the sequential action of cytochrome P-450 and the microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) represent an important class of ultimate carcinogenic metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The role of the membrane orientation of cytochrome P-450 and mEH relative to each other in this catalytic cascade is not known. Cytochrome P-450 is known to have a type I topology. According to the algorithm of Hartman, Rapoport and Lodish [(1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86, 5786-5790], which allows the prediction of the membrane topology of proteins, mEH should adopt a type II membrane topology. Experimentally, mEH membrane topology has been disputed. Here we demonstrate that, in contrast with the theoretical prediction, the rat mEH has exclusively a type I membrane topology. Moreover we show that this topology can be inverted without affecting the catalytic activity of mEH. Our conclusions are supported by the observation that two mEH constructs (mEHg1 and mEHg2), containing engineered potential glycosylation sites at two separate locations after the C-terminal site of the membrane anchor, were not glycosylated in fibroblasts. However, changing the net charge at the N-terminus of these engineered mEH proteins by +3 resulted in proteins (++mEHg1 and ++mEHg2) that became glycosylated and consequently had a type II topology. The sensitivity of these glycosylated proteins to endoglycosidase H indicated that, like the native mEH, they are still retained in the ER. The engineered mEH proteins were integrated into membranes as they were resistant to alkaline extraction. Interestingly, an insect mEH with a charge distribution in its N-terminus similar to ++mEHg1 has recently been isolated. This enzyme might well display a type II topology instead of the type I topology of the rat mEH. Importantly, mEHg1, having the natural cytosolic orientation, as well as ++mEHg1, having an artificial huminal orientation, displayed rather similar substrate turnovers for the mutagenic metabolite benzo[a]pyrene 4,5-oxide. To our knowledge this is the first report demonstrating that topological inversion of a protein within the membrane of the ER has only a moderate effect on its enzymic activity, despite differences in folding pathways and redox environments on each side of the membrane. This observation represents an important step in the evaluation of the influence of mEH membrane orientation in the cascade of events leading to the formation of ultimate carcinogenic metabolites, and for studying the general importance of metabolic channelling on the surface of membranes.
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- T Friedberg
- Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany
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Friedberg T, Löllmann B, Becker R, Holler R, Arand M, Oesch F. Investigating the role of the microsomal epoxide hydrolase membrane topology and its implication for drug metabolism pathways. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1996; 387:17-24. [PMID: 8794189 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9480-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- T Friedberg
- Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Germany
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Delaporte E, Cribb AE, Renton KW. Interferon-mediated changes in the expression of CYP1A1 in human B lymphoblastoid (AHH-1 TK +/-) cells. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1995; 73:1692-7. [PMID: 8834482 DOI: 10.1139/y95-732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The expression of constitutive and inducible cytochrome P450s has been shown to be downregulated by interferon through an unknown pretranslational mechanism that depresses the mRNA encoding P450 apoproteins. To establish an association between gene transcription and P450 apoprotein downregulation by interferon, we studied the effect of recombinant interferon (IFN-alpha 2a) on CYP1A1 in human B lymphoblastoid cell lines. The cHoI cell line expresses inducible native CYP1A1, while the genetically engineered derivative h1A1 v2 expresses a noninducible extrachromosomal vector-derived human CYP1A1 cDNA lacking the CYP1A1 promoter region. We characterized CYP1A1 activity, apoprotein, and mRNA by ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity, Western immunoblotting, and Northern blot analysis, respectively. In cHoI cells, following induction with dibenz[a,h]anthracene, interferon depressed CYP1A1 apoprotein and mRNA levels by 55 and 76%, respectively, with no detectable changes in enzyme activity. In h1A1 v2, however, interferon increased CYP1A1 activity, apoprotein, and mRNA. The depression of CYP1A1 mRNA and apoprotein levels incHoI cells, in contrast with the increase observed in h1A1 v2 cells, suggests that nuclear mechanisms are essential for interferon-mediated depression of inducible P450s. From our preliminary results we propose that interferon-mediated downregulation of CYP1A1 may result from inhibition of gene transcription.
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- E Delaporte
- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Endo-Ichikawa Y, Kohno H, Tokunaga R, Yabusaki Y, Sakaki T, Ohkawa H, Taketani S. Formation of 4,4'-methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline)-DNA adducts in yeast expressing recombinant cytochrome P450s. EXPERIENTIA 1995; 51:564-8. [PMID: 7607297 DOI: 10.1007/bf02128744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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N-Oxidation of 4,4'-methylene-bis(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA) may lead to formation of DNA adducts. To determine if cytochrome P450s are involved in the formation of MBOCA derived-DNA adducts, yeast strains expressing rodent P450s were exposed to MBOCA, and 32P-postlabelling of nucleotides from yeast genomic DNA was done. Chromatographic analysis on PEI cellulose showed that, upon exposure to MBOCA for 1 h, nine DNA adducts were formed in yeast expressing phenobarbital-inducible rabbit P450 2B5. With a 4-h-exposure, all adducts increased in parallel. In cell-free experiments, the incubation of MBOCA with phenobarbital-induced rat microsomal fraction followed by incubation with thymus DNA, led to the formation of more than ten DNA adducts. When yeast expressing 3-methylcholanthrene-inducible rat P450 1A1 was exposed to MBOCA, one major and two minor adducts were formed. No adducts were detected in control yeast. These results show that recombinant rabbit P450 2B5 exhibits a potential activation of MBOCA and that rat P450 1A1 has some effect. The use of yeast expressing recombinant P450s and the technique of 32P-postlabelling facilitates a simple search for chemicals with carcinogenic potential.
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- Y Endo-Ichikawa
- Department of Public Health, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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This review considers current approaches to regulatory genotoxicity testing, focusing on how the use of animals can be further replaced, reduced and refined. The complementary roles of in vitro and in vivo testing, and the justification for using animals, are discussed in detail. Recommendations are made for improvements and further work, in the light of the considerable current controversy surrounding the composition and deployment of testing strategies, and the interpretation of the data generated, particularly for carcinogenicity prediction. The major problems are the oversensitivity of in vitro tests and the insensitivity of in vivo assays. On the basis of an analysis of some published databases, it is concluded that there is insufficient support for using in vivo genotoxicity assays for screening. Also, it is questionable whether the scientific benefits of using such assays always outweigh the costs to the animals involved. The considerable efforts being made to harmonise in vivo protocols and to develop improved methods for detecting genotoxicity are discussed. It is recommended that more emphasis be placed on characterising genotoxins in vitro, especially for mechanisms of activity, to optimise the benefits of any confirmatory animal tests.. Also, regulatory agencies are urged to require better-designed and more-scientifically sound protocols, in which animal numbers are minimised and data interpretation, particularly that of negative results, is facilitated. Lastly, in the development and validation of transgenic rodent systems, emphasis should be placed on developing protocols in which other acute toxicity and metabolism endpoints can be measured simultaneously with in vivo mutagenesis, while minimising animal numbers.
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- Robert D. Combes
- FRAME, Russell & Burch House, 96–98 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EE, UK
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Crespi CL. Xenobiotic-metabolizing human cells as tools for pharmacological and toxicological research. ADVANCES IN DRUG RESEARCH VOLUME 26 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2490(05)80006-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Rodrigues AS, Silva ID, Caria MH, Laires A, Chaveca T, Glatt HR, Rueff J. Genotoxicity assessment of aromatic amines and amides in genetically engineered V79 cells. Mutat Res 1994; 341:93-100. [PMID: 7527492 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(94)90091-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A genetically engineered V79 cell line expressing rat CYP1A2 and another cell line expressing rat CYP1A2 as well as endogenous acetyltransferase activity, as well as CYP-deficient parental V79 cell lines, were used to assess the genotoxicity of the aromatic amines and amides 2-aminoanthracene, 2-aminofluorene, 2-acetylaminofluorene, 4-acetylaminofluorene and 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline, with chromosomal aberrations and sister chromatid exchanges as the end-points. None of the test compounds showed a clear effect on the frequency of chromosomal aberrations in any cell line used. Sister chromatid exchanges, however, were induced by 2-aminoanthracene, 2-aminofluorene and 2-acetylaminofluorene in the CYP1A2-proficient cells, but not in the CYP1A2-deficient cells. The presence of acetyltransferase activity enhanced the effect of 2-aminoanthracene, 2-aminofluorene and 2-acetylaminofluorene. 4-Acetylaminofluorene and 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline did not induce sister chromatid exchanges in the investigated cell lines. The use of cell lines with defined metabolic capabilities seems to be a valuable tool to study specific metabolic pathways important in the activation of procarcinogens.
