Establishment of a Human Hepatoma Cell Line HepG2-A10 for a Reporter Gene Assay of Arylhydrocarbon Receptor Activators

Genes and Environment

Masakuni Degawa¹  Hiroto Kawamagari¹  Masashi Sekimoto¹  Kiyomitsu Nemoto¹  Saki Nakatani¹ 

[1] Department of Molecular Toxicology and COE Program in the 21st Century, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka

关键词: AhR;    reporter gene assay;    HepG2;    CYP1A;    omeprazole;   

DOI  :  10.3123/jemsge.29.11

学科分类：分子生物学，细胞生物学和基因

来源: Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society / Nihon Kankyo Hen igen Gakkai

【 摘 要 】

References(25)Cited-By(4)To establish a human hepatic cell line for a convenient reporter gene assay of arylhydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activators, the chimera plasmid containing xenobiotic responsible element (XRE), minimal SV40 promoter, and luciferase reporter gene and the expression vector pRC/CMV containing a neomycin-resistant gene were co-transfected into a human hepatoma cell line, HepG2. Then, antibiotic (G418)-resistant HepG2 cells were selected and cloned. A cell clone, HepG2-A10, showed the highest responsibility to 3-methylcholanthrene (MC)-mediated induction of luciferase among the clones obtained. Expression levels of luciferase activity in HepG2-A10 cells were increased in a dose- and time-dependent manner by treatment with either MC, an AhR-ligand type activator, or omeprazole (OME), a non-AhR ligand type activator. In addition, expression levels of cytochrome P4501A subfamily genes (CYP1A1 and CYP1A2) were also increased in a dose- and time-dependent manner by treatment with MC. The present findings demonstrate that a newly established human HepG2-A10 is a useful cell line for a convenient reporter gene assay of AhR activators.

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