Article
CYP1A1 and GSTM1 genotypes affect benzo[a]pyrene DNA adducts in smokers' lung: comparison with aromatic/hydrophobic adduct formation.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Dec 2002
Alexandrov Kroum, Cascorbi Ingolf, Rojas Margarita, Bouvier Guy, Kriek Erik, Bartsch Helmut
Abstract excerpt
Benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE)-DNA adducts are involved in the induction of p53 mutations and probably in the causation of human lung cancer associated with cigarette smoking. The ratio between CYP1A1 and GST enzyme activities is a critical determinant of the target dose of carcinogenic BPDE...
Topics
- Benzo(a)pyrene
- Carcinogens
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
- DNA Adducts
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Genotype
- Glutathione Transferase
- Humans
- Lung
- Male
- Mutation
