title: Correlation between CYP1A1 transcript, protein level, enzyme activity and DNA adduct formation in normal human mammary epithelial cell strains exposed to benzo[a]pyrene.
abstract: The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) benzo(a)pyrene (BP) is thought to bind covalently to DNA, through metabolism by cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) and CYP1B1, and other enzymes, to form r7, t8, t9-trihydroxy-c-10-(N(2)-deoxyguanosyl)-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-benzo[a]-pyrene (BPdG). Evaluation of RNA expression data, to understand the contribution of different metabolic enzymes to BPdG formation, is typically presented as fold-change observed upon BP exposure, leaving the actual number of RNA transcripts unknown. Here, we have quantified RNA copies/ng cDNA (RNA cpn) for CYP1A1 and CYP1B1, as well as
  quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), which may reduce formation of BPdG adducts, using primary normal human mammary epithelial cell (NHMEC) strains, and the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. In unexposed NHMECs, basal RNA cpn values were 58-836 for CYP1A1, 336-5587 for CYP1B1 and 5943-40112 for NQO1. In cells exposed to 4.0 µM BP for 12h, RNA cpn values were 251-13234 for CYP1A1, 4133-57078 for CYP1B1 and 4456-55887 for NQO1. There were 3.5 (mean, range 0.2-15.8) BPdG adducts/10(8) nucleotides in the NHMECs (n = 16), and 790 in the MCF-7s. In the NHMECs, BP-induced CYP1A1 RNA cpn was highly associated with BPdG (P = 0.002), but CYP1B1 and NQO1 were not. Western blots of four NHMEC strains, chosen for different levels of BPdG adducts, showed a linear correlation between BPdG and CYP1A1, but not CYP1B1 or NQO1. Ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity, which measures CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 together, correlated with BPdG, but NQO1 activity did not. Despite more numerous levels of CYP1B1 and NQO1 RNA cpn in unexposed and BP-exposed NHMECs and MCF-7cells, BPdG formation was only correlated with induction of CYP1A1 RNA cpn. The higher level of BPdG in MCF-7 cells, compared to NHMECs, may have been due to a much increased induction of CYP1A1 and EROD. Overall, BPdG correlation was observed with CYP1A1 protein and CYP1A1/1B1 enzyme activity, but not with CYP1B1 or NQO1 protein, or NQO1 enzyme activity.
authors.affiliation: Carcinogen-DNA Interactions Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA and Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
authors.forename: Rao L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Divi
authors.affiliation: Carcinogen-DNA Interactions Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA and Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
authors.forename: Tracey L Einem
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Lindeman
authors.affiliation: Carcinogen-DNA Interactions Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA and Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
authors.forename: Marie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Shockley
authors.affiliation: National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA and.
authors.forename: Channa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keshava
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA.
authors.forename: Ainsley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.affiliation: Carcinogen-DNA Interactions Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA and Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA. poirierm@exchange.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Miriam C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Poirier
mesh_terms: D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000633:toxicity*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D065633:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1 / Q000378:metabolism; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000378:metabolism*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D061986:MCF-7 Cells; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000166:cytology*; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018736:DNA Adducts; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D065633:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone); C447479:NQO1 protein, human