fumarates and benz(a)anthracene

The correlation between enzyme induction and cell proliferation caused by inducers of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes was studied using a cell culture expressing a constitutive level of cytochrome P450 (hepatoma McA RH 7777) and a cell culture in which cytochrome P450 was absent (hepatoma 27). In hepatoma 27 cells, the inducers did not induce the synthesis of xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes but stimulated cell proliferation. Thus, the processes of signal transduction for enzyme induction and for cell proliferation by the inducers are different.

Topics: Animals; Benz(a)Anthracenes; beta-Naphthoflavone; Cell Division; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; Dimethyl Fumarate; Enzyme Induction; Fumarates; Liver Neoplasms, Experimental; Mitosis; p-Chloromercuribenzoic Acid; Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; Rats; Signal Transduction; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Xenobiotics