GST-π expression in transformed cells by transfecting of DNA isolated from human fetal lung tissues treated with carcinogens

R73; Objective: To investigate the relationship between the GSTs, GST-π expression and initiation of lung carcinogenesis. Methods: The Rat-1 cells were transformed by carcinogens (DEN, MNU and CSC) treated fetal lung DNA for 24 h. Results: The GSTs activities toward 1-chloro-2, 4-dinitro-benzene (CDNB) in transformed cells were significantly higher than in the solvent control cells (P＜0.05). GST-π content and GST-π mRNA expression level of transformed cells were also higher than those of control cells which were performed by ELISA and Northern blotting method respectively. The results indicated that the higher GSTS activities of transformed cells were due to the increase of GST-π content and the GST-π mRNA overexpressing may be responsible for the increase of GST-π protein level of the transformed cells. Conclusion: The changes of GSTs and GST-π may be considered as the one of the biomarkers of the initiation of human lung carcinogenesis.