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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2017

Interleukin-6 Induces DEC1, Promotes DEC1 Interaction with RXRα and Suppresses the Expression of PXR, CAR and Their Target Genes.

Rui Ning, Yunran Zhan, Shuangcheng He, Jinhua Hu, Zhu Zhu, Gang Hu, Bingfang Yan, Jian Yang, Wei Liu

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rui NingDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yunran ZhanDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Shuangcheng HeDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jinhua HuDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zhu ZhuDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Gang HuDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Bingfang YanPharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Therapy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, United States.
Jian YangDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Wei LiuDepartment of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNUniversity of Rhode Island · US

Funding

Signaling of the Pregnane X ReceptorR01GM061988 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI DENG, RUITANG · 2000 to 2016
$3.0M
Biodegradable hollow CUS nanoparticles for photothermal cancer therapyR01EB018748 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI YAN, BINGFANG · 2013 to 2016
$1.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB018748NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM061988
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory burden is a primary cellular event in many liver diseases, and the overall capacity of drug elimination is decreased. PXR (pregnane X receptor) and CAR (constitutive androstane receptor) are two master regulators of genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters. DEC1 (differentiated embryonic chondrocyte-expressed gene 1) is a ligand-independent transcription factor and reportedly is induced by many inflammatory cytokines including IL-6. In this study, we used primary hepatocytes (human and mouse) as well as HepG2 cell line and demonstrated that IL-6 increased DEC1 expression and decreased the expressions of PXR, CAR, and their target genes. Overexpression of DEC1 had similar effect as IL-6 on the expression of these genes, and knockdown of DEC1 reversed their downregulation by IL-6. Interestingly, neither IL-6 nor DEC1 altered the expression of RXRα, a common dimerization partner for many nuclear receptors including PXR and CAR. Instead, DEC1 was found to interact with RXRα and IL-6 enhanced the interaction. These results conclude that DEC1 uses diverse mechanisms of action and supports IL-6 downregulation of drug-elimination genes and their regulators.

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DEC1hepatocytesinterleukin-6PXR/CARtarget genes

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PMID29234281
PMCPMC5712319
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