Table 2

Summary of average (standard error) enzyme kinetic parameters for fluoxetine N-demethylation in recombinant heterologously expressed human CYP enzymes2-a

Enzyme(R)-Fluoxetine(S)-FluoxetineRacemic Fluoxetine
KMVmaxVmax/KMKMVmaxVmax/KMKMVmaxVmax/KM
CYP1A2359 (76)26.9 (2.4)0.075474 (102)33.4 (3.3)0.071501 (64)37.9 (2.2)0.076
CYP2B6126 (19)1.19 (0.11)0.0105462-b (370)2.55 (0.53)0.005246 (71)1.64 (0.38)0.007
CYP2C913.6 (1.6)17.0 (0.7)1.241842-b (52)45.6 (21.9)0.24830.7 (3.2)19.6 (1.6)0.638
CYP2C19154 (10)41.2 (0.5)0.275251 (45)46.6 (2.0)0.186172 (25)39.0 (1.1)0.227
CYP2D61.42 (0.27)4.13 (0.21)2.913.81 (0.41)8.54 (0.33)2.242.20 (0.31)6.32 (0.25)2.87
CYP3A433.5 (2.5)10.6 (0.7)0.31633.5 (1.9)10.6 (0.5)0.31619.3 (1.8)8.36 (0.49)0.433
CYP3A579.8 (8.6)9.36 (0.50)0.11792.4 (6.5)9.06 (0.35)0.09889.4 (22.3)8.67 (1.20)0.097
  • 2-a  Units areKM (μM); Vmax(pmol/min/pmol of CYP);Vmax/KM (μl/min/pmol of CYP).

  • 2-b  Represents an estimate;KM for CYP2B6 and CYP2C9 andS-fluoxetine exceeded the highest concentration tested.