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BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN
Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 972-977Publisher
PHARMACEUTICAL SOC JAPAN
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b18-00053
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P-glycoprotein; induction; pregnane X receptor; intestine; brain; liver
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P-Glycoprotein (P-gp), encoded by the MDRI (ABCBI) gene in humans and by Mdrla and Mdrlb genes in rodents, is a member of the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette transporters. Since P-gp is constitutively expressed in numerous tissues and exhibits a broad specificity in substrate recognition, it can play a crucial role in limiting the absorption and distribution of xenobiotics by decreasing their intracellular accumulation. The expression of P-gp is regulated by various nuclear receptors such as pregnane X receptor (PXR). Although the characterization of P-gp induction by PXR ligands is a crucial goal for predicting pharmaco-kinetics of drugs, findings regarding the induction of P-gp by PXR ligands in vivo are still controversial. In this study, we examined the effect of pregnenolone 16 alpha-carbonitrile (PCN), a murine PXR ligand, on the expression of Mdrla/lb mRNA and P-gp protein in the intestine, brain and liver of mice. The results showed that PCN increased the expression of both Mdrla/lb mRNA and P-gp protein in the intestine and the brain. The present study provided the first evidence that P-gp is inducible by PCN in the large intestine. The results also showed that P-gp protein was induced by PCN in the cortex but not in the whole brain. On the other hand, PCN increased the expression of Mdrla/lb mRNA in the liver, although no increase was observed in the expression of P-gp protein. These results suggested different effect of PCN on the expression of P-gp protein in the intestine, brain and liver of mice.
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