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First published on April 12, 2007; DOI: 10.1124/dmd.107.015826


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Received for publication March 19, 2007.
Revised April 10, 2007.
Accepted for publication April 11, 2007.

CYP1A INDUCTION AND HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT: AN EVOLVING TALE OF IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDIES

Qiang Ma 1* Anthony Y. H. Lu 2

1 Receptor Biology Laboratory, TMBB/HELD/CDC/NIOSH 2 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

* Address correspondence to: E-mail: qam1{at}cdc.gov

Abstract

CYP1A1 and 1A2 play critical roles in the metabolic activation of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and heterocyclic aromatic amines/amides (HAA) to electrophilic reactive intermediates, respectively, leading to toxicity and cancer. CYP1As are highly inducible by PAH and halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAH) via aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-mediated gene transcription. The impact of CYP1A induction on the carcinogenic and toxic potentials of environmental, occupational, dietary, and therapeutic chemicals has been a central focus of human risk evaluation and has broadly influenced the fields of cancer research, toxicology, pharmacology, and risk assessment over the past half century. From the early discovery of CYP1A induction and its role in protection against chemical carcinogenesis in intact animals, to the establishment of CYP1A enzymes as the principal P450s for bioactivation of PAH and HAA in in vitro assays, to the recent realization of an essential protective role of CYP1A in B[a]p-induced lethality and carcinogenesis with CYP1A knockout mice, the understanding of the interrelation between CYP1A induction and chemical safety has followed a full circle. This unique path of CYP1A research underscores the importance of whole animal and human studies in chemical safety evaluation.


Key words: Ah receptor, CYP induction, CYP1A, cytochrome P450 regulation, drug toxicity, drug-drug interactions, in vitro-in vivo prediction, induction, reactive intermediate, safety evaluation


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