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Title: Detoxication of benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dione by sulfotransferases (SULTs) in human lung cells.

Authors: Zhang, Li; Huang, Meng; Blair, Ian A; Penning, Trevor M

Published In J Biol Chem, (2012 Aug 24)

Abstract: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are environmental and tobacco carcinogens. Human aldo-keto reductases catalyze the metabolic activation of proximate carcinogenic PAH trans-dihydrodiols to yield electrophilic and redox-active o-quinones. Benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dione a representative PAH o-quinone is reduced back to the corresponding catechol to generate a futile redox-cycle. We investigated whether sulfonation of PAH catechols by human sulfotransferases (SULT) could intercept the catechol in human lung cells. RT-PCR identified SULT1A1, -1A3, and -1E1 as the isozymes expressed in four human lung cell lines. The corresponding recombinant SULTs were examined for their substrate specificity. Benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dione was reduced to benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-catechol by dithiothreitol under anaerobic conditions and then further sulfonated by the SULTs in the presence of 3'-[(35)S]phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate as the sulfonate group donor. The human SULTs catalyzed the sulfonation of benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-catechol and generated two isomeric benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-catechol O-monosulfate products that were identified by reversed phase HPLC and by LC-MS/MS. The various SULT isoforms produced the two isomers in different proportions. Two-dimensional (1)H and (13)C NMR assigned the two regioisomers of benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-catechol monosulfate as 8-hydroxy-benzo[a]pyrene-7-O-sulfate (M1) and 7-hydroxy-benzo[a]pyrene-8-O-sulfate (M2), respectively. The kinetic profiles of three SULTs were different. SULT1A1 gave the highest catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)) and yielded a single isomeric product corresponding to M1. By contrast, SULT1E1 showed distinct substrate inhibition and formed both M1 and M2. Based on expression levels, catalytic efficiency, and the fact that the lung cells only produce M1, it is concluded that the major isoform that can intercept benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-catechol is SULT1A1.

PubMed ID: 22782890 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Arylsulfotransferase/genetics; Arylsulfotransferase/metabolism*; Benzopyrenes/pharmacokinetics*; Benzopyrenes/pharmacology; Cell Line, Tumor; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects*; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/genetics; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects*; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics; Humans; Isoenzymes/genetics; Isoenzymes/metabolism; Lung Neoplasms/enzymology*; Lung Neoplasms/genetics; Lung Neoplasms/pathology; Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis*; Neoplasm Proteins/genetics

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