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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
Antagonizing the action of the human nuclear xenobiotic receptor pregnane X receptor (PXR) may have important clinical implications in preventing drug-drug interactions and improving therapeutic efficacy. We provide evidence that a naturally occurring phytoestrogen, coumestrol, is an antagonist of the nuclear receptor PXR (NR1I2). In transient transfection assays, coumestrol was able to suppress the agonist effects of SR12813 on human PXR activity. PXR activity was assessed and correlated with effects on the metabolism of the anesthetic tribromoethanol and on gene expression in primary human hepatocytes. We found that coumestrol was able to suppress the effects of PXR agonists on the expression of the known PXR target genes, CYP3A4 and CYP2B6, in primary human hepatocytes as well as inhibit metabolism of tribromoethanol in humanized PXR mice. Coumestrol at concentrations above 1.0 microm competed in scintillation proximity assays with a labeled PXR agonist for binding to the ligand-binding cavity. However, mammalian two-hybrid assays and transient transcription data using ligand-binding-cavity mutant forms of PXR show that coumestrol also antagonizes coregulator recruitment. This effect is likely by binding to a surface outside the ligand-binding pocket. Taken together, these data imply that there are antagonist binding site(s) for coumestrol on the surface of PXR. These studies provide the basis for development of novel small molecule inhibitors of PXR with the ultimate goal of clinical applications toward preventing drug-drug interactions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CYP3A4 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Coumestrol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ethanol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histone Acetyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NCOA1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ncoa1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phytoestrogens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Steroid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/S-mephenytoin N-demethylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/constitutive androstane receptor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pregnane X receptor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tribromoethanol
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0888-8809
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
838-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Coumestrol, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Histone Acetyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Phytoestrogens, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Receptors, Steroid, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18096694-Two-Hybrid System Techniques
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The phytoestrogen coumestrol is a naturally occurring antagonist of the human pregnane X receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't