Table 5

Kinetics of glucuronide formation for selected xenobiotics in membrane preparations from HK293 cells stably expressing UGT2B9 protein

SubstrateApparentKMVmaxVmax/KM(×100)
μM pmol/min × mg
Naproxen
 pH 7.5368, 40326, 247, 6
 pH 6.556, 6240, 4171, 66
(R)-Ibuprofen117, 5953, 4545, 76
(S)-Ibuprofen133, 54218, 176164, 326
(R)-Propanolol390, 42044, 5011, 12
(S)-Propanolol440, 37518, 194, 5
(+)-Menthol225, 148129, 11257, 76
(−)-Menthol140, 161372, 303266, 188

Apparent KM values for the aglycone substrates were determined at pH 7.5, unless otherwise noted, using 2.0 mM UDP-glucuronic acid. Results are expressed as the individual values obtained using membrane preparations from different passages of cultured cells.