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Studies on glutathione transferases belonging to class pi in cell lines with different capacities for conjugating (+)-7 beta, 8 alpha-dihydroxy-9 alpha, 10 alpha-oxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene.

Abstract：

:The glutathione transferases (GST) belonging to class pi are primarily responsible for the intracellular detoxification of the highly mutagenic and carcinogenic compound (+)-7 beta, 8 alpha-dihydroxy-9 alpha, 10 alpha-oxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BPDE). The aim of the present investigation was to study the nature and function of the GST pi gene in relation to the mutagenicity of BPDE in different cell lines. The studies were performed on three cell lines commonly used in toxicological studies, i.e. rat hepatoma cells (H4IIE), human mammary carcinoma cells (MCF-7) and Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts (V79). Western blotting with antisera against GST pi revealed a high level of reaction with cytosol from V79 and H4IIE cells. Furthermore, cytosol from the V79 cells demonstrated low levels of GSTs belonging to the alpha and mu classes, suggesting that a considerable portion of the total capacity of these cells to conjugate chlorodinitrobenzene (CDNB) was provided by GST pi. The level of mRNA for GST pi, as measured by Northern blots, was high in V79 and H4IIE and undetectable in the MCF-7 cell line. Analysis of the DNA fragment patterns using a series of restriction enzymes, revealed that all three cell lines have the pi class gene, although with different band patterns. The findings with H4IIE and MCF-7 cells with respect to their expression of the GST pi gene and their ability to conjugate BPDE were in agreement with the mutagenic effects of BPDE, produced by metabolic activation of (-)-7 beta, 8 alpha-dihydroxybenzo[a]-pyrene in the cells. In contrast, V79 cells although expressing high levels of GST pi, showed no ability to conjugate BPDE or to inhibit the mutagenicity of this compound. Based on these results, we suggest that V79 Chinese hamster lung cells contain a GST pi with a different substrate specificity from those of the human and rat GST pi enzymes.

journal_name

Carcinogenesis

journal_title

Carcinogenesis

authors

Swedmark S,Romert L,Morgenstern R,Jenssen D

doi

10.1093/carcin/13.10.1719

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pub_date

1992-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1719-23

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eissn

0143-3334

issn

1460-2180

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Studies on glutathione transferases belonging to class pi in cell lines with different capacities for conjugating (+)-7 beta, 8 alpha-dihydroxy-9 alpha, 10 alpha-oxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene.