Mechanism-based inhibition of human cytochrome P450 1A1 by rhapontigenin.
Recently we reported that resveratrol (trans-3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene) showed selective inhibition of recombinant human cytochrome P450 (P450) 1A1 in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibition of recombinant human P450 1A1, 1A2, or 1B1 by various hydroxystilbene compounds having a similar structure to resveratrol was investigated using bacterial membranes from a human P450/NADPH-P450 reductase bicistronic expression system to find new candidates for cancer chemopreventive agents. Of seven compounds tested, rhapontigenin (3,3',5-trihydroxy-4'-methoxystilbene) exhibited a potent and selective inhibition of human P450 1A1 with an IC50 value of 0.4 microM. Rhapontigenin showed 400-fold selectivity for P450 1A1 over P450 1A2 and 23-fold selectivity for P450 1A1 over P450 1B1. Rhapontigenin did not show any significant inhibition of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylation (EROD) activity in human liver microsomes, the other human P450s such as P450 2E1, P450 3A4, P450 2D6, P450 2C8, and P450 2C9, or human NADPH-P450 reductase. We have further investigated the inhibition kinetics of P450 1A1 by rhapontigenin. Rhapontigenin inhibited EROD activity of expressed human P450 1A1 in a competitive manner. The loss of EROD activity was time- and concentration-dependent. The values for K(i) and k(inactivation) were 0.09 microM and 0.06 min(-1), respectively. The loss was not blocked by the trapping agents glutathione, N-acetylcysteine, or dithiothreitol. These results suggest that rhapontigenin is a potent mechanism-based inactivator of human P450 1A1 and may be considered as a good candidate for a cancer chemopreventive agent in humans.
College of Pharmacy, Chungang University, Seoul, Korea. yjchun@chungang.edu
Y J
YJ
Chun
S Y
SY
Ryu
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TC
Jeong
M Y
MY
Kim
D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013267:Stilbenes; C431126:rhapontigenin; D009249:NADP; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1