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- A S Rodrigues
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Friedberg T, Löllmann B, Becker R, Holler R, Oesch F. The microsomal epoxide hydrolase has a single membrane signal anchor sequence which is dispensable for the catalytic activity of this protein. Biochem J 1994; 303 ( Pt 3):967-72. [PMID: 7980469 PMCID: PMC1137640 DOI: 10.1042/bj3030967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) catalyses the hydrolysis of reactive epoxides which are formed by the action of cytochromes P-450 from xenobiotics. In addition it has been suggested that mEH might mediate the transport of bile acids. For the mEH it has been shown that it is co-translationally inserted into the endoplasmic reticulum. Here we demonstrate that the N-terminal 20 amino acid residues of this protein serve as its single membrane anchor signal sequence and that the function of this sequence can also be supplied by a cytochrome P-450 (CYP2B1) anchor signal sequence. The evidence supporting this conclusion is as follows: (i) the rat mEH and a CYP2B1-mEH fusion protein, in which the CYP2B1 membrane anchor signal sequence replaced the N-terminal 20 amino acid residues of mEH, was co-translationally inserted into dog pancreas microsomes in a cell-free translation system, whereas a truncated epoxide hydrolase with a deletion of the 20 N-terminal amino acid residues was not co-translationally inserted. (ii) The mEH and the CYP2B1-mEH fusion protein, but not the truncated epoxide hydrolase, were anchored in microsomes in a cell-free translation system and in membrane fractions derived from fibroblasts which expressed these proteins heterologously. These fibroblasts were also used to evaluate the significance of the mEH membrane anchor for the catalytic activity of mEH. The mEH, the truncated mEH and the CYP-EH fusion protein were found to be enzymically active. This result shows that the membrane anchor signal sequence of mEH is dispensable for the catalytic activity of this protein. However, truncated mEH was only expressed at low levels, which might indicate that this protein is unstable.
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- T Friedberg
- Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Germany
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Busby WF, Penman BW, Crespi CL. Human cell mutagenicity of mono- and dinitropyrenes in metabolically competent MCL-5 cells. Mutat Res 1994; 322:233-42. [PMID: 7523917 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(94)90099-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Nitropyrenes are ubiquitous environmental pollutants that may pose a human health hazard because some are highly potent mutagens and carcinogens. The mutagenicity (trifluorothymidine resistance at the thymidine kinase locus) of 1-, 2-, and 4-nitropyrene (1-, 2-, and 4-NP), 1,3-, 1,6-, and 1,8-dinitropyrene (1,3-, 1,6-, and 1,8-DNP), and pyrene was assessed in a quantitative forward mutation assay using a metabolically competent line (MCL-5) of human B-lymphoblastoid cells. These cells contain endogenous cytochrome P450 activity (CYP1A1) and two plasmids that express cDNAs for four additional P450s (CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2E1, CYP3A4) and microsomal epoxide hydrolase found in human liver. The major finding is that 2-NP and 1,3-DNP, both potent bacterial mutagens, were nonmutagenic in this assay. The following mutagenic potency series, expressed as the minimum detectable mutagen concentration (MDMC) in nmol/ml, was obtained: 1,6-DNP (0.8), 1,8-DNP (1.5), 4-NP (3.1), 1-NP (9.1), 2-NP (> 81), 1,3-DNP (> 86), pyrene (> 494). There was over an 11-fold difference between the most potent (1.6-DNP) and the least potent (1-NP) mutagen. 1,6-DNP was approximately twice as mutagenic as 1,8-DNP, which was almost twice as mutagenic as 4-NP, which, in turn was nearly three times as potent as 1-NP. This is the first report on the testing of 2-NP and 4-NP for mutagenicity in mammalian cell cultures. The human cell mutagenicity of these compounds was discussed in terms of potency series of nitropyrenes obtained from animal carcinogenicity experiments and other mammalian cell mutagenicity assays.
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- W F Busby
- Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Shou M, Korzekwa KR, Crespi CL, Gonzalez FJ, Gelboin HV. Metabolism of Benzo[a]pyrene by Seven cDNA Expressed Human Cytochromes P450. Polycycl Aromat Compd 1994. [DOI: 10.1080/10406639408014706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Shou M, Korzekwa KR, Crespi CL, Gonzalez FJ, Gelboin HV. The role of 12 cDNA-expressed human, rodent, and rabbit cytochromes P450 in the metabolism of benzo[a]pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene trans-7,8-dihydrodiol. Mol Carcinog 1994; 10:159-68. [PMID: 8043197 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940100307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The potent carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and its metabolite B[a]P trans-7,8-dihydrodiol (7,8-diol) require metabolic activation by the microsomal cytochrome P450s (P450s) to exert several adverse biological effects, including binding to DNA, toxicity, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity. In the study reported here, we defined the role of each of 12 individual cDNA-expressed cytochrome P450s in the metabolism of B[a]P and 7,8-diol. Human P450s 1A1 and 1A2 were expressed in the absence or presence of epoxide hydrolase (EH) in a human lymphoblastoid cell line, and six human and five rodent and rabbit P450s were expressed from cDNA with vaccinia virus vectors in the hepatoma cell line Hep G2. B[a]P metabolism resulted in nine metabolites (three diols, three quinones, and three phenols), which were separated, identified, and quantitated by high-pressure liquid chromatography. In the human lymphoblastoid cells, human 1A1 metabolized B[a]P at a rate 4.5 times greater than that for 1A2. EH was shown to be directly involved in B[a]P activation, since increasing the amount of EH resulted in less 7-hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene and more 7,8-diol formation. Of the human P450s expressed with the vaccinia virus vectors in Hep G2 cells, 1A2 and 2C9 showed the highest activity and 2B6 showed moderate activity for B[a]P metabolism. Mouse 1A1 had activity 40 times higher than any human, rabbit, or rodent P450s, indicating the potential pitfalls of extrapolating P450 activity across species. Metabolism of the 7,8-diol resulted in six metabolites (four tetrols and two triols). In the lymphoblastoid cells, human 1A1 was shown to be 4.2 times more active than 1A2 for 7,8-diol metabolism. Among human P450s expressed from vaccinia virus, 1A2, 2E1, and 2C9 gave the highest activity, and 2C8 and 3A4 showed moderate activity for 7,8-diol metabolism to the diol epoxides. Again, mouse 1A1 was much more active than any other P450. These studies, in which we determined the capacity of individual P450 in the metabolism and activation of B[a]P and 7,8-diol, may thus lead to a better understanding of how P450s control the detoxification and activation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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- M Shou
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Crespi CL, Langenbach R, Penman BW. Human cell lines, derived from AHH-1 TK+/- human lymphoblasts, genetically engineered for expression of cytochromes P450. Toxicology 1993; 82:89-104. [PMID: 8236284 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(93)90062-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We are developing a panel of human B lymphoblastoid cells which have been engineered to express specific human cDNAs for cytochrome P450 and other xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes. The recipient cells are of a human B lymphoblastoid cell line, designated AHH-1 TK+/-. These cells are transfected using two extrachromosomal vectors both containing OriP sequences derived from Epstein Barr virus but containing independent means of selection in mammalian cells. Using this system, the level of cDNA expression is nearly always stable and consistent from one transfection to another. Thus, once the level of expression has been characterized, cell lines with potentially interesting combinations of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes can be predictably developed. cDNAs encoding the following human enzymes have been expressed in this system: CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B8, CYP2C6, CYP2C9, CYP2D6, CYP2E1, CYP3A4 and microsomal epoxide hydrolase. We have expressed all of these enzymes individually and have developed cell lines which express combinations of the xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes. The expression of multiple enzymes is important for generalized use of engineered cells as toxicology screening tools. We have primarily used the cell lines in applications to toxicology focusing on procarcinogen activation as detected in assays for the induction of gene locus mutations. In this chapter we discuss the general properties of the system and applications to toxicology testing.
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Remmel RP, Burchell B. Validation and use of cloned, expressed human drug-metabolizing enzymes in heterologous cells for analysis of drug metabolism and drug-drug interactions. Biochem Pharmacol 1993; 46:559-66. [PMID: 8363629 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(93)90538-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- R P Remmel
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455
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Lafleur AL, Longwell JP, Marr JA, Monchamp PA, Plummer EF, Thilly WG, Mulder PP, Boere BB, Cornelisse J, Lugtenburg J. Bacterial and human cell mutagenicity study of some C18H10 cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with fossil fuels combustion. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 1993; 101:146-53. [PMID: 8354201 PMCID: PMC1519733 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.93101146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A number of isomeric C18H10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), thought to be primarily cyclopenta-fused PAHs, are produced during the combustion and pyrolysis of fossil fuels. To determine the importance of their contributions to the total mutagenic activity of combustion and pyrolysis samples in which they are found, we characterized reference quantities of four C18H10 CP-PAHs: benzo[ghi]fluoranthene (BF), cyclopenta[cd]pyrene (CPP), cyclopent[hi]acephenanthrylene (CPAP), and cyclopent[hi]aceanthrylene (CPAA). Synthesis of CPAA and CPAP is described. The availability of reference samples of these isomers also proved to be an essential aid in the identification of the C18H10 species often found in combustion and pyrolysis samples. Chemical analysis of selected combustion and pyrolysis samples showed that CPP was generally the most abundant C18H10 isomer, followed by CPAP and BF. CPAA was detected only in pyrolysis products from pure PAHs. We tested the four C18H10 PAHs for mutagenicity in a forward mutation assay using S. typhimurium. CPP, BF, and CPAA were roughly twice as mutagenic as benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), whereas CPAP was only slightly active. These PAHs were also tested for mutagenic activity in human cells. In this assay, CPP and CPAA were strongly mutagenic but less active than BaP, whereas CPAP and BF were inactive at the dose levels tested. Also, the bacterial and human cell mutagenicity of CPAA and CPAP were compared with the mutagenicity of their monocyclopenta-fused analogs, aceanthrylene and acephenanthyrlene. Although the mutagenicities of CPAP and acephenanthrylene are similar, the mutagenic activity of CPAA is an order of magnitude greater than that of aceanthyrlene.
