title: Expression and inducibility of drug-metabolizing enzymes in novel murine liver epithelial cell lines and their ability to activate procarcinogens.
abstract: Four novel nontransformed epithelial cell lines, isolated from fetal or adult mouse liver, were tested: (a) to determine the profile of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes; (b) to evaluate the inducibility of the polysubstrate (cytochrome P-450-dependent) monooxygenase system by various classes of inducers; and (c) to assess the capacity of the cells to metabolize structurally different procarcinogens. With regard to the phase I pathway, the cells expressed various P-450 (class IA, IA2, IIB, IIE1, IIIA) and flavin adenine dinucleotide-containing monooxygenase-dependent bio-transformation enzyme activities at levels (in lines C2.8 and C6) comparable with those present in murine adult liver preparations. The expression of various P-450s was demonstrated also by immunoprecipitation assays using rabbit polyclonal antibodies. For the phase II pathway, cells expressed substantial levels of glutathione S-transferase, glutathione S-epoxide transferase, and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase. Low expression of epoxide hydrolase was observed. Induction of P-450 function by sodium phenobarbital, beta-naphthoflavone, isosafrole, ethanol, and pregnenolone 16 alpha-carbonitrile, monitored using specific P-450-linked activities, was considerably elevated (over 5-fold in class IIB with the C2.8 and C6 cell lines). The most competent C2.8 and C6 cell lines were able to activate benzo(a)pyrene, cyclophosphamide, dimethylnitrosamine, diethylstilbestrol, and 2-naphthylamine as shown by the significantly increased frequencies of mitotic gene conversion, mitotic crossing-over, and point [reverse] mutation in the diploid D7 strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae after 4 [cyclophosphamide], 24 [benzo(a)pyrene,2-naphthylamine, dimethylnitrosamine] or 48 [diethylstilbestrol], h of exposure in the presence of 3 x 10(6) cells/flask. The degree of conservation and the inducibility of representative oxidative and postoxidative reactions in the novel epithelial cell lines C2.8 and C6, together with their ability to activate a wide spectrum of procarcinogens, offers a means to study the potential of chemicals for inducing DNA damage in short-term genotoxicity testing. In addition the cells may be suitable for analyzing the metabolic disposition of compounds and the multistage process of carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Mutagenesi e Differenziamento, C.N.R., Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paolini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corsi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paganin
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Revoltella
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011355:Prodrugs / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D011355:Prodrugs; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases