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DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION
Volume 48, Issue 8, Pages 673-680Publisher
AMER SOC PHARMACOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS
DOI: 10.1124/dmd.120.000010
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI [18K08115]
- Takeda Science Foundation [2015061858]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18K08115] Funding Source: KAKEN
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NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a transcriptional regulator of biologic defense proteins, such as antioxidant proteins and phase II detoxification enzymes. Cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes have been shown to regulate phase I metabolism of various drugs and are partially regulated by Nrf2; however, the influence of Nrf2 on drug pharmacokinetics is not known. Here, we showed that Nrf2 depletion prolonged the effect of pentobarbital, a sleep-promoting drug. Pretreatment with phenobarbital, a P450 inducer, shortens the sleeping time associated with pentobarbital-induced sedation in wild-type (WT) mice; however, this effect was not observed in Nrf2(-/-) mice. Furthermore, the blood pentobarbital concentration was higher in Nrf2(-/-) mice than inWTmice at 30-60 minutes, and the phenobarbital-induced enhancement of its clearance was attenuated in Nrf2(-/-) mice compared with WT mice. Total P450 content was decreased in Nrf2(-/-) mouse livers, and the phenobarbitalinduced increase in P450 content was lower in Nrf2(-/-) mice than WT mice. Cyp1a2, Cyp2a5, Cyp2c29, and Cyp2e1 gene expression levels under physiologic conditions and Cyp1a2, Cyp2a5, and Cyp2b10 gene expression levels under phenobarbital-treated conditions were lower in Nrf2(-/-) mice compared with WT mice. Additionally, pentobarbital metabolism in liver microsomes was attenuated by Nrf2 depletion. Taken together, these findings suggested that Nrf2 influenced pentobarbital pharmacokinetics through the regulation of drug metabolismand P450 gene expression. Thus, Nrf2-mediated regulation of P450 may contribute to the biologic defense against increased reactive oxygen species production. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) plays a critical role in the cellular defense against oxidative stress. Nrf2(-/-) mice with reduced ability to eliminate reactive oxygen species (ROS) showed a significant delay in emergence from pentobarbital-induced sleep, which was associated with decreased P450 activities and gene expression. Our findings provide that Nrf2 dysfunction or ROS that exceed a threshold level of the eliminating ability of the Nrf2 system may reduce P450 activity.
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