TABLE 1

Summary of substrate depletion kinetics of CJ-13,610 and enzyme kinetic parameters for the sulfoxidation metabolic pathway in rat, dog, and human liver microsomes

Numbers in parentheses indicate S.E. of nonlinear regression analysis. Reaction velocities were estimated as described under Materials and Methods.

RatDogHuman
Substrate depletion
    In vitro half-life (min)267128
    fu(plasma)0.070.120.13
    fu(microsomes)0.810.790.83
    CLint (μl/min/mg microsomal protein)541931
    Predicted CLh (ml/min/kg)a40.616.511.7
    Predicted CLh (ml/min/kg)b6.23.13.1
    Predicted CLh (ml/min/kg)c7.43.83.6
    CLplasma (ml/min/kg)11.54.4
Enzyme kinetics (CJ-13,610 sulfoxidation)
    Km, app (μM)4.1 (0.55)5.4 (0.32)4.8 (0.59)
    Vmax (pmol/min/mg protein)247 (8.1)77.9 (1.1)184 (5.4)
    CL′int (μl/min/mg microsomal protein)d601438
  • a No plasma or microsomal binding correction (eq. 1).

  • b Corrected for plasma protein binding only (eq. 1).

  • c Corrected for both plasma and nonspecific microsomal binding (eq. 1).

  • d Calculated using eq. 3.