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SR9011 displays reasonable plasma exposure, thus, the expression of REV-ERB responsive genes is examined in the liver of mice treated with various doses of SR9011 for 6-days. The plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 gene (Serpine1) is a REV-ERB target gene and displays dose-dependent suppression of expression in response to SR9011. The cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (Cyp7a1) and sterol response element binding protein (Srepf1) genes have also been shown to be responsive to REV-ERB and are dose-dependently suppressed with increasing amounts of SR9011. After 12 days in D:D conditions mice are injected with a single dose of SR9011 or vehicle at CT6 (peak expression of Rev-erbα). Vehicle injection causes no disruption in circadian locomotor activity. However, administration of a single dose of SR9011 results in loss of locomotor activity during the subject dark phase. Normal activity returns the next circadian cycle, consistent with clearance of the drugs in less than 24h. The SR9011-dependent decrease in wheel running behavior in the mice under constant darkness conditions is dose-dependent and that the potency (ED₅₀=56 mg/kg) is similar to the potency of SR9011-mediated suppression of a REV-ERB responsive gene, Srebf1 , in vivo (ED₅₀=67mg/kg)^[1].