Abstract
The effects of a series of non- ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on human cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1), a 17β-estradiol (E 2) 2-hydroxylase, and P450 1B1 (CYP1B1), an E 2 4-hydroxylase, were investigated in HepG2 and MCF-7 cells. Elevated rates of 2- and 4-methoxyestradiol (2- and 4-MeOE 2) formation in PCB-treated cultures were measured as activities of CYP1A1 and CYP1B1, respectively. Of the congeners investigated, 3,4,4′,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB 81), 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126), and 3,4′,5-trichlorobiphenyl (PCB 39) caused marked stimulation of E 2 metabolism in both cell lines. Northern blot analyses confirmed that exposure of MCF-7 cells to PCBs 81, 126, and 39 caused highly elevated levels of the CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 mRNAs. Exposure of MCF-7 cells to 3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB 169) resulted in elevated levels of the CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 mRNAs, but did not cause elevated rates of E 2 metabolism; rather, 4-MeOE 2 production was depressed to below control levels in PCB 169-treated cultures. PCB 169 also inhibited the 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin (TCDD)-induced 4-MeOE 2 and, to a lesser extent, 2-MeOE 2 production in MCF-7 cells, as did PCB 126 and several other congeners. In microsomal assays, inhibition of cDNA-expressed human CYP1B1 by PCBs 169 and 126 was demonstrated. These studies with one subgroup of PCBs, the non- ortho-substituted congeners, underscore the complexity and diversity of effects of PCBs, as individual congeners were found both to induce expression and to inhibit activity of human CYP1B1 and CYP1A1.
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