title: Functional characterization of genetic polymorphisms identified in the human cytochrome P450 4F12 (CYP4F12) promoter region.
abstract: The human cytochrome CYP4F12 has been shown to be active toward inflammatory mediators and exogenous compounds such as antihistaminic drugs. In the present study, we report the first investigation of polymorphisms in the human CYP4F12 gene. A screening for sequence variations in the 5'-flanking region was performed by a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Single Strand Conformational Polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) strategy, using DNA samples from 53 unrelated French individuals of Caucasian origin. Several polymorphisms were identified, comprising a large deletion located in intron 1 (CYP4F12*v1), two isolated substitutions -402G>A (CYP4F12*v3) and -188 T>C (CYP4F12*v4) and nine combined mutations, -474T>C, -279A>C, -224A>G, -173G>A, -145C>G, -140T>C, -126T>C, -56T>C, and -21T>G (CYP4F12*v2). Considering the nature and location of the polymorphisms characterizing the CYP4F12*v1 and *v2, the functional relevance of those two allelic variants was further examined by transfecting different cell lines with constructs of the related region of the CYP4F12/luciferase reporter gene. Both alleles lead to a significant decrease of CYP4F12 gene expression in HepG2 cell line and, therefore, are likely to determine interindividual differences in CYP4F12 gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Equipe d'accueil 2679, Faculté de Médecine de Lille, Pôle Recherche, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cauffiez
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klinzig
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rat
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tournel
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allorge
authors.forename: Dany
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: Tonio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lovecchio
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pottier
authors.forename: Jean-Frédéric
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Colombel
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lhermitte
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: D'Halluin
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Broly
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lo-Guidice
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C422180:CYP4F12 protein, human