Glucuronidation of bavachinin by human tissues and expressed UGT enzymes: Identification of UGT1A1 and UGT1A8 as the major contributing enzymes. Issue 5 (October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lv, Xia; Hou, Jie; Xia, Yang-Liu; Ning, Jing; He, Gui-Yuan; Wang, Ping; Ge, Guang-Bo; Xiu, Zhi-Long; Yang, Ling
• Is Part Of: Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics. Volume 30:Issue 5(2015)
• Page Start: 358
• Page End: 365
• Publication Date: 2015-10
• Subjects: Bavachinin -- UDP-glucuronosyltransferases -- UGT1A1 -- UGT1A8 -- Glucuronidation -- Human tissues; Drugs -- Metabolism -- Periodicals; Pharmacokinetics -- Periodicals; 615.7
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dmpk.2015.07.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1347-4367

Abstract

Abstract: Bavachinin (BCI), a major bioactive compound in Chinese herbal Psoralea corylifolia, possesses a wide range of biological activities. In this study, the glucuronidation pathway of BCI was characterized for the first time, by using pooled human liver microsomes (HLM), pooled human intestine microsomes (HIM) and recombinant human UDP-glucosyltransferases (UGTs). One mono-glucuronide was detected in HLM in the presence of uridine-diphosphate glucuronic acid (UDPGA), and it was biosynthesized and well-characterized as BCI-4′-O-glucuronide (BCIG). Reaction phenotyping assay showed that UGT1A1, UGT1A3 and UGT1A8 were involved in BCI-4′-O-glucuronidation, while UGT1A1 and UGT1A8 displayed the higher catalytic ability among all tested UGT isoforms. Kinetic analysis demonstrated that BCI-4′-O-glucuronidation in both HLM and UGT1A1 followed sigmoidal kinetic behaviors and displayed much close Km values (12.4 μM in HLM & 9.7 μM in UGT1A1). Both chemical inhibition assays and correlation analysis demonstrated that UGT1A1 displayed a predominant role in BCI-4′-O-glucuronidation in HLM. Both HIM and UGT1A8 exhibited substrate inhibition at high concentrations, and Km values of HIM and UGT1A8 were 3.6 and 2.3 μM, respectively. Similar catalytic efficiencies were observed for HIM (199.3 μL/min/mg) and UGT1A8 (216.2 μL/min/mg). These findings suggested that UGT1A1 and UGT1A8 were the primary isoforms involved in BCI-4′-O-glucuronidation in HLM, and HIM, respectively. Graphical abstract: Bavachinin (BCI), a major bioactive compound in Chinese herbal Psoralea corylifolia, possesses various biological activities. UGT1A1 and UGT1A8 were the primary isoforms involved in BCI-4′-O-glucuronidation in HLM and HIM, respectively.