title: Drug oxygenation activities mediated by liver microsomal flavin-containing monooxygenases 1 and 3 in humans, monkeys, rats, and minipigs.
abstract: Liver microsomal flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMO, EC 1.14.13.8) 1 and 3 were functionally characterized in terms of expression levels and molecular catalytic capacities in human, cynomolgus monkey, rat, and minipig livers. Liver microsomal FMO3 in humans and monkeys and FMO1 and FMO3 in rats and minipigs could be determined immunochemically with commercially available anti-human FMO3 peptide antibodies or rat FMO1 peptide antibodies. With respect to FMO-dependent N-oxygenation of benzydamine and tozasertib and S-oxygenation of methimazole and sulindac sulfide activities, rat and minipig liver microsomes had high maximum velocity values (Vmax) and high catalytic efficiency (Vmax/Km, Michaelis constant) compared with those for human or monkey liver microsomes. Apparent Km values for recombinantly expressed rat FMO3-mediated N- and S-oxygenations were approximately 10-100-fold those of rat FMO1, although these enzymes had similar Vmax values. The mean catalytic efficiencies (Vmax/Km, 1.4 and 0.4 min(-1)μM(-1), respectively) of recombinant human and monkey FMO3 were higher than those of FMO1, whereas Vmax/Km values for rat and minipig FMO3 were low compared with those of FMO1. Minipig liver microsomal FMO1 efficiently catalyzed N- and S-oxygenation reactions; in addition, the minipig liver microsomal FMO1 concentration was higher than the levels in rats, humans, and monkeys. These results suggest that liver microsomal FMO1 could contribute to the relatively high FMO-mediated drug N- and S-oxygenation activities in rat and minipig liver microsomes and that lower expression of FMO1 in human and monkey livers could be a determinant factor for species differences in liver drug N- and S-oxygenation activities between experimental animals and humans.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-3165 Higashi-tamagawa Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan.
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-3165 Higashi-tamagawa Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan.
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: Pharmacokinetics and Bioanalysis Center, Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Kainan 642-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uno
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-3165 Higashi-tamagawa Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan. Electronic address: hyamazak@ac.shoyaku.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001591:Benzydamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male; D008713:Methimazole / Q000378:metabolism*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010879:Piperazines / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013045:Species Specificity; D013467:Sulindac / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D011720:Pyrazoles; D011743:Pyrimidines
chemical_list: D001591:Benzydamine; D008713:Methimazole; D010105:Oxygenases; D010879:Piperazines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013467:Sulindac; C484810:tozasertib; D003521:Cyclopropanes; D011720:Pyrazoles; D011743:Pyrimidines; C025462:sulindac sulfide; C020066:dimethylaniline monooxygenase (N-oxide forming)
keywords: Benzydamine; FMO1; FMO3; Human; Minipig