All the food-derived carcinogenic heterocyclic amines (HCAs) used have the ability to induce CYP1A subfamily enzyme(s) in a hAhR-dependent fashion.
All the HCAs used, especially MeAαC, become good substrates for human CYP1A subfamily enzyme(s) and show inhibitory effects on the activity of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (mainly CYP1A1).
MeAαC has the ability to inhibit the activity of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase than alpha-naphthoflavone, a representative CYP1A enzyme(s).