Metabolism of 2,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-7-benzyloxy-4-trifluoromethyl- coumarin by human hepatic CYP isoforms : evidence for selectivity towards CYP3A4

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1. The metabolism of 2,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)-7-benzyloxy-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin (BFBFC) to 7-hydroxy-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin (HFC) was studied in human liver microsomes and in cDNA-expressed human liver CYP isoforms. For purposes of comparison, some limited studies were also performed with 7-benzyloxyquinoline (7BQ).
2. Initial interactive docking studies with a homology model of human CYP3A4 indicated that BFBFC was likely to be a selective substrate for CYP3A4 with a relatively high binding affinity, due to the presence of several key hydrogen bonds with active site amino acid residues.
3. Kinetic analysis of NADPH-dependent BFBFC metabolism to HFC in three preparations of pooled human liver microsomes revealed mean (±SEM) K<sub>m</sub> and V<sub>max</sub> = 4.6 ± 0.3 μM and 20.0 ± 3.8 pmol/min/mg protein, respectively.
4. The metabolism of BFBFC to HFC was determined in a characterized bank of 24 individual human liver microsomal preparations employing a BFBFC substrate concentration of 10 μM (i.e. around twice K<sub>m</sub>). Good correlations (r<sup>2</sup> = 0.736-0.904) were observed between BFBFC metabolism and markers of CYP3A isoforms.
5. While 10 μM BFBFC was metabolized to HFC by cDNA-expressed CYP3A4, little or no metabolism was observed with cDNA-expressed CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6 and CYP2E1.
6. The metabolism of 10 μM BFBFC in human liver microsomes was markedly inhibited by 5-50 μM troleandomycin and 0.2-5 μM ketoconazole, but stimulated by 0.2-10 μM α-naphthoflavone. The metabolism of 10 μM BFBFC in human liver microsomes was also markedly inhibited by an antibody to CYP3A4.
7. Kinetic analysis of NADPH-dependent 7BQ metabolism to 7-hydroxyquinoline (7HQ) in human liver microsomes revealed K<sub>m</sub> and V<sub>max</sub> = 70 μM and 3.39 nmol/min/mg protein, respectively.
8. While 80 μM 7BQ was metabolized to 7HQ by cDNA-expressed CYP3A4, only low rates of metabolism were observed with cDNA-expressed CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6 and CYP2E1.
9. In summary, by correlation analysis, the use of cDNA-expressed CYP isoforms, chemical inhibition and inhibitory antibodies, BFBFC metabolism in human liver microsomes appears to be primarily catalysed by CYP3A4. BFBFC may be a useful fluorescent probe substrate for human hepatic CYP3A4, but compared with 7BQ has only a low rate of metabolism in human liver microsomes.
TNO Identifier
72303
Source
Xenobiotica, 31(4), pp. 187-204.
Pages
187-204
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