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Review
. 2021 Feb:43:103-107.
doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.11.004. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

The role of cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in insect adaptation to xenobiotics

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The role of cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in insect adaptation to xenobiotics

Kai Lu et al. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

Insect cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are well known to be involved in metabolic detoxification of xenobiotics, such as phytochemicals, insecticides and environmental pollutants. Enhanced metabolic detoxification is closely associated with the constitutive overexpression and induction of P450s. In general, multiple insect P450s are co-responsible for xenobiotic detoxification. Considering the capacity of P450s to respond to a wide range of xenobiotics, synergistic interactions between natural and synthetic xenobiotics and P450-mediated cross-tolerance/resistance are ubiquitous. Recent studies have indicated that both transcription factors and signaling pathways are involved in the regulation of P450 genes in xenobiotic responses. This article reviews our current understanding of P450-mediated detoxification in insect adaptation to xenobiotics and highlights recent progress in the molecular basis of P450 regulation.

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