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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Nuclear receptors CAR and PXR play a key role in cytochrome P450 gene induction by xenobiotics. Human cytochrome P450 3A7 (CYP3A7) is expressed from early in gestation until the perinatal period, when there is a switch in expression to CYP3A4. Here we demonstrate that a PXR and CAR responsive enhancer is located approximately 8 kb upstream of the proximal CYP3A7 promoter. This distal xenobiotic responsive enhancer module (XREM) is conserved with the XREM of CYP3A4. Interestingly, not only the XREM, but also the entire promoters exhibit 90% sequence identity up to -8.8 kb, indicating a close evolutionary distance. We propose that the promoters have coevolved to functionally conserve P450 gene induction in response to xenobiotics through CAR and PXR. Thus, nuclear receptors for xenobiotics may not only play a role to provide a survival advantage during adulthood, but also to protect the embryo against endogenous and exogenous toxins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
139-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Mixed Function Oxygenases, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11162490-Xenobiotics
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Functionally conserved xenobiotic responsive enhancer in cytochrome P450 3A7.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't