title: Ethanol oxidation into acetaldehyde by 16 recombinant human cytochrome P450 isoforms: role of CYP2C isoforms in human liver microsomes.
abstract: The involvement of cytochromes P450 (CYPs) in the oxidation of ethanol into acetaldehyde was investigated by using 16 recombinant human CYP isoforms. Apparent K(m) and V(m) were determined for CYP1A1, CYP1A2, CYP1B1, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9*1, CYP2C9*2, CYP2C9*3, CYP2C18, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, CYP2E1, CYP2J2, CYP3A4 and CYP4A11. All of the tested CYPs, except CYP2A6 and CYP2C18, metabolized ethanol into significant amounts of acetaldehyde and displayed K(m) values around 10mM. The significant correlation found between ethanol oxidation and CYP2E1, CYP3A4 and CYP1A2 catalytic activities in a panel of human liver microsomes confirmed the strong implication of these CYPs in ethanol metabolism. The contribution of CYP2C isoforms which are the most abundant in the liver after CYP3A4, was studied using selective inhibitors either with recombinant CYP2C isoforms or in human liver microsomes. Tienilic acid (100 microM) and ticlopidine (20 microM), mechanism-based inhibitors of CYP2C9 and CYP2C19, respectively, decreased ethanol oxidation by 8+/-1.2% and 7.6+/-1.6% in human liver microsomal samples while selective inhibitors of CYP2E1 (DEDTC 100 microM), CYP3A4 (TAO 50 microM) and CYP1A2 (furafylline 25 microM) decreased it by 11.9+/-2.1%, 19.8+/-1.9% and 16.3+/-3.9%, respectively. As ethanol can be metabolized by most of CYPs, it helps to explain or predict alcohol-xenobiotics interactions which are of high importance in medical prescription.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, EA 948, Faculty of Medicine, CS 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamitouche
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poupon
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dreano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lucas
mesh_terms: D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000378:metabolism*; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000502:physiology*; D002384:Catalysis; D065731:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19; D065727:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8; D065729:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000502:physiology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000431:Ethanol; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C450260:CYP2C9 protein, human; D065729:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C045793:CYP2C19 protein, human; C450259:CYP2C8 protein, human; D065731:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19; D065727:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8; D000079:Acetaldehyde