title: Synergistic induction of acyl-CoA oxidase activity, an indicator of peroxisome proliferation, by arachidonic acid and retinoic acid in Morris hepatoma 7800C1 cells.
abstract: Morris hepatoma 7800C1 cells (a Wistar rat cell line) were exposed to 100 microM arachidonic acid in the medium for seven days. This treatment resulted in 150% and 60% increases (above control activities) in acyl-CoA oxidase (which catalyzes the first step in peroxisomal beta-oxidation) and catalase activities, respectively. Arachidonic acid (C20:4) can be metabolized to 20- and 19-hydroxy-arachidonic acid by cytochrome P-450IVA and it was shown that our cells are capable of forming 20-hydroxyarachidonic acid. However, 20-hydroxyarachidonic acid (0.1-0.8 microM, 4 days) had no effects on lauroyl-CoA oxidase and catalase activities in Morris hepatoma cells. Treatment of 7800C1 cells with 100 microM all-trans-retinoic acid resulted in inductions of catalase (160% above the control activity) and carnitine acetyltransferase (140% above the control activity) activities. The activity of lauroyl-CoA oxidase was often, but not always, slightly induced by treatment with all-trans-retinoic acid. When all-trans-retinoic acid was administered together with arachidonic acid, these two compounds had a synergistic effect on the induction of acyl-CoA oxidase activity (almost 700% above the control activity). However, treatment of Morris hepatoma cells with the man-made peroxisome proliferator, perfluorooctanoic acid, together with all-trans-retinoic acid did not result in any synergistic effect on this same enzyme activity. In summary, this study (1) corroborates findings from transfection experiments indicating that the heterodimer PPAR-RXR alpha activates transcription of the acyl-CoA oxidase gene using the Morris hepatoma cell line; (2) shows that arachidonic acid induces the activity of lauroyl-CoA oxidase; (3) suggests that transcription of the catalase gene is not regulated by a PPAR-RXR alpha heterodimer in this system; and (4) demonstrates that peroxisome proliferation in Morris hepatoma cells by perfluorooctanoic acid is not as dependent on the level of retinoic acid as is the same process caused by arachidonic acid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Wallenberg Laboratory, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sohlenius
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wigren
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bäckström
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: DePierre
mesh_terms: D042962:Acyl-CoA Oxidase; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002210:Caprylates / Q000494:pharmacology; D002332:Carnitine O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000494:pharmacology; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental; D008830:Microbodies / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002210:Caprylates; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D014212:Tretinoin; C055987:20-hydroxy-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C023036:perfluorooctanoic acid; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D042962:Acyl-CoA Oxidase; D002332:Carnitine O-Acetyltransferase