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1: Comp Biochem Physiol C Pharmacol Toxicol Endocrinol. 1998 Nov;121(1-3):241-8.Links

Molecular cloning of a CYP1A cDNA from the teleost fish Dicentrarchus labrax.

Stien X, Amichot M, Bergé JB, Lafaurie M.

Laboratoire de Physiologie et Toxicologie Environnementale, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France. stien@unice.fr

A cDNA encoding for cytochrome P450 1A has been cloned in the marine teleost fish Dicentrarchus labrax. This fish, common in the Mediterranean, was chosen since it is considered a good sentinel species. Moreover, biomarkers of exposure to organic contaminants (such as EROD) are often measured in this species and make it possible to evaluate the quality of waters. For cloning purposes, RNAs were extracted from the liver of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP)-treated animals and used as template in degenerate RT-PCR. The cDNA product was cloned and used for the design of highly stringent primers that were utilized in Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE) PCR. The cloned cDNA hybridizes with a 2.7 kb mRNA which is induced by treatment of the fish with BaP, a classical CYP1A inducer. The closest sequences found in data banks belong to fish CYP1A.

PMID: 9972466 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]