Phenobarbital Confers its Diverse Effects by Activating the Orphan Nuclear Receptor Car
Open Access
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Drug Metabolism Reviews
- Vol. 38 (1-2) , 75-87
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03602530600569851
Abstract
In the early 1960s, phenobarbital (PB) was shown to induce hepatic drug metabolism and the induction was implicated in the molecular mechanism of drug tolerance development. Since then, it has become evident that PB not only induces drug metabolism, but also triggers pleiotropic effects on liver function, such as cell growth and communication, proliferation of the endoplasmic reticulum, tumor promotion, glucose metabolism, steroid/thyroid hormone metabolism, and bile acid synthesis. Upon activation by PB and numerous PB-type inducers, the nuclear receptor CAR mediates those pleiotropic actions by regulating various hepatic genes, utilizing multiple regulatory mechanisms.Keywords
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