Glucocorticoid-mediated potentiation of cytochrome P4501A induction in a fish hepatoma cell line
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA (United States)
Induction of cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) is widely used as a biomarker of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and planar halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAH). Increasingly, potency of CYP1A inducers in fish is being determined in cells in culture including the Poeciliopsis lucida hepatocellular carcinoma cell line (PLHC-1). The authors used this cell line to investigate the effects of various glucocorticoid receptor (GR) agonists on that response. CYP1A in PLHC-1 cultures was highly responsive to treatment with PAH- or PHAH-type inducers including B-naphthoflavone (BNF), 3,3{prime},4,4{prime}-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCB) and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). TCDD was found to be three orders of magnitude more potent than BNF or TCB as an inducer of the CYP1A activity ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD). The apparent efficacy for the induction by BNF was 50% and by TCB 10% of that obtained with TCDD. Induction of CYP1A was potentiated when these aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonists were co-administered with GR agonists, such as dexamethasone D(EX), cortisol or prednisone. The magnitude of the potentiation of CYP1A induction varied with the different GR- and AHR agonists tested, but also with doses of AHR agonists and duration of exposure. Thus, highest degree of potentiation of CYP1A (up to 20-fold) in PLHC-1 cell cultures was obtained with a submaximal dose of TCDD in combination with DEX. Furthermore, the authors observed a delay in obtaining a maximal degree of potentiation. Thus, a peak potentiation of CYP1A induction was observed after 48 h in cultures treated with 1 {micro}M BNF + 10 {micro}M DEX.
- OSTI ID:
- 452042
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961149-; TRN: IM9715%%74
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 17. annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: partnerships for the environment - science, education, and policy, Washington, DC (United States), 17-21 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of SETAC 17. annual meeting -- Abstract book. Partnerships for the environment: Science, education, and policy; PB: 378 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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