Abstract
Reporter assays are useful to study nuclear receptor activation and for example to evaluate the propensity of novel drug candidates to cause induction of drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes. Here, we describe a protocol for a reverse transfection system to study the activation of human nuclear receptors constitutive androstane receptor and pregnane X receptor. The system provides long-term stability and uniformity of DNA–carrier complexes, thus avoiding the inherent variation in conventional transfection methods. Further, the system is easily adaptable for different studies. It offers reproducible and reliable results for early drug development and mechanistic studies related to nuclear receptor activation and resulting changes in gene expression.
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Küblbeck, J., Honkakoski, P. (2019). A Reverse Transfection Method for Screening of Nuclear Receptor Activators. In: Badr, M. (eds) Nuclear Receptors. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1966. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9195-2_13
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