TABLE 2

Target genes of the xenosensors CXR, PXR, and CAR a

Class Gene Organism Response Element Receptor Reference
Drug oxidation (phase I) Cyp1a1 Mouse ? CAR Maglich et al., 2002
CYP1a2 Mouse ? CAR Maglich et al., 2002
CYP2a4 Mouse ? CAR Maglich et al., 2002
CYP2B1/2 Rat DR-4 CAR, PXR Sueyoshi and Negishi, 2001
CYP2B6 Human DR-4 CAR, PXR Sueyoshi and Negishi, 2001
CYP2b10 Mouse DR-4 CAR, PXR Sueyoshi and Negishi, 2001
CYP2C8 Human DR-4 PXR Ferguson et al., 2002b
CYP2C9 Human DR-4 CAR, PXR Gerbal-Chaloin et al., 2002
CYP2C19 Human DR-4 CAR Ferguson et al., 2002a
CYP2C45 Chicken DR-4 CXR Baader et al., 2002
CYP2H1 Chicken DR-4 CXR Handschin and Meyer, 2000
CYP3A2 Rat DR-3 PXR Sueyoshi and Negishi, 2001
CYP3A4 Human ER-6, DR-3, DR-4 PXR, CAR Sueyoshi and Negishi, 2001
CYP3A7 Human ER-6 PXR Sueyoshi and Negishi, 2001
CYP3a11 Mouse ? PXR, CAR Maglich et al., 2002
CYP3A23 Rat DR-4 PXR Sueyoshi and Negishi, 2001
CYP3A37 Chicken DR-4 CXR Podvinec et al., 2002
Aldh1 Mouse ? PXR, CAR Maglich et al., 2002
Est1 Mouse ? CAR Ueda et al., 2002a
F-monoox. Mouse ? CAR Ueda et al., 2002a
Drug conjugation (phase II) GST Mouse ? CAR Maglich et al., 2002
Sultn Mouse ? CAR Maglich et al., 2002
Std Mouse IR-0 PXR Sonoda et al., 2002
UGT1A1 Human DR-4 CAR Sugatani et al., 2001
Ugt1a1 Mouse ? PXR Maglich et al., 2002
Drug import/export MDR1 Human DR-4 PXR Geick et al., 2001
Mdr1a Mouse ? PXR, CAR Maglich et al., 2002
Mdr1b Mouse ? PXR Maglich et al., 2002
Mrp1 Mouse ? CAR Maglich et al., 2002
Mrp2 Mouse ER-8 PXR, CAR Kast et al., 2002
Mrp3 Mouse ? PXR, CAR Maglich et al., 2002
Oatp2 Mouse ? PXR Maglich et al., 2002
OATP2 Rat DR-3 PXR Guo et al., 2002
Essential accessory proteins ALAS1 Chicken DR-4 CXR Fraser et al., 2002
Alas1 Mouse ? PXR, CAR Maglich et al., 2002
Methyltransferase Mouse ? CAR Ueda et al., 2002a
PAPS synthase Mouse ? CAR, PXR Ueda et al., 2002a
Por Mouse ? PXR, CAR Maglich et al., 2002
Receptors AhR Mouse ? CAR Maglich et al., 2002
CAR Mouse ? PXR Maglich et al., 2002
ear-2 Human ? CAR Sugatani et al., 2001
PXR Mouse ? PXR Maglich et al., 2002
Other enzymes and proteins Aquaporin 1 Mouse ? CAR Ueda et al., 2002a
cAMP-reg. PP Mouse ? CAR Ueda et al., 2002a
IGFBP1 Human ? CAR Sugatani et al., 2001
HD Mouse DR-2 CAR Kassam et al., 2000
iNOS Human DR-4 PXR, CAR Toell et al., 2002
Semaphorin-3 Mouse ? CAR Ueda et al., 2002a
SOD3 Human ? CAR Sugatani et al., 2001
  • a List of target genes that are induced by any of the xenosensors. Genes included were identified as direct target genes with response elements or found to be reduced in PXR or CAR knockout animals. References are either reviews or primary papers describing the respective genes. See text for details or further references. Abbreviations: Aldh, aldehyde dehydrogenase; Est, esterase; GST, glutathione S-transferase; Sultn, sulfotransferase; Std, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase; UGT, UDP-glucuronosyl transferase; Mdr, intestinal P-glycoprotein; Mrp, multidrug-resistance protein; Oatp, organic anion transporting peptide; F-monoox, flavin containing mono-oxygenase; Por, cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase; iNOS, inducible nitric-oxide synthase; cAMP-reg. PP, cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein; SOD, superoxide dismutase; IGFBP, insulin-like growth factor-binding protein; HD, enoyl-CoA hydratase/3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase