title: Inhibitory effects of vitamin A on TCDD-induced cytochrome P-450 1A1 enzyme activity and expression.
abstract: 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is an extremely potent environmental contaminant that produces a wide range of adverse biological effects, including the induction of cytochrome P450 1A1(CYP1A1) that may enhance the toxic effects of TCDD. Several studies indicated that concurrent supplementation of vitamin A could reduce the toxicity, and potentially inhibit CYP1A1 activity (measured as ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase [EROD] activity). In the present study, we investigated the in vivo effects of vitamin A on EROD activities and the expression of CYP1A1 in the liver of TCDD-treated mice. In Experiment I, the mice were given a single oral dose of 40 mug TCDD/kg body weight with or without the continuous administration of 2500 IU vitamin A/kg body weight/day, and were killed on day 1, 3, 7, 14, or 28. In Experiment II, the mice were given daily an oral dose of 0.1 mug TCDD/kg body weight with or without supplement of 2000 IU vitamin A/kg body weight, and were killed on day 14, 28, or 42. In both experiments, TCDD caused liver damage and increase in relative liver weights, augmented the EROD activities and CYP1A1 expression, and increased the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) mRNA expression, but did not alter the AhR nuclear translocator (ARNT) mRNA expression. CYP1A1 mRNA expression and AhR mRNA expression showed a similar time course. The liver damage in TCDD + vitamin A-treated mice was less severe than that in TCDD-treated mice. EROD activities, CYP1A1 expression, and AhR mRNA expression in vitamin A + TCDD-treated mice were lower than those in TCDD-treated mice, indicating that supplementation of vitamin A might attenuate the liver damage caused by TCDD.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yan-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Dong-Yang
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ge-Fei
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jiu-Chang
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Yi-Fan
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xu-Hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006520:Hepatitis, Animal / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D014801:Vitamin A; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1