Article
Genetically determined susceptibility to organophosphorus insecticides and nerve agents: developing a mouse model for the human PON1 polymorphism.
Neurotoxicology - 1 Jan 2000
Furlong C E, Li W F, Costa L G, Richter R J, Shih D M, Lusis A J
Abstract excerpt
Several organophosphorus insecticides and nerve agents are detoxified through the cytochrome P450/paraoxonase (PON1) pathway. PON1 is an HDL-associated enzyme encoded as a 355 amino acid protein in humans. The PON1 Arg192 isoform hydrolyzes paraoxon rapidly while the Gln192 isoform hydrolyzes thi...
Topics
- Acetylcholinesterase
- Alleles
- Animals
- Aryldialkylphosphatase
- Brain
- Chemical Warfare Agents
- Chlorpyrifos
- Diaphragm
- Esterases
- Humans
- Insecticides
- Isoenzymes
