TABLE 1

Summary of incubation conditions and analytical methods for different CYP3A substrates


Substrate

Concentration Range

Incubation Time

Protein Concentration

Extraction Solvent

Internal Standard

Analytical Method
cDNA
Liver
cDNA
Liver
cDNA
Liver
Column
Mobile Phase
Detection
μM min pmol/ml mg/ml
TST 5-200a 20 15 15 10a 0.05 Ethyl acetate 11 α-Progesterone Develosil ODS-UG-5 column (4.6 × 100 mm, 5 μm) Gradient of methanol/water/acetonitrile UV, 240 nm
5-400b 2b
ERM 1.25-235 5 15 15 100 0.25 Hexane None Monitoring [14C]formaldehyde formation from the [N-methyl-14C]erythromycin as described by Zhang et al. (1996)
MDZ 0.5-200 0.5 2 4 10 0.05 Ethyl acetate 15N3-1′-OH/4-OH midazolam GC/MS method as described (Paine et al., 1997)
FLZ 10-500 30 30 30 60 0.3 Methanol Clonazepam C18 Inertisil ODS-2 column (4.6 × 150 mm, 5 μm) Water/methanol/acetonitrile (55:40:5) UV, 234 nm
CBZ 50-2000 50 30 30 80 0.5 t-Butyl methyl ether 2-Methyl carbamazepine Zorbax C8 column (4.6 × 250 mm, 5 μm) Water/methanol/acetonitrile (50:40:10) UV, 210 nm
DXM 10-1500 10 15 15 100 0.25 Acetonitrile None Zorbax C8 column (4.6 × 150 mm, 5 μm) 70% 15 mM ammonium acetate (pH 4) and 30% acetonitrile Fluorescence (excitation, 235 nm; emission, 310 nm)
TFN 0.05-200 0.2 2 2 5 0.01 Acetonitrile Ethoxy-oxo-terfenadine Zorbax C8 column (2.1 × 50 mm, 5 μm) 5 mM ammonia acetate/methanol gradient LC/MS; the monitored ions were m/z 472, 488, 502, and 528, which correspond to the [M + H+] of TFN, TFN alcohol, TFN acid, and internal standard
LDC 25-3200 10 15 45 20 0.2 t-Butyl methyl ether Procaine Phenomenex C8 guard column and Microsorb-MV C18 column (24 cm) Gradient of acetonitrile and 0.1 M KPi/0.01% triethylamine (pH 3.0) UV, 214 nm
ITZ

0.5

2

0.05
acetonitrile
None
Zorbax C8 column (2.1 × 50 mm, 5 μm)
5 mM ammonium acetate (pH 7)/acetonitrile gradient
LC/MS; the monitored ions were m/z 721 and 705, which correspond to the [M + H+] of ITZ-OH and ITZ
  • GC/MS, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry; LC/MS, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.

  • a Kinetic comparison of CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 (coexpressed with reductase and supplemented with b5).

  • b Kinetic comparison of CYP3A4 coexpressed with reductase and b5 and CYP3A4 coexpressed with reductase and supplemented with reductase and b5.