title: Human arylhydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) gene: genomic structure and analysis of polymorphism in endometriosis.
abstract: The diversity of biological effects resulting from exposure to dioxin may reflect the ability of this environmental pollutant to alter gene expression by binding to the arylhydrocarbon receptor (AHR) gene and related genes. AHR function may be regulated by structural variations in AHR itself, in the AHR repressor (AHRR), in the AHR nuclear translocator (ARNT), or in AHR target molecules such as cytochrome P-4501A1 (CYP1A1) and glutathione S-transferase. Analysis of the genomic organization of AHRR revealed an open reading frame consisting of a 2094-bp mRNA encoded by ten exons. We found one novel polymorphism, a substitution of Ala by Pro at codon 185 (GCC to CCC), in exon 5 of the AHRR gene; among 108 healthy unrelated Japanese women, genotypes Ala/Ala, Ala/Pro, and Pro/Pro were represented, respectively, by 20 (18.5%), 49 (45.4%), and 39 (36.1%) individuals. We did not detect previously published polymorphisms of ARNT (D511N) or the CYP1A1 promoter (G-469A and C-459T) in our subjects, suggesting that these polymorphisms are rare in the Japanese population. No association was found between uterine endometriosis and any polymorphisms in the AHRR, AHR, ARNT, or CYP1A1 genes analyzed in the present study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cytogenetics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Imoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kosugi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inazawa
mesh_terms: D051784:Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator; D001483:Base Sequence; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / Q000235:genetics; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D051784:Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C492162:AHRR protein, human; C497396:ARNT protein, human