The Anti-Cancer Drug Dabrafenib Is a Potent Activator of the Human Pregnane X Receptor.
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Creusot N, Gassiot M, Alaterre E, Chiavarina B, Grimaldi M, Boulahtouf A, Toporova L, Gerbal-Chaloin S, Daujat-Chavanieu M, Matheux A, Rahmani R, Gongora C, Evrard A, Pourquier P, Balaguer P
The Anti-Cancer Drug Dabrafenib Is a Potent Activator of the Human Pregnane X Receptor.
Cells. 2020 Jul 8;9(7). pii: cells9071641. doi: 10.3390/cells9071641.
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The human pregnane X receptor (hPXR) is activated by a large set of endogenous and exogenous compounds and plays a critical role in the control of detoxifying enzymes and transporters regulating liver and gastrointestinal drug metabolism and clearance. hPXR is also involved in both the development of multidrug resistance and enhanced cancer cells aggressiveness. Moreover, its unintentional activation by pharmaceutical drugs can mediate drug-drug interactions and cause severe adverse events. In that context, the potential of the anticancer BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib suspected to activate hPXR and the human constitutive androstane receptor (hCAR) has not been thoroughly investigated yet. Using different reporter cellular assays, we demonstrate that dabrafenib can activate hPXR as efficiently as its reference agonist SR12813, whereas it does not activate mouse or zebrafish PXR nor hCAR. We also showed that dabrafenib binds to recombinant hPXR, induces the expression of hPXR responsive genes in colon LS174T-hPXR cancer cells and human hepatocytes and finally increases the proliferation in LS174T-hPXR cells. Our study reveals that by using a panel of different cellular techniques it is possible to improve the assessment of hPXR agonist activity for new developed drugs.
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Drug Enzyme Kind Organism Pharmacological Action Actions Dabrafenib Cytochrome P450 2C19 Protein Humans NoSubstrateInhibitorInducerDetails Dabrafenib Cytochrome P450 2C8 Protein Humans NoSubstrateInhibitorDetails Dabrafenib Cytochrome P450 3A4 Protein Humans NoSubstrateInhibitorInducerDetails