Title: Gain-of-function mutant of angiotensin II receptor, type 1A, causes hypertension and cardiovascular fibrosis in mice
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Eric Clauser
Institut Cochin, Paris, France
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Physiology
Dietary phytochemicals regulate detoxification enzyme CYP1A1
Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) is a detoxification enzyme that plays an important role in the metabolism of dietary toxins and orally absorbed drugs. It can also produce highly carcinogenic metabolites from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In a study appearing online on June 21 in advance of publication in the July print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Frank Gonzalez and colleagues from the National Cancer Institute report that dietary phytochemicals regulate whole-body CYP1A1 expression via an arylhydrocarbon nuclear translocator (Arnt) dependent system in the gut. The authors examined mice bred to lack Arnt expression in the intestinal epithelium and found that CYP1A1 expression and activity was markedly elevated in almost all non-gut tissues. Interestingly CYP1A1 expression was lost if the mice were fed a synthetic purified diet. However, CYP1A1 expression was restored following the addition of the natural phytochemical indole-3-carbinol to the diet of these mice. The data suggest that an Arnt-dependent pathway in the gut has an important role in the regulation of CYP1A1 expression and the metabolism of
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Journal of Clinical Investigation
21-Jun-2007