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The major glutathione S-transferase isoform of flounder liver, an antigenically related structural homologue of plaice GST-A, also displays mRNA homology. A 901bp cRNA probe for plaice GST-A cross-hybridised to a 1100bp flounder mRNA on northern blot analysis. The plaice antibody and cRNA probes were used to study effects of inducer treatment on GST-A expression in flounder liver. Six days after PAH treatment (3-methylcholanthrene) total hepatic GST activity was halved, levels of GST-A were 80% and GST-A mRNA levels were 25% of controls. A commercial PCB mixture (Aroclor 1254TM) had little effect on total GST or GST-A levels despite halving GST-A mRNA levels. An epoxide, trans-stilbene oxide induced total GST activity 1·4 fold and GST-A protein levels 1·8-fold and its mRNA levels 3-fold. This reduced expression of the major flounder hepatic GST by agents which induce cytochrome P4501A1 may modulate cytoxicity of environmental pollutants in this species.  相似文献   

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Baseline data for hepatic xenobiotic metabolizing biomarker enzyme activities were obtained for artificially reared tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, and were compared with those of the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and rainbow trout (Onchorynchus mykiss). Basal activities exhibited species variations with notably higher CYP1A and phenol UGT activities and lower GST activity in plaice than the freshwater species. Interspecies relationships between gene families determined by immunoblotting and substrate-activity profiles demonstrated the presence of homologous CYP1A and CYP3A enzymes in all three species, alpha class GSTs in plaice and trout, mu and pi class GSTs in trout and theta class GSTs in plaice and tilapia. CYP1A of tilapia was induced by 3-MC or PBO treatment, whilst CYP3A was induced by PCN treatment.  相似文献   

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Studies of xenobiotic metabolism and the regulation of enzyme systems for their metabolism (Phase I and II enzyme systems) require large numbers of animals, intensive use of experimental aquarium systems and in some instances can pose major problems when the compounds are scarce, expensive or too toxic to be disposed of easily. Previous studies have demonstrated the usefulness of isolated primary hepatocytes of fish for metabolic and enzyme induction studies. Functionally and structurally competent hepatocytes were isolated from juvenile plaice and after overnight acclimation to culture conditions, were exposed to a variety of PAHs for 24h. The levels of CYP1A1, phenol UDPGT and GST-A mRNAs were then estimated by slot blotting and hybridisation to their cDNA probes. The method enabled rapid and easy determination of the structure/activity relationships of these compounds as inducers of these key Phase I and II enzymes, and is potentially useful for screening large numbers of compounds both as an invitro toxicity test and for mechanistic studies.  相似文献   

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Here we report the results of the first molecular enzymological study of fish UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT). UDPGT activities of plaice liver microsomes were greatest for planar phenols and there was low but measurable conjugation of bilirubin, testosterone and androsterone. A highly purified preparation was isolated which possessed activities towards 1-naphthol, bilirubin and testosterone, containing several molecular weight species of Mr 52–56 kDa. On immunoblot analysis these proteins cross-reacted with a polyspecific anti-rat UDPGT antibody, suggesting that a number of plaice UDPGT isoforms with epitopes in common with the corresponding rat enzymes had been purified.  相似文献   

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In a controlled laboratory experiment, fish in two treatment groups were exposed to B(a)P or B(a)P+PCB77 repeatedly over 1 year. Fish were held in a flow-through system and sampled on day 0, week 3, and on months 3, 6, 9, and 12. Each sampling (except week 3) was followed by exposure in water under static conditions. Exposure was terminated by restoring the flow-through within a maximum period of 24 h. Hepatic CYP1A remained significantly induced in juveniles even 3 months after the first exposure. The induction response in liver was more persistent in comparison to the gill response in juveniles. Sex influenced CYP1A expression in both organs of control fish and in both exposure groups. Suppression of CYP1A occurred in females even under repeated exposure. Liver GST activity showed sex differences, control females having higher activities than control males on the same sampling day. GST activity showed increases and decreases under both exposures possibly indicating the overriding influence of some other factors. Increased levels of fluorescent aromatic compounds (FACs) were detected in bile only in females exposed to B(a)P and PCB77 for 9 months. Liver UDPGT activity, length, weight, and condition showed no differences related to exposure or gender. The study was supported by Norwegian Research Council and the Ministry of Oil and Energy in Norway.  相似文献   

