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ArticleMolecular carcinogenesis2012

NATb/NAT1*4 promotes greater arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1 mediated DNA adducts and mutations than NATa/NAT1*4 following exposure to 4-aminobiphenyl.

Lori M Millner, Mark A Doll, Jian Cai, J Christopher States, David W Hein

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Article in Molecular carcinogenesis, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lori M MillnerDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, James Graham Brown Cancer Center and Center for Environmental Genomics and Integrative Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1617, USA.
Mark A Doll
Jian Cai
J Christopher States
David W Hein
University of Louisville · US

Funding

UOFL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAMT32ES011564 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI David W Hein, John Pierce Wise · 2004 to 2026
$7.1M
Strategic Vision & Impact on Environmental HealthP30ES014443 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI PROUGH, RUSSELL ALLEN · 2007 to 2010
$4.4M
PHARMACOGENETICS OF DRUG &CARCINOGEN METABOLISMR01CA034627 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA · PI HEIN, DAVID W · 1985 to 2009
$3.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA034627NCI NIH HHS R01-CA034627NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES014443NIEHS NIH HHS P30-ES014443NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES011564NIEHS NIH HHS T32-ES011564
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) is a phase II metabolic enzyme responsible for the biotransformation of aromatic and heterocyclic amine carcinogens such as 4-aminobiphenyl (ABP). NAT1 catalyzes N-acetylation of arylamines as well as the O-acetylation of N-hydroxylated arylamines. O-acetylation leads to the formation of electrophilic intermediates that result in DNA adducts and mutations. NAT1 is transcribed from a major promoter, NATb, and an alternative promoter, NATa, resulting in mRNAs with distinct 5'-untranslated regions (UTR). NATa mRNA is expressed primarily in the kidney, liver, trachea, and lung while NATb mRNA has been detected in all tissues studied. To determine if differences in 5'-UTR have functional effect upon NAT1 activity and DNA adducts or mutations following exposure to ABP, pcDNA5/FRT plasmid constructs were prepared for transfection of full-length human mRNAs including the 5'-UTR derived from NATa or NATb, the open reading frame, and 888 nucleotides of the 3'-UTR. Following stable transfection of NATb/NAT1*4 or NATa/NAT1*4 into nucleotide excision repair (NER) deficient Chinese hamster ovary cells, N-acetyltransferase activity (in vitro and in situ), mRNA, and protein expression were higher in NATb/NAT1*4 than NATa/NAT1*4 transfected cells (P < 0.05). Consistent with NAT1 expression and activity, ABP-induced DNA adducts and hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase mutants were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in NATb/NAT1*4 than in NATa/NAT1*4 transfected cells following exposure to ABP. These differences observed between NATa and NATb suggest that the 5'-UTRs are differentially regulated.

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5' Untranslated RegionsAcetylationAlternative SplicingAminobiphenyl CompoundsAnimalsArylamine N-AcetyltransferaseBiotransformationBlotting, WesternCarcinogensCell SurvivalChlorocebus aethiopsCHO CellsCOS CellsCricetinaeCricetulusDNA Adducts4-biphenylamine5' Untranslated RegionsAminobiphenyl CompoundsArylamine N-AcetyltransferaseCarcinogensDNA AdductsHypoxanthine PhosphoribosyltransferaseIsoenzymes

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PMID21837760
PMCPMC3217153
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