title: Developmental changes of aldehyde oxidase activity and protein expression in human liver cytosol.
abstract: Aldehyde oxidase (AO) plays a role in metabolizing many drugs, such as methotrexate and 6-mercaptopurine. We previously showed that AO activity in rat liver rapidly increases from birth, reaching a plateau within 4 weeks, and is regulated at the protein expression level. However, developmental changes of AO activity and protein expression in human liver have not been reported. Here, we investigated the developmental changes and variability of AO in 16 human livers (13 children ranging from 13 days to 12 years old and 3 adults, 17, 34 and 45 years old). Young children (13 days to 4 months after birth) showed little liver AO activity, evaluated in terms of the activities for oxidation of N-1-methylnicotinamide to N-1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide and N-1-methyl-4-pyridone-3-carboxamide in liver cytosol. However, these oxidase activities were markedly increased after 4 months, reaching the adult level by about 2 years of age. The AO band density in immunoblotting analysis was well correlated with the AO activity among all subjects (p < 0.01, r(2) = 0.771). Therefore, AO activity in the liver of young children is regulated at the AO protein expression level. Thus, as in rats, the AO activity in humans rapidly increases soon after birth, and is regulated at the protein expression level.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hiroshima International University, Kure, Japan. y-tayama@ps.hirokoku-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tayama
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Seigo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanoh
authors.forename: Katsushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D042931:Aldehyde Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011728:Pyridones / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C523389:1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide; D011728:Pyridones; D009536:Niacinamide; D042931:Aldehyde Oxidase; C024058:N(1)-methylnicotinamide