WANG Wenhua1,2, ZHANG Zeping1,2, YANG Yang1,2, LI Yongjun1,2, GONG Fei1,3, LI Li1,2, HE Bin1,3, SUN Jia1,2, LIU Ting1,2
1. School of Pharmacy
2.Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics
3.Engineering Research Center for the Development and Application of Ethnic Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Guizhou Medical University,Guiyang 550004, China
Objective To investigate the influence of ligustrazine hydrochloride on cytochrome P450 and nuclear receptor in hepatocyte of mice. Methods Mice were randomly divided into blank control group, phenobarbital group, and ligustrazine hydrochloride low-, medium- and high-dose groups (13.0,19.5 and 26.0 mg·kg-1·d-1). Then the mice were sacrificed after were administered medicines once daily for consecutive 7 days. Liver microsomes were prepared to determine the enzyme activities. Quantitative real-time PCR and Western blotting was employed to examine the expression of these four CYP450 enzymes and nuclear receptor in liver tissue of mice. Results Compared with the blank control group, CYP1A2 activity, mRNA and protein expression were increased by 1.43,1.44 and 1.40 times (P<0.05) respectively in the ligustrazine hydrochloride dose group.Ligustrazine hydrochloride was found to have no impact on the activities of CYP2E1, CYP3A and CYP2D22.AhR mRNA was increased by 1.6 times (P<0.05) in the ligustrazine hydrochloride dose group.Ligustrazine hydrochloride was found to have no impact on the expression of HNF-4α,PXR and PPARα. Conclusion Ligustrazine hydrochloride is found to have no impact on the expression of CYP2E1,CYP2D22,CYP3A,HNF-4α,PXR and PPARα,but induces the activity of CYP1A2. This effect is likely to be related toin creasing AhR level to promote the expression of CYP1A2.
LEUCUTA SE,VLASEL.Pharmacokinetics and metabolic drug interactions[J].,2006,1(1):5-20.
Pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism play an important role as determinants of in vivo drug action. The CYP450 enzyme family plays a determinant role in the biotransformation of a vast number of structurally diverse drugs. Many drug interactions are a result of the inhibition or induction of CYP enzymes. The non-compartmental pharmacokinetic analysis is the most used method for analyzing data from a drug interaction study. Compartmental analysis can be also useful and sometimes more informative than non-compartmental analysis. Many efforts to reduce polypharmacy are important, and pharmacokinetic tools used to study the mechanism of drug-drug interactions may help in a better management of pharmacotherapy including the avoidance of clinically relevant drug interactions.
IMEN AB,PASCUSSI JM,PATRICKM,et al.Effect of aflatoxin B1 on nuclear receptors PXR,CAR,AHR and their target cytochromes P450 mRNA expression in primary cultures of human hepatocytes[J].,2012,31(1):86-93.
ABSTRACT Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), one of the most common mycotoxins found in human foods and animal feed, is principally hepatotoxic and hepatocarcinogenic. The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of AFB1 on messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of pregnane X receptor (PXR), constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and some of their target cytochromes using primary cultures of human hepatocytes. Our results showed that AFB1, at noncytotoxic increasing concentrations, caused a significant upregulation of cytochrome P 2B6 (CYP2B6), CYP3A5, and to a lesser extent CYP3A4 and CYP2C9. Pregnane X receptor and CAR mRNA expression increased in the 3 treated livers. Aflatoxin B1 was found also to induce an overexpression of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 genes accompanied by an increase in AhR mRNA expression. These findings suggest that AFB1 could activate PXR, CAR, and AhR; however, further investigations are needed to confirm nuclear receptor activation by AFB1.
HUANGL,BI HC,LIU YH,et al.CAR-mediated up-regulation of CYP3A4 expression in LS174T cells by Chinese herbal compounds[J].,2011,26(4):331-340.
The () is an orphan nuclear receptor which has been shown to participate in the activation of , which metabolizes more than 50% of clinically used drugs. We investigated the effects of an array of compounds isolated from herbal medicines such as (), (Qian Hu), Cortex Mori Radicis (Sang Bai ), Asteris (Zi Wan), (), Sieb. et Zucc (Hu Zhang), and (Xing) on the -mediated transactivation of . The effect of herbal compounds on expression was measured using a reporter gene assay in transiently transfected intestinal LS174T cells. The gene expression, protein expression, and of in LS174T cells transfected with were determined by using real-time , Western blot analysis, and LC-MS/MS-based substrate assay. The study found that in -transfected cells, praeruptorin A, C, and D significantly induced activity, expression, and functional activity through the -mediated pathway; conversely, induction was not found in untransfected cells. Our findings suggest that these herbal compounds can significantly up-regulate the gene via the -mediated pathway, which has important implications in herb-drug interactions.
ZHANGYW,BAOMH,HUL,et al.Dose-response of oridonin on hepatic cytochromes P450 mRNA expression and activities in mice[J].,2014,155(1):714-720.
