title: Suppression of cytochrome P450 Cyp2f2 mRNA levels in mice by the peroxisome proliferator diethylhexylphthalate.
abstract: Exposure to peroxisome proliferators, which are extensively used, causes a number of pleiotrophic effects. Prolonged exposure to the peroxisome proliferator, DEHP, causes hepatic hyperplasia and liver tumors in rats and mice. This exposure can also induce a number of enzymes. To identify additional genes that are regulated by DEHP, mRNA differential display was used. One of the genes affected is cytochrome 450 Cyp2f2, a naphthalene hydroxylase. Using northern analysis, RNase protection assay, and RT-PCR, we show that the Cyp2f2 mRNA levels are decreased in mouse liver following DEHP treatment. A smaller Cyp2f2 mRNA transcript was also detected in kidney and these transcript levels were also suppressed but to a lesser extent than that in the liver. The response to DEHP in mouse liver is both dose and time dependent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D004051:Diethylhexyl Phthalate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004794:Enzyme Repression / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008830:Microbodies / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D004051:Diethylhexyl Phthalate