title: Abnormal microsomal detoxification implicated in Fanconi anemia group C by interaction of the FAC protein with NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase.
abstract: The FAC protein encoded by the Fanconi anemia (FA) complementation group C gene is thought to function in the cytoplasm at a step before DNA repair. Because FA cells are susceptible to mitomycin C, we considered the possibility that FAC might interact with enzymes involved in the bioreductive activation of this drug. Here we report that FAC binds to NADPH cytochrome-P450 reductase (RED), a microsomal membrane protein involved in electron transfer, in both transfected COS-1 and normal murine liver cells. FAC-RED interaction requires the amino-terminal region of FAC and the cytosolic, membrane-proximal domain of the reductase. The latter contains a known binding site for flavin mononucleotide (FMN). Addition of FMN to cytosolic lysates disrupts FAC-reductase complexes, while flavin dinucleotide, which binds to a distinct carboxy-terminal domain, fails to alter FAC-RED complexes at concentrations similar to FMN. FAC is also functionally coupled to this enzyme as its expression in COS-1 cells suppresses the ability of RED to reduce cytochrome c in the presence of NADPH. We propose that FAC plays a fundamental role in vivo by attenuating the activity of RED, thereby regulating a major detoxification pathway in mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Pharmacology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kruyt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Youssoufian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D019556:COS Cells; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002474:Cell-Free System; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004579:Electron Transport; D005199:Fanconi Anemia / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D052218:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein; D051856:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins; D005486:Flavin Mononucleotide / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000378:metabolism*; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497651:FANCC protein, human; C497652:Fancc protein, mouse; D052218:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein; D051856:Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016685:Mitomycin; D005486:Flavin Mononucleotide; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase