RRC ID 42122
Author Choi S, Nishikawa M, Sakoda A, Sakai Y.
Title Feasibility of a simple double-layered coculture system incorporating metabolic processes of the intestine and liver tissue: application to the analysis of benzo[a]pyrene toxicity.
Journal Toxicol In Vitro
Abstract A simple double-layered coculture system using Caco-2 cell and Hep G2 cell, which mimic metabolic processes occurring in humans such as absorption through the intestine and cytochrome P450 1A1/2 involving biotransformation in both the intestine and liver cells, was used to investigate the toxicity of model chemical, benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P). It was found that both Caco-2 and Hep G2 cells can metabolize B[a]P to toxic metabolites including B[a]P-7,8-hydrodiol (7,8-diol), an immediate precursor to the highly-reactive ultimate toxicant of B[a]P, B[a]P-7,8-hydrodiol-9,10-epoxide (BPDE), possibly mediated by cytochrome P450 1A1/2 activity. However, in a double-layered coculture system, no significant reduction of Hep G2 cell viability was found, although an approximately 50% reduction in viability was observed in pure Hep G2 cells. HPLC analysis showed that Caco-2 cells transfer B[a]P and its toxic metabolites back to the apical side, thus decreasing the concentrations of toxic metabolites including B[a]P-7,8-hydrodiol (7,8-diol) in cocultured Hep G2 cells. These results appear to be correlated with in vivo data on the effects of orally administered B[a]P, that is, low (10%) bioavailability in the rats and almost no acute lethal toxicity in rats or mice. As such, the simple double-layered coculture system can provide more accurate information regarding the toxic actions of the hazardous chemicals in humans than a pure culture system, as it also gives the final toxicity as a result of many complicated phenomena such as selective permeation in the intestine and biotransformation in the intestine and liver.
Volume 18(3)
Pages 393-402
Published 2004-6-1
DOI 10.1016/j.tiv.2003.09.010
PII S0887233303002297
PMID 15046787
MeSH Benzo(a)pyrene / metabolism Benzo(a)pyrene / toxicity* Biotransformation Caco-2 Cells Caffeine / toxicity Cell Line, Tumor Cell Survival / drug effects* Coculture Techniques Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / metabolism Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 / metabolism Humans Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism Liver / metabolism Methylcholanthrene Toxicity Tests / methods*
IF 2.959
Times Cited 39
WOS Category TOXICOLOGY
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Human and Animal Cells Hep G2(RCB1648)