Medline and PubMed databases from 1966 until April, 2002, were searched for P450 reviews and primary articles related to the CYP genes, CYP enzyme metabolism of both endogenous and exogenous substrates, and relevance to clinical disease. Specific keywords we used included cytochrome P450 metabolism and: drugs, xenobiotics, environmental chemicals, toxicity, cancer, endogenous substrates, evolution, arachidonic acid, eicosanoids, cholesterol, bile acids, steroids, sterols, vitamin D3,
ReviewClinical importance of the cytochromes P450
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Foreign chemicals
Foreign chemicals (sometimes called xenobiotics) include drugs, plant-derived or fungal-derived secondary metabolites consumed with food, and thousands of environmental pollutants—eg, halogenated hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, arylamines, ingredients of combustion, industrial complex mixtures, herbicides, pesticides, etc. Human cytochromes P450 that metabolise these foreign chemicals are almost exclusively in the CYP1, CYP2, CYP3, and to a lesser degree, CYP4 families. Many
Cholesterol metabolism and bile-acid biosynthesis
At least seven, possibly nine, cytochrome P450 enzymes have a role in conversion of acetate into sterols and bile acids (figure 2). Lanosterol 14α-desmethylase, which is encoded by the CYP51A1 gene, is pivotal in the synthesis of cholesterol, removing two methyl groups via oxidative reactions from the intermediate lanosterol. The CYP51A1 enzyme is the target of antifungal drugs such as ketoconazole, and is one of the most evolutionarily conserved of all cytochromes P450. Genes encoding this
Steroid synthesis and metabolism
Six cytochrome P450 enzymes participate in steroidogenesis (figure 3). During sexual differentiation of the genital ridge in early embryogenesis, the transcription factor steroid-factor-1, a member of the nuclear hormone receptor gene family, is pivotal in upregulation of P450 genes implicated in steroid hormone synthesis—including members of the CYP11, CYP17, CYP19, and CYP21 families.59 CYP11A1, CYP11B1, and CYP11B2 are mitochondrial enzymes. CYP17A1 is needed for synthesis of cortisol and
Vitamin D3 synthesis and metabolism
Four P450 enzymes, including three located in mitochondria and one in the endoplasmic reticulum, participate in synthesis and breakdown of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, the ligand of the vitamin D3 receptor, which is a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. This receptor-ligand system is responsible for promotion of the export of calcium from bone and absorption of calcium from the gastrointestinal tract (figure 4). CYP27A1 and porcine CYP2D25 are mitochondrial and microsomal enzymes,
Retinoic acid hydroxylation
The CYP26 gene family has three genes, one in each of three subfamilies, suggesting that these genes arose from a common ancestor at least 150–200 million years ago. All three catalyse hydroxylation of retinoic acid (vitamin A). CYP26A1 is an all-trans-retinoic acid hydroxylase that does not act on 9-cis or 13-cis retinoic acid. Retinoic acid is an important morphogen during vertebrate development, operating via several retinoic acid receptors and retinoid X receptors.70 As is true of many
Cytochrome P450 enzymes of unknown function
Functions of several cytochromes P450— including CYP20A1, CYP27C1, CYP4A20, CYP4F11, CYP4F12, CYP4F22, CYP4V2, CYP4X1, CYP26B1, and CYP26C1 enzymes—are unknown or, at best, sketchy. The dearth of information associated with these proteins is mainly attributable to their method of identification, which largely concerned database searches of the human genome.4, 7 Some of these genes might have only very limited tissue-specific or cell type-specific distributions, be transiently expressed, or both
Looking to the future
As more and more CYP gene products are analysed, it seems highly likely that their roles in diverse biological systems will expand. Genes in the CYP superfamily are highly polymorphic,71 as is true of most (if not all) other genes in the human genome,71, 72 and with P450 genetic differences will come interindividual variation in phenotype, with the attendant results for medicine and treatment. In the near future, many more studies are anticipated that will show associations between CYP variant
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