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Table 4 Activation of mouse, rat, rabbit, and chicken PXRs

From: Evolution of pharmacologic specificity in the pregnane X receptor

Cmp #

Compound

Mouse PXR Activity (efficacy, ε, in parentheses)

Rat PXR Activity (efficacy, ε, in parentheses)

Rabbit PXR Activity (efficacy, ε, in parentheses)

Chicken PXR Activity (efficacy, ε, in parentheses)

BI004

Murideoxycholic acid

5.09 (ε = 0.76)

4.80 (ε = 0.22)

4.52 (ε = 1.86)

No effect

BI005

Chenodeoxycholic acid

No effect

No effect

4.70 (ε = 0.42)

4.70 (ε = 0.36)

BI008

Deoxycholic acid

No effect

5.00 (ε = 0.32)

4.44 (ε = 0.37)

No effect

BI011

Lithocholic acid

4.86 (ε = 0.48)

4.78 (ε = 0.42)

4.80 (ε = 0.70)

5.09 (ε = 0.17)

BI020

Cholic acid

No effect

4.82 (ε = 0.42)

4.02 (ε = 0.67)

4.47 (ε = 0.36)

BI023

5β-Cholestan-3α,7α,12α-triol

5.85 (ε = 1.23)

5.65 (ε = 0.72)

5.41 (ε = 0.37)

5.89 (ε = 0.27)

BI034

5β-Scymnol sulfate

4.44 (ε = 0.85)

4.40 (ε = 0.85)

4.09 (ε = 1.93)

4.37 (ε = 0.88)

BI036

5α-Cyprinol sulfate

4.78 (ε = 0.29)

4.50 (ε = 0.28)

4.09 (ε = 0.43)

4.51 (ε = 0.61)

BI038

3α,7α,12αtTrihydroxy-5β-cholestan-27-oic acid, taurine conjugated

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

BI046

Tauro-β-muricholic acid

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

BI047

7α-Hydroxycholesterol

No effect

No effect

No effect

No effect

PR2

5β-Pregnane-3,20-dione

5.36 (ε = 0.84)

5.24 (ε = 1.01)

4.90 (ε = 1.0)

5.59 (ε = 0.81)

MI3

Benzo [a]pyren

4.86 (ε = 0.94)

4.85 (ε = 0.45)

No effect

4.40 (ε = 0.50)

MI4

n -Butyl- p -aminobenzoate

No effect

< 4

< 4

> 100

MI22

Nifedipine

4.64 (ε = 0.51)

5.26 (ε = 0.68)

4.61 (ε = 0.29)

6.14 (ε = 1.00)

MI34

TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodienzo- p -dioxin)

7.00 (ε = 1.60)

6.70 (ε = 0.83)

No effect

7.04 (ε = 0.06)

AN1

5α-Androstan-3α-,17β-diol

   

5.07 (ε = 2.28)

AN3

5α-Androstan-3α-ol

   

5.38 (ε = 0.85)

AN21

5α-Androst-16-en-3β-ol

   

5.14 (ε = 2.99)

AN22

5α-Androst-16-en-3-one

   

4.99 (ε = 0.77)

BI031

Allocholic acid

   

No effect

BI006

Glycochenodeoxycholic acid

   

4.60 (ε = 0.41)

BI007

Taurochenodeoxycholic acid

   

No effect

BI009

Glycodeoxycholic acid

  

4.81 (ε = 0.40)

 

BI010

Taurodeoxycholic acid

  

4.84 (ε = 0.15)

 

BI017

ω-Muricholic acid

No effect

No effect

  

BI018

α-Muricholic acid

4.59 (ε = 2.63)

3.95 (ε = 1.31)

  

BI019

β-Muricholic acid

No effect

No effect

  

BI021

Glycocholic acid

No effect

No effect

 

No effect

BI022

Taurocholic acid

4.07 (ε = 0.93)

No effect

 

No effect

BI042

7-Ketodeoxycholic acid

  

4.31 (ε = 1.55)

 

PR13

Pregenolone 16α-carbonitrile

6.41 (ε = 1.0)

6.20 (ε = 1.0)

  
  1. Activities are in -log(EC50), with EC50 in molar units for the activation of mouse, rat, rabbit, or chicken PXRs. Efficacy is relative to 20 μM pregnenolone 16α-carbonitrile (mouse and rat PXRs), 50 μM 5α-pregnan-3,20-dione (rabbit PXR), or 20 μM nifedipine (chicken PXR) which are assigned an efficacy of 1.0. The training set consists of the 16 compounds highlighted in bold font.