title: cDNA cloning and characterization of feline CYP1A1 and CYP1A2.
abstract: Deficiency of drug glucuronidation in the cat is one of the major reasons why this animal is highly sensitive to the side effects of drugs. The characterization of cytochrome P450 isoforms belonging to the CYP1A subfamily, which exhibit important drug oxidation activities such as activation of pro-carcinogens, was investigated. Two cDNAs, designated CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b, corresponding to the CYP1A subfamily were obtained from feline liver. CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b cDNAs comprise coding regions of 1554 bp and 1539 bp, and encode predicted amino acid sequences of 517 and 512 residues, respectively. These amino acid sequences contain a heme-binding cysteine and a conserved threonine. The cDNA identities, as well as the predicted amino acid sequences containing six substrate recognition sites, suggest that CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b correspond to CYP1A1 and CYP1A2, respectively. This was confirmed by the kinetic parameters of the arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase and 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activities of expressed CYPs in yeast AH22 cells and by the tissue distribution of each mRNA. However, theophylline 3-demethylation is believed to be catalyzed by CYP1A1 in cats, based on the high V(max) and low K(m) seen, in contrast to other animals. Because feline CYP1A2 had a higher K(m) for phenacetin O-deethylase activity with acetaminophen, which cannot be conjugated with glucuronic acid due to UDP-glucuronosyltransferase deficiency, it is supposed that the side effects of phenacetin as a result of toxic intermediates are severe and prolonged in cats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Nagako
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyasho
authors.forename: Raku
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shinkyo
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D007700:Kinetics; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010615:Phenacetin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2; D010615:Phenacetin