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Rendić SP, Crouch RD, Guengerich FP. Roles of selected non-P450 human oxidoreductase enzymes in protective and toxic effects of chemicals: review and compilation of reactions. Arch Toxicol 2022; 96:2145-2246. [PMID: 35648190 PMCID: PMC9159052 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-022-03304-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This is an overview of the metabolic reactions of drugs, natural products, physiological compounds, and other (general) chemicals catalyzed by flavin monooxygenase (FMO), monoamine oxidase (MAO), NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase (NQO), and molybdenum hydroxylase enzymes (aldehyde oxidase (AOX) and xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR)), including roles as substrates, inducers, and inhibitors of the enzymes. The metabolism and bioactivation of selected examples of each group (i.e., drugs, "general chemicals," natural products, and physiological compounds) are discussed. We identified a higher fraction of bioactivation reactions for FMO enzymes compared to other enzymes, predominately involving drugs and general chemicals. With MAO enzymes, physiological compounds predominate as substrates, and some products lead to unwanted side effects or illness. AOX and XOR enzymes are molybdenum hydroxylases that catalyze the oxidation of various heteroaromatic rings and aldehydes and the reduction of a number of different functional groups. While neither of these two enzymes contributes substantially to the metabolism of currently marketed drugs, AOX has become a frequently encountered route of metabolism among drug discovery programs in the past 10-15 years. XOR has even less of a role in the metabolism of clinical drugs and preclinical drug candidates than AOX, likely due to narrower substrate specificity.
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- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, 37204, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232-0146, USA
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Steinke I, Ghanei N, Govindarajulu M, Yoo S, Zhong J, Amin RH. Drug Discovery and Development of Novel Therapeutics for Inhibiting TMAO in Models of Atherosclerosis and Diabetes. Front Physiol 2020; 11:567899. [PMID: 33192565 PMCID: PMC7658318 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.567899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Diabetes mellitus exists as a comorbidity with congestive heart failure (CHF). However, the exact molecular signaling mechanism linking CHF as the major form of mortality from diabetes remains unknown. Type 2 diabetic patients display abnormally high levels of metabolic products associated with gut dysbiosis. One such metabolite, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), has been observed to be directly related with increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in human patients. TMAO a gut-liver metabolite, comes from the metabolic degenerative product trimethylamine (TMA) that is produced from gut microbial metabolism. Elevated levels of TMAO in diabetics and obese patients are observed to have a direct correlation with increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events. The pro-atherogenic effect of TMAO is attributed to enhancing inflammatory pathways with cholesterol and bile acid dysregulation, promoting foam cell formation. Recent studies have revealed several potential therapeutic strategies for reducing TMAO levels and will be the central focus for the current review. However, few have focused on developing rational drug therapeutics and may be due to the gaps in knowledge for understanding the mechanism by which microbial TMA producing enzymes and hepatic flavin-containing monoxygenase (FMO) can work together in preventing elevation of TMAO levels. Therefore, it is critical to understand the advantages of developing a novel rational drug design strategy that manipulates FMO production of TMAO and TMA production by microbial enzymes. This review will focus on the inspection of FMO manipulation, as well as gut microbiota dysbiosis and its influence on metabolic disorders including cardiovascular disease and describe novel potential pharmacological therapeutic development.
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- Ian Steinke
- Drug Discovery and Development, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Drug Discovery and Development, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Drug Discovery and Development, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- Drug Discovery and Development, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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Bouchemal N, Ouss L, Brassier A, Barbier V, Gobin S, Hubert L, de Lonlay P, Le Moyec L. Diagnosis and phenotypic assessment of trimethylaminuria, and its treatment with riboflavin: 1H NMR spectroscopy and genetic testing. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019; 14:222. [PMID: 31533761 PMCID: PMC6751875 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-019-1174-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Trimethylaminuria (TMAU) is a metabolic disorder characterized by the excessive excretion of the malodorous compound trimethylamine (TMA). The diagnosis of TMAU is challenging because this disorder is situated at the boundary between biochemistry and psychiatry. Here, we used nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assess TMAU in 13 patients. We also sequenced the FMO3 gene in 11 of these patients. Treatment with vitamin B2 was prescribed. Results Two patients (aged 3 and 9 years at the initial consultation) had a particularly unpleasant body odor, as assessed by their parents and the attending physicians. The presence of high urine TMA levels confirmed the presence of a metabolic disorder. The two (unrelated) children carried compound heterozygous variants in the FMO3 gene. In both cases, vitamin B2 administration decreased TMA excretion and reduced body odor. The 11 adults complained of an unpleasant body odor, but the physicians did not confirm this. In all adult patients, the urine TMA level was within the normal range reported for control (non-affected) subjects, although two of the patients displayed an abnormally high proportion of oxidized TMA. Seven of the 9 tested adult patients had a hypomorphic variant of the FMO3 gene; the variant was found in the homozygous state, in the heterozygous state or combined with another hypomorphic variant. All 11 adults presented a particular psychological or psychiatric phenotype, with a subjective perception of unpleasant odor. Conclusions The results present the clinical and biochemical data of patients complaining of unpleasant body odor. Contrary to adult patients, the two children exhibited all criteria of recessively inherited trimethylaminuria, suspected by parents in infancy. B2 vitamin treatment dramatically improved the unpleasant body odor and the ratio of TMA/Cr vs TMAO/Cr in the urine in the children. Other patients presented a particular psychological or psychiatric phenotype.
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- Nadia Bouchemal
- CSPBAT, UMR 7244, CNRS, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France.
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- Reference Centre for Metabolic Diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Imagine Institute, Université Paris-Descartes, APHP, Paris, France.,Service de Pédopsychiatrie, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Reference Centre for Metabolic Diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Imagine Institute, Université Paris-Descartes, APHP, Paris, France
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- Reference Centre for Metabolic Diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Imagine Institute, Université Paris-Descartes, APHP, Paris, France
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- Unité de Génétique moléculaire, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Reference Centre for Metabolic Diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Imagine Institute, Université Paris-Descartes, APHP, Paris, France
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- Reference Centre for Metabolic Diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Imagine Institute, Université Paris-Descartes, APHP, Paris, France
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Phillips IR, Shephard EA. Flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3): genetic variants and their consequences for drug metabolism and disease. Xenobiotica 2019; 50:19-33. [DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2019.1643515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ian R. Phillips
- Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK
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Fiori J, Turroni S, Candela M, Brigidi P, Gotti R. Simultaneous HS-SPME GC-MS determination of short chain fatty acids, trimethylamine and trimethylamine N-oxide for gut microbiota metabolic profile. Talanta 2018; 189:573-578. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Veeravalli S, Karu K, Scott F, Fennema D, Phillips IR, Shephard EA. Effect of Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase Genotype, Mouse Strain, and Gender on Trimethylamine N-oxide Production, Plasma Cholesterol Concentration, and an Index of Atherosclerosis. Drug Metab Dispos 2017; 46:20-25. [PMID: 29070510 PMCID: PMC5733448 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.117.077636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The objectives of the study were to determine the contribution, in mice, of members of the flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) family to the production of trimethylamine (TMA) N-oxide (TMAO), a potential proatherogenic molecule, and whether under normal dietary conditions differences in TMAO production were associated with changes in plasma cholesterol concentration or with an index of atherosclerosis (Als). Concentrations of urinary TMA and TMAO and plasma cholesterol were measured in 10-week-old male and female C57BL/6J and CD-1 mice and in mouse lines deficient in various Fmo genes (Fmo1−/−, 2−/−, 4−/−, and Fmo5−/−). In female mice most TMA N-oxygenation was catalyzed by FMO3, but in both genders 11%–12% of TMA was converted to TMAO by FMO1. Gender-, Fmo genotype-, and strain-related differences in TMAO production were accompanied by opposite effects on plasma cholesterol concentration. Plasma cholesterol was negatively, but weakly, correlated with TMAO production and urinary TMAO concentration. Fmo genotype had no effect on Als. There was no correlation between Als and either TMAO production or urinary TMAO concentration. Our results indicate that under normal dietary conditions TMAO does not increase plasma cholesterol or act as a proatherogenic molecule.
