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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 104, Issue 3, Pages 1045-1050Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0610216104
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drug metabolism; induction; mitochondria; reactive oxygen species
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Transcriptional activation of cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes and various drug metabolizing enzymes by the prototypical inducer phenobarbital (PB) and many other drugs and chemicals is an adaptive response of the organism to exposure to xenobiotics. The response to PS is mediated by the nuclear receptor constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), whereas the chicken xenobiotic receptor (CXR) has been characterized as the PB mediator in chicken hepatocytes. Our previous results suggested an involvement of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in the molecular mechanism of PB induction. Here, we show that the mechanism of AMPK activation is related to an effect of PB-type inducers on mitochondrial function with consequent formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and phosphorylation of AMPK by the upstream kinase LKB1. Gain- and loss-of-function experiments demonstrate that LKB1-activated AMPK is necessary in the mechanism of drug induction and that this is an evolutionary conserved pathway for detoxification of exogenous and endogenous chemicals. The activation of LKB1 adds a proximal target to the so far elusive sequence of events by which PB and other drugs induce the transcription of multiple genes.
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