PMID- 21127142 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110614 LR - 20181201 IS - 1521-009X (Electronic) IS - 0090-9556 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 3 DP - 2011 Mar TI - Gestational and pregnane X receptor-mediated regulation of placental ATP-binding cassette drug transporters in mice. PG - 465-71 LID - 10.1124/dmd.110.034983 [doi] AB - The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) drug transporters in the placenta are involved in controlling the exchange of endogenous and exogenous moieties. Pregnane X receptor (PXR) is a nuclear receptor that regulates the hepatic expression of several key ABC transporters, but it is unclear whether PXR is involved in the regulation of these transporters in the placenta. This study explores the role of PXR in the regulation of placental drug transporters. The placental mRNA expression of Mdr1a, Bcrp, and Mrp1, 2, and 3 was examined in PXR knockout (-/-), heterozygote (+/-), and wild-type (+/+) mice by quantitative PCR. The impact of PXR activation was examined in pregnant pregnane-16alpha-carbonitrile (PCN)-treated mice. Compared with that in controls, the basal expression of Mdr1a, Bcrp, Mrp1, and Mrp2 was significantly higher in (+/-) and (-/-) mice. Alterations in the expression of mdr1a, bcrp, and mrp1, 2, and 3 between gestational day (GD) 10 and GD 17 was dissimilar between (+/+) and (-/-) mice. Although PCN treatment induced maternal and fetal hepatic expression of Cyp3a11; placental expression of transporters were not significantly changed. Overall, our results suggest a repressive role of PXR in the basal expression of several placental transporters and a tissue-specific induction of these target genes after PXR activation. FAU - Gahir, Sarabjit S AU - Gahir SS AD - Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Piquette-Miller, Micheline AU - Piquette-Miller M LA - eng GR - FRN 57688/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20101202 PL - United States TA - Drug Metab Dispos JT - Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals JID - 9421550 RN - 0 (ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B) RN - 0 (ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2) RN - 0 (ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters) RN - 0 (Abcg2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (Pregnancy Proteins) RN - 0 (Pregnane X Receptor) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Steroid) RN - 1434-54-4 (Pregnenolone Carbonitrile) RN - 9EI49ZU76O (multidrug resistance protein 3) SB - IM MH - ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B/genetics/metabolism MH - ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2 MH - ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Female MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects MH - Liver/drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Organ Specificity MH - Placenta/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Pregnancy MH - Pregnancy Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Pregnane X Receptor MH - Pregnenolone Carbonitrile/pharmacology MH - Protein Isoforms/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Receptors, Steroid/agonists/genetics/*metabolism MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction EDAT- 2010/12/04 06:00 MHDA- 2011/06/15 06:00 CRDT- 2010/12/04 06:00 PHST- 2010/12/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/12/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/06/15 06:00 [medline] AID - dmd.110.034983 [pii] AID - 10.1124/dmd.110.034983 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Metab Dispos. 2011 Mar;39(3):465-71. doi: 10.1124/dmd.110.034983. Epub 2010 Dec 2.