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- Sunil Veeravalli
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (S.V., F.S., D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.) and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Chemistry (K.K.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (I.R.P.)
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (S.V., F.S., D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.) and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Chemistry (K.K.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (I.R.P.)
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (S.V., F.S., D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.) and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Chemistry (K.K.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (I.R.P.)
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (S.V., F.S., D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.) and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Chemistry (K.K.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (I.R.P.)
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (S.V., F.S., D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.) and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Chemistry (K.K.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (I.R.P.)
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (S.V., F.S., D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.) and Mass Spectrometry Facility, Department of Chemistry (K.K.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (I.R.P.)
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Fennema D, Phillips IR, Shephard EA. Trimethylamine and Trimethylamine N-Oxide, a Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase 3 (FMO3)-Mediated Host-Microbiome Metabolic Axis Implicated in Health and Disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 44:1839-1850. [PMID: 27190056 PMCID: PMC5074467 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.116.070615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) is known primarily as an enzyme involved in the metabolism of therapeutic drugs. On a daily basis, however, we are exposed to one of the most abundant substrates of the enzyme trimethylamine (TMA), which is released from various dietary components by the action of gut bacteria. FMO3 converts the odorous TMA to nonodorous TMA N-oxide (TMAO), which is excreted in urine. Impaired FMO3 activity gives rise to the inherited disorder primary trimethylaminuria (TMAU). Affected individuals cannot produce TMAO and, consequently, excrete large amounts of TMA. A dysbiosis in gut bacteria can give rise to secondary TMAU. Recently, there has been much interest in FMO3 and its catalytic product, TMAO, because TMAO has been implicated in various conditions affecting health, including cardiovascular disease, reverse cholesterol transport, and glucose and lipid homeostasis. In this review, we consider the dietary components that can give rise to TMA, the gut bacteria involved in the production of TMA from dietary precursors, the metabolic reactions by which bacteria produce and use TMA, and the enzymes that catalyze the reactions. Also included is information on bacteria that produce TMA in the oral cavity and vagina, two key microbiome niches that can influence health. Finally, we discuss the importance of the TMA/TMAO microbiome-host axis in health and disease, considering factors that affect bacterial production and host metabolism of TMA, the involvement of TMAO and FMO3 in disease, and the implications of the host-microbiome axis for management of TMAU.
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- Diede Fennema
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London (D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.), and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (I.R.P.), London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London (D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.), and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (I.R.P.), London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London (D.F., I.R.P., E.A.S.), and School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (I.R.P.), London, United Kingdom
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Shephard EA, Treacy EP, Phillips IR. Clinical utility gene card for: Trimethylaminuria - update 2014. Eur J Hum Genet 2015; 23:ejhg2014226. [PMID: 25335494 PMCID: PMC4538216 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Elizabeth A Shephard
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK
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- National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Detection of volatile malodorous compounds in breath: current analytical techniques and implications in human disease. Bioanalysis 2014; 6:357-76. [PMID: 24471956 DOI: 10.4155/bio.13.306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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For the last few decades intense scientific research has been placed on the relationship between trace substances found in exhaled breath such as volatile organic compounds (VOC) and a wide range of local or systemic diseases. Although currently there is no general consensus, results imply that VOC have a different profile depending on the organ or disease that generates them. The association between a specific pathology and exhaled breath odor is particularly evident in patients with medical conditions such as liver, renal or oral diseases. In other cases the unpleasant odors can be associated with the whole body and have a genetic underlying cause. The present review describes the current advances in identifying and quantifying VOC used as biomarkers for a number of systemic diseases. A special focus will be placed on volatiles that characterize unpleasant breath 'fingerprints' such as fetor hepaticus; uremic fetor; fetor ex ore or trimethylaminuria.
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Mo F, Zheng J, Wang P, Lian L, Yi G, Xu G, Yang N. Quail FMO3 gene cloning, tissue expression profiling, polymorphism detection and association analysis with fishy taint in eggs. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81416. [PMID: 24282592 PMCID: PMC3840012 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Quail eggs comprise a significant and favourable part of table eggs in certain countries. Some quail eggs, however, present fishy off-flavor which directly influences their quality. It is reported that flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) is associated with fish-odour trait in human and animal products. FMO3 is responsible for the degradation of trimethylamine (TMA) in vivo. Loss-of-function mutations in FMO3 gene can result in defective TMA N-oxygenation, giving rise to disorder known as “fish-odour syndrome” in human, as well as the fishy off-flavor in cow milk and chicken eggs. In order to reveal the genetic factor of fishy taint in quail eggs, we cloned the cDNA sequence of quail FMO3 gene, investigated FMO3 mRNA expression level in various tissues, detected SNPs in the coding region of the gene and conducted association analysis between a mutation and the TMA content in quail egg yolks. The 1888 bp cDNA sequence of quail FMO3 gene encoding 532 amino acids was obtained and characterized. The phylogenetic analysis revealed quail FMO3 had a closer relationship with chicken FMO3. The FMO3 mRNA was highly expressed in liver and kidney of quail. Nine SNPs were detected in the coding sequence of quail FMO3 gene, including a nonsense mutation (Q319X) which was significantly associated with the elevated TMA content in quail egg yolks. Genotype TT at Q319X mutation loci was sensitive to choline. With addition of choline in the feed, the quails with homozygote TT at the Q319X mutation loci laid fish-odour eggs, indicating an interaction between genotype and diet. The results indicated that Q319X mutation was associated with the fishy off-flavor in quail eggs. Identification of the unfavorable allele T of quail FMO3 gene can be applied in future quail breeding to eliminate fishy off-flavor trait in quail eggs.
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- Fengtao Mo
- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Türkanoğlu Özçelik A, Can Demirdöğen B, Demirkaya Ş, Adalı O. Flavin containing monooxygenase 3 genetic polymorphisms Glu158Lys and Glu308Gly and their relation to ischemic stroke. Gene 2013; 521:116-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Revised: 02/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Molecular cloning, sequence characterization, SNP detection, and tissue expression analysis of duck FMO3 gene. Mol Cell Biochem 2013; 379:141-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-013-1636-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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FMO3 allelic variants in Sicilian and Sardinian populations: trimethylaminuria and absence of fish-like body odor. Gene 2012; 515:410-5. [PMID: 23266626 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The N-oxygenation of amines by the human flavin-containing monooxygenase (form 3) (FMO3) represents an important means for the conversion of lipophilic nucleophilic heteroatom-containing compounds into more polar and readily excreted products. In healthy individuals, virtually all Trimethylamine (TMA) are metabolized to Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the FMO3 gene have been described and result in an enzyme with decreased or abolished functional activity for TMA N-oxygenation thus leading to TMAU, or fish-like odor syndrome. Three coding region variants, c. G472A (p.E158K) in exon 4, c. G769A (p.V257M) in exon 6, and c.A923G (p.E308G) in exon 7, are common polymorphisms identified in all population examined so far and are associated with normal or slightly reduced TMA N-oxygenation activity. However, simultaneous occurrence of 158K and 308G variants results in a more pronounced decrease in FMO3 activity. A fourth polymorphism, c. G1424A (p.G475D) in exon 9, less common in the general population, was observed in individuals suffering severe or moderate trimethylaminuria. The aim of this study was to determine the allelic and genotypic distributions of these four FMO3 variants in 528 healthy individuals collected from the Sicilian and Sardinian populations together with haplotype and linkage analyses. Finally, we present data on the genotype-phenotype correlation by ESI-MS/MS TMA/TMAO urinary determination in 158KK/308EG individuals. Variant 158K shows the same frequency in Sicilian and Sardinian populations while variant 257M was not observed in the Sardinian sampling. No significant differences were found for 308G and 475D variants among two populations. Cis-linkage between 158K and 308G was confirmed with the compound variant (158K-308G) being found in a proportion of 0.9% and 0.3% of Sicilian subjects, and 0.01% and 0.5% in Sardinian population. Urinary determination of TMA/TMAO ratio in 158KK/308EG individuals showed a considerable reduction in FMO3 activity although they do not show the classical features of trimethylaminuria as a strong body odor and breath. Our data support the conclusion that trimethylaminuria is not always accompanied by a fish-like odor, despite the coexistence in the same individual of the two variants 158K and 308G, and other factors account for the expression of that phenotype.
