TABLE 2

Steady-state parameters for glucuronidation of CBN, THC-OH, and THC-COOH by UGT isoforms

Parameters were determined from the fit of initial velocities to a Michaelis-Menten kinetic scheme using GraphPad Prism 4.


Substrate

UGT Isoforma

Vmax

Km

Vmax/Km
nmol/mg protein/min μM μl/mg protein/min
CBN UGT1A7 0.24 ± 0.01 19 ± 3.9 12.6
UGT1A8 0.49 ± 0.03 44 ± 8.1 11.1
UGT1A9 0.10 ± 0.01 3.4 ± 1.3 29.4
UGT1A10 0.91 ± 0.05 59 ± 10 15.4
THC-OH UGT1A9 0.14 ± 0.01 7.3 ± 1.9 19.2
UGT1A10 0.33 ± 0.03 72 ± 19 4.58
THC-COOH UGT1A1 0.22 ± 0.02 170 ± 37 1.29

UGT1A3
0.68 ± 0.06
68 ± 17
10.0
  • a All reactions were normalized as described under Materials and Methods.