title: Genetic polymorphism of cytochromes P450: interethnic differences and relationship to incidence of lung cancer.
abstract: The cytochromes P450 participate in the metabolic activation of precarcinogens. Recent results reveal that many P450 genes are polymorphically distributed. Different investigators have tried to link polymorphic variants of the CYP1A1, CYP2D6 and CYP2E1 genes to the incidence of cancer, particularly lung cancer, in Asian and Caucasian populations. In the current overview we briefly summarize this research. It appears that interesting functionally linked interindividual differences in the CYP1A1 gene have been found and could be of importance in understanding differences in susceptibility to lung cancer. On the other hand, the data presented regarding CYP2D6 and CYP2E1 are less promising. We also describe interethnic differences in the P450 gene structures as a major obstacle for extrapolation of results between different ethnic groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ingelman-Sundberg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Persson
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bertilsson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sjöqvist
mesh_terms: D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019389:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017354:Point Mutation; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019389:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6