The expression of pregnane X receptor and its target gene, cytochrome P450 3A1, in perinatal mouse

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作者
Masuyama, H [1 ]
Hiramatsu, Y [1 ]
Mizutani, Y [1 ]
Inoshita, H [1 ]
Kudo, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Okayama Univ, Sch Med, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Okayama 7008558, Japan
关键词
pregnane X receptor; steroidogenesis; cytochrome P450; fetus; placenta;
D O I
10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00395-6
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Recently, pregnane X receptor (PXR) has been described to mediate the genomic effects of several steroid hormones, such as progesterone (P), glucocorticoid (Dex), pregnenolone (Preg), and xenobiotics through the cytochrome P-450 3A gene family (CYP3A), which are monooxygenases, responsible for the oxidative metabolism of some endogenous substrates and xenobiotics. In the present study, we used a transient transfection reporter gene expression assay of COS-7 cells to demonstrate that P, Dex and Preg significantly stimulate PXR-mediated transcription at relatively high concentration comparable with that of progesterone near term pregnancy. In yeast two-hybrid protein interaction assay, PXR interacted with nuclear receptor coactivator proteins, SRC1, RIP140, and SUGI in a ligand-dependent manner. The expression of PXR mRNA was observed in the liver, intestine, uterus, ovary and placenta. The expressions of PXR mRNA in the liver and ovary increased towards term about fifty-fold compared with that of non-pregnancy and decreased postpartum. Its expression in the placenta was not drastically changed towards term. CYP3A, a target gene of PXR, was also expressed in the liver, ovary, and placenta. The expressions of CYP3A mRNA as well as PXR in the liver and ovary increased about 20-fold during prenatal period. These data suggest: that PXR may play certain roles in perinatal period, possibly in the protection of the feto-maternal system from the toxic effect of endogenous steroids and foreign substrates. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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