TABLE 1

The marker substrate reaction from HLMs and cDNA-expressed P450




Enzyme Activity

Enzyme
Marker Substrate Reaction
HLMs
cDNA-Expressed P450
Amount of cDNA-Expressed P450 per Incubationa
pmol/pmol total P450/min pmol/pmol P450/min pmol
CYP2A6 Coumarin 7-hydroxylation 2.47 7.2 14.0
CYP2C8 Paclitaxel 6α-hydroxylation 0.56 7.6 2.8
CYP2C9 Diclofenac 4′-hydroxylation 4.12 22.0 7.6
CYP2C19 S-mephenytoin 4′-hydroxylation 0.24 25.0 0.4
CYP3A4 Testosterone 6β-hydroxylation 8.87 170.0 2.0
CYP3A5
Testosterone 6β-hydroxylation
8.87
14.0
25.0
  • a The amount of cDNA-expressed P450 used per incubation had P450 isozyme activity approximately equivalent to that used in HLM incubations, which contained 40 pmol of P450 and 0.1 mg of microsomal proteins.