Review Article

Polymorphisms in the Human Cytochrome P450 and Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase: Susceptibility to Head and Neck Cancers

Table 1

Polymorphic CYPsP450 and NATs and metabolism of carcinogens in the HNC.

GeneSubstrateReferenceFunctional effectPolymorphismrs numberReference

CYP1A1 TCa (e.g., benzo[a]pyrene dimethylbenz[a]anthracene), 6-nitrochrysene, [33] Phase I oxidative and reductiveCYP1A1 *2A (m1): T→C substitution at nucleotide 6235 in the noncoding region [35]
CYP1A1 *2B (m2): A→G Ile462Valrs1048943
CYP1A1 *3 (m3): T→C substitution at nucleotide 5996 in the noncoding region
CYP1A1 *4 (m4): C→A Thr461Asnrs1799814

CYP1B1 TCa (e.g., benzo[a]pyrene) [92] Phase I oxidative and reductiveCYP1B1 *3: Val432Leurs1056836 [101]
CYP1B1 *2: Arg48Ser rs1056827
CYP1B1 *2: Ala119Ser rs10012
CYP1B1 *4: Asn453Ser rs1800440

CYP2D6 TCa (e.g., nicotine and nitrosamines) [126] Phase I oxidative and reductiveCYP2D6 *3: (single-base deletion at exon 5, 2549delA)rs35742686 [129]
CYP2D6 *4: (G1934A)rs3892097
CYP2D6 *5: (leading to gene deletion)
CYP2D6 *6: (single-base deletion at exon 3, 1707delT)rs5030655

CYP2E1 TCa (e.g., nitrosamines)
Ethanol
[24, 143, 144] Phase I oxidative and reductiveCYP2E1 *5B (c2) (PstI restriction, position: −1019) [142]
CYP2E1 *5A (c1) (RsaI restriction, position: −1259)
CYP2E1 *6 (allele D) (DraI restriction, intron 6)rs6413432[149]

NAT1/NAT2 Arylamines and heterocyclic aromatic amines[181, 184, 186, 187]Phase II biotransformationNAT1 *10: T1088Ars1057126 [188]
NAT1 *10: C1095Ars15561
NAT2 *5B: Ile114 Thr,
NAT2*5B: Lys268Arg
rs1801280
rs1208
NAT2 *6A: Arg197Glnrs1799930

Tobacco carcinogens; —: undefined.