Article
Role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated induction of the CYP1 enzymes in environmental toxicity and cancer.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 Jun 2004
Nebert Daniel W, Dalton Timothy P, Okey Allan B, Gonzalez Frank J
Abstract excerpt
The mammalian CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1 genes (encoding cytochromes P450 1A1, 1A2, and 1B1, respectively) are regulated by the aromatic hydrocarbon receptor (AHR). The CYP1 enzymes are responsible for both metabolically activating and detoxifying numerous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and aromatic amines present in combustion products. Many substrates for CYP1 enzymes are AHR ligands. Differences in...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Carcinogens, Environmental
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Cytosol
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Induction
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Ligands
