Regulation of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-inducible expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase in hepatoma cells

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Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volume 298, Issue 2, 1 November 1992, Pages 492-497

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The environmental contaminant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induces the expression of a number of genes. The biochemical process of the induction of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH-3) was investigated in rat H4IIE hepatoma cells in culture. The kinetics of ALDH-3-induction exhibited parallel increases in the rate of transcription, mRNA, protein, and enzyme activity, all reaching a plateau at 36–48 h after addition of TCDD. Half maximal and maximal inductions occurred at 0.1 and 1 nm of TCDD, respectively. No significant changes in the half-life of ALDH-3 mRNA (14 h) were observed in the cells exposed to three different concentrations of TCDD. Other inducers of xenobiotic metabolism, such as 3-methylcholanthrene and β-naphthoflavone, also induced ALDH-3 mRNA to a similar level as TCDD, whereas antioxidants or electrophiles, such as tert-butylhydroquinone and dimethyl fumarate, did not show any induction of ALDH-3 mRNA. To examine the involvement of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Ah receptor) in the induction of ALDH-3, mouse variant cell lines defective in cytochrome P450IA1-induction and a parental wild type cell line (Hepa1c1c7) were studied. ALDH-3 mRNA and the transcription of its gene were detected in TCDD-treated wild type cells, but not in the treated and untreated variant cells. These results demonstrate that TCDD induces transcription of the ALDH-3 gene via its binding to the Ah receptor.

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Regulation of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-inducible expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase in hepatoma cells

Abstract

J. Biol. Chem

J. Biol. Chem

J. Biol. Chem

J. Biol. Chem

Anal. Biochem

Anal. Biochem

Biochim. Biophys. Acta

J. Biol. Chem

J. Biol. Chem

J. Biol. Chem

J. Biol. Chem

J. Biol. Chem

Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun

Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol

Annu. Rev. Biochem

Pharmacol. Rev

Eur. J. Biochem

Mol. Pharmacol