Entry
Name
Chemical carcinogenesis - receptor activation - Orcinus orca (killer whale)
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
oor05207 Chemical carcinogenesis - receptor activation
Ortholog table
Organism
Orcinus orca (killer whale) [GN:
oor ]
Gene
101280887 CHRNA7; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7 [KO:K04809 ]
101290416 CDC6; cell division control protein 6 homolog isoform X2 [KO:K02213 ]
101281369 STAT3; signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 isoform X1 [KO:K04692 ]
101272643 CHRNA4; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-4 [KO:K04806 ]
101278948 CHRNB2; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit beta-2 [KO:K04813 ]
101277358 CHRNA3; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-3 [KO:K04805 ]
101272740 CACNA1C; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C isoform X7 [KO:K04850 ]
101276749 CACNA1D; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D isoform X1 [KO:K04851 ]
101281199 CACNA1F; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F isoform X11 [KO:K04853 ]
101275416 CACNA1S; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1S isoform X1 [KO:K04857 ]
101272416 CACNA1B; voltage-dependent N-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1B isoform X1 [KO:K04849 ]
101275783 CACNA1A; voltage-dependent P/Q-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1A isoform X1 [KO:K04344 ]
101278075 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
101278974 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X2 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
101283011 PIK3CB; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
101277568 PIK3R3; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
101285437 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
101281352 PIK3R2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta isoform X2 [KO:K02649 ]
101279857 NFKB1; nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit isoform X1 [KO:K02580 ]
101279969 VEGFA; vascular endothelial growth factor A isoform X3 [KO:K05448 ]
101283051 ADRB3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: beta-3 adrenergic receptor [KO:K04143 ]
101286834 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoforms XLas isoform X2 [KO:K04632 ]
101287685 CREB1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 isoform X2 [KO:K05870 ]
101276923 ATF2; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 isoform X2 [KO:K04450 ]
101283438 ATF4; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 [KO:K04374 ]
101283835 CREB3L2; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2 [KO:K09048 ]
101286338 CREB3L4; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 4 isoform X3 [KO:K09048 ]
101272184 CREB3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
101284966 CREB3L1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1 [KO:K09048 ]
101287411 CREB3L3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 isoform X2 [KO:K09048 ]
101289047 CREB5; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 5 isoform X4 [KO:K09047 ]
101273605 ATF6B; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 beta [KO:K09049 ]
101276500 GNAI2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-2 [KO:K04630 ]
101277471 GNAI3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-3 [KO:K04630 ]
101271719 GNAI1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-1 [KO:K04630 ]
101285581 CHRNA9; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-9 isoform X2 [KO:K04810 ]
101277165 EIF4EBP1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 [KO:K07205 ]
101284929 TNFSF11; tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 11 [KO:K05473 ]
101280792 STAT5A; signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A isoform X1 [KO:K11223 ]
101280265 STAT5B; signal transducer and activator of transcription 5B isoform X1 [KO:K11224 ]
101285038 NOTCH2; neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 2 isoform X1 [KO:K20994 ]
101274052 FGF3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: fibroblast growth factor 3 [KO:K04358 ]
101279631 FGF22; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: fibroblast growth factor 22 [KO:K04358 ]
101290282 AIPL1; aryl-hydrocarbon-interacting protein-like 1 isoform X2 [KO:K17767 ]
101271249 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: heat shock protein HSP 90-beta-like [KO:K04079 ]
101270436 ARNT; aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator isoform X1 [KO:K09097 ]
101276904 NR1I3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group I member 3 [KO:K08541 ]
101283267 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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