Ming-Rong Qian1, Su Zeng. 1. Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Drug Metabolism, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310031, China.
Abstract
AIM: To study the profile of imipramine N+-glucuronidation using homogenates of recombinant uridine-5'-diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase 1A4 (UGT1A4) from baculovirus-infected sf9 cells. METHODS: Recombinant UGT1A4 was obtained from sf9 cells infected with recombinant baculovirus. Imipramine N(+)-glucuronide was biosynthesized by incubating imipramine with recombinant UGT1A4 and then purified with solid-phase cartridges. A reversed phase-high pressure liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) assay method was used to directly measure the concentration of imipramine and its metabolite, imipramine N(+)-glucuronide, with p-nitrophenol as the internal standard. The validated method was used to characterize the activity of recombinant UGT1A4 and carry out kinetic studies on imipramine glucuronidation in vitro. RESULTS: The high concentration of imipramine inhibited glucuronide conjugation, so the formula V=V(max).S/(Km+S+S(2)/K(i)) was used to calculate the parameters, using MATLAB software. The values of apparent K(m), K(i), and V(max) for imipramine glucuronidation via UGT1A4 were 1.39+/-0.09 mmol/L, 6.24+/-0.45 mmol/L and 453.81+/-32.12 pmol/min per mg cell homogenate (n=3), respectively. CONCLUSION: As a specific substrate of UGT1A4, imipramine was used as a convenient method to characterize the activity of recombinant UGT1A4 by using HPLC. Furthermore, the profile of imipramine glucuronidation was evaluated by using recombinant UGT1A4 in vitro.
AIM: To study the profile of imipramine N+-glucuronidation using homogenates of recombinant uridine-5'-diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase 1A4 (UGT1A4) from baculovirus-infected sf9 cells. METHODS: Recombinant UGT1A4 was obtained from sf9 cells infected with recombinant baculovirus. Imipramine N(+)-glucuronide was biosynthesized by incubating imipramine with recombinant UGT1A4 and then purified with solid-phase cartridges. A reversed phase-high pressure liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) assay method was used to directly measure the concentration of imipramine and its metabolite, imipramine N(+)-glucuronide, with p-nitrophenol as the internal standard. The validated method was used to characterize the activity of recombinant UGT1A4 and carry out kinetic studies on imipramine glucuronidation in vitro. RESULTS: The high concentration of imipramine inhibited glucuronide conjugation, so the formula V=V(max).S/(Km+S+S(2)/K(i)) was used to calculate the parameters, using MATLAB software. The values of apparent K(m), K(i), and V(max) for imipramine glucuronidation via UGT1A4 were 1.39+/-0.09 mmol/L, 6.24+/-0.45 mmol/L and 453.81+/-32.12 pmol/min per mg cell homogenate (n=3), respectively. CONCLUSION: As a specific substrate of UGT1A4, imipramine was used as a convenient method to characterize the activity of recombinant UGT1A4 by using HPLC. Furthermore, the profile of imipramine glucuronidation was evaluated by using recombinant UGT1A4 in vitro.
Authors: Ryan R Hughes; Khaled A Shaaban; Jianjun Zhang; Hongnan Cao; George N Phillips; Jon S Thorson Journal: Chembiochem Date: 2017-01-09 Impact factor: 3.164