Exposure of precision-cut rat liver slices to six structurally diverse polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, namely benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, dibenzo[a,h]anthracene, dibenzo[a,l]pyrene, fluoranthene and 1-methylphenanthrene, led to induction of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase, CYP1A apoprotein and CYP1A1 mRNA levels, but to a markedly different extent. In liver slices, constitutive CYP1A1 ...