Table 3

Kinetic analysis of biotransformation of citalopram and desmethycitalopram enantiomers by heterologously expressed human cytochromes

Transformation ReactionCytochromes
CYP2C19CYP2D6CYP3A4
R-CT to DCT
V max 1.65 (±0.09)2.18 (±0.11)2.15 (±0.21)
K m 77 (±15)47 (±8)454 (±103)
V max/K m 2.134.630.47
 Abundance-adjusted relative V max/K m 32.9%20.7%46.3%
S-CT to DCT
V max 2.52 (±0.08)2.73 (±0.17)3.19 (±0.22)
K m 69 (±6)29 (±7)588 (±86)
V max/K m 3.639.540.54
 Abundance-adjusted relative V max/K m 36.9%28.1%34.9%
R-DCT to DDCT
V max 0.62 (±0.02)
K m 12.4 (±1.8)
V max/K m 5.04
S-DCT to DDCT
V max 0.58 (±0.02)
K m 16.8 (±2.2)
V max/K m 3.44

Units are: Vmax, picomoles per minute per picomole of P450; Km, micromolar concentration;Vmax/Km, nanoliters per minute per picomole of P450; RelativeVmax/Km, percentage of total. Table entries are parameter estimates with asymtotic standard errors in parenthesis.