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DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION
卷 39, 期 7, 页码 1127-1130出版社
AMER SOC PHARMACOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS
DOI: 10.1124/dmd.111.039040
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-89954]
- Canada Research Chair Program
- Fonds de l'Enseignement et de la Recherche of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Laval University)
- Canada Research Chair in Pharmacogenomics
Tacrolimus (Tacro) is a potent immunosuppressant and a central agent in the prevention of posttransplantation rejection. Tacro is characterized by a narrow therapeutic index and wide interindividual pharmacokinetic fluctuation. The contribution of human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) in its metabolism has not been extensively studied. In vitro metabolism studies support that the liver produced Tacro-glucuronide (Tacro-G) while its formation was minimal or undetectable in the presence of intestine and kidney microsomes. Among 16 human UGTs tested, UGT1A4 was the sole enzyme involved in Tacro-G formation. This conclusion is supported by the finding of inhibition with a specific substrate of UGT1A4 lamotrigine with K-i values similar for both human liver and UGT1A4 microsomes and the correlation with trifluoperazine-glucuronide formation by liver microsomes (r(s) = 0.551; p = 0.02). Formation of Tacro-G by liver samples varied among individuals (6.4-fold variation; n = 16), and common nonsynonymous variants may contribute to this variability. In the human embryonic kidney 293 cellular model, no significant differences in enzyme kinetics could be revealed for UGT1A4*2 ((PT)-T-24) and *3 ((LV)-V-48), whereas the allozyme *4 ((RW)-W-11) displayed a 2-fold higher velocity (p < 0.01) compared with the UGT1A4* 1 enzyme preparation. In human liver samples, carriers of the UGT1A4 variants did not display statistically different efficiency in Tacro-G formation compared with homozygote for the reference genotype UGT1A4*1/*1. We conclude that UGT1A4 is the major isoform involved in Tacro glucuronidation, whereas additional studies are required to assess the contribution of UGT1A4 genetic factors in tacrolimus glucuronidation variability.
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