Beyond the human genome: examples of nuclear receptor analysis in model organisms and potential for drug discovery

Jodi M Maglich; Ann E Sluder; Tim M Willson; John T Moore

doi:10.2165/00129785-200303050-00005

Beyond the human genome: examples of nuclear receptor analysis in model organisms and potential for drug discovery

Am J Pharmacogenomics. 2003;3(5):345-53. doi: 10.2165/00129785-200303050-00005.

Authors

Jodi M Maglich¹, Ann E Sluder, Tim M Willson, John T Moore

Affiliation

¹ Nuclear Receptor Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.

PMID: 14575522
DOI: 10.2165/00129785-200303050-00005

Abstract

The nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily is a large group of related, pharmacologically important receptors, comprising the targets for over 10% of commonly prescribed drugs. Cross-genome analysis of NR sequence, structure, and biological function, provides an important source of information on the function of human NRs and thus plays a role in NR drug discovery. For example, research on the pregnane X receptor (PXR; NR1I2), constitutive androstane receptor (CAR; NR1I3), hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF4; NR2A1), and farnesoid X receptor (FXR) illustrate how the study of nonhuman orthologs has provided new insights into NR biology and has increased our understanding of human NRs and orphan NR function. Understanding differences between humans and pharmacological model species may provide useful tools for the development of new NR-binding drugs.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence / genetics
Animals
Constitutive Androstane Receptor
Genome, Human*
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / genetics*
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / metabolism
Technology, Pharmaceutical / methods*

Substances

Constitutive Androstane Receptor
NR1I3 protein, human
Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear