TABLE 1

Kinetics of 17-OHPC metabolism

The data represent mean ± S.D.

Metabolite NumbersVmaxVmaxKm
nmol/min/million cellsnmol/min/pmol P450μM
Fetal_M10.46 ± 0.1612.3 ± 5.1
Fetal_M20.50 ± 0.1111.7 ± 5.3
Fetal_M30.65 ± 0.1025.2 ± 11.0
Adult_M21.3 ± 0.5232.60 ± 49.4
Adult_M40.35 ± 0.2333.10 ± 25.1
Adult_M50.79 ± 0.5038.80 ± 25.7
CYP3A7_M10.0103 ± 0.0021.8 ± 0.90
CYP3A7_M20.0104 ± 0.0011.7 ± 0.50
CYP3A7_M30.0130 ± 0.0025.2 ± 2.1
CYP3A4_M20.20 ± 0.0257.5 ± 14.7
CYP3A4_M40.04 ± 0.00640.1 ± 16.1
CYP3A4_M50.032 ± 0.00310.5 ± 4.8
  • Fetal, fetal hepatocytes (n = 4); adult, adult hepatocytes (n = 4); CYP3A7, expressed CYP3A7 (n = 2); CYP3A4, expressed CYP3A4 (n = 2).