title: Identification of UGT2B9*2 and UGT2B33 isolated from female rhesus monkey liver.
abstract: Two UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT2B9(*)2 and UGT2B33) have been isolated from female rhesus monkey liver. Microsomal preparations of the cell lines expressing the UGTs catalyzed the glucuronidation of the general substrate 7-hydroxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)coumarin in addition to selected estrogens (beta-estradiol and estriol) and opioids (morphine, naloxone, and naltrexone). UGT2B9(*)2 displayed highest efficiency for beta-estradiol-17-glucuronide production and did not catalyze the glucuronidation of naltrexone. UGT2B33 displayed highest efficiency for estriol and did not catalyze the glucuronidation of beta-estradiol. UGT2B9(*)2 was found also to catalyze the glucuronidation of 4-hydroxyestrone, 16-epiestriol, and hyodeoxycholic acid, while UGT2B33 was capable of conjugating 4-hydroxyestrone, androsterone, diclofenac, and hyodeoxycholic acid. Three glucocorticoids (cortisone, cortisol, and corticosterone) were not substrates for glucuronidation by liver or kidney microsomes or any expressed UGTs. Our current data suggest the use of beta-estradiol-3-glucuronidation, beta-estradiol-17-glucuronidation, and estriol-17-glucuronidation to assay UGT1A01, UGT2B9(*)2, and UGT2B33 activity in rhesus liver microsomes, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Merck & Co., Inc., Department of Drug Metabolism, Rahway, NJ, USA. Brian_Dean@Merck.com
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Byron
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arison
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003374:Coumarins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004958:Estradiol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D020723:Glucuronic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009294:Narcotics / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009294:Narcotics; D004958:Estradiol; C084236:7-hydroxy-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase