Regulation of CYP1A induction in hepatoma 27 depending on the site of transplantation.

Abstract

1. Rat hepatoma 27 after intrahepatic transplantation shows a low but detectable level of cytochrome P450 and P450-dependent activities. The same hepatoma transplanted intramuscularly does not show a detectable amount of cytochrome P450 and P450-dependent activities. 2. Different types of cytochrome P4501A inducers were able to induce 1A isoforms in the intrahepatic hepatoma 27 transplants but not in the intramuscular transplants. 3. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrates that not all cells in hepatoma 27 transplanted into the liver could be induced with 1A-inducer. The cells of the adenomatous structures of hepatoma 27 are not reactive with 1A antibodies.