title: cDNA cloning and expression of a novel CYP3A from the Syrian hamster, CYP3A31.
abstract: A clone, encoding a cytochrome P450 protein consisting of 501 amino acids, was isolated from a cDNA library constructed from mRNA of Syrian hamster liver. The deduced amino acid sequence of this clone showed a high homology (65 to 81%) with other mammalian CYP3As and hence, this novel isozyme was named CYP3A31. By Northern blotting, using an oligonucleotide specific to CYP3A31, the mRNA for this isozyme was shown to be expressed constitutively in liver and induced by treatment with phenobarbital but repressed by 3-methylcholanthrene or dexamethasone treatments. The increase in mRNA expression by phenobarbital and decrease by dexamethasone corresponded to changes in CYP3A protein as analysed by Western blotting. These indicate that CYP3A31 might constitute one of the major CYP3A isozymes in the hamster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alabouch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tohkin
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazoe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating; D010634:Phenobarbital