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Vol. 292, Issue 3, 1008-1014, March 2000
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of
California-Irvine, Irvine, California
Recent studies from this laboratory have demonstrated that
L-tryptophan, after oxidation either by UV-irradiation or
ozone, induces aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation and binding of the liganded AhR complex to its specific DNA recognition site, thereby initiating transcription of the cytochrome P-450 1a1
(Cyp1a1) gene with concomitant increase of CYP1A1
protein and 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity in
wild-type mouse hepatoma cells, Hepa lclc7 (Hepa-1), in culture.
Temporary inhibition of protein synthesis by cycloheximide resulted in
superinduction of oxidized tryptophan-inducible CYP1A1 mRNA, protein,
and 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity in Hepa-1
cells. In the present communication, the results obtained by immunoblot
analyses with monoclonal CYP1A1/1A2 antibody (NIH 1-7-1) demonstrate
that both UV- or ozone-oxidized tryptophan also induce CYP1A2 protein
in Hepa-1 cells. CYP1A2 mRNA, detected by reverse
transcription-polymerase chain reaction, was markedly induced in the
UV- or ozone-oxidized tryptophan-treated cells. Temporary inhibition of
protein synthesis by cycloheximide further induced oxidized
tryptophan-inducible CYP1A2 mRNA as well as the protein in Hepa-1
cells. This is the first report demonstrating the induction of CYP1A2
mRNA and protein in Hepa-1 cells.
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