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A genome-wide metabolic QTL analysis in Europeans implicates two loci shaped by recent positive selection. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1002270. [PMID: 21931564 PMCID: PMC3169529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We have performed a metabolite quantitative trait locus (mQTL) study of the 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR) metabolome in humans, building on recent targeted knowledge of genetic drivers of metabolic regulation. Urine and plasma samples were collected from two cohorts of individuals of European descent, with one cohort comprised of female twins donating samples longitudinally. Sample metabolite concentrations were quantified by 1H NMR and tested for association with genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Four metabolites' concentrations exhibited significant, replicable association with SNP variation (8.6×10−11<p<2.8×10−23). Three of these—trimethylamine, 3-amino-isobutyrate, and an N-acetylated compound—were measured in urine. The other—dimethylamine—was measured in plasma. Trimethylamine and dimethylamine mapped to a single genetic region (hence we report a total of three implicated genomic regions). Two of the three hit regions lie within haplotype blocks (at 2p13.1 and 10q24.2) that carry the genetic signature of strong, recent, positive selection in European populations. Genes NAT8 and PYROXD2, both with relatively uncharacterized functional roles, are good candidates for mediating the corresponding mQTL associations. The study's longitudinal twin design allowed detailed variance-components analysis of the sources of population variation in metabolite levels. The mQTLs explained 40%–64% of biological population variation in the corresponding metabolites' concentrations. These effect sizes are stronger than those reported in a recent, targeted mQTL study of metabolites in serum using the targeted-metabolomics Biocrates platform. By re-analysing our plasma samples using the Biocrates platform, we replicated the mQTL findings of the previous study and discovered a previously uncharacterized yet substantial familial component of variation in metabolite levels in addition to the heritability contribution from the corresponding mQTL effects. Physiological concentrations of metabolites—small molecules involved in biochemical processes in living systems—can be measured and used to diagnose and predict disease states. A common goal is to detect and clinically exploit statistical differences in metabolite concentrations between diseased and healthy individuals. As a basis for the design and interpretation of case-control studies, it is useful to have a characterization of metabolic diversity amongst healthy individuals, some of which stems from inter-individual genetic variation. When a single genetic locus has a sufficiently strong effect on metabolism, its genomic position can be determined by collecting metabolite concentration data and genome-wide genotype data on a set of individuals and searching for associations between the two data sets—a so-called metabolite quantitative trait locus (mQTL) study. By so tracing mQTLs, we can identify the genetic drivers of metabolism, characterize how the nature or quantity of the corresponding expressed protein(s) feeds forward to influence metabolite levels, and specify disease-predictive models that incorporate mutual dependence amongst genetics, environment, and metabolism.
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Pseudomonas putida A ATCC 12633 oxidizes trimethylamine aerobically via two different pathways. Arch Microbiol 2010; 192:471-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0577-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2010] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Strolin Benedetti M, Whomsley R, Baltes E. Involvement of enzymes other than CYPs in the oxidative metabolism of xenobiotics. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2007; 2:895-921. [PMID: 17125408 DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2.6.895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Although the majority of oxidative metabolic reactions are mediated by the CYP superfamily of enzymes, non-CYP-mediated oxidative reactions can play an important role in the metabolism of xenobiotics. The (major) oxidative enzymes, other than CYPs, involved in the metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotics are: the flavin-containing monooxygenases, the molybdenum hydroxylases (aldehyde oxidase and xanthine oxidase), the prostaglandin H synthase, the lipoxygenases, the amine oxidases (monoamine, polyamine, diamine and semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidases) and the alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases. In a similar manner to CYPs, these oxidative enzymes can also produce therapeutically active metabolites and reactive/toxic metabolites, modulate the efficacy of therapeutically active drugs or contribute to detoxification. Many of them have been shown to be important in endobiotic metabolism, and, consequently, interactions between drugs and endogenous compounds might occur when they are involved in drug metabolism. In general, most non-CYP oxidative enzymes appear to be noninducible or much less inducible than the CYP system, although some of them may be as inducible as some CYPs. Some of these oxidative enzymes exhibit polymorphic expression, as do some CYPs. It is possible that the contribution of non-CYP oxidative enzymes to the overall metabolism of xenobiotics is underestimated, as most investigations of drug metabolism in discovery and lead optimisation are performed using in vitro test systems optimised for CYP activity.
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Zhou J, Shephard EA. Mutation, polymorphism and perspectives for the future of human flavin-containing monooxygenase 3. Mutat Res 2006; 612:165-171. [PMID: 16481213 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2005.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2005] [Revised: 06/12/2005] [Accepted: 09/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) catalyze NADPH-dependent monooxygenation of soft-nucleophilic nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorous atoms contained within various drugs, pesticides, and xenobiotics. Flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) is responsible for the majority of FMO-mediated xenobiotic metabolism in the adult human liver. Mutations in the FMO3 gene can result in defective trimethylamine (TMA) N-oxygenation, which gives rise to the disorder known as trimethylaminuria (TMAU) or "fish-odour syndrome". To date 18 mutations of FMO3 gene have been reported that cause TMAU, and polymorphic variants of the gene have also been identified. Interindividual variability in the expression of FMO3 may affect drug and foreign chemical metabolism in the liver and other tissues. It is important therefore to study how base sequence variation of the FMO3 gene might affect the ability of individuals and different ethnic population groups to deal with the variety of environmental chemicals and pharmaceutical products that are substrates for FMO3.
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- Jianhua Zhou
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Soochow University, 462# Zhuhui Road, Suzhou 215007, China.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
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Caldwell J. Drug metabolism and pharmacogenetics: the British contribution to fields of international significance. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 147 Suppl 1:S89-99. [PMID: 16402125 PMCID: PMC1760745 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The branch of pharmacology we now call 'drug metabolism', the consideration of the enzymes and procesess determining the disposition of drugs in the body, emerged in the 1840s on the continent of Europe, but British science made little or no contribution until the 1920s. From this point on, the development of the field through the 20th century was shaped to a very significant extent by a series of influential British workers, whose contributions were of global significance and who can now be seen as fathers of the subject. Since the 1950s, and gaining pace inexorably from the 1970s, the significance of drug metabolism to human therapeutics has been greatly added to by the emergence of pharmacogenetics, clinically important hereditary variation in response to drugs, which underpins the current emphasis on personalised medicine. This review examines the British contributions to both these fields through the lives of seven key contributors and attempts to place their work both in the context of its time and its lasting influence.
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- John Caldwell
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA.
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Wolrath H, Ståhlbom B, Hallén A, Forsum U. Trimethylamine and trimethylamine oxide levels in normal women and women with bacterial vaginosis reflect a local metabolism in vaginal secretion as compared to urine. APMIS 2005; 113:513-6. [PMID: 16086821 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_175.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The smell of rotten fish is one of the characteristics of bacterial vaginosis (BV), and is due to trimethylamine (TMA). Trimethylamine can be found in human urine, although most of it occurs as the nonvolatile oxide (TMAO) form. The fraction TMA/TMAO can be expected to be the same in different body fluids if no local production of TMA occurs. In women with BV, TMAO in the vaginal fluid is expected to be chemically reduced by the local bacterial flora to the much more odorous TMA. We have therefore studied the local vaginal production of TMA in vaginal secretion compared to the general TMA-TMAO metabolism that was measured in urine using gas chromatography. Both vaginal fluid and random urine samples were collected from women, with and without BV, attending a Swedish clinic for sexually transmitted diseases, and these samples were analyzed for TMA and TMAO. The results show that a local production of TMA occurs in the vagina that is not part of the general metabolism of TMA-TMAO.
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- H Wolrath
- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Bollard ME, Keun HC, Beckonert O, Ebbels TMD, Antti H, Nicholls AW, Shockcor JP, Cantor GH, Stevens G, Lindon JC, Holmes E, Nicholson JK. Comparative metabonomics of differential hydrazine toxicity in the rat and mouse. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2005; 204:135-51. [PMID: 15808519 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2004] [Accepted: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Interspecies variation between rats and mice has been studied for hydrazine toxicity using a novel metabonomics approach. Hydrazine hydrochloride was administered to male Sprague-Dawley rats (30 mg/kg, n = 10 and 90 mg/kg, n = 10) and male B6C3F mice (100 mg/kg, n = 8 and 250 mg/kg, n = 8) by oral gavage. In each species, the high dose was selected to produce the major histopathologic effect, hepatocellular lipid accumulation. Urine samples were collected at sequential time points up to 168 h post dose and analyzed by 1H NMR spectroscopy. The metabolites of hydrazine, namely diacetyl hydrazine and 1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-6-oxo-3-pyridazine carboxylic acid (THOPC), were detected in both the rat and mouse urine samples. Monoacetyl hydrazine was detected only in urine samples from the rat and its absence in the urine of the mouse was attributed to a higher activity of N-acetyl transferases in the mouse compared with the rat. Differential metabolic effects observed between the two species included elevated urinary beta-alanine, 3-D-hydroxybutyrate, citrulline, N-acetylcitrulline, and reduced trimethylamine-N-oxide excretion unique to the rat. Metabolic principal component (PC) trajectories highlighted the greater degree of toxic response in the rat. A data scaling method, scaled to maximum aligned and reduced trajectories (SMART) analysis, was used to remove the differences between the metabolic starting positions of the rat and mouse and varying magnitudes of effect, to facilitate comparison of the response geometries between the rat and mouse. Mice followed "biphasic" open PC trajectories, with incomplete recovery 7 days after dosing, whereas rats followed closed "hairpin" time profiles, indicating functional reversibility. The greater magnitude of metabolic effects observed in the rat was supported by the more pronounced effect on liver pathology in the rat when compared with the mouse.
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- Mary E Bollard
- Biological Chemistry, Biomedical Sciences Division, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Podadera P, Sipahi AM, Arêas JAG, Lanfer-Marquez UM. Diagnosis of suspected trimethylaminuria by NMR spectroscopy. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 351:149-54. [PMID: 15563884 DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2004] [Revised: 08/31/2004] [Accepted: 09/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Trimethylamine (TMA) is a volatile substance produced in the gut, absorbed into the blood and further metabolized by healthy individuals into trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) by TMA-oxidase and then excreted in urine. Patients suffering from trimethylaminuria (TMAU) show an impaired enzymatic oxidation of TMA, excreting this amine in breath, urine and other body secretions which confers an unpleasant body odor. METHODS We diagnosed a Brazilian adult male patient suspected of trimethylaminuria with a burden of choline bitartarate by monitoring the urinary excretion of TMA and TMAO by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-NMR). RESULTS The patient's urinalyses showed an augmented TMA (12.64+/-0.95 mg/l) and TMAO (88.42+/-0.82 mg/l) excretion 6 h after the overload test representing an oxidation capacity of 84.6%, consistent with a heterozygosis condition. Diets containing tuna fish or eggs resulted in an excretion of TMA and TMAO similar to that of the control diet. Only the diet based on dogfish, rich in TMAO, enhanced the excretion of TMA and TMAO reaching 24.65 and 1055.55 mg/l, respectively, in the 0-24 h urine sample. CONCLUSIONS It was concluded first, that the patient was not able to metabolize the dietary overload of TMA and second, that more studies are needed to substantiate foods that should be avoided, especially regarding fish, due to their high TMA precursor contents.
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- Priscilla Podadera
- Departamento de Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 580, CEP 05508-900-São Paulo, Brazil
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Bain MA, Faull R, Fornasini G, Milne RW, Schumann R, Evans AM. Quantifying trimethylamine and trimethylamine-N-oxide in human plasma: interference from endogenous quaternary ammonium compounds. Anal Biochem 2004; 334:403-5. [PMID: 15494149 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Marcus A Bain
- Centre for Pharmaceutical Research, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
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Hernandez D, Addou S, Lee D, Orengo C, Shephard EA, Phillips IR. Trimethylaminuria and a human FMO3 mutation database. Hum Mutat 2003; 22:209-13. [PMID: 12938085 DOI: 10.1002/humu.10252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Trimethylaminuria (TMAuria), or fish-odor syndrome, is due to defective flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3). In the liver, this protein catalyzes the NADPH-dependent oxidative metabolism of odorous trimethylamine (TMA), derived in the gut from dietary sources, to nonodorous trimethylamine N-oxide (TMA N-oxide). Affected individuals are unable to carry out this reaction and consequently exude a fishy body odor, due to the secretion of TMA in their breath and sweat and its excretion in their urine. This leads to a variety of psychosocial problems, including disruption of schooling, clinical depression, and attempted suicide. Twelve missense, three nonsense, and one gross deletion mutation are known to cause TMAuria. FMO3 is also a drug-metabolizing enzyme and compromised activity is expected to have implications for the efficacy of drug treatment and the possibility of adverse drug reactions both in TMAuric patients and in the general population. To date eight polymorphic variants, not associated with TMAuria, have been reported. A human FMO3 mutation database was created using MuStar, a locus-specific database system for maintaining data about allelic variants and distributing these via the World Wide Web. The database currently contains 24 entries and is accessible on the World Wide Web via the URL http://human-fmo3.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/Human_FMO3. Additional entries can be submitted via the curator of the database or via a web-based form.
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- Diana Hernandez
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK
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Mazón Ramos A, Gil-Setas A, Berrade Zubiri S, Bandrés Echeverri T, Wevers R, Engelke U, Zschocke J. [Primary trimethylaminuria or fish odor syndrome. A novel mutation in the first documented case in Spain]. Med Clin (Barc) 2003; 120:219-21. [PMID: 12605812 DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(03)73656-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Trimethylaminuria or fish odor syndrome is a metabolic disorder characterized by a failure in the oxidation route from trimethylamine (TMA) to trimethylamineN-oxide (TMA-O). Primary trimethylaminuria is an inherited autosomic recessive disease due to mutations in the human FMO3 gene. High levels of free TMA in urine and other body fluids confer an unpleasant body odor resembling that of fish. Here we report a case of primary trimethylaminuria in a 4-year-old girl. PATIENT AND METHOD A 4-year-old girl who presented with a strong corporal scent resembling that of fish from the age of 9 months agreeing with the introduction of fish in the diet. The patient did not have other relevant personal history and had a correct psychomotor and growing development. Liver function, urea and creatinine levels were normal. The biochemical diagnosis was done by spectrometry, measuring the amount of TMA and TMA-O prior to and after fish intake. RESULTS Genetic analysis evinced that the patient was homozygous for a novel mutation in exon 3, R51G (c. 151A > G). Both parents were heterozygous. CONCLUSIONS R51G (c. 151 A > G) mutation had not been found in other patients with trimethylaminuria.
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- Ana Mazón Ramos
- Laboratorio de Microbiología, Ambulatorio General Solchaga, Pamplona, España.
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Wolrath H, Borén H, Hallén A, Forsum U. Trimethylamine content in vaginal secretion and its relation to bacterial vaginosis. APMIS 2002; 110:819-24. [PMID: 12588422 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1101108.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The presence of a fishy odor emanating from women who present with a malodorous vaginal discharge is well known. The odor is due to bacterial reduction of trimethylamine oxide to trimethylamine (TMA) in vaginal secretion. The release of TMA from specimens of vaginal fluid following the addition of alkali is often used in making a clinical diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV). We now report a sensitive gas chromatographic method for analysis and quantification of TMA in vaginal fluid in which weighed samples were used. In addition, a proper diagnosis of BV was obtained using Gram-stained smears of the vaginal fluid according to the method of Nugent et al. (R. P. Nugent et al., J Clin Microbiol 1991;29:297-301). We also diagnosed BV according to Hallén et al. (A. Hallén et al. Genitourin Med 1987;63:386-9). TMA was present in all women with a Nugent score between 7 and 10 and in almost all women diagnosed with BV according to the method of Hallén et al. TMA was not found or was only found in very low concentrations in vaginal fluid from women with Nugent scores of 0 to 3. TMA was also found in four women with a negative sniff test. It seems that high levels of TMA in samples of vaginal fluid are typical for BV regardless of the scoring method used for diagnosis. However, low levels of TMA, <5 microg/g vaginal fluid, do not always correlate with BV.
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- Helen Wolrath
- Division of Clinical Microbiology, Dept. of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
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Cashman JR, Zhang J. Interindividual differences of human flavin-containing monooxygenase 3: genetic polymorphisms and functional variation. Drug Metab Dispos 2002; 30:1043-52. [PMID: 12228178 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.30.10.1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The human flavin-containing monooxygenase (form 3) (FMO3) participates in the oxygenation of nucleophilic heteroatom-containing drugs, xenobiotics, and endogenous materials. Currently, six forms of the FMO gene are known, but it is FMO3 that is the major form in adult human liver that is likely responsible for the majority of FMO-mediated metabolism. The substrate structural feature requirements for human FMO3 is beginning to become known to a greater extent and a few chemicals extensively metabolized by FMO3 have been reported. Expression of FMO3 is species- and tissue-specific, but unlike human cytochrome p450, mammalian FMO3 does not appear to be inducible. Interindividual variation in FMO3-dependent metabolism of drugs, chemicals, and endogenous material is therefore more likely due to genetic effects and not environmental ones. Examples of such interindividual variation come from the study of very rare mutations of the human FMO3 gene that have been associated with deficient N-oxygenation of dietary trimethylamine. Defective trimethylamine N-oxygenation causes trimethylaminuria or "fish-like odor syndrome". Information on human FMO3 mutations from individuals suffering from the condition of trimethylaminuria has provided knowledge about the underlying molecular mechanism(s) for trimethylaminuria. A number of common variants of human FMO3 have been reported. Diversification of the FMO3 gene may have led to selective advantages and new functions. As more examples of human FMO3-mediated metabolism of drugs or new chemical entities are discovered in the future, it is possible that FMO3 allelic variation may be shown to contribute to interindividual and interethnic variability of FMO-mediated metabolism. Human FMO3 may be another example of an environmental gene that participates in a protective mechanism to help humans ward off potentially toxic exposure of chemicals.
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- John R Cashman
- Human BioMolecular Research Institute, San Diego 92121, California.
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Cashman JR. Human flavin-containing monooxygenase (form 3): polymorphisms and variations in chemical metabolism. Pharmacogenomics 2002; 3:325-39. [PMID: 12052141 DOI: 10.1517/14622416.3.3.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The human flavin-containing monooxygenases catalyze the oxygenation of nucleophilic heteroatom-containing drugs, xenobiotics and endogenous materials. Evidence for six forms of the FMO gene exist but it is FMO form 3 (FMO3) that is the prominent form in adult human liver that is likely to be associated with the bulk of FMO-mediated metabolism. An understanding of the substrate specificity of human FMO3 is beginning to emerge and several examples of drugs and chemicals extensively metabolized by FMO3 have been reported. Expression of FMO3 is species- and tissue-specific, but unlike human cytochrome P450 (CYP450), mammalian FMO3 does not appear to be inducible. Interindividual variation in FMO3-dependent metabolism of drugs, chemicals and endogenous materials is therefore more likely to be due to genetic and not environmental effects. Certain mutations of the human FMO3 gene have been associated with abnormal N-oxygenation of trimethylamine. Deficient N-oxygenation of trimethylamine results in a condition called trimethylaminuria. Some treatment strategies for this inborn error of metabolism are discussed. Other common variants of the FMO3 gene including E158K, V257M and E308G have been observed. It is possible that allelic variation of human FMO3 causes abnormal metabolism of chemicals and has clinical implications for human drug metabolism, but this is an understudied area. Human FMO3 allelic variation may eventually be shown to contribute to interindividual and interethnic variability in FMO3-mediated metabolism. Human FMO3 may be another example of an environmental gene that participates in a protective mechanism to help shield humans from potentially toxic exposure to chemicals. Heterogeneity in the relative frequencies of single and multiple site alleles, haplotypes and genotypes of the human FMO3 amongst various ethnic groups suggests population differences.
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- John R Cashman
- Human BioMolecular Research Institute, 5310 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Niizeki N, Daikoku T, Hirata T, El-Shourbagy I, Song X, Sakaguchi M. Mechanism of biosynthesis of trimethylamine oxide from choline in the teleost tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, under freshwater conditions. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2002; 131:371-86. [PMID: 11959019 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(01)00508-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanism of biosynthesis of trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) from dietary precursors in the teleost tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was investigated. Diets supplemented with quaternary ammonium choline, glycine betaine, carnitine or phosphatidylcholine were administered and significant increases in TMAO levels in the muscle were only observed with choline. [Methyl-14C] and [1,2-14C] cholines were given through dietary and intraperitoneal injection routes, but 14C-TMAO was detected only in fish with dietary administration of [methyl-14C] choline. Dietary treatment with [15N] choline resulted in the formation of [15N] TMAO in the muscle. The incorporation of radioactivity into TMAO was also observed both following dietary administration and intraperitoneal injection of [14C] trimethylamine (TMA). When choline was introduced into the isolated intestine, marked increases in TMA levels occurred. These increases were significantly suppressed in the presence of penicillin. [14C]-TMA derived from [methyl-14C] choline was detected in the cavity of the isolated intestine. The introduction of [15N] choline into the intestinal cavity resulted in the formation of [15N] TMA. TMA mono-oxygenase activities were detected in the liver and kidney. We conclude that tilapia possess the ability to produce TMAO from choline, which is related to intestinal microorganisms and tissue mono-oxygenase under freshwater conditions.
