Abstract
In the kidney, cytochrome P450 (CYP) is involved in arachidonic acid metabolism and the maintenance of homeostasis, but only scarce information is available as to how CYP expression is altered in rodent renal carcinomas (RCs). TSC2 gene mutant (Eker) rat RCs are an example of a Mendelian dominantly inherited predisposition to a specific cancer in an experimental animal. In the present study, the expression of CYP in Eker RCs was studied. In the normal kidney, CYP 1A1 and 4A1 mRNAs were expressed, but this expression was suppressed in spontaneously-induced Eker RCs and in cell line Lk9dL and Lk9dR. In Lk9dL and Lk9dR, Ah receptor nuclear translocator and haemoxygenase-1 mRNAs were expressed, but this expression was inconsistent in spontaneously-induced Eker RCs. The present results showed the suppression of CYP 1A1 and 4A1 mRNA expression in spontaneously-induced Eker RCs and this suppression indicates altered metabolic conditions in Eker RCs.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator
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Carcinoma, Renal Cell / genetics*
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / genetics*
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A
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Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / genetics*
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DNA-Binding Proteins*
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Female
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Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
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Gene Silencing
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Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / biosynthesis
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Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / genetics
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Heme Oxygenase-1
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Kidney Neoplasms / genetics*
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Mixed Function Oxygenases / genetics*
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RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis
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Rats
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Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / biosynthesis
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Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / genetics
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Repressor Proteins / genetics
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Repressor Proteins / metabolism
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Transcription Factors / biosynthesis
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Transcription Factors / genetics
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Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein
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Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Substances
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ARNT protein, rat
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DNA-Binding Proteins
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RNA, Messenger
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Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon
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Repressor Proteins
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Transcription Factors
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Tsc2 protein, rat
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Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein
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Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator
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Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
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Mixed Function Oxygenases
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
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Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)
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Heme Oxygenase-1
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A