Table 1

Kinetic parameters of troglitazone glucuronidation in recombinant UGT isoforms and in human liver and jejunum microsomes

MicrosomesEq. 1(Hyperbola)1-aEq. 2(Substrate Inhibition)1-b
KmVmaxVmax/KmKmVmaxVmax/KmKi
μM pmol/min/mg μl/min/mg μM pmol/min/mg μl/min/mg μM
Recombinant UGT1A158.3  ± 29.212.3  ± 2.50.21141.1  ± 85.823.8  ± 9.90.17220.4  ± 130.9
Recombinant UGT1A1011.1  ± 5.833.6  ± 3.73.03497.1  ± 2973.3532.5  ± 2828.11.079.8  ± 54.7
Human liver microsomes (H161)13.5  ± 2.034.8  ± 1.22.5849.4  ± 26.370.2  ± 22.21.52153.7  ± 76.3
Human jejunum microsomes (HJM0040)8.1  ± 0.3700.9  ± 4.386.5362.7  ± 122.82138.5  ± 2990.434.1158.6  ± 109.5

Troglitazone (6 μM–1 mM) was incubated with microsomes and UDP-glucuronic acid for 20 min.

  • 1-a  Kinetic parameters were calculated by the Michaelis-Menten equation (eq. 1) with the activity at 6–200 μM substrate concentrations.

  • 1-b  Kinetic parameters were calculated by the substrate inhibition equation (eq. 2) with the activity at 6 μM–1 mM substrate concentrations.