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cDNA clones for glutathione S-transferases A (GST-A) and A1 (GST-A1) from plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) were expressed as N-terminally 6XHis tagged proteins in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity from Ni-NTA silica. GST-A was an efficient catalyst for conjugation of unsaturated alkenals derived from peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids with the highest activity observed with trans-non-2-enal (8 micromol min(-1) mg(-1)). GST-A1 was a very efficient Se-independent glutathione peroxidase with an activity towards cumene hydroperoxide of 25 micromol min(-1) mg(-1). Although the enzymes exhibited moderately high activities towards the model substrate 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) they exhibited little or no activity towards other common prototypical xenobiotic substrates. Together with data for ontogeny, tissue distribution and inducibility of these enzymes, we contend that a primary function of these enzymes is protection from the harmful effects of lipid peroxidation products generated naturally or exacerbated by xenobiotic exposure.  相似文献   

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Concensus primers designed to CYP1A-conserved regions were used to amplify a 1.3 kb probe from flounder genomic DNA via polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A 14-kb clone was isolated from a flounder genomic library constructed in lambda FIXII. Of this clone, 8 kb was sequenced, including 3 kb of upstream sequence. The predicted amino acid sequence showed closest similarity to plaice CYP1A1 (98%). Gene structure conformed to the seven exons and six introns common to previous CYP1A sequences, but intron lengths were not conserved. Concensus sequences corresponding to xenobiotic and other response elements as well as TATA, CAAT and GC boxes were identified. Upstream sequence (3.5 kb) including the first exon and intron up to the putative start codon were amplified via PCR and inserted upstream of the luciferase gene in a pGL3 reporter gene construct. The HepG2 mammalian hepatoma cell line was transiently co-transfected with the flounder CYP1A reporter gene construct and the pRL-CMV internal control construct. The maximal induction upon exposure to 100 nM 3-MC was 4.4-fold in comparison with carrier-treated cells. Use of deletion constructs resulted in loss of inducibility.  相似文献   

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The cytochromes P450 (CYP) constitute a multigene family of enzymes playing a critical role in the oxidation of many endogenous and xenobiotic substrates. The CYP1 family is of particular interest in environmental toxicology because its members are dominant in the metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and aryl amines. Three members of the CYP1 family, CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1, have been identified in mammals. We report here on the identification and cloning of cytochrome P4501B-like sequences from two teleost fish species and a marine mammal. Sequences clustering with CYP1B1 in phylogenetic analysis were obtained from liver cDNA of scup (Stenotomus chrysops), genomic DNA of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), and liver cDNA of striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba).  相似文献   

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Alterations to hepatic xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes (XMEs) is an important biomarker of contaminant exposure in aquatic toxicology. Measurement of XMEs in fish liver slices in vitro is an emerging tool for examining enzyme activity and response within the intact 3-D architecture of the liver tissue. We examined integrated phase I/phase II, and phase II metabolism of XMEs from liver slices in control and B[a]P-treated rainbow trout and channel catfish. Fluorescent assay substrates to measure rates of metabolism included 7-methoxycoumarin (7-MC), 7-ethoxycoumarin (7-EC) and 7-hydroxycoumarin (7-HC). Time-dependent increases in metabolism, and a lower rate of 7-MC metabolism compared with 7-EC metabolism, were observed at all time points for both fish species. In rainbow trout, B[a]P pretreatment caused a 10-fold increase in phase I metabolism of both 7-MC and 7-EC, and a 1.6-fold increase in phase II metabolism of 7-HC. Phase I activity in channel catfish was not notably altered by B[a]P pretreatment. However, B[a]P pretreatment in channel catfish caused a 48% decrease in phase II metabolism of 7-HC. These results indicate differences in baseline and B[a]P-altered XME profiles between rainbow trout and channel catfish.  相似文献   

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Cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) metabolizes a wide array of lipophilic xenobiotics. In fish liver, CYP1A is constitutively expressed at low levels, but xenobiotics can strongly induce CYP1A expression via a receptor-mediated pathway. While induction of hepatic CYP1A in teleosts by xenobiotics is well investigated, very little is known on the regulation of constitutive CYP1A expression and its induction by factors other than xenobiotics. In the present study we show that in the rainbow trout liver cell line, RTL-W1, CYP1A-catalyzed 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity can be induced by a change of the culture medium, in the absence of xenobiotics. The increase in cellular EROD levels is of transient nature. Experiments with cell incubation solutions supplemented with various medium components indicate that photooxidized tryptophan is the agent causing the increase of EROD activity after medium change.  相似文献   

