title: Acute cadmium chloride administration induces hepatic and renal CYP2A5 mRNA, protein and activity in the mouse: involvement of transcription factor NRF2.
abstract: Modulation of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) monooxygenase system by cadmium was investigated in male, adult DBA/2J mice treated with a single dose (16 micromol/kg body weight, i.p.) of cadmium chloride (CdCl2). Total CYP content of liver and kidney microsomes decreased maximally (56% and 85%, respectively) 24 and 18 h, respectively, after CdCl2 treatment. Progressive increases of hepatic coumarin 7-hydroxylase (COH) activity; indicative of CYP2A5 activity, relative to the total CYP content were seen at 8 h (2-fold), 12 h (3-fold), 18 h (12-fold), and 24 h (15-fold). Similar changes were seen in the kidney. Liver and kidney CYP2A5 mRNA levels increased maximally 12 and 4 h after treatment and decreased to almost half 6 h later. In contrast, kidney and liver CYP2A5 protein levels increased maximally at 18 and 24 h. The CYP2A5 mRNA levels in the kidney and liver increased after Cd treatment in Nrf2 +/+ but not in Nrf2 -/- mouse. This study demonstrates that hepatic and kidney CYP2A5 is upregulated by cadmium with a somewhat faster response in the kidney than the liver. The strong upregulation of the CYP2A5 both at mRNA and enzyme activity levels, with a simultaneous decrease in the total CYP concentration suggest an unusual mode of regulation of CYP2A5 in response to cadmium exposure, amongst the CYP enzymes. The observed decrease in the mRNA but not in protein levels after maximal induction may suggest involvement of post-transcriptional mechanisms in the regulation. Upregulation of CYP2A5 by cadmium in the Nrf2 +/+ mice but not in the Nrf2-/- mice indicates a role for this transcription factor in the regulation.
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, University of Queensland, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, 4108 Qld, Brisbane, Australia. s4020308@student.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: A'edah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu-Bakar
authors.forename: Soisungwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satarug
authors.forename: Geoffrey C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Matti A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D065637:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2A6; D000072467:Cytochrome P450 Family 2; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D051267:NF-E2-Related Factor 2; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051267:NF-E2-Related Factor 2; C495636:Nfe2l2 protein, mouse; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015534:Trans-Activators; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C585520:Cyp2a5 protein, mouse; D065637:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2A6; D000072467:Cytochrome P450 Family 2