ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020
Antimigraine Drug Avitriptan Is a Ligand and Agonist of Human Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor That Induces CYP1A1 in Hepatic and Intestinal Cells.
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The efforts for therapeutic targeting of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) have emerged in recent years. We investigated the effects of available antimigraine triptan drugs, having an indole core in their structure, on AhR signaling in human hepatic and intestinal cells. Activation of AhR in reporter gene assays was observed for Avitriptan and to a lesser extent for Donitriptan, while other triptans were very weak or no activators of AhR. Using competitive binding assay and by homology docking, we identified Avitriptan as a low-affinity ligand of AhR. Avitriptan triggered nuclear translocation of AhR and increased binding of AhR in CYP1A1 promotor DNA, as revealed by immune-fluorescence microscopy and chromatin immune-precipitation assay, respectively. Strong induction of
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