Title: Pulmonary Cyp1A1 and CYP1A2 levels and activities in adult male and female offspring of rats exposed during gestation and lactation to 2,3,7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.

Authors: Iba, M M; Fung, J

Published In Biochem Pharmacol, (2001 Sep 01)

Abstract: The levels and activities of pulmonary microsomal CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 in 40-day-old male and female, and 120-day-old male offspring of pregnant rats treated with five weekly 0.1 microg/kg doses of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) during gestation and lactation were compared with those in age-matched offspring of untreated dams. The CYP1A1-preferential activity, ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD), was comparably induced 5.3- and 6.4-fold in 40-day-old male and female offspring, respectively, but was not induced in 120-day-old male offspring, of TCDD-treated dams. Similarly, CYP1A1 protein was induced in 40-day-old female or male offspring of untreated dams but was undetectable in 120-day-old offspring of untreated or treated dams. CYP1A2 activity, as measured by the bioactivation of 2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (MeIQ) to mutagens in the Ames assay, was elevated 11.1- and 5.5-fold in 40-day-old female and male offspring, respectively, of TCDD-treated dams, but was unaffected by TCDD exposure in 120-day-old offspring. CYP1A2 protein was undetectable in 40-day-old male or female offspring of untreated dams or in 120-day-old male offspring of treated or untreated dams; it was detected in 40-day-old offspring of treated dams, at a level that was higher in females than in males. The results show that gestational and lactational exposure to TCDD causes long-lasting and gender-preferential induction of CYP1A1 as well as CYPIA2 in the lungs of rat offspring.

PubMed ID: 11585058

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