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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Since CYP3A4 is responsible for the biotransformation of over 50% of all clinically used drugs, induction results in an increased clearance of many concomitantly administered drugs, thereby decreasing treatment efficacy or, in the case of prodrugs, lead to severe intoxications. CYP3A4 induction is regulated by the pregnane X receptor, constitutive androstane receptor, and vitamin D receptor. Since these nuclear receptors show large interspecies differences, accurate prediction of nuclear receptor-mediated CYP3A4 induction in humans requires the use of human systems. Because primary cultures of human hepatocytes or enterocytes have major drawbacks like poor availability and poor reproducibility, human cell lines are a good alternative. In this study, the widely used HepG2 cell line was compared with the LS180 cell line to serve as a model to study CYP3A4 induction. There was a clear difference between the cell lines with respect to CYP3A enzyme expression and induction. In LS180, CYP3A4 was expressed and was found to be induced by prototypical nuclear receptor agonists, whereas in HepG2, CYP3A4 was nonresponsive to treatment with rifampicin, CITCO [6-(4-chlorophenyl)imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazole-5-carbaldehyde-O-3,4-dichlorobenzyl) oxime], or calcitriol. We subsequently evaluated whether these host-cell differences also have an effect on CYP3A4 reporter gene activity. We clearly show that there are differences in CYP3A4 reporter activity between the cell lines, and based on these results and those found on mRNA and protein level, we conclude that LS180 is a more suitable cell line to study CYP3A4 induction than the widely used HepG2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1521-009X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1166-71
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of two immortalized human cell lines to study nuclear receptor-mediated CYP3A4 induction.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biomedical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. s.harmsen@uu.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't