TABLE 1

Identification of P450s involved in the metabolism of 17-OHPC

Mean ± S.D. of triplicate in vitro preparations. Amount of metabolite is expressed in terms of HPC equivalent. Significant levels of metabolite were detected on incubation of 17-OHPC (100 μM) with expressed CYP3A4/5, whereas no metabolite could be detected for other P450s.


Expressed P450s

Metabolite (M2HLM) Generated

17-OHPC Metabolized
pmol/pmol P450/min pmol/pmol P450/min
CTRL N.D. N.D.
1A1 N.D. N.D.
1A2 N.D. N.D.
1B1 N.D. N.D.
2A6 N.D. N.D.
2B6 N.D. N.D.
2C8 N.D. N.D.
2C9*1 N.D. N.D.
2C9*2 N.D. N.D.
2C9*3 N.D. N.D.
2C18 N.D. N.D.
2D6*1 N.D. N.D.
2D6*10 N.D. N.D.
2E1 N.D. N.D.
19 N.D. N.D.
FMO1 N.D. N.D.
FMO3 N.D. N.D.
FMO5 N.D. N.D.
CYP3A4 27.4 ± 1.2 64.5 ± 0.1
CYP3A5
57.1 ± 3.7
68.4 ± 0.4