Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology · 2021
Megestrol acetate is a specific inducer of CYP3A4 mediated by human pregnane X receptor.
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Chen Yakun, Tang Yong, Nie Jeffrey Z, Zhang Yuanqin, Nie Daotai
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PURPOSE: Megestrol acetate is a synthetic progestogen used to treat some cancers and cancer-associated cachexia, but its potential interactions with other drugs are not well known. This study aims to determine the regulation of drug metabolizing enzymes by megestrol acetate.
METHODS: Primary human hepatocytes were treated and analyzed by PCR array to identify genes involved in drug metabolism that are impacted by megestrol acetate. P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) reporter gene assay and HPLC analyses of nifedipine metabolites were used to determine CYP3A4 gene expression and activities. Competitive ligand binding assay was used to determine the affinity of megestrol acetate toward human pregnane x receptor (hPXR). Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and mammalian two hybrid assay were used to determine the mechanism of megestrol to activate hPXR.
RESULTS: The levels and activities of CYP3A4 were significantly induced (> 4-folds) by megestrol acetate in human hepatocytes and HepG2 cells. Megestrol treatment induced CYP3A4 through the activation of hPXR, a ligand-activated transcription factor that plays a role in drug metabolism and transport. Other tested nuclear receptors showed no response. The mechanism studies showed that megestrol activated hPXR by binding to the ligand binding domain (LBD) of hPXR and increasing the recruitment of the cofactors such as steroid receptor cofactor (SRC-1).
CONCLUSION: The results suggest that megestrol acetate is a specific inducer of CYP3A4 mediated by hPXR and therefore has the potential to cause drug interactions, especially in the co-administration with drugs that are substrates of CYP3A4.
METHODS: Primary human hepatocytes were treated and analyzed by PCR array to identify genes involved in drug metabolism that are impacted by megestrol acetate. P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) reporter gene assay and HPLC analyses of nifedipine metabolites were used to determine CYP3A4 gene expression and activities. Competitive ligand binding assay was used to determine the affinity of megestrol acetate toward human pregnane x receptor (hPXR). Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and mammalian two hybrid assay were used to determine the mechanism of megestrol to activate hPXR.
RESULTS: The levels and activities of CYP3A4 were significantly induced (> 4-folds) by megestrol acetate in human hepatocytes and HepG2 cells. Megestrol treatment induced CYP3A4 through the activation of hPXR, a ligand-activated transcription factor that plays a role in drug metabolism and transport. Other tested nuclear receptors showed no response. The mechanism studies showed that megestrol activated hPXR by binding to the ligand binding domain (LBD) of hPXR and increasing the recruitment of the cofactors such as steroid receptor cofactor (SRC-1).
CONCLUSION: The results suggest that megestrol acetate is a specific inducer of CYP3A4 mediated by hPXR and therefore has the potential to cause drug interactions, especially in the co-administration with drugs that are substrates of CYP3A4.