Cloning and expression of human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A8.
The mRNA expression of human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A8 (UGT1A8) has been found in jejunum, ileum, and colon but not in liver. A cDNA with a complete UGT1A8 coding region was amplified from total human ileal RNA by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and inserted into the mammalian expression vector, pcDNA3. Lysates of HK293 cells expressing UGT1A8 revealed the expression of a protein with a molecular mass of 56 kDa by Western blot analysis. Transiently expressed human UGT1A8 shows glucuronidation activities with coumarins, anthraquinones, flavonoids, phenolic compounds, catechol estrogens, 17-hydroxyandrogens, primary amines such as the carcinogen 4-aminobiphenyl, and certain opioids. This UGT may play an important role in the detoxification of xenobiotics in human intestine.
Department of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USA.
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D002384:Catalysis; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase