Significant interspecies differences in induction profiles of hepatic CYP enzymes by TCDD in bank and field voles

• Published in: Environmental toxicology and chemistry 2012-03, Vol.31 (3), p.663-671
• Main Authors: Murtomaa-Hautala, Mari, Korkalainen, Merja, Pelkonen, Olavi, Hegde, Nagabhooshan, Pohjanvirta, Raimo, Huitu, Otso, Henttonen, Heikki, Rautio, Arja, Viitala, Pirkko, Viluksela, Matti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 2,3,7,8‐tetrachlorodibenzo‐p‐dioxin; 7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase - genetics; 7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase - metabolism; 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; Animals; Arvicolinae; Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases - genetics; Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases - metabolism; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Bank vole; Cytochrome; Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 - genetics; Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 - metabolism; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1 - genetics; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1 - metabolism; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System - metabolism; Cytochrome P450; Dioxins; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzymatic activity; Enzyme Induction - drug effects; Enzymes; Female; Field vole; Gene expression; Liver - enzymology; Liver - metabolism; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Microsomes, Liver - enzymology; Microsomes, Liver - metabolism; Nonnative species; Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating - genetics; Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating - metabolism; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - toxicity; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Rodents; Species Specificity; TCDD; Teratogens - toxicity
• ISSN: 0730-7268; 1552-8618
• DOI: 10.1002/etc.1737

The gene expression and induction of cytochrome P450 (CYP)‐enzymes following 2,3,7,8‐tetrachlorodibenzo‐p‐dioxin (TCDD) peroral administration was studied in the livers of two wild vole species—the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) and the field vole (Microtus agrestis). The dioxin‐sensitive C57BL/6 mouse was used as a reference. Doses of 0.05, 0.5, 5.0, and 50 µg/kg were applied to ascertain a dose–response relationship, and the dose of 50 µg/kg was applied to the study time course for up to 96 h. The cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) mRNA expression showed an expected dose‐dependent increase equally in both vole species. Bank voles expressed notably higher CYP2A mRNA levels as compared with field voles. Both species exhibited dose‐dependent increases in putative CYP1A‐, CYP2B‐, and CYP2A‐associated activities as measured by fluorometric assays for ethoxyresorufin‐O‐deethylase (EROD), penthoxyresorufin‐O‐depenthylase (PROD), and 7‐ethoxycoumarin‐O‐deethylase (ECOD), respectively. Putative CYP2A‐associated coumarin‐7‐hydroxylase (COH) activity showed a slight increase at the two highest doses of TCDD in field voles but not in bank voles, and their basal COH activity was only one‐fourth or less of that in field voles. Overall, however, bank voles tended to exhibit higher CYP‐associated enzyme activities measured at the two largest doses of TCDD than field voles. A western blot analysis of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) revealed that the two vole species had differential band patterns, suggesting dissimilar structures for their AhRs. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2012;31:663–671. © 2011 SETAC