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Progression from eosinophilic foci to persistent basophilic foci and carcinomas was observed in pollution-induced hepatocellular carcinogenesis in European flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) in a similar sequence as in chemically induced liver cancer in mammals. Image analysis was used to quantify enzyme activity and protein expression as visualised by enzyme and immunohistochemistry in various stages of toxipathic lesions and carcinogenesis. In eosinophilic foci, growth advantage was achieved by increased production of NADPH and pentoses for biosynthesis and cell proliferation due to increased G6PDH capacity during the first steps of clonal adaptation. Simultaneously, oxyradical production by CYP450, phase I was reduced. Overexpression of P-gp mediating multi-xenobiotic resistance was noted in basophilic cell types which persisted during progression towards carcinomas. This was accompanied by increased protein levels of oxyradical scavenging GST-A. These changes are consistent with adaptation and phenotypic expression of the multidrug or xenobiotic resistance (MDR/MXR) type in hepatocarcinomas of European flounder.  相似文献   

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黄斑篮子鱼去毒相关基因的克隆与肝脏组成型表达分析   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
从基因水平探讨海洋鱼类对海洋藻毒素的去毒分子机理。采用RT-PCR法成功克隆了黄斑篮子鱼Siganus oramin肝脏I时相代谢酶细胞色素P450 1A(CYP1A)、II时相代谢酶alpha型谷胱甘肽S-转移酶(GSTA)和rho型谷胱甘肽S-转移酶(GSTR)、热休克蛋白70 (HSP70)、alpha 1型钠钾ATP酶(ATP1A1)及β-肌动蛋白(beta-actin, ACT)基因cDNA核心序列,序列分别长879 bp、582 bp、588 bp、660 bp、749 bp和554 bp。序列同源性分析发现,属鲈形目的黄斑篮子鱼CYP1A、GSTA和GSTR与同属鲈形目的牙鲆Paralichthys olivaceus、欧洲鲽Pleuronectes platessa、真鲷Pagrus major、鲤形目的斑马鱼Brachydanio rerio 相应氨基酸序列同源性较高,CYP1A和GSTA与非洲爪蟾(两栖类)、鸡(鸟类)、小鼠、大鼠和人(哺乳类)相应氨基酸序列同源性低,这可能与鱼类I、II时相去毒酶基因承担水环境毒素去毒代谢的特殊功能有关;而HSP70、ATP1A和β-肌动蛋白在鱼类、两栖类、鸟类、哺乳类中均有较高的同源性,这可能与这些基因在机体中承担的最基本的生命功能相关。应用半定量RT-PCR的方法,以β-肌动蛋白作为外参照,在指数期增长范围内分别得到了CYP1A、GSTA、GSTR、HSP70和ATP1A1 mRNA与β-肌动蛋白mRNA (%)的比值,确定黄斑篮子鱼肝脏去毒相关基因的组成型表达水平。其中,黄斑篮子鱼肝脏CYP1A、GSTA和GSTR基因组成型表达相对较高,HSP70和ATP1A1基因组成型表达相对较低,这可能与不同基因在黄斑篮子鱼海洋藻毒素去毒分子机理中承担的作用相关,为海洋藻毒素在海洋鱼类中的积聚及代谢去毒分子机制的研究提供了相关数据。  相似文献   

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Biomarkers of organochlorine exposure, such as the induction of cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A), can be used to assess the impact of environmental contaminants on the health of free-ranging marine mammal populations. The objective of the present study was to measure CYP1A in skin and liver biopsies obtained from live harbour seals (Phoca vitulina). Twelve harbour seal pups, aged three to five weeks, were captured from the Fraser River estuary, British Columbia, Canada, and temporarily held in captivity. Skin ( approximately 60 mg) and liver ( approximately 40 mg) biopsies, obtained while seals were under general anaesthesia, yielded sufficient tissue for the measurement of CYP1A by immunoblot analysis and ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity. A short-term exposure experiment, in which harbour seals (n=3) were treated orally with beta-naphthoflavone (BNF), resulted in increased hepatic and cutaneous CYP1A protein levels, consistent with observations in other mammals. This study is the first to measure CYP1A in skin and liver biopsies from live harbour seals and to report in vivo BNF-associated CYP1A induction in a marine mammal. The results demonstrate that microsamples collected using minimally-invasive techniques can provide toxicologically-relevant information form marine mammals.  相似文献   

