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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
Residual monomers in resin-based biomaterials cause cytotoxicity. We previously showed that methyl methacrylate (MMA) induced mRNA expression of the glutathione S-transferase alpha 1 gene (Gsta1) located downstream of the cis-acting anti-oxidant responsive element (ARE). Herein, we tested the hypothesis that MMA activated the Gsta1 promoter through the ARE. HepG2 cells were transfected with a luciferase reporter vector containing the ARE and the Gsta1 promoter (-990 to +46 bp) and cultured for 12 hrs with MMA (initial concentration, 10 mM). Analysis of the expressed luciferase activity indicated that MMA activated the promoter 2.6-fold. MMA (from 1 to 30 mM) dose-dependently increased the promoter activity, which reached a plateau between 6 and 12 hrs. In HepG2 cells transfected with a reporter vector containing 2 AREs and a TATA-like promoter, 10 mM MMA increased the reporter expression 2.8-fold. These results suggest that MMA increases Gsta1 transcription through ARE-mediated promoter activation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1544-0591
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1117-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19029078-5' Flanking Region, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Dental Materials, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Hydroquinones, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Methylmethacrylate, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Response Elements, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-TATA Box, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Tandem Repeat Sequences, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:19029078-Transfection
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Methyl methacrylate activates the Gsta1 promoter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, 1-100 Kusumoto-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan. srp-psho@dpc.agu.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't