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- A L Lafleur
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Polymorphisms have been detected in a variety of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes at both the phenotypic and genotypic level. In the case of four enzymes, the cytochrome P450 CYP2D6, glutathione S-transferase mu, N-acetyltransferase 2 and serum cholinesterase, the majority of mutations which give rise to a defective phenotype have now been identified. Another group of enzymes show definite polymorphism at the phenotypic level but the exact genetic mechanisms responsible are not yet clear. These enzymes include the cytochromes P450 CYP1A1, CYP1A2 and a CYP2C form which metabolizes mephenytoin, a flavin-linked monooxygenase (fish-odour syndrome), paraoxonase, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (Gilbert's syndrome) and thiopurine S-methyltransferase. In the case of a further group of enzymes, there is some evidence for polymorphism at either the phenotypic or genotypic level but this has not been unambiguously demonstrated. Examples of this class include the cytochrome P450 enzymes CYP2A6, CYP2E1, CYP2C9 and CYP3A4, xanthine oxidase, an S-oxidase which metabolizes carbocysteine, epoxide hydrolase, two forms of sulphotransferase and several methyltransferases. The nature of all these polymorphisms and possible polymorphisms is discussed in detail, with particular reference to the effects of this variation on drug metabolism and susceptibility to chemically-induced diseases.
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- A K Daly
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Medical School, U.K
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Gautier JC, Urban P, Beaune P, Pompon D. Engineered yeast cells as model to study coupling between human xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes. Simulation of the two first steps of benzo[a]pyrene activation. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 211:63-72. [PMID: 8425552 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb19870.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Human microsomal epoxide hydrolase and cytochrome P450 (P450) 1A1 were coexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from expression cassettes integrated respectively into the host chromosomal DNA and on a multicopy plasmid in a strain already overexpressing yeast NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (P450 reductase). A styrene-oxide-hydrolase activity (2 nmol.min-1.mg microsomal protein-1) and a 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity (320 pmol.min-1.mg microsomal protein-1) characteristic respectively of microsomal epoxide hydrolase and P450 1A1 were detected. The conversion of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) to B[a]P-7,8-dihydrodiol both in microsomal preparations and in growing yeast cells was observed, demonstrating an efficient coupling between the two human enzymes. Kinetic analysis indicated that the B[a]P-7,8-oxide produced by the P450-1A1-dependent reaction does not accumulate before hydrolysis by microsomal epoxide hydrolase. This system was also used as a control to evaluate the coupling efficiency of a mixture of microsomes or of yeast cells containing separately the individual enzymes (i.e., human P450 1A1 and microsomal epoxide hydrolase). B[a]P-7,8-oxide was well converted to the corresponding dihydrodiol with a mixture of microsomes. In contrast, when the same experiment was repeated with a mixture of cells expressing independently the two activities, dihydrodiol formation was not observed. Coexpression of human phase I and phase II enzymes in a single yeast cell and microsome mixture thus appear to be complementary tools for the simulation of human-drug-metabolism or carcinogen-metabolism pathways.
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- J C Gautier
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique U75, CHU Necker-Enfants-Malades, Paris, France
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Doehmer J, Wölfel C, Dogra S, Doehmer C, Seidel A, Platt KL, Oesch F, Glatt HR. Applications of stable V79-derived cell lines expressing rat cytochromes P4501A1, 1A2, and 2B1. Xenobiotica 1992; 22:1093-9. [PMID: 1441600 DOI: 10.3109/00498259209051863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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1. Chinese hamster V79-derived cell lines, stably expressing cytochromes P4501A1, 1A2, and 2B1 activities, were constructed by genetic engineering in continuation of our work to establish a battery of V79 derived cell lines designed to study the metabolism of xenobiotics. 2. Cell lines XEM1 and XEM2, expressing cytochrome P4501A1, were capable of the O-dealkylation of 7-ethoxycoumarin and the hydroxylation of benzo[a]pyrene. 3. Cell lines XEMd.MZ and XEMd.NH, expressing P4501A2, were shown to hydroxylate 17 beta-estradiol and 2-aminofluorene. 4. Cell line SD1, expressing cytochrome P4502B1, was able to hydroxylate testosterone stereo- and regio-specifically at the 16 alpha and 16 beta positions. 5. Cell lines were validated in mutagenicity, cytotoxicity, and metabolism studies employing benzo[a]pyrene, trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene, cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, and picene. 6. Construction of metabolically-competent V79-derived cell lines be recombinant DNA technology will be a fundamental improvement for the evaluation of the cytotoxic, genotoxic and pharmacological properties of a chemical.
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- J Doehmer
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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Langenbach R, Smith PB, Crespi C. Recombinant DNA approaches for the development of metabolic systems used in in vitro toxicology. Mutat Res 1992; 277:251-75. [PMID: 1381053 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1110(92)90047-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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In the past few years there has been considerable progress in the development of mammalian cell systems for use in genetic toxicology by the stable transfer of genes/cDNAs coding for drug metabolizing enzymes directly into the target cell. Alternative approaches have also been developed in which mammalian cells are transiently transfected with cDNAs coding for drug-metabolizing enzymes and S9 preparations expressing a single metabolizing enzyme isolated and used for metabolic activation. Progress in these areas is reviewed here and the relative merits of the different approaches are discussed. Work to date has focused primarily on the cytochrome P450 family of enzymes, although other enzyme systems involved in xenobiotic metabolism have been used. The central theme of this review is the transfer of genetic information to improve the metabolic capability of cell systems used in genetic toxicology. However, a basic philosophy of the review is that genetic manipulation of cultured mammalian cells has the potential for developing systems to be used to better understand chemically induced toxicological effects.
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- R Langenbach
- Experimental Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis Branch, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Kitamura R, Sato K, Sawada M, Itoh S, Kitada M, Komori M, Kamataki T. Stable expression of cytochrome P450IIIA7 cDNA in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and its application to cytotoxicity testing. Arch Biochem Biophys 1992; 292:136-40. [PMID: 1727631 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(92)90061-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A mammalian cell expression plasmid containing cytochrome P450IIIA7 complementary DNA was constructed. Breast cancer cells (MCF-7) were transfected with the plasmid and neomycin-resistant selection marker plasmid. We established three cell lines, termed M13, M21, and M27, which expressed the cytochrome P450IIIA7 as examined by RNA blot and immunoblot analyses. These cell lines showed 8- to 10-fold higher sensitivity against aflatoxin B1 compared to parental MCF-7 cells, suggesting that cytochromes P450IIIA7 expressed in the cells were responsible for the production of the cytotoxic metabolite of aflatoxin B1.
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- R Kitamura
- Division of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Sawada M, Kitamura R, Kamataki T. Stable expression of monkey cytochrome P-405IA1 cDNA in Chinese hamster CHL cells and its application for detection of mutagenicity of aflatoxin B1. Mutat Res 1992; 265:23-9. [PMID: 1370240 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(92)90036-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A monkey cytochrome P-450IA1 cDNA (MKah1) was transfected into Chinese hamster CHL cells using a vector containing the SR alpha promoter, and sublines stably expressing P-450IA1 were established. The cells showed 25-fold higher sensitivity to the cytotoxic effect of aflatoxin B1 than the parental CHL cells. This hypersensitivity was almost completely suppressed by alpha-naphthoflavone, which is a known specific inhibitor of P-450IA. The cells expressing P-450IA1, but not CHL cells, showed a positive response to aflatoxin B1 in an assay for mutagenicity at the HGPRT locus.
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- M Sawada
- Division of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Eugster HP, Sengstag C, Hinnen A, Meyer UA, Würgler FE. Heterologous expression of human microsomal epoxide hydrolase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Study of the valpromide-carbamazepine epoxide interaction. Biochem Pharmacol 1991; 42:1367-72. [PMID: 1930259 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(91)90447-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A cDNA of human microsomal epoxide hydrolase (hmEH) was constitutively and inducibly expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The heterologous enzyme was located mainly in the microsomal fraction of yeast cells. Yeast microsomes containing hmEH exerted styrene oxide hydrolase activity (Km = 300 microM; Vmax = 22 nmol/mg min) as well as carbamazepine epoxide hydrolase activity. The hmEH catalysed exclusively the formation of carbamazepine-10,11-transdihydrodiol, since no carbamazepine-10,11-cisdihydrodiol was detected. Inhibition studies using these microsomes revealed unequivocally hmEH as the target for inhibition by the antiepileptic drug valpromide. A Ki value of 27 microM was determined for the inhibitor valpromide with styrene oxide as substrate. For carbamazepine epoxide, a Ki value of 8.6 microM was obtained, which is well in line with data published for hmEH determined with human liver microsomes. Our results demonstrate the potential of heterologous gene expression in S. cerevisiae and its application to the in vitro study of pharmacological and toxicological problems.
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- H P Eugster
- Institute of Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Basel
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Thompson LH, Wu RW, Felton JS. Introduction of cytochrome P450IA2 metabolic capability into cell lines genetically matched for DNA repair proficiency/deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:3827-31. [PMID: 2023932 PMCID: PMC51546 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.9.3827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We introduced into the CHO cell line the cDNA of the mouse cytochrome P3450 (P450IA2) gene, which oxidizes aromatic amines. A cDNA clone of P3450 was transfected into mutant UV5 cells, which is defective in nucleotide excision repair. Expression of the P3450 cDNA was measured using 9000 x g supernatant (S9) fractions from CHO cells to evaluate Salmonella TA1538 mutagenicity with the mutagen 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ). The P3450-expressing clone UV5P3 was reverted to repair proficiency using ethyl methanesulfonate to obtain the UV-resistant clone 5P3R2, which maintained the same level of P3450 protein activity as UV5P3. These genetically similar cell lines were compared for toxicity and mutation induction at the aprt locus. With 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (the most prevalent mutagen found in fried beef) the differential sensitivity due to repair deficiency/proficiency was approximately 40-fold, and with IQ there were smaller, but significant, differences in sensitivity. These genotoxic effects occurred at doses that were approximately 10 times lower than those that previously gave similar effects in S9-mediated assays. Thus, these cell lines should be valuable for genotoxicity analysis as well as important for assessing DNA repair when evaluating compounds that undergo metabolic activation.
