Influence of smoke tar on mRNA expression of aromatic hydrocarbon receptor and cytochrome P4501A1 gene of mice lungs

Objective To investigate the influence of the smoke tar on the expression of aromatic hydrocarbon receptor(AHR) and the cytochrome P4501Al(CYP1A1) gene of mice lungs. Methods The smoke tar of 5.29,10.58 and 15.87 mg/kg was administered intraperitoneally in mice respectively.RNA of mice lungs was got with RNA kit.RT-PCR technique was used for determining AHR and CYP1A1 gene expression with β-actin as control. Results The AHR gene expression level was(0.554±0.023) for the mice intraperitoneally administered with 5.29 mg/kg smoke tar for 72 hours with the significant difference in gene expression level compared with the Tween-80 group(0.484±0.045)(P0.05).The AHR gene expression levels were(0.555±0.014),(0.606±0.051),and(0.566±0.014),(0.684±0.069) for the mice intraperitoneally administered with 10.58 and 15.87 mg/kg smoke tar for 48 hours and 72 hours respectively with the significant difference in gene expression level compared with the Tween-80 group(0.486±0.060,0.484±0.045)(P0.05,P0.01).The CYP1Al gene expression levels were(1.535±0.021),(1.643±0.046) and(1.624±0.056),(1.739±0.038) respectively with the significant difference compared with the Tween-80 group(l.436±0.016,1.404±0.036)(P(0.01).) Conclusion The smoke tar can regulate up the expression of AHR and CYP1A1 gene at a certain dosage and time.The regulation of the smoke tar for the expression of AHR was earlier than for that of CYP1A1.