title: Human liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferase isoforms involved in the glucuronidation of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin.
abstract: 1. The human liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) isoforms involved in the glucuronidation of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (SN-38), the active metabolite of irinotecan (CPT-11), have been studied using microsomes from human liver and insect cells expressing human UGTs (1A1, 1A3, 1A4, 1A6, 1A9, 2B7, 2B15). 2. The glucuronidation of SN-38 was catalysed by UGT1A1, UGT1A3, UGT1A6 and UGT1A9 as well as by liver microsomes. Among these UGT isoforms, UGT1A1 showed the highest activity of SN-38 glucuronidation at both low (1 microM) and high (200 microM) substrate concentrations. The ranking in order of activity at low and high substrate concentrations was UGT1A1 > UGT1A9 > UGT1A6 > UGT1A3 and UGT1A1 > UGT1A3 > UGT1A6 > or = UGT1A9, respectively. 3. The enzyme kinetics of SN-38 glucuronidation were examined by means of Lineweaver-Burk analysis. The activity of the glucuronidation in liver microsomes exhibits a monophasic kinetic pattern, with an apparent Km and Vmax of 35.9 microM and 134 pmol min(-1) mg(-1) protein, respectively. The UGT isoforms involved in SN-38 glucuronidation could be classified into two types: low-Km types such as UGT1A1 and UGT1A9, and high-Km types such as UGT1A3 and UGT1A6, in terms of affinity toward substrate. UGT1A1 had the highest Vmax followed by UGT1A3. Vmax of UGT1A6 and UGT1A9 were approximately 1/9 to 1/12 of that of UGT1A1. 4. The activity of SN-38 glucuronidation by liver microsomes and UGT1A1 was effectively inhibited by bilirubin. Planar and bulky phenols substantially inhibited the SN-38 glucuronidation activity of liver microsomes and UMT1A9, and/or UGT1A6. Although cholic acid derivatives strongly inhibited the activity of SN-38 glucuronidation by UGT1A3, the inhibition profile did not parallel that in liver microsomes. 5. These results demonstrate that at least four UGT1A isoforms are responsible for SN-38 glucuronidation in human livers, and suggest that the role and contribution of each differ substantially.
authors.affiliation: Division of Environmental Chemistry, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. hanioka@nihs.go.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hanioka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jinno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sawada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D020719:Glucuronides / Q000378:metabolism; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta; D000077146:Irinotecan; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D020719:Glucuronides; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000077146:Irinotecan; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; D002166:Camptothecin