Expression of the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A locus in human colon. Identification and characterization of the novel extrahepatic UGT1A8.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
C P StrassburgR H Tukey

Abstract

UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) catalyze the conjugation of lipophilic exobiotic and endobiotic compounds, which leads to the excretion of hydrophilic glucuronides via bile or urine. By a mechanism of exon sharing, the transcripts of individual first exon cassettes located at the 5' end of the human UGT1A locus are spliced to exons 2-5, leading to the expression of at least nine individual UGT genes. Recently, the tissue-specific expression of the UGT1A locus has been demonstrated in extrahepatic tissue, leading to the identification of UGT1A7 and UGT1A10 mRNA (Strassburg, C. P., Oldhafer, K., Manns, M. P., and Tukey, R. H. (1997) Mol. Pharmacol. 52, 212). However, UGT1A expression has not been defined in human colon, which is a metabolically active, external surface organ and a common route of drug administration. UGT1A expression was analyzed in 5 colonic, 16 hepatic, 4 biliary, and 13 gastric human tissue specimens by quantitative duplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis, demonstrating lower UGT1A mRNA in the extrahepatic tissues. The precise analysis of unique UGT1A transcripts by exon 1-specific duplex reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction revealed the expression of UGT1...Continue Reading

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