Protein Information

Name p38
Synonyms AIMP 2; p38; AIMP2; JTV 1; JTV1; JTV1 gene; JTV1 protein; Multisynthetase complex auxiliary component p38…

Compound Information

Name DDT
CAS 1,1′-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-chlorobenzene]

Reference List

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18791200 Bratton MR, Frigo DE, Vigh-Conrad KA, Fan D, Wadsworth S, McLachlan JA, Burow ME: Organochlorine-mediated potentiation of the general coactivator p300 through p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Carcinogenesis. 2009 Jan;30(1):106-13. Epub 2008 Sep 12.

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15603917 Frigo DE, Vigh KA, Struckhoff AP, Elliott S, Beckman BS, Burow ME, McLachlan JA: Xenobiotic-induced TNF-alpha expression and apoptosis through the p38 MAPK signaling pathway. Toxicol Lett. 2005 Feb 15;155(2):227-38.


In search for a molecular mechanism we recently established that DDT and its metabolites stimulate activator protein-1 (AP-1)-mediated gene expression through the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade.
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14604893 Frigo DE, Tang Y, Beckman BS, Scandurro AB, Alam J, Burow ME, McLachlan JA: Mechanism of AP-1-mediated gene expression by select organochlorines through the p38 MAPK pathway. Carcinogenesis. 2004 Feb;25(2):249-61. Epub 2003 Nov 6.


DDT treatment induces phosphorylation of ERK and p38, while JNK phosphorylation levels are slightly decreased.
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18840457 Han EH, Kim JY, Kim HK, Hwang YP, Jeong HG: o,p'-DDT induces cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression in murine macrophages: Role of AP-1 and CRE promoter elements and PI3-kinase/Akt/MAPK signaling pathways. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2008 Dec 1;233(2):333-42. Epub 2008 Sep 18.


These results demonstrate that o,p'-DDT induced COX-2 expression via AP-1 and CRE activation through the PI3-K/Akt/ERK, JNK, and p38 MAP kinase pathways.
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