Biochemistry Department, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil.
Aquat Toxicol. 2012 Nov 15;124-125:106-13. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.08.006. Epub 2012 Aug 14.
In fish there are four cytochrome P450 (CYP1) subfamilies: CYP1A, CYP1B, CYP1C, and CYP1D. Here we cloned Poecilia vivipara CYP1A, with an inferred amino acid sequence 91% identical to CYP1A from the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus, another member of the Cypriniformes, and an important model in ecotoxicology. In addition, we examined the expression of CYP1A, CYP1B1, and CYP1C1 by qPCR in liver, gill, and intestine of adult P. vivipara injected with 3-methylcholanthrene (3-MC) or held in clean water (control group) for 24h. All three tissues examined showed basal expression of the three CYP1 genes. CYP1A was most strongly expressed in the liver, while CYP1B1, and CYP1C1 were most strongly expressed in the gill and intestine respectively. 3-MC induced CYP1A, CYP1B1, and CYP1C1 significantly (20-120-fold) in the three organs, consistent with the regulation of CYP1A, CYP1B1 and CYP1C1 via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Validation of CYP1 gene biomarkers in fish collected from a contaminated urban mangrove environment was confirmed with significant induction of CYP1A and CYP1C1 in gills (10-15-fold) and CYP1B1 in liver (23-fold), relative to fish from a control site. The responsiveness of these CYP1 genes indicates P. vivipara is suitable as a model for environmental toxicology studies and environmental assessment in Brazil.
鱼类中存在四个细胞色素 P450(CYP)亚家族:CYP1A、CYP1B、CYP1C 和 CYP1D。在这里,我们克隆了胎生鱂鱼的 CYP1A,其推断的氨基酸序列与另一种脂鲤目鱼类食蚊鱼(Fundulus heteroclitus)的 CYP1A 有 91%的同源性,食蚊鱼是生态毒理学的重要模式生物。此外,我们通过 qPCR 检测了成年胎生鱂鱼在注射 3-甲基胆蒽(3-MC)或置于清洁水中(对照组)24 小时后肝脏、鳃和肠道中 CYP1A、CYP1B1 和 CYP1C1 的表达情况。所有三种组织均显示出三种 CYP1 基因的基础表达。CYP1A 在肝脏中表达最强,而 CYP1B1 和 CYP1C1 在鳃和肠道中表达最强。3-MC 在三种器官中均显著诱导了 CYP1A、CYP1B1 和 CYP1C1(20-120 倍),这与 CYP1A、CYP1B1 和 CYP1C1 通过芳香烃受体的调节一致。通过对取自受污染城市红树林环境的鱼类进行 CYP1 基因生物标志物的验证,发现鳃组织中 CYP1A 和 CYP1C1(10-15 倍)以及肝脏中 CYP1B1(23 倍)的诱导显著,相对于对照点的鱼类。这些 CYP1 基因的反应性表明,胎生鱂鱼适合作为巴西环境毒理学研究和环境评估的模型。