Abstract
Smoking induces a wide range of drug-metabolizing enzymes. Among them, CYP2B6 as well as CYP1A2 is well known to be up-regulated in smokers. Although the induction of CYP1A2 is mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, the molecular mechanisms of CYP2B6 induction by smoking remain to be fully elucidated. In this study, by preparing cigarette smoke extract (CSE), we addressed the possibility that human constitutive androstane receptor (hCAR) is involved in smoking-mediated induction of CYP2B6. In HepG2 cells, CSE induced CYP1A2 but not CYP2B6, suggesting that CYP2B6 expression is differentially regulated from CYP1A2. Compared with liver in vivo, hCAR expression is dramatically reduced in cultured hepatocytes, such as HepG2. Therefore, to reconstitute hCAR signaling pathways in vitro, we generated adenovirus vector expressing hCAR. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analyses revealed that the adenoviral transfection of hCAR resulted in the up-regulation of CYP2B6 mRNA, even in the absence of CSE. It is interesting to note that CSE stimulation augmented hCAR-mediated induction of CYP2B6. In contrast, the expression of CYP2B6 was not enhanced by adenovirus vector expressing β-galactosidase, a control vector, either in the presence or absence of CSE. In summary, hCAR mediated the CYP2B6 induction by CSE in Hep2G cells. These data suggest that smoking up-regulates CYP2B6 through hCAR in vivo.
Footnotes
- Received June 7, 2010.
- Accepted October 18, 2010.
This work was supported in part by the Japanese Research Foundation for Clinical Pharmacology (to M.M.); and by Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants for Comprehensive Research on Cardiovascular and Life-Style Related Diseases (to M.M., S.N., Y.F., and J.A.).
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doi:10.1124/dmd.110.034504.
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ABBREVIATIONS:
- AhR
- aryl hydrocarbon receptor
- hCAR
- human constitutive androstane receptor
- Ad-hCAR
- adenovirus vector expressing hCAR
- CSE
- cigarette smoke extract
- PBS
- phosphate-buffered saline
- RT-PCR
- reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
- HEK
- human embryonic kidney
- MOI
- multiplicity of infection
- Ad-βgal
- adenovirus vector expressing β-galactosidase.
- Copyright © 2011 by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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