TABLE 2

Imidazoles with PXR transactivation agonist and antagonist data from HepG2 cells

The luciferase based reporter assay was performed using HepG2 cells as described previously (Zhu et al., 2004) using an 11-point dose-response curve from 2.5 to 50 μM. Maximum activation observed is percentage of rifampicin response at 10 μM. For further experimental details, see Materials and Methods.


Compound

Luciferase-DMSO (Agonist Mode)

Luciferase-Rifampicin (Antagonist Mode)
EC50
Maximum Activation Observed
EC50
Maximum Activation Observed
μM % μM %
CDD3508 4.4 73 23.9 108
CDD3530 1.5 70 14.3 110
CDD3532 1.3 81 14.4 110
CDD3538 1.4 92 18.4 108
CDD3540 1.9 56 15.8 110
Clotrimazole
1.1
96
16.7
107