RESUMO
The constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) plays a key role in the expression of xenobiotic/steroid and drug metabolizing enzymes and their transporters. In this study, we demonstrated that protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) is a novel CAR-interacting protein. Furthermore, the PRMT-dependent induction of a CAR reporter gene, which was independent of methyltransferase activity, was enhanced in the presence of steroid receptor coactivator 1 (SRC1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1α) or DEAD box DNA/RNA helicase DP97. Using tetracycline inducible-hCAR system in HepG2 cells, we showed that knockdown of PRMT5 with small interfering RNA suppressed tetracycline -induced mRNA expression of CYP2B6 but not of CYP2C9 or CYP3A4. PRMT5 enhanced phenobarbital-mediated transactivation of a phenobarbital-responsive enhancer module (PBREM)-driven reporter gene in co-operation with PGC-1α in rat primary hepatocytes. Based on these findings, we suggest PRMT5 to be a gene (or promoter)-selective coactivator of CAR by mediating the formation of complexes between hCAR and appropriate coactivators.
Assuntos
Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Receptores Citoplasmáticos e Nucleares/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Receptor Constitutivo de Androstano , Citocromo P-450 CYP2B6/genética , Citocromo P-450 CYP2B6/metabolismo , Citocromo P-450 CYP2C9/genética , Citocromo P-450 CYP2C9/metabolismo , Citocromo P-450 CYP3A/genética , Citocromo P-450 CYP3A/metabolismo , RNA Helicases DEAD-box/genética , RNA Helicases DEAD-box/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Humanos , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Coativador 1 de Receptor Nuclear/genética , Coativador 1 de Receptor Nuclear/metabolismo , Coativador 1-alfa do Receptor gama Ativado por Proliferador de Peroxissomo , Proteína-Arginina N-Metiltransferases/genética , Receptores Citoplasmáticos e Nucleares/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Ativação TranscricionalRESUMO
The constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) plays a key role in the expression of xenobiotic/steroid and drug metabolizing enzymes and their transporters. In this study, we demonstrated that DP97, a member of the DEAD box DNA/RNA helicase protein family, is a novel CAR-interacting protein. Using HepG2 cells expressing human CAR in the presence of tetracycline, we showed that knockdown of DP97 with small interfering RNAs suppressed tetracycline-inducible mRNA expression of CYP2B6 and UGT1A1 but not CYP3A4. Thus, DP97 was found to be a gene (or promoter)-selective co-activator for hCAR. DP97-mediated CAR transactivation was synergistically enhanced by the co-expression of SRC-1 or PGC1α, therefore it might act as mediator between hCAR and appropriate co-activators.