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- L H Thompson
- Biomedical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
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Gonzalez FJ, Crespi CL, Gelboin HV. DNA-expressed human cytochrome P450s: a new age of molecular toxicology and human risk assessment. Mutat Res 1991; 247:113-27. [PMID: 2002797 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(91)90039-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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It has long been recognized that a large degree of species differences exists among drug and carcinogen metabolizing enzymes. In particular, differences in cytochrome P450s, the principal enzymes of metabolic activation of procarcinogens, are widespread and may determine species and individual susceptibility to cancer causing chemicals. Although species differences in both the regulation and catalytic activities of P450s are quite large, roden-based systems are mainly used as the means to determine the degree of hazard of environmental pollutants, pesticides, drugs and other environmental chemicals to humans. During recent years, a large effort has been expended on analyzing directly the structure, properties and catalytic activities of P450s from human tissues. In vitro mutagen testing systems, based on activation by human P450s, are being developed that will supplement other test systems in order to more accurately predict human risk to chemical exposure.
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- F J Gonzalez
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Trinidad AC, Wu RW, Thompson LH, Felton JS. Expression of mouse cytochrome P450IA1 cDNA in repair-deficient and repair-proficient CHO cells. Mol Carcinog 1991; 4:510-8. [PMID: 1793488 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940040615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Recombinant DNA techniques have been used to develop Chinese hamster ovary cell lines for studying chemically induced genotoxicity. These cell lines express a specific cytochrome P450 isozyme responsible for the metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and exhibit defined differences in DNA repair capacity. A bacterial gene (neo) conferring resistance to gentamicin was inserted into the pcD expression vector containing the mouse cytochrome P1450 (P450IA1) cDNA to facilitate the selection of transformed cells. This plasmid was introduced into the nucleotide-excision-repair-deficient UV5 cell line by electroporation. Transformed clonal isolates expressing the P1450 cDNA were identified by differential cytotoxicity assays using benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P). One such clone, termed UV5P1, was mutagenized with ethyl methanesulfonate and selected for resistance to killing by UV radiation to derive a repair-competent clone that expresses similar P1450 activity to that of the parental cell line. Two repair-competent clones were selected and called 5P1R1 and 5P1R3. The resulting cell lines (UV5P1, 5P1R1, and 5P1R3) expressed arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase activity. UV5P1 and 5P1R3 were compared in terms of cytotoxicity and mutagenicity after exposure to B[a]P. Induced mutations were measured at the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (aprt) and hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hprt) loci. Repair-deficient UV5P1 cells were killed by B[a]P at concentrations below 0.1 microM, while the repair-proficient 5P1R3 cells showed no toxicity up to 60 microM. Mutation induction at both loci was also much more efficient in UV5P1 cells. These new cell lines provide a more sensitive system that can be used in a battery of assays to evaluate the genotoxicity of chemicals requiring P450IA1 metabolic activation and to assess the role of DNA repair in modulating the biological effects of DNA damage.
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- A C Trinidad
- Biomedical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California
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Doehmer J, Oesch F. V79 Chinese hamster cells genetically engineered for stable expression of cytochromes P450. Methods Enzymol 1991; 206:117-23. [PMID: 1784203 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(91)06083-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Wölfel C, Platt KL, Dogra S, Glatt H, Wächter F, Doehmer J. Stable expression of rat cytochrome P450IA2 cDNA and hydroxylation of 17 beta-estradiol and 2-aminofluorene in V79 Chinese hamster cells. Mol Carcinog 1991; 4:489-98. [PMID: 1793487 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940040613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In continuation of our work toward the establishment of a working cell bank for metabolic and toxicological studies, V79 Chinese hamster cells were genetically engineered for stable expression of rat cytochrome P450IA2. Full-length cDNA encoding rat P450IA2 was obtained by searching a cDNA library made from Aroclor 1254-induced rat liver mRNA and by joining a small 5'-end fragment to a fragment containing the rest of the cDNA. The sequence of the cDNA was confirmed by DNA sequencing and comparison to a previously published cDNA sequence. The reconstructed full-length cDNA was inserted into a simian virus 40 early promoter-containing eukaryotic expression vector and cotransferred with the neomycin phosphotransferase gene as a selective marker into V79 cells by the calcium/phosphate-coprecipitation technique. G418-resistant V79 cell clones were checked for chromosomal integration of the cDNA by Southern blotting, for expression of authentic mRNA and protein by northern and western blotting, and for P450IA2-specific enzymatic activities such as hydroxylation of 17 beta-estradiol and 2-aminofluorene.
