Establishment and analysis of a mouse model that regulates sex-related differences in liver drug metabolism. 2018

Hiromi Chikada, and Kinuyo Ida, and Emi Ando, and Yutaka Inagaki, and Akemi Sakamoto, and Akihide Kamiya
Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan.

The adult liver performs many metabolic functions for maintaining homeostasis. There are several sex differences in liver function and disease pathogenesis. One important function of the liver is drug metabolism, where cytochrome p450s (CYPs) in hepatocytes are the main enzymes involved. The toxicity of various drugs and chemicals differs with sex due to differences in hepatocytic CYP expression. However, the molecular mechanism regulating sex-related differences in drug metabolism remains unknown. In this study, we identified transcriptional regulator B-cell lymphoma 6 (Bcl6) as an important factor in sex-biased differential CYP expression. Microarray analysis of livers derived from liver-specific Bcl6-knockout mice showed that Bcl6 is required for sex-biased CYP expression patterns in the liver. Additionally, quantitative PCR analysis revealed that hepatocytic expression of male-biased genes, such as Cyp2d9, Cyp2u1, Cyp4a12a/12b, and Cyp7b1, in liver-specific Bcl6-knockout male mice significantly decreased to levels similar to those observed in wild-type female mice. Conversely, hepatocytic expression of female-biased genes, such as Cyp2a4/2a5, Cyp2b9, Cyp3a41, and Cyp17a1, significantly increased in liver-specific Bcl6-knockout male mice. Deletion of Bcl6 caused female-like expression of CYPs in male livers. These results suggest that Bcl6 is a key regulator of sex-related differential regulation of drug metabolism. Moreover, serum sex hormone levels and fertility did not change in liver-specific, Bcl6-knockout mice. Hepatocytic Bcl6 regulates sex-related differential CYP expression in the liver without changing the sex of the whole body. Thus, this mouse model is useful for analyzing liver-specific sex-dependent regulation of drug metabolism and pathogenesis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D008658 Inactivation, Metabolic Reduction of pharmacologic activity or toxicity of a drug or other foreign substance by a living system, usually by enzymatic action. It includes those metabolic transformations that make the substance more soluble for faster renal excretion. Detoxication, Drug, Metabolic,Drug Detoxication, Metabolic,Metabolic Detoxication, Drug,Detoxification, Drug, Metabolic,Metabolic Detoxification, Drug,Metabolic Drug Inactivation,Detoxication, Drug Metabolic,Detoxication, Metabolic Drug,Detoxification, Drug Metabolic,Drug Inactivation, Metabolic,Drug Metabolic Detoxication,Drug Metabolic Detoxification,Inactivation, Metabolic Drug,Metabolic Drug Detoxication,Metabolic Inactivation
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012727 Sex Characteristics Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction. Gender Characteristics,Gender Differences,Gender Dimorphism,Sex Differences,Sex Dimorphism,Sexual Dichromatism,Sexual Dimorphism,Characteristic, Gender,Characteristic, Sex,Dichromatism, Sexual,Dichromatisms, Sexual,Difference, Sex,Dimorphism, Gender,Dimorphism, Sex,Dimorphism, Sexual,Gender Characteristic,Gender Difference,Gender Dimorphisms,Sex Characteristic,Sex Difference,Sex Dimorphisms,Sexual Dichromatisms,Sexual Dimorphisms
D012739 Gonadal Steroid Hormones Steroid hormones produced by the GONADS. They stimulate reproductive organs, germ cell maturation, and the secondary sex characteristics in the males and the females. The major sex steroid hormones include ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; and TESTOSTERONE. Gonadal Steroid Hormone,Sex Hormone,Sex Steroid Hormone,Sex Steroid Hormones,Sex Hormones,Hormone, Gonadal Steroid,Hormone, Sex,Hormone, Sex Steroid,Hormones, Gonadal Steroid,Hormones, Sex Steroid,Steroid Hormone, Gonadal,Steroid Hormone, Sex,Steroid Hormones, Gonadal,Steroid Hormones, Sex
D051560 Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6 A DNA-binding protein that contains an N-terminal BTB (POZ) DOMAIN and C-terminal CYS2-HIS2 ZINC FINGERS. It represses GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION of target genes by recruiting HISTONE DEACETYLASES. Aberrant Blc-6 expression is associated with certain types of human B-CELL LYMPHOMA. bcl-6 Proto-Oncogene Proteins,c-bcl-6 Protein,c-bcl-6 Proto-Oncogene Proteins,B-Cell Lymphoma 6 Protein,Proto-Oncogene Protein bcl-6,Proto-Oncogene Protein c-bcl-6,Zinc Finger Protein 51,B Cell Lymphoma 6 Protein,Proto Oncogene Protein bcl 6,Proto Oncogene Protein c bcl 6,Proto Oncogene Proteins c bcl 6,Proto-Oncogene Proteins, bcl-6,Proto-Oncogene Proteins, c-bcl-6,bcl 6 Proto Oncogene Proteins,bcl-6, Proto-Oncogene Protein,c bcl 6 Protein,c bcl 6 Proto Oncogene Proteins,c-bcl-6, Proto-Oncogene Proteins
D018345 Mice, Knockout Strains of mice in which certain GENES of their GENOMES have been disrupted, or "knocked-out". To produce knockouts, using RECOMBINANT DNA technology, the normal DNA sequence of the gene being studied is altered to prevent synthesis of a normal gene product. Cloned cells in which this DNA alteration is successful are then injected into mouse EMBRYOS to produce chimeric mice. The chimeric mice are then bred to yield a strain in which all the cells of the mouse contain the disrupted gene. Knockout mice are used as EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS for diseases (DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL) and to clarify the functions of the genes. Knockout Mice,Mice, Knock-out,Mouse, Knockout,Knock-out Mice,Knockout Mouse,Mice, Knock out
D022781 Hepatocytes The main structural component of the LIVER. They are specialized EPITHELIAL CELLS that are organized into interconnected plates called lobules. Hepatic Cells,Cell, Hepatic,Cells, Hepatic,Hepatic Cell,Hepatocyte

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