Antimigraine Drug Avitriptan Is a Ligand and Agonist of Human Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor That Induces CYP1A1 in Hepatic and Intestinal Cells

Antimigraine Drug Avitriptan Is a Ligand and Agonist of Human Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor That Induces CYP1A1 in Hepatic and Intestinal Cells

<b> </b>The efforts for therapeutic targeting of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) have emerged in recent years. We investigated the effects of available antimigraine triptan drugs, having an indole core in their structure, on AhR signaling in human hepatic and intestinal cells. Activa...

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Main Authors: Barbora Vyhlídalová, Kristýna Krasulová, Petra Pečinková, Karolína Poulíková, Radim Vrzal, Zdeněk Andrysík, Aneesh Chandran, Sridhar Mani, Zdenek Dvorak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
Antimigraine drugs
Triptans
repurposing
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/8/2799

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