title: Species difference in the induction of hepatic CYP1A subfamily enzymes, especially CYP1A2, by 2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline among rats, mice, and guinea pigs.
abstract: Species difference in the induction of hepatic cytochrome P450 CYP1A subfamily enzymes by 2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline (2-MeO-4-NA) was investigated among male F344 rats, C57BL/6 Cr mice, and Hartley guinea pigs. All species of animals were treated with a single ip injection of 2-MeO-4-NA (0.44 mmol/kg body weight), and changes in levels of the mRNA and protein of hepatic cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) subfamily enzymes were examined by the methods of RT-PCR and Western blot, respectively. In addition, hepatic microsomal enzyme activities were measured using methoxyresorufin and ethoxyresorufin as substrates of CYP1A2 and CYP1A1, respectively. The overall results of the RT-PCR, Western blot, and measurement of the enzyme activity indicated that 2-MeO-4-NA-mediated induction of hepatic CYP1A subfamily enzymes, especially CYP1A2, occurred only in rats but not any other species of animals examined and that the species difference in the CYP1A induction was not necessarily correlated with that in pharmacokinetics of 2-MeO-4-NA. Furthermore, a luciferase reporter gene assay for screening of the ligands of arylhydrocarbon receptor (AhR) using a rat hepatic cell line suggested that 2-MeO-4-NA is not an AhR ligand. The present findings demonstrate for the first time the species difference in the 2-MeO-4-NA-mediated induction of hepatic CYP1A subfamily enzymes between rats and other rodents, mice and guinea pigs, and further propose an AhR-independent pathway for 2-MeO-4-NA-mediated induction in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Toxicology and COE Program in the 21st Century, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Souma
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekimoto
authors.forename: Masakuni
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Degawa
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000235:genetics*; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; D008156:Luciferases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2