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- Norifumi Niizeki
- Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606-8502, Kyoto, Japan
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Guernion N, Ratcliffe NM, Spencer-Phillips PT, Howe RA. Identifying bacteria in human urine: current practice and the potential for rapid, near-patient diagnosis by sensing volatile organic compounds. Clin Chem Lab Med 2001; 39:893-906. [PMID: 11758602 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2001.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Urinary tract infection (UTI) represents a significant burden for the National Health Service. Extensive research has been directed towards rapid detection of UTI in the last thirty years. A wide range of microbiological and chemical techniques are now available to identify and quantify bacteria in urine. However, there is a clear and present need for near, rapid, sensitive, reliable analytical methods, preferably with low-running costs, that could allow early detection of UTI and other diseases in urine. Here we review the "state of the art" of current practice for the detection of bacteria in urine and describe the advantages of the recent "e-nose" technology as a potential tool for rapid, near-patient diagnosis of UTI, by sensing volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
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- N Guernion
- Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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Janmohamed A, Dolphin CT, Phillips IR, Shephard EA. Quantification and cellular localization of expression in human skin of genes encoding flavin-containing monooxygenases and cytochromes P450. Biochem Pharmacol 2001; 62:777-86. [PMID: 11551524 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(01)00718-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The expression, in adult human skin, of genes encoding flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) 1, 3, 4, and 5 and cytochromes P450 (CYPs) 2A6, 2B6, and 3A4 was determined by RNase protection. Each FMO and CYP exhibits inter-individual variation in expression in this organ. Of the individuals analysed, all contained CYP2B6 mRNA in their skin, 90% contained FMO5 mRNA and about half contained mRNAs encoding FMOs 1, 3, and 4, and CYPs 2A6 and 3A4. The amount of each of the FMO and CYP mRNAs in skin is much lower than in the organ in which it is most highly expressed, namely the kidney (for FMO1) and the liver (for the others). In contrast to the latter organs, in the skin FMO mRNAs are present in amounts similar to, or greater than, CYP mRNAs. Only the mRNA encoding CYP2B6 decreased in abundance in skin with increasing age of the individual. All of the mRNAs were substantially less abundant in cultures of keratinocytes than in samples of skin from which the cells were derived. In contrast, an immortalized human keratinocyte cell line, HaCaT, expressed FMO3, FMO5, and CYP2B6 mRNAs in amounts that fall within the range detected in the whole skin samples analysed. FMO1, CYP2A6, and CYP3A4 mRNAs were not detected in HaCaT cells, whereas FMO4 expression was markedly increased in this cell line compared to whole skin. In situ hybridization showed that the expression of each of the FMOs and CYPs analysed was localized to the epidermis, sebaceous glands and hair follicles.
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- A Janmohamed
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK
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Lee CW, Tomlinson B, Yeung JH, Lin G, Damani LA. Distribution of the N-oxidation of dietary-derived trimethylamine in a male Chinese population. PHARMACOGENETICS 2000; 10:829-31. [PMID: 11191887 DOI: 10.1097/00008571-200012000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- C W Lee
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Murphy HC, Dolphin CT, Janmohamed A, Holmes HC, Michelakakis H, Shephard EA, Chalmers RA, Phillips IR, Iles RA. A novel mutation in the flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 gene, FM03, that causes fish-odour syndrome: activity of the mutant enzyme assessed by proton NMR spectroscopy. PHARMACOGENETICS 2000; 10:439-51. [PMID: 10898113 DOI: 10.1097/00008571-200007000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We have previously shown that primary trimethylaminuria, or fish-odour syndrome, is caused by an inherited defect in the flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) catalysed N-oxidation of the dietary-derived malodorous amine, trimethylamine (TMA). We now report a novel causative mutation for the disorder identified in a young girl diagnosed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of her urine. Sequence analysis of genomic DNA amplified from the patient revealed that she was homozygous for a T to C missense mutation in exon 3 of the FMO3 gene. The mutation changes an ATG triplet, encoding methionine, at codon 82 to an ACG triplet, encoding threonine. A polymerase chain reaction/restriction enzyme-based assay was devised to genotype individuals for the FMO3Thr82 allele. Wild-type and mutant FMO3, heterologously expressed in a baculovirus-insect cell system, were assayed by ultraviolet spectrophotometry and NMR spectroscopy for their ability to catalyse the N-oxidation of TMA. The latter technique has the advantage of enabling the simultaneous, direct and semi-continuous measurement of both of the products, TMA N-oxide and NADP, and of one of the reactants, NADPH. Results obtained from both techniques demonstrate that the Met82Thr mutation abolishes the catalytic activity of the enzyme and thus represents the genetic basis of the disorder in this individual. The combination of NMR spectroscopy with gene sequence and expression technology provides a powerful means of determining genotype-phenotype relationships in trimethylaminuria.
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- H C Murphy
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Research Group, St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Whitechapel, London, UK
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Mushiroda T, Yokoi T, Itoh K, Nunoya K, Nakagawa T, Kubota M, Takahara E, Nagata O, Kato H, Kamataki T. The house musk shrew (Suncus murinus): a unique animal with extremely low level of expression of mRNAs for CYP3A and flavin-containing monooxygenase. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2000; 126:225-34. [PMID: 11048672 DOI: 10.1016/s0742-8413(00)00113-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes including cytochrome P450 (CYP) and flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) in various tissues of Suncus murinus (Suncus) were examined. Northern blot analysis showed that mRNAs hybridizable with cDNAs for rat CYP1A2, human CYP2A6, rat CYP2B1, human CYP2C8, human CYP2D6, rat CYP2E1, human CYP3A4 and rat CYP4A1 were expressed in various tissues from Suncus. The mRNA level of CYP2A in the Suncus lung was very high. Furthermore, it was found that the level of CYP2A mRNA in the Suncus lung was higher compared to the Suncus liver. The expression level of mRNA hybridizable with cDNA for human CYP3A4 was very low. The presence of CYP3A gene in Suncus was proven by the induction of the CYP with dexamethasone. Very low expression levels of mRNAs hybridizable with cDNAs for rat FMO1, rat FMO2, rat FMO3 and rat FMO5 were also seen in Suncus liver. No apparent hybridization band appeared when human FMO4 cDNA was used as a probe. The hepatic expression of mRNAs hybridizable with cDNAs for UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1*6, aryl sulfotransferase, glutathione S-transferase 1, carboxyesterase and microsomal epoxide hydrolase in the Suncus were observed. These results indicate that the Suncus is a unique animal species in that mRNAs for CYP3A and FMO are expressed at very low levels.
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- T Mushiroda
- Division of Pharmacobio-dynamics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan.
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Mushiroda T, Yokoi T, Takahara E, Nagata O, Kato H, Kamataki T. The suncus (Suncus murinus) shows poor metabolic phenotype for trimethylamine N-oxygenation. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2000; 162:44-8. [PMID: 10631126 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In vitro and in vivo N-oxygenation of trimethylamine (TMA) in the suncus (Suncus murinus) was investigated. The N-oxygenation of TMA has been thought to be catalyzed by flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO). In a previous study, we found that the levels of mRNAs for FMOs were extremely low in the suncus. Thus, we intended to evaluate the capacity of the suncus to N-oxygenate TMA compared to the rat. Eadie-Hofstee plots of the TMA N-oxygenation by suncus liver microsomes showed a biphasic pattern, suggesting that more than two enzymes were involved in this reaction. The low K(m) component in the suncus showed a twofold higher K(m) (55 vs. 31 microM) and a fourfold lower V(max) (0.61 vs 2.5 nmol/min/mg protein) values than those obtained using rat liver microsomes, resulting in a sevenfold lower V(max)/K(m) (11 vs 82 microl/min/mg protein) value. After an intraperitoneal administration of TMA (10 mg/kg body wt), the suncus excreted 39.6% of the dose in 24-h urine as TMA, whereas the rats excreted 6.3%. Metabolic ratio in the TMA N-oxygenation was 1.42 and 0.11 in the suncus and the rat, respectively. These results indicate that the suncus can be an animal model for a poor metabolizer phenotype in TMA metabolism.
