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Comparison of Cytochrome P450 Mediated Metabolism of Three Central Nervous System Acting Drugs
Tamer Zekry AttiaTaku YamashitaMasayoshi MiyamotoAtsushi KoizumiYuki YasuharaJun-ichi NodeYumi ErikawaYumi KomiyamaChiaki HoriiMayu YamadaMahmoud Ahmed OmarOsama Hassan AbdelmageedSayed Mohamed DerayeaTadayuki Uno
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2012 Volume 60 Issue 12 Pages 1544-1549

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The investigation of cytochrome P450 (CYP) mediated metabolism reactions by determination of enzyme kinetic parameters, Michaelis constant (Km), maximum reaction velocity (Vmax), and intrinsic clearance (CLint) is important aspects in discovery and development of drugs. The kinetic parameters can be used to predict the clearance prior to human administration and for better understanding the mechanism of clearance in vivo. In this study, the metabolic activities of three major hepatic CYP isoforms (2C19, 2D6, and 3A4) were investigated on structurally different central nervous system (CNS) acting drugs, amitriptyline, fluphenazine, and dothiepin. By using our novel in vitro evaluation system, we could compare the kinetic parameters for the metabolism of fluphenazine and dothiepin for the first time. Comparing CLint values thus obtained, we concluded that 2C19 could be predominant for metabolic activity on tricyclic antidepressants as expected, but not on phenothiazine-related antipsychotic drugs. Since the metabolism of CNS drugs is susceptible to single nucleotide polymorphisms of human gene, our results suggest that phenothiazine could be an alternative to clinical application of CNS drugs.
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