Heme may not be a positive regulator of cytochrome‐P450 gene expression
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 178 (3), 689-692
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1989.tb14499.x
Abstract
It has been proposed that transcription of cytochrome-P450 genes is positively regulated by heme, the prosthetic group of cytochrome-P450 proteins. We have investigated this proposal in rats treated with succinylacetone, a known specific inhibitor of the heme biosynthetic pathway. While 2-allyl-2-isopropylacetamide, phenobarbitone, dexamethasone, .beta.-naphthoflavone, and clofibrate induced specific cytochrome-P450-mRNA species in rat liver, the levels of these induced mRNAs were not affected by succinylacetone administration. Synthesis of the first enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway, 5-aminolevulinate synthase, is known to be regulated by the end-product heme, with heme inhibiting 5-aminolevulinate-synthase-gene transcription. Hepatic 5-aminolevulinate-synthase mRNA was induced by drugs and the level increased further by succinylacetone. Furthermore, treatment of rats with succinylacetone alone resulted in elevated levels of 5-aminolevulinate-synthase mRNA but did not affect cytochrome-P450-mRNA levels. The results show that while lowered heme levels lead to an increase in 5-aminolevulinate-synthase-mRNA synthesis there is no effect on cytochrome-P450-mRNA levels, implying that heme is not required for the cytochrome-P450-gene transcription.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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