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Vol. 63, Issue 1, 119-127, January 2003

Mechanism of Rat UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 1A6 Induction by Oltipraz: Evidence for a Contribution of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway

Diana J. Auyeung, Fay K. Kessler, and Joseph K. Ritter

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

The utility of oltipraz as a cancer chemopreventive agent is thought to depend on the induction of enzymes involved in phase 2 xenobiotic detoxification. Although studies of some enzymes induced by oltipraz implicate a novel transcriptional activating pathway involving Nrf2 and antioxidant-response elements (AREs), the mechanism of phenol UGT induction has remained unclear. Previous work showed that UGT1A6 is transcribed from two promoters, P1 and P2, that are both induced by oltipraz in rat liver. The effect also occurs in rat hepatocytes treated with oltipraz (concentrations >3 µM). To investigate the mechanism, luciferase reporter plasmids under the control of P1 [p(-1078/+27)1A6P1-luc] or P2 [p(-1354/+65)1A6P2-luc] were transfected into rat hepatocytes and tested for inducibility. P1, but not P2, showed responsiveness to oltipraz (2- to 5-fold increase) and 3-methylcholanthrene (10- to 30-fold increase). Because P1 contained no visible AREs, the role of a xenobiotic response element (XRE) centered between bases -134 and -129 was evaluated. Mutation of the XRE core reduced the effects of both oltipraz and 3-methylcholanthrene on the P1 reporter. The 1A6 XRE conferred oltipraz responsiveness on the simian virus 40 promoter of pGL3-Promoter. Comparative effects of oltipraz and 3-methylcholanthrene on transfected cytochrome P4501A1 reporters support the general but relatively weak XRE-stimulating activity of oltipraz. The involvement of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and aryl hydrocarbon nuclear translocator (ARNT) in mediating the effects of oltipraz on the XRE is supported by electrophoretic mobility supershift data and AHR/ARNT overexpression studies. These data raise questions about the contribution of AHR and other secondary induction pathways in the mechanism of oltipraz.


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