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Diesel fuel is a potential contaminant of estuarine and mangrove areas, particularly because it is the main fuel used in small boats and larger vessels. The aim of this work was to identify genes differentially expressed in the liver of Poecilia vivipara (Guppy) exposed to 10% diesel fuel water accommodated fraction (WAF), employing the subtractive suppressive hybridization (SSH) method. The results showed 27 differentially expressed gene fragments, 12 up-regulated and 15 down-regulated. Among the up-regulated genes were CYP1A, UDPGT1a, ABCC4, Methyltransferase and Apolipoprotein A1. Down-regulated genes included Vitellogenins, C1 Inhibitor and Complement Component 3c. The identified genes are associated with different metabolic functions like biotransformation, membrane transport and immune system, indicating the susceptibility and/or molecular responses of this organism to the toxic effects elicited by diesel fuel WSF.  相似文献   

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为了了解苯并[a]芘(BaP)对鱼类细胞色素P4501A1(CYP1A1)表达的影响,以褐菖鲉(Sebasticus marmoratus)为实验材料,采用体内实验,研究其在经过不同浓度(0.1、1、10、20、50mg/kg鱼体重量)的BaP诱导后,鱼体肝脏研究CYP1A1基因表达的情况,筛选出后续时间-效应实验中BaP注射的最佳浓度,研究BaP诱导6h、12h、1d、3d、7d后(质量浓度为20mg/kg鱼体重量)鱼体肝脏CYP1A1酶活性、基因表达和蛋白表达的情况。结果表明:剂量-效应实验中,20mg/kg鱼体重量为最佳浓度,此浓度下,基因表达在各组中变化最显著。时间-效应实验中,较空白对照组而言,染毒6h、12h和1d后,EROD酶活性显著增加。3d后开始下降,与对照组相比变化不大,7d后酶活性又发生上调。半定量RT-PCR结果表明,各染毒组与对照组相比,CYP1A1基因表达量都发生了上调,呈现先上升后下降的趋势。其中,6h和12h组相对表达量极显著增加,1d后开始下降且与3d和7d组相比变化不明显。Western blot结果表明,蛋白表达量在染毒12h后表现出显著的诱导效应,随着时间的延长略有回落,但与对照组相比仍有显著性差异。研究表明:BaP对褐菖鲉CYP1A1具有较强的诱导作用。一定质量浓度的BaP注射于褐菖鲉不同的时间后,能诱导褐菖鲉活体EROD酶活性、CYP1A1基因m RNA表达及蛋白表达,并随着时间的延长呈现先诱导后抑制的趋势。这说明BaP作为诱导剂对CYP1A1酶活性和蛋白表达的作用机制可能与调控CYP1A1的转录水平有关。  相似文献   

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Suppression subtractive hybridisation (SSH) was used to generate cDNA libraries representing genes differentially expressed in response to ethynyl oestradiol (EE2) exposure in liver from male plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) previously analysed for vitellogenin (VTG) induction. Characterisation of the cDNA clones identified many as VTG (2 genes) and zona radiata proteins (ZRP) (3 genes), but 40 encoded other proteins, with more than half cryptic. Further analysis identified 85 non-redundant clones suitable for array on nylon membrane. Radiolabelled cDNAs were prepared from hepatic mRNA from EE2 treated plaice (0 and 21 days) and hybridised with the arrayed clones. Analysis of the data showed that 11/17 novel, 21/22 VTG, 13/14 ZRP, 2/2 liver aspartic proteinase (LAP) and 8/10 other mRNAs were up-regulated by EE2 exposure.  相似文献   

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The contaminant-induced cytochrome P450 (CYP) members in minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) can be potential biomarkers of the contaminant exposure and toxic effects. In this study, we constructed a cDNA library from the liver of minke whale from the North Pacific, and further screened a total of 6930 clones randomly selected in the library for the isolation of cDNA clones encoding novel members of CYP superfamily. The screening revealed the isolation of six novel CYP cDNA clones that are classified into CYP1A, CYP2C, CYP2E, CYP3A, CYP4, and CYP4A subfamilies. The BLAST homology search using the partial cDNA fragments of four CYP subfamilies (CYP1A, CYP2C, CYP2E and CYP4A) demonstrated that the minke whale CYPs were most closely related to pig CYPs (81-91%). Identification of multiple CYP genes in marine mammal species such as minke whale will provide new insights into the metabolic or toxicological functions of individual CYP members.  相似文献   

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