Entry
Name
Chemical carcinogenesis - receptor activation - Ochotona princeps (American pika)
Description
Carcinogenesis is a multistage process that consists of initiation, promotion, and progression stages. Chemicals or environmental factors may act at any of these stages to induce and/or enhance the carcinogenic process. Based on their mode-of-action, carcinogens can be classified as genotoxic or non-genotoxic. Genotoxic agent begins their action at the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) level, causing DNA damage through several mechanisms. Non-genotoxic carcinogens are chemicals that cause the development of tumors through multiple non-genotoxic events and epigenetic alterations without direct interaction with DNA. One non-genotoxic mechanism involves receptor activation. Biological mechanisms involving receptor activation fall into two broad categories: (i) those that involve cell surface receptors and some intracellular receptors that activate signal transduction pathways, resulting in biological responses, including gene transcription, and (ii) those that involve intracellular receptors that translocate into the nucleus and act as transcription factors regulating gene expression. Both classes of receptors can be involved in mechanisms of carcinogenesis.
Class
Human Diseases; Cancer: overview
BRITE hierarchy
Pathway map
opi05207 Chemical carcinogenesis - receptor activation
Ortholog table
Organism
Ochotona princeps (American pika) [GN:
opi ]
Gene
101518087 CHRNA7; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7 [KO:K04809 ]
101530634 CDC6; cell division control protein 6 homolog isoform X2 [KO:K02213 ]
101528287 STAT3; signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 isoform X2 [KO:K04692 ]
101536091 CHRNA4; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-4 [KO:K04806 ]
101520921 CHRNB2; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit beta-2 [KO:K04813 ]
101529723 CHRNA3; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-3 isoform X1 [KO:K04805 ]
101525060 CHRNB4; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit beta-4 [KO:K04815 ]
101536063 CACNA1C; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C isoform X1 [KO:K04850 ]
101524545 CACNA1D; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D isoform X1 [KO:K04851 ]
101519864 CACNA1F; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F isoform X1 [KO:K04853 ]
101529015 CACNA1S; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1S [KO:K04857 ]
101523955 CACNA1B; voltage-dependent N-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1B [KO:K04849 ]
101520695 CACNA1A; voltage-dependent P/Q-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1A isoform X3 [KO:K04344 ]
101519449 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
101533851 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X3 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
101533024 PIK3CB; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
101532354 PIK3R2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
101517982 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
101528030 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
101531611 NFKB1; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit [KO:K02580 ]
105942099 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 2-like [KO:K04369 ] [EC:2.7.12.2 ]
101523058 VEGFA; vascular endothelial growth factor A isoform X1 [KO:K05448 ]
101520285 FGF2; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: fibroblast growth factor 2 [KO:K18497 ]
101532574 CREB1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K05870 ]
101526116 ATF2; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04450 ]
101521567 ATF4; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 [KO:K04374 ]
101532689 CREB3L1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1 [KO:K09048 ]
101531761 CREB3L2; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2 [KO:K09048 ]
101533371 CREB3L3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
101532921 CREB3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
101523446 CREB3L4; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 4 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
101534608 CREB5; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 5 isoform X1 [KO:K09047 ]
101517365 ATF6B; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 beta isoform X1 [KO:K09049 ]
101525340 GNAI3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha [KO:K04630 ]
101516368 GNAI1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-1 [KO:K04630 ]
101531957 GNAI2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-2 [KO:K04630 ]
101518760 CHRNA9; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-9 [KO:K04810 ]
101531037 GRB2; growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 isoform X1 [KO:K04364 ]
101532982 EIF4EBP1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 [KO:K07205 ]
101532341 TNFSF11; tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 11 isoform X1 [KO:K05473 ]
101526376 tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 11-like [KO:K05473 ]
101523562 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: heat shock protein HSP 90-beta-like [KO:K04079 ]
101526820 PPARA; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha [KO:K07294 ]
Compound
C03690 Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
C05981 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
C07557 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
C08150 Medroxyprogesterone acetate
C14240 Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
C14573 3,3',4,4',5-Pentachlorobiphenyl
C16453 4-(N-Nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
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