Table 1

Enzyme kinetics of serotonin glucuronidation by representative liver (n = 7) and pooled kidney, lung and intestine microsomes and UGT1A6 expressed in insect cells (B) or lymphoblast (L)

PreparationApparentKmVmax
mM nmol/min/mg
LV36.7  ± 0.24.3  ± 0.00
LV196.8  ± 0.40.62  ± 0.01
LV225.2  ± 0.36.8  ± 0.1
LV358.8  ± 0.343.4  ± 0.4
LV395.7  ± 1.317.6  ± 1.1
LV416.1  ± 0.851.3  ± 2.1
LV496.2  ± 0.524.4  ± 0.6
Pooled kidney6.5  ± 0.98.8  ± 0.4
Pooled lung4.9  ± 3.30.03  ± 00
Pooled intestine12.4  ± 2.00.22  ± 00
UGT1A6(B)5.0  ± 0.44.5  ± 0.1
UGT1A6(L)5.9  ± 0.215.8  ± 0.2

Data were fitted by nonlinear regression to the Michaelis-Menten equation. Shown are parameter estimates ± S.E. of the estimates.