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- C Wölfel
- Institut für Toxikologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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Crespi CL. Expression of cytochrome P450 cDNAs in human B lymphoblastoid cells: applications to toxicology and metabolite analysis. Methods Enzymol 1991; 206:123-9. [PMID: 1784204 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(91)06084-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Yamano S, Tatsuno J, Gonzalez FJ. The CYP2A3 gene product catalyzes coumarin 7-hydroxylation in human liver microsomes. Biochemistry 1990; 29:1322-9. [PMID: 2322567 DOI: 10.1021/bi00457a031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Three cDNAs, designated IIA3, IIA3v, and IIA4, coding for P450s in the CYP2A gene subfamily were isolated from a lambda gt11 library prepared from human hepatic mRNA. Only three nucleotide differences and a single amino acid difference, Leu160----His, were found between IIA3 and IIA3v, indicating that they are probably allelic variants. IIA4 displayed 94% amino acid similarity with IIA3 and IIA3v. The three cDNAs were inserted into vaccinia virus, and recombinant viruses were used to infect human hepatoma Hep G2 cells. Only IIA3 was able to produce an enzyme that had a reduced CO-bound spectrum with a lambda max at 450 nm. This expressed enzyme was able to carry out coumarin 7-hydroxylation (turnover number of 15 min-1) and ethoxycoumarin O-deethylation. cDNA-expressed IIA3v and IIA4 failed to incorporate heme and were enzymatically inactive. Analysis of IIA proteins in human liver microsomes, using antibody against rat IIA2, revealed two proteins of 49 and 50 kDa, the former of which appeared to correlate with human microsomal coumarin 7-hydroxylase activity. A more striking correlation was found between IIA mRNA and enzyme activity. The rat antibody was able to completely abolish coumarin 7-hydroxylase activity in 12 liver samples. In addition, kinetics of coumarin metabolism in two livers were monophasic over the substrate concentration tested. Km values obtained from human liver (2.3 microM) were similar to those obtained from lysates of hepatoma cells expressing IIA3 (3.6-7.1 microM).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Yamano
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Crespi CL, Steimel DT, Aoyama T, Gelboin HV, Gonzalez FJ. Stable expression of human cytochrome P450IA2 cDNA in a human lymphoblastoid cell line: role of the enzyme in the metabolic activation of aflatoxin B1. Mol Carcinog 1990; 3:5-8. [PMID: 2108694 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940030104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A human lymphoblastoid cell line stably expressing a human cytochrome P450IA2 cDNA was developed. This recombinant cell line displayed P450IA2 protein and estradiol 2-hydroxylase activity, neither of which was detected in the parental cell line. The recombinant cell line was also approximately 1000-fold more sensitive to the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of the carcinogenic mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 than was the parent cell line. The increase in mutagenicity was supported by a corresponding increase in the level of aflatoxin B1 binding to DNA in cells expressing P450IA2 relative to control cells.
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- C L Crespi
- Gentest Corporation, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801
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Hansen SK, Ross JA, Siegfried JM, Leavitt S, Rudo K, Langenbach R, Nesnow S. Transfection of a rat cytochrome P450b cDNA into C3H10T1/2CL8 mouse embryo fibroblasts. Mol Carcinog 1989; 2:261-7. [PMID: 2604864 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940020506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A cDNA clone of a rat cytochrome P450b gene was used to construct an expression vector driven by an SV40 promoter and containing a G418-resistance selectable marker. This bifunctional plasmid (pJRSL100) was transfected into the C3H 10T1/2CL8 mouse embryo fibroblast cell line. G418-resistant clones were selected and tested for enhanced sensitivity to the carcinogen 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF), a compound that does not normally induce cytotoxicity or morphological transformation in these cells. One subclone, 19P450b-4, exhibited an increased cytotoxic response to 2-AAF compared to the parental C3H10T1/2CL8 cells. DNA analyses of this subclone showed increased number of copies of the cytochrome P450b and the appearance of unique restriction fragment bands relative to parental and control transfected cells. This subclone also exhibited increased levels of mRNA complementary to the P450b cDNA. Metabolism studies of 2-AAF in this subclone demonstrated an increase in the C-hydroxylated metabolites 1-, 3-, 5/9-, and 7-hydroxy-AAF compared with parental C3H 10T1/2CL8 cells. The results indicate that C3H 10T1/2CL8 cells can be transfected with gene/cDNAs to increase their metabolic competency and that such transfection may enhance the usefulness of the C3H 10T1/2CL8 cells in studies on chemically induced cytotoxicity and morphological transformation.
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- S K Hansen
- Environmental Health Research and Testing, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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