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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
卷 197, 期 3, 页码 219-226出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.06.003
关键词
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4); Interleukin 6 (IL-6); Pregnane X receptor (PXR); Transcription regulator; Transcription repression
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资金
- Natural Science Foundation of China [30772616]
- Foundation of Liu-Da-Ren-Cai, Jiangsu Province (China)
- National Institutes of Health (USA) [F05AT003019, RO1ES07965, RO1GM61988]
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is the most abundant cytochrome P450 enzyme in human liver and metabolizes more than 60% of prescribed drugs in human body. Patients with liver conditions such as cirrhosis show increased secretion of cytokines (e g., interleukin-6) and decreased capacity of oxidation of many drugs. In this study, we provided molecular evidence that cytokine secretion directly contributed to the decreased capacity of oxidative biotransformation in human liver. After human hepatocytes were treated with IL-6, the expression of CYP3A4 decreased at both mRNA and protein levels, so did the CYP3A4 enzymatic activity Meanwhile, the repression of CYP3A4 by IL-6 occurred after the decrease of pregnane X receptor (PXR) in human hepatocytes. The PXR-overexpressed cells (transfected with human PXR) increased the CYP3A4 mRNA level, and the repression of CYP3A4 by IL-6 was greater in the PXR-overexpressed cells than in the control cells. Further, PXR knockdown (transfected with siPXR construct) decreased the CYP3A4 mRNA level with less repression by IL-6 than in the control cells transfected with corresponding vector Collectively, our study suggests that PXR is necessary for IL-6-mediated repression of the CYP3A4 expression in human hepatocytes (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd All rights reserved.
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