Comparison of the hepatic and thyroid gland effects of sodium phenobarbital and pregnenolone-16α-carbonitrile in wild-type and constitutive androstane receptor (CAR)/pregnane X receptor (PXR) knockout rats
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Comparison of the hepatic and thyroid gland effects of sodium phenobarbital and pregnenolone-16α-carbonitrile in wild-type and constitutive androstane receptor (CAR)/pregnane X receptor (PXR) knockout rats
Abstract
The hepatic and thyroid gland effects of the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) activator sodium phenobarbital (NaPB) and the pregnane X receptor (PXR) activator pregnenolone-16α-carbonitrile (PCN) were examined in male Sprague-Dawley wild-type (WT) and knockout (KO) rats lacking both hepatic CAR and PXR receptors (CAR KO/PXR KO rats). The treatment of WT rats for 7 d with 500 ppm NaPB in the diet and 100 mg/kg/d PCN by gavage resulted in increased relative liver weight, hepatocyte hypertrophy, increased hepatocyte replicative DNA synthesis (RDS) and induction of cytochrome P450 CYP2B and CYP3A subfamily enzymes. NaPB and PCN also induced thyroid gland follicular cell RDS and hepatic microsomal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity towards thyroxine as substrate. These effects were not observed in the liver and thyroid gland of CAR KO/PXR KO rats. Male C57BL/6 J (WT) and CAR KO/PXR KO mice were given 1000 ppm NaPB in the diet for 7 d. In WT, but not in CAR KO/PXR KO, mice NaPB treatment resulted in liver hypertrophy and induction of hepatocyte RDS and Cyp2b enzymes. These results suggest that the CAR KO/PXR KO rat and mouse models are useful experimental models for mode of action studies with rodent CAR activators.
Keywords: Constitutive androstane receptor; cytochrome P450; pregnane X receptor; pregnenolone-16α-carbonitrile; receptor knockout rats; replicative DNA synthesis; sodium phenobarbital.
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