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- T Mushiroda
- Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0812, Japan
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Mushiroda T, Yokoi T, Takahara E, Nagata O, Kato H, Kamataki T. Sensitive assay of trimethylamine N-oxide in liver microsomes by headspace gas chromatography with flame thermionic detection. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1999; 734:319-23. [PMID: 10595729 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(99)00351-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To compare the trimethylamine N-oxygenase activity of liver microsomes from house musk shrew (Suncus murinus) and rat, a sensitive method for the quantitation of trimethylamine (TMA) N-oxide was developed using gas chromatography with flame thermionic detection. The limit of quantification was 0.5 microM and the calibration curve was linear at least up to 5 microM in incubations containing liver microsomal preparations from Suncus. The intra-day RSD values ranged from 10.4 to 12.8 at 0.5 microM and from 3.5 to 6.7 at 5 microM. The inter-day RSD values were 11.6 and 6.5 at 0.5 and 5 microM, respectively. This method provides a sensitive assay for TMA N-oxygenase activity in liver microsomes. Using this method we found that Suncus was capable of N-oxidizing trimethylamine at a very slow rate.
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- T Mushiroda
- Laboratory of Drug Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Fish odour syndrome (trimethylaminuria) is a metabolic syndrome caused by abnormal excretion of trimethylamine in the breath, urine, sweat, saliva and vaginal secretions. Trimethylamine is derived from the intestinal bacterial degradation of foods rich in choline and carnitine and is normally oxidised by the liver to odorless trimethylamine N-oxide which is then excreted in the urine. Impaired oxidation of trimethylamine is thought to be the cause of the fish odour syndrome and is responsible for the smell of rotting fish. Certain foods rich in choline exacerbate the condition and the patients have a variety of psychological problems. Recognition of the condition is important as dietary adjustments reduce the excretion of trimethylamine and may reduce the odour. Occasionally, a short course of metronidazole, neomycin and lactulose may suppress production of trimethylamine by reducing the activity of gut microflora.
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- H U Rehman
- Department of Medicine, Hull Royal Infirmary, UK
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Adali O, Carver GC, Philpot RM. The effect of arginine-428 mutation on modulation of activity of human liver flavin monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) by imipramine and chlorpromazine. EXPERIMENTAL AND TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE GESELLSCHAFT FUR TOXIKOLOGISCHE PATHOLOGIE 1999; 51:271-6. [PMID: 10445381 DOI: 10.1016/s0940-2993(99)80004-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study was carried out to investigate the molecular basis for modulation of recombinant FMO3-catalyzed activity by the tricyclic antidepressants, imipramine and chlorpromazine. A mutant of human liver FMO3 (T428R) was formed by site-directed mutagenesis and characterized along with the native enzyme in order to elucidate a possible structure-function relationship. Functional properties of native and T428R human FMO3s were studied with methimazole as substrate. Both enzymes catalyzed the S-oxidation of methimazole with the same Km value. Imipramine modulated the activities of the native and T428R human FMO3s differently; the activity of the native FMO3 was increased at all concentrations, whereas the activity of the mutant enzyme was inhibited at concentrations above 300 microM. Chlorpromazine activated the native enzyme at all concentrations of methimazole but activated the mutant enzyme only at high substrate concentrations. The direction (activation or inhibition) and extend of modulation of FMO3 activity is not only dependent on the concentration of the modulator, it is also dependent on the substrate concentration. This study confirms our previous findings with FMO1 that position 428 is important in the interaction of the FMO with modulators.
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- O Adali
- Department of Biology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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Wahl HG, Hoffmann A, Luft D, Liebich HM. Analysis of volatile organic compounds in human urine by headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with a multipurpose sampler. J Chromatogr A 1999; 847:117-25. [PMID: 10431355 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(99)00017-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A multipurpose sampler (Gerstel MPS), designed for liquid large volume, gaseous and headspace samples was used for the GC-MS analysis of organic volatiles in human urine. Headspace sampling with a volume-, temperature- and speed-controlled gas-tight syringe was combined with a temperature-controlled cold injection system (CIS) for cold trapping, enrichment and focusing of analytes. Regular 2-ml GC vials filled with 1 ml acidified urine were used as headspace sampling vials. A 100-vial autosampler tray was equipped with an additional temperature and heating time controlled "preheating station" for five vials. Profiles of organic volatiles in human urine were determined and 34 components identified. Trimethylamine (TMA) and 4-heptanone as two metabolites of medical interest were quantified. Calibration curves and intra assay imprecision for 4-heptanone concentrations in the range of 40 to 800 ng/ml showed a correlation coefficient of r = 0.9980 and a relative standard deviation (RSD) between 3.0 and 3.4%. Calibration curves and intra-assay imprecision for TMA concentrations in the range of medical interest from 0.5 to 20 micrograms/ml showed a correlation coefficient of r = 0.9968 and a RSD between 4.1 and 6.8%. The high practicability of the multipurpose sampler for both gaseous and liquid samples together with the here shown good reproducibility and sensitivity make this single CIS-GC-MS system very attractive for routine clinical use in metabolic profiling of organic volatiles (headspace) and non-volatiles (liquid).
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- H G Wahl
- Medizinische Universitätsklinik Abt. IV, Zentrallabor, Tübingen, Germany.
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Mills GA, Walker V, Mughal H. Quantitative determination of trimethylamine in urine by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1999; 723:281-5. [PMID: 10080656 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(98)00542-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Trimethylaminuria (fish odour syndrome) is diagnosed from an increase in urinary excretion of trimethylamine with decreased trimethylamine oxide. We report a new quantitative stable isotope dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry procedure for the analysis of these metabolites using solid-phase microextraction (SPME). Both polydimethylsiloxane and mixed Carboxen-polydimethylsiloxane SPME fibres were found to be suitable for the headspace extraction of TMA. This new sampling technique could have wide application for the analysis of volatile and semi-volatile compounds by metabolic screening laboratories.
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- G A Mills
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK
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Marzo A, Curti S. L-Carnitine moiety assay: an up-to-date reappraisal covering the commonest methods for various applications. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 1997; 702:1-20. [PMID: 9449551 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(97)00376-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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L-Carnitine and its esters are typical endogenous substances. Their homeostatic equilibria are effectively controlled by various mechanisms which include rate-limiting enteral absorption, a multicomponent endogenous pool which is regulated according to a mammillary metabolism, an asymmetric body distribution and a saturable tubular reabsorption process leading to renal thresholds. In formal pharmacokinetic and metabolic investigations, the whole L-carnitine pool should be investigated, owing to the rapid interchange process between the various components of the pool. Free L-carnitine, as well as its acyl esters, must therefore be considered from an analytical viewpoint. L-Carnitine, acetyl-L-carnitine and total L-carnitine (the latter as an expression of the whole pool) can easily be assayed by enzyme or radioenzyme methods. Propionyl-L-carnitine and other esters containing fatty acids with more than three carbon atoms can be assayed using various HPLC approaches. Tandem mass spectrometry is another excellent approach to the assay of carnitine and its short-chain, medium-chain and long-chain esters. As L-carnitine contains a chiral carbon atom, the enantioselectivity of the assays is also considered in this review. Metabolites produced by enteral bacteria, namely tri-, di- and mono-methylamine, gamma-butyrobetaine, along with other systemic metabolites, namely trimethylamine N-oxide and N-nitroso dimethylamine, are very important in quantitative and toxicokinetic terms and require specific assay methods. This review covers the commonest methods of assaying carnitine and its esters, their impurities and pre-systemic and systemic metabolites and gives analytical details and information on their applications in pharmaceutics, biochemistry, pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics.