ABSTRACT Ethnopharmacological relevance: Oridonin, the major terpene found in Rabdosia rubescens, is widely used as a dietary supplement or therapeutic drug. The effects of oridonin on drug processing genes, such as cytochrome P450 and nuclear receptors, were still unclear. Therefore, the present study investigated the influence of oridonin on the hepatic drug metabolizing system to evaluate the safety through its drug interaction potential. Materials and methods: In this study, eight-week-old male C57BL/6 mice were treated oridonin orally (0, 25, 50, 100, 200 mg/kg, i.g.) for 15 days. The effects of oridonin on major Cyps in mice livers were examined at both the mRNA and enzyme activity levels. Results: In general, there are no significant influence of various dose of oridonin on mice liver function. However, oridonin significantly increased Cyps (1a, 2a, 2d, 2e, 2c and 3a family) mRNA expression. In addition, it could induce Cyps activity in microsome incubation at maximum dosage. To our knowledge, it is the first time to identify oridonin as a Cyps inducer in vivo. It also promotes the expression of CAR, PXR and POR. Conclusion: These results indicate that, if studies in mice extrapolate to humans by orthologous genes, oridonin appears to be a risk to herb-drug interactions due to its induction effects on drug processing genes expression and activation.
WANG YY,YANGJ,LIUH,et al.Effects of tetrahydroxystilbene glucoside on mouse liver cytochrome P450 enzyme expressions[J].,2015,45(4):279-285.
1. To investigate the effects of tetrahydroxystilbene (TSG), the main active component of multiflorum, on liver () enzyme protein expressions. Male were randomly divided into the control, TSG low (1065mg/kg) and high dose (4065mg/kg) groups. After TSG intragastrical administration for 3, 5 and 7 d, were sacrificed and the body and liver weight were detected. The enzymes and various factors such as , and α protein expressions in livers were measured by Western blotting assay. 2. No significant difference of body and liver weight between the control and TSG treatment groups was detected. Additionally, TSG decreased and protein expressions after TSG treatment for 3, 5 and 7 d, respectively. Moreover, TSG suppressed protein expression after TSG treatment for 5 and 7 d. Furthermore, TSG high dose inhibited and protein expressions after TSG treatment for 5 and 7 d, while both TSG low dose and high dose obviously decreased α protein level from TSG treatment for 3 d. 3. TSG has inhibitory effects on liver , and protein expressions through the suppression of , and α activation.
LAU AJ,YANGG,RAJARAMANG,et al.Human pregnane X receptor agonism by Ginkgo biloba extrat:assessment of the role of individual ginkgolides[J].,2010,335(3):771-780.
ABSTRACT Ginkgo biloba extract activates pregnane X receptor (PXR), but how this occurs is not known. Therefore, we investigated the mechanism of PXR activation by the extract and the role of five individual terpene trilactones in the activation. In a cell-based reporter gene assay, G. biloba extract activated human PXR (hPXR), and at a concentration present in the extract, ginkgolide A, but not ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, ginkgolide J, or bilobalide was partially responsible for the increase in hPXR activity of the extract. Likewise, in cultured human hepatocytes, only ginkgolide A contributed to the increase in hPXR target gene expression (CYP3A4 mRNA and CYP3A-mediated testosterone 6-hydroxylation). The extract, but none of the terpene trilactones, bound to hPXR ligand-binding domain, as analyzed by a time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer competitive binding assay. Only the extract and ginkgolide A recruited steroid receptor coactivator-1, as determined by a mammalian two-hybrid assay. Compared with hPXR, rat PXR (rPXR) was activated to a lesser extent by G. biloba extract. Similar to hPXR, only ginkgolide A contributed to rPXR activation by the extract. In contrast to the effect of G. biloba extract on PXR function, it did not affect hPXR expression. Overall, the main conclusions are that G. biloba extract is an hPXR agonist, and among the five terpene trilactones investigated, only ginkgolide A contributes to the actions of the extract. Our findings provide insights into the biological and chemical mechanisms of hPXR activation by G. biloba extract.
SULEMP,GUDBJARTSSONDF,GELLERF,et al.Sequence variants at CYP1A1-CYP1A2 and AHR associate with coffee consumption[J].,2011,20(10):2071-2077.
Coffee is the most commonly used stimulant and caffeine is its main psychoactive ingredient. The heritability of coffee consumption has been estimated at around 50%. We performed a meta-analysis of four genome-wide association studies of coffee consumption among coffee drinkers from Iceland (n = 2680), The Netherlands (n = 2791), the Sorbs Slavonic population isolate in Germany (n = 771) and the USA (n = 369) using both directly genotyped and imputed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (2.5 million SNPs). SNPs at the two most significant loci were also genotyped in a sample set from Iceland (n = 2430) and a Danish sample set consisting of pregnant women (n = 1620). Combining all data, two sequence variants significantly associated with increased coffee consumption: rs2472297-T located between CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 at 15q24 (P = 5.4 10(-14)) and rs6968865-T near aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) at 7p21 (P = 2.3 10(-11)). An effect of 0.2 cups a day per allele was observed for both SNPs. CYP1A2 is the main caffeine metabolizing enzyme and is also involved in drug metabolism. AHR detects xenobiotics, such as polycyclic aryl hydrocarbons found in roasted coffee, and induces transcription of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2. The association of these SNPs with coffee consumption was present in both smokers and non-smokers.