Benzo[g,h,i]perylene synergistically transactivates benzo[a]pyrene-induced CYP1A1 gene expression by aryl hydrocarbon receptor pathway

Shur Hueih Cherng, Pinpin Lin, Jia Ling Yang, Shih Lan Hsu, Huei Lee

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摘要

Although benzo[g,h,i]perylene (BghiP) has been found to promote the carcinogenesis of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in animal models, not much is known about this cocarcinogenic mechanism. In this study, human hepatoma HepG2 cells cotreated with BaP and BghiP were used as a model to investigate the cocarcinogenic mechanism of BghiP in BaP-induced carcinogenesis. DNA adduct formation is thought to initiate carcinogenesis, so the effect of BghiP on BaP-DNA adduct formation was evaluated using a 32P-postlabeling assay. The BaP-DNA adduct levels increased following the addition of BghiP, in a dose-dependent manner. However, no adducts were formed with BghiP alone. Our previous report showed that cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) is responsible for the metabolic activation of BaP and the formation of B[a]P adduct in HepG2 cells. Western blot and Northern blot analyses were used to evaluate whether BaP-induced CYP1A1 protein and mRNA levels increased following the addition of BghiP. Our data showed that BghiP enhanced BaP-induced CYP1A1 protein and its mRNA levels. To understand whether BghiP enhances BaP-induced CYP1A1 gene expression through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) signaling pathway, a gel retardation assay was performed to elucidate the synergistic mechanism of BghiP in BaP-induced CYP1A1 gene expression. The results showed that BghiP causes an increase in the nuclear accumulation of AhR in cells and/or activation of AhR to a DNA-binding form. There was a concordant increase in the transcription activation of CYP1A1 gene and the induction of AhR signal pathway. Our findings demonstrated that BghiP enhances BaP-induced CYP1A1 transcription by AhR activation and suggested that the induction mechanism of CYP1A1 contributes to the cocarcinogenic potential of BghiP in BaP-induced carcinogenesis.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)63-68
頁數6
期刊Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
170
發行號1
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 1月 1 2001
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 毒理學
  • 藥理

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