Tang C, Hochman JH, Ma B, Subramanian R, Vyas KP. Acyl glucuronidation and glucosidation of a new and selective endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonist in human liver microsomes.
Drug Metab Dispos 2003;
31:37-45. [PMID:
12485951 DOI:
10.1124/dmd.31.1.37]
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Abstract
Compound A [(+)-(5S,6R,7R)-2-isopropylamino-7-[4-methoxy-2-((2R)-3-methoxy-2-methylpropyl)-5-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl) cyclopenteno [1,2-b] pyridine 6-carboxylic acid] is a new and selective endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonist. It underwent significant acyl glucuronidation and acyl glucosidation in human liver microsomes supplemented with UDP-glucuronic acid (UDPGA) and UDP-glucose (UDPG). These two conjugations were observed in a panel of human liver microsomal samples (n = 16) that gave rise to varying activities but with no significant correlation with each other in the native and activator-treated microsomal preparations (r(2) <or= 0.4, p > 0.05). The lack of correlation may be explained by the involvement of multiple UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs; UGT1A1, 1A3, 1A9, 2B7 and 2B15) in the glucuronidation but essentially solely UGT2B7 in the glucosidation. Both reactions conformed to monophasic Michaelis-Menten kinetics in human liver microsomes. The glucuronidation reaction exhibited apparent K(m) values (mean +/- S.E.) for compound A and UDPGA of 8.4 +/- 0.6 and 605 +/- 35 microM, respectively, whereas the values for the glucosidation reaction were 10.2 +/- 1.5 and 670 +/- 120 microM, respectively. In both pooled human liver microsomes and expressed UGT2B7, UDPG and UDPGA competitively inhibited their counterpart conjugations with K(i) values close to their K(m) values, indicating a comparable affinity of the enzyme toward these two nucleotide sugars. We herein report a drug acyl glucoside formed in human liver microsomes at a considerable turnover rate and provide the evidence for a UGT isoform (UGT2B7) capable of transferring both glucuronic acid and glucose from UDPGA and UDPG to an aglycone.
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