title: Hepatocyte nuclear factor-4 alpha/gamma and hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 alpha as causal factors of interindividual difference in the expression of human dihydrodiol dehydrogenase 4 mRNA in human livers.
abstract: Human dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (DD) catalyses the oxidation of trans-dihydrodiols of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the reduction of several ketone-containing drugs. About 40-fold interindividual difference in DD activities has been noted. Recently, we found that transcriptional factors, hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1 alpha, HNF-4 alpha and HNF-4 gamma were essential for the expression of DD4 mRNA, which is a major form of DDs. Thus, to clarify a possible mechanism(s) underlying the interindividual difference in DD activities, we investigated the sequences of genes and the expression levels of mRNA for DD4 and HNFs in human livers. We found no clear relationship between the genotypes of DD4 and HNF genes and the expression levels of DD4 mRNA in the subjects. The expression level of DD4 mRNA significantly correlated with that of HNF-1 alpha, HNF-4 alpha or HNF-4 gamma. These results suggest that the expression level of DD4 mRNA is cooperatively regulated by the amounts of HNF-1 alpha, HNF-4 alpha and HNF-4 gamma.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Division of Pharmacobio-dynamics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. ozeki-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozeki
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funayama
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamataki
mesh_terms: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D018197:Hepatoblastoma / Q000201:enzymology; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C496487:HNF1A protein, human; C496495:HNF1B protein, human; C496597:HNF4G protein, human; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; C403128:MLX protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C048338:trans-1,2-dihydrobenzene-1,2-diol dehydrogenase