Given an abstract from a research paper, your task is to identify and label relationships between chemical compounds and genes mentioned in the abstract.

The relationship type must be one of ['DOWNREGULATOR', 'SUBSTRATE', 'INDIRECT-REGULATOR', 'PART-OF', 'MODULATOR-ACTIVATOR', 'REGULATOR', 'INHIBITOR', 'COFACTOR', 'UPREGULATOR', 'ACTIVATOR', 'ANTAGONIST', 'NOT', 'INDIRECT-DOWNREGULATOR', 'SUBSTRATE_PRODUCT-OF', 'INDIRECT-UPREGULATOR', 'AGONIST', 'PRODUCT-OF', 'MODULATOR', 'DIRECT-REGULATOR', 'UNDEFINED', 'AGONIST-INHIBITOR', 'AGONIST-ACTIVATOR', 'MODULATOR-INHIBITOR'].

Please format your output as a JSON array. Each entry in the array should express a single relation, formatted as ["<Entity_A>", "<RELATION_A_B>", "<Entity_B>"]. If no relations can be found, please output an empty JSON array [].

Abstract:

Effect of pitavastatin on apolipoprotein A-I production in HepG2 cell. There are few reports describing the mechanism of HDL-elevating action of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins). As it is considered that the key step of HDL production is the secretion of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), we investigated the effect of statins on apoA-I synthesis and secretion by HepG2 cell to elucidate the mechanism of the action. Each statin induced apoA-I expression (mRNA and protein) dose-dependently: the rank order of the apoA-I induction pitavastatin (3 microM) >simvastatin (10 microM) >atorvastatin (30 microM). The induction of apoA-I by statins disappeared with addition of mevalonate, which indicates that the effect is HMG-CoA reductase inhibition-dependent. Based on HMG-CoA reductase inhibition, pitavastatin-induced apoA-I more efficiently than simvastatin and atorvastatin. Further study revealed that pitavastatin increased ABCA1 mRNA in HMG-CoA reductase-dependent manner and that Rho and Rho kinase inhibitor (C3 T and Y27632) increased apoA-I production in the HepG2 cells. These results suggest that pitavastatin efficiently increases apoA-I in the culture medium of HepG2 cells by promoting apoA-I production through inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase and suppression of Rho activity and by protecting apoA-I from catabolism through ABCA1 induction and lipidation of apoA-I.
[["pitavastatin", "INDIRECT-UPREGULATOR", "ABCA1"], ["simvastatin", "INDIRECT-UPREGULATOR", "apoA-I"], ["pitavastatin", "INHIBITOR", "HMG-CoA reductase"], ["Y27632", "INDIRECT-UPREGULATOR", "apoA-I"], ["Y27632", "INHIBITOR", "Rho kinase"], ["pitavastatin", "INHIBITOR", "Rho"], ["atorvastatin", "INDIRECT-UPREGULATOR", "apoA-I"], ["mevalonate", "INDIRECT-DOWNREGULATOR", "apoA-I"], ["pitavastatin", "REGULATOR", "apolipoprotein A-I"], ["pitavastatin", "INDIRECT-UPREGULATOR", "apoA-I"], ["pitavastatin", "INDIRECT-REGULATOR", "apoA-I"], ["Y27632", "INHIBITOR", "Rho"]]