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Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2021 Feb 22;24(2):51–94. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2021.1884921

Table 1.

C. elegans P450 genes with reported human orthologues, phenotypes, substrates, inhibitors, and/or expression patterns

C. elegans gene Human orthologue Knockdown phenotype Substrates Inducers (mRNA expression) Tissue Expression Reference
daf-9 CYP2S1 Abnormal dauer formation 3-keto-sterols nervous system, intestine, spermatheca, vulval muscle (Gill et al. 2004; Mak and Ruvkun 2004; Motola et al. 2006)
cyp-13A1 CYP3A4/TBXAS1 None reported coelomocyte, gonad
cyp-13A4 CYP3A4/5/43 Growth delay, Uncoordinated movement broad somatic expression (Simmer et al. 2003a; Kamath et al. 2003)
cyp-13A7 CYP3A4/TBXAS1 None reported tetrabromobisphenol A, rifampcin intestine (Liu et al. 2020; Chakrapani et al 2008)
cyp-13A8 CYP3A7/51P Clear body cavity, Sluggish, some Embryonic lethality (Kamath et al. 2003)
cyp-13A10 CYP3A4/7/43 None reported tetrabromobisphenol A neuron, germline, embryos (Liu et al. 2020)
cyp-13A12 CYP3A4/5/7 None reported tetrabromobisphenol A, acrylamide marginal cells (Liu et al. 2020; Hasegawa et al. 2007)
cyp-14A5 CYP2U1 Short defecation cycle PCB52 GABAergic neuron, somatic gonad precursor, intestine (Schafer et al. 2009)
cyp-29A3 CYP4V2 Short defecation cycle eicosapentaenoic acid 1-methylnicotinamide, chlorpyrifos, 4-bromodiphenyl ether neurons, intestine, body wall muscle, hypodermis, coelomocytes (Kulas et al. 2008; Schmeisser et al. 2013; Viñuela et al. 2010)
cyp-31A1 (pseudogene) N/A Embryonic lethality (Simmer et al. 2003b)
cyp-31A2 CYP4V2 Embryonic lethality hypodermis, germline, neurons (Simmer et al. 2003a)
cyp-31A5 CYP4V2 Embryonic lethality germline, AFD neurons (Simmer et al. 2003a)
cyp-33E2 CYP2J2 Reduced pharyngeal pumping, Extended lifespan, Reduced brood size Long chain fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid pharynx, intestine, neurons (Deline et al. 2015; Kulas et al. 2008)
cyp-34A9 tolbutamide (Harlow et al. 2018)
cyp-35A1 CYP2C18
CYP2D7
CYP2E1
Drug resistant1 3-bromopyruvate, β-naphthoflavone, PCB52, lansoprazole, primaquine intestine (Gu et al. 2020; Menzel et al 2001)
cyp-35A2 CYP2C18
CYP2D7
CYP2E1
Drug resistant1 3-bromopyruvate, β-naphthoflavone, PCB52, lansoprazole, atrazine intestine, neurons (PVD/OLL) (Gu et al. 2020; Menzel et al 2001; Chakrapani et al 2008)
cyp-35A3 CYP2C18
CYP2D7
CYP2E1
Reduced fat storage chlorpyrifos, β-naphthoflavone, PCB52, lansoprazole, primaquine intestine, AFD neurons (Ashrafi et al. 2003; Viñuela et al. 2010; Menzel et al 2001)
cyp-35A4 CYP2C18
CYP2D7
CYP2E1
Short defecation cycle, Chemical response variant 3-bromopyruvate, β-naphthoflavone, PCB52, lansoprazole, primaquine muscle, intestine, neurons (Gu et al. 2020; Menzel et al 2001)
cyp-35A5 CYP2C18
CYP2D7
Reduced fat storage 3-bromopyruvate (weak), β-naphthoflavone, PCB52, lansoprazole, primaquine, atrazine intestine (Ashrafi et al. 2003; Gu et al. 2020; Kulas et al. 2008; Menzel et al 2001)
cyp-35B1 CYP2C18
CYP2D7
CYP2E1
Reduced fat storage β-naphthoflavone, ethanol intestine, hypodermis, dopaminergic neurons (Ashrafi et al. 2003; Menzel et al 2001)
cyp-35B2 β-naphthoflavone, lansoprazole, primaquine, ethanol (Menzel et al 2001)
cyp-35C1 CYP2C18
CYP2D7
CYP2E1
Drug resistant1, Oxidative stress resistant 3-bromopyruvate, tetrabromobisphenol A, fluoranthene, β-naphthoflavone, PCB52, lansoprazole, primaquine intestine, neurons (AFD/OLL/PVD) (Gu et al. 2020; Liu et al. 2020; Menzel et al 2001; Taubert et al. 2008)
cyp-42A1 CYP4V2 Uncoordinated movement hypodermis, intestine (Kamath et al. 2003)
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Term “Drug resistant” indicates reducing defects produced by a particular drug treatment (e.g. reproduction decline after exposure to xenobiotics)