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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 87, 期 6, 页码 681-686出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600494
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paclitaxel; metabolism; colorectal; cancer; tissue; resistance
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Cytochrome P450 3A is a drug-metabolising enzyme activity due to CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 gene products, that is involved in the inactivation of anticancer drugs This study analyses the potential of cytochrome P450 3A enzyme in human colorectal cancer to impact anticancer therapy with drugs that are cytochrome P450 3A substrates Enzyme activity, variability and properties, and the ability to inactivate paclitaxel (taxol) were analysed in human colorectal cancer and healthy colorectal epithelium. Cytochrome P450 3A enzyme activity is present in healthy and tumoral samples, with a nearly 10-fold interindividual variability Nifedipine oxidation activity+/-s.d. for colorectal cancer microsomes was 67.8+/-36.6 pmol min(-1) mg(-1). The K-m of the tumoral enzyme (42+/-8 mum) is similar to that in healthy colorectal epithelium (36+/-8 mum) and the human liver enzyme. Colorectal cancer microsomes metabolised the anticancer drug paclitaxel with a mean activity was 3.1+/-1.2 pmol min(-1) mg(-1). The main metabolic pathway is carried out by cytochrome P450 3A, and it is inhibited by the cytochrome P450 3A-specific inhibitor ketoconazole with a K, value of 31 nm. This study demonstrates the occurrence of cytochrome P450 3A-dependent metabolism in colorectal cancer tissue. The metabolic activity confers to cancer cells the ability to inactivate cytochrome P450 3A substrates and may modulate tumour sensitivity to anticancer drugs. (C) 2002 Cancer Research UK.
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