Table 3

Comparison of kinetic parameter data on pranidipine dehydrogenation and de-esterification of dehydrogenated pranidipine

Kinetic ParameterPranidipine Dehydrogenation3-aDehydrogenated Pranidipine De-esterification
CYP3A4CYP2D6CYP3A4
K m (μM)21.411.88.7
V max (nmol/min/nmol P-450)1.960.470.84
CLintrinsic (μl/min/nmol P-450)91.639.896.6
  • The formation rates of dehydrogenated pranidipine were determined over the pranidipine concentration range of 50 to 200 μM in a reaction mixture containing 0.4 mg/ml of microsomal protein (22.4 pmol of P-450) expressing CYP3A4. Enzyme incubation and metabolite analyses were carried out in triplicate and the apparent Kmand Vmax values for pranidipine dehydrogenation by the enzyme were determined using a Lineweaver-Burk reciprocal plot.

  • 3-a Referred to the paper described by Kudo et al. (1998).