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- A Marzo
- I.P.A.S. S.A., Clinical Pharmacology Department, Ligornetto, Switzerland
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Falls JG, Cherrington NJ, Clements KM, Philpot RM, Levi PE, Rose RL, Hodgson E. Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression in Escherichia coli of mouse flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3): comparison with the human isoform. Arch Biochem Biophys 1997; 347:9-18. [PMID: 9344459 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1997.0322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The sequence of mouse flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) was obtained from several clones isolated from a mouse liver cDNA library. The nucleotide sequence of mouse FMO3 was 2020 bases in length containing 37 bases in the 5' flanking region, 1602 in the coding region, and 381 in the 3' flanking region. The derived protein sequence consisted of 534 amino acids including the putative flavin adenine dinucleotide and NADP+ pyrophosphate binding sites (characteristic of mammalian FMOs) starting at positions 9 and 191, respectively. The mouse FMO3 protein sequence was 79 and 82% identical to the human and rabbit FMO3 sequences, respectively. Mouse FMO3 was expressed in Escherichia coli and compared to E. coli expressed human FMO3. The FMO3 proteins migrated with the same mobility ( approximately 58 kDa) as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. The expressed FMO3 enzymes (mouse and human forms) were sensitive to heat and reacted in a similar manner toward metal ions and detergent. Catalytic activities of mouse and human FMO3 were high toward the substrate methimazole; however, in the presence of trimethylamine and thioacetamide, FMO-dependent methimazole oxidation by both enzymes was reduced by greater than 85%. Other substrates which inhibited methimazole oxidation were thiourea and thiobenzamide and to a lesser degree N,N-dimethylaniline. When probed with mouse FMO3 cDNA, FMO3 transcripts were detected in hepatic mRNA samples from female mice, but not in samples from males. FMO3 was detected in mRNA samples from male and female mouse lung, but FMO3 message was not detected in mouse kidney sample from either gender. Results of immunoblotting confirmed the tissue- and gender-dependent expression of mouse FMO3.
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- J G Falls
- Department of Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Overby LH, Carver GC, Philpot RM. Quantitation and kinetic properties of hepatic microsomal and recombinant flavin-containing monooxygenases 3 and 5 from humans. Chem Biol Interact 1997; 106:29-45. [PMID: 9305407 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2797(97)00055-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Variable amounts of flavin-containing monooxygenase isoforms 3 and 5 (FMO3 and FMO5) are present in microsomal preparations from adult, male, human liver. Quantitation with monospecific antibodies and recombinant isoforms as standards showed levels of FMO3 and of FMO5 that ranged from 12.5 to 117 and 3.5 to 34 pmol/mg microsomal protein, respectively. The concentration of FMO3 was greater than that of FMO5 in all samples, but the ratio of FMO3 to FMO5 varied from 2:1 to 10:1. Human hepatic microsomal samples also showed variable activities for the S-oxidation of methimazole. This activity was associated totally with FMO3; no participation of FMO5 was apparent. This conclusion was supported by several lines of evidence: first, the catalytic efficiency of FMO3 with methimazole was found to be approximately 5000 times greater than that of FMO5; second, the rate of metabolism showed a direct, quantitative relationship with FMO3 content; third, the plot of the relationship between metabolism and FMO3 content extrapolated close to the origin. A second reaction, the N-oxidation of ranitidine, exhibited a much higher Km with recombinant FMO3 than did methimazole (2 mM vs. 35 microM). However, a direct relationship between this reaction and FMO3 content in human hepatic microsomal preparations was also apparent. This result shows that even with a high Km substrate, FMO3-catalyzed metabolism can account for the majority of the product formation with some drugs. Our findings demonstrate that the contribution of FMO isoforms to human hepatic drug metabolism can be assessed quantitatively on the basis of the characteristics of the enzymes expressed in Escherichia coli.
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- L H Overby
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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McConnell HW, Mitchell SC, Smith RL, Brewster M. Trimethylaminuria associated with seizures and behavioural disturbance: a case report. Seizure 1997; 6:317-21. [PMID: 9304724 DOI: 10.1016/s1059-1311(97)80080-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A 16-year-old left-handed male is presented with a history of seizures associated with a fish-like odour and behavioural disturbances thought to be related to trimethylaminuria. His seizures were complex-partial (cursive) seizures and started at the age of 18 months. They occurred in the context of discrete episodes several times per year. The episodes would start with a fish-like odour, followed by seizures occurring in clusters and behavioural disturbance consisting of agitation, mixed affective symptoms, auditory hallucinations and delusions. A urinary assay of trimethylamine (TMA) was elevated, confirming the diagnosis of trimethylaminuria in this patient. He was treated with a choline-restricted diet with resolution of his symptoms. The occurrence of seizures and psychiatric disturbance in this patient was thought secondary to his trimethylaminuria due to the temporal relationship of his seizures and psychiatric disturbance with the odour and his response to treatment. The possible relationship of trimethylaminuria to seizures and to psychiatric disturbance are discussed and a review of the literature presented.
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Zhang AQ, Mitchell SC, Smith RL. Discontinuous distribution of N-oxidation of dietary-derived trimethylamine in a British population. Xenobiotica 1996; 26:957-61. [PMID: 8893042 DOI: 10.3109/00498259609052497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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1. Whilst the majority of individuals within a British white population are able to convert > 90% of their dietary-derived trimethylamine to its N-oxide, outliers exist who show varying degrees of decreased metabolism. Such individuals, excrete unoxidized trimethylamine in their urine and, if N-oxidation is sufficiently low, may experience malodour problems (Fish-Odour syndrome). 2. Such observations have now been extended to a much larger group (n = 421; 221 males) of British white volunteers recruited from staff and students of Imperial College Medical School at St. Mary's, London. Each subject collected a 0-24-h urine sample, which was subsequently analysed for total trimethylamine and trimethylamine N-oxide content. 3. Sixteen subjects (3.8% population; seven male, nine female) excreted < 90% of their total trimethylamine output as N-oxide. All six subjects who excreted < 80% as N-oxide (indicative of potential heterozygous status for deficient N-oxidation-fish odour syndrome) were female.
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- A Q Zhang
- Pharmacology and Toxicology, Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary's, London, UK
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Gasser R. The flavin-containing monooxygenase system. EXPERIMENTAL AND TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE GESELLSCHAFT FUR TOXIKOLOGISCHE PATHOLOGIE 1996; 48:467-70. [PMID: 8765692 DOI: 10.1016/s0940-2993(96)80057-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- R Gasser
- Preclinical Division, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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- Steve Mitchell
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's London, W2 1PG, UK
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Damani LA, Nnane IP. The assessment of flavin-containing monooxygenase activity in intact animals. DRUG METABOLISM AND DRUG INTERACTIONS 1996; 13:1-28. [PMID: 8902428 DOI: 10.1515/dmdi.1996.13.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A large number of drug metabolising enzymes with different substrate specificities and induction and inhibition characteristics have been described, suggesting that specific test drugs, i.e. probes, should be used for assessing the activity of distinct metabolising enzymes. The flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) and cytochrome P-450 (P-450) are the two main microsomal enzyme systems involved in the oxidation of xenobiotics. FMO is present in liver and other tissues of most vertebrates. It catalyses the oxidation of a wide range of xenobiotics, especially soft nucleophiles bearing nitrogen and sulphur centres. There is substantial information on both in vitro and in vivo probes for cytochrome P-450. For example antipyrine has been widely used for assessing the activity of P-450 in vivo by utilising pharmacokinetic parameters as indices of enzyme activity. In more recent years, isozyme specific probes have also been developed for some of the P-450s. Whereas a number of substrates are available for measuring FMO activity in vitro (e.g. N,N-dimethylaniline), probes for assessing FMO activity in vivo are limited. In this review a background to the use of in vitro and in vivo probes for assessing the activity of FMO is presented, and approaches and criteria for development of potential pharmacokinetic probes for FMO are described. Preliminary data on the development of ethyl methyl sulphide (EMS) and trimethylamine (TMA) as potential pharmacokinetic probes for assessing FMO activity in rats are discussed in detail. Clinical implications of modulation of FMO activity are discussed, and arguments presented as to why the development of FMO probes for use in man will be useful additions to the range of other compounds available for assessment of liver metabolic function.
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- L A Damani
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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