TABLE 2

Enzyme kinetics of deferiprone glucuronidation by human tissue samples and UGT1A6 microsomal preparations

Kinetics from jejunum, ileum, and kidney (Hill equation) differed from those of UGT1A6 and from liver (Michaelis-Menten kinetic model).


Sample

Km

S50

Absolute Vmax

Clint

Clmax
mM nmol/min/mg protein μl/min/mg
Liver K22 10.0 ± 0.08 16.7 ± 1.7 1.7
Liver K23 8.0 ± 0.5 7.9 ± 2.7 1.0
Liver K24 7.6 ± 1.6 15.2 ± 4.1 2.0
Liver K25 9.3 ± 0.2 15.5 ± 1.7 1.7
Liver K26 8.9 ± 0.9 9.9 ± 0.8 1.1
Liver K27 8.5 ± 1.3 19.2 ± 3.7 2.2
Liver K28 8.3 ± 1.5 14.6 ± 0.2 1.8
Liver K29 9.2 ± 3.5 10.5 ± 2.9 1.2
Liver pool 9.9 ± 0.5 19.3 ± 0.01 2.0
UGT1A6 * 1 10.0 ± 4.2 25.6 ± 3.2 3.0
Sample
    Kidney 5.3 ± 0.7 14.8 ± 1.5 1.4
    Jejunum 18.5 ± 6.8 1.5 ± 0.3* 0.04
    Ileum

12.3 ± 1.7
1.0 ± 0.1*

0.04
  • * Significantly different from human liver pool at P < 0.05.