TABLE 3

Kinetic parameters for MPTP oxidation by marmoset and human liver microsomes and recombinant CYP2D6 and FMO3

Kinetic parameters were calculated by nonlinear regression analysis (mean ± S.E., 10 points of substrate concentrations within the range 1–2000 μM).

Kinetic ParameterMarmosetHuman
Liver MicrosomesCYP2D6FMO3Liver MicrosomesCYP2D6FMO3
PTP formation
 Km (μM)451 ± 9971 ± 7N.A.577 ± 116125 ± 23N.A.
 Vmax (nmol/min per mg)0.43 ± 0.030.13 ± 0.01
 Vmax (min−1)15.6 ± 0.4<0.0111.5 ± 0.6<0.01
 Vmax/Km (μl/min per mg)0.950.23
 Vmax/Km (μl/min per nmol)220N.A.92N.A.
MPTP N-oxide formation
 Km (μM)162 ± 21N.A.137 ± 14173 ± 69N.A.102 ± 19
 Vmax (nmol/min per mg)0.52 ± 0.020.22 ± 0.02
 Vmax (min−1)<0.123 ± 1<0.1104 ± 5
 Vmax/Km (μl/min per mg)3.21.3
 Vmax/Km (ml/min per nmol)N.A.0.17N.A.1.0
MPDP+ formation
 Km (μM)125 ± 1974 ± 23N.A.103 ± 6276 ± 96N.A.
 Vmax (nmol/min per mg)0.23 ± 0.010.66 ± 0.01
 Vmax (min−1)5.5 ± 0.4<0.11.0 ± 0.1<0.1
 Vmax/Km (μl/min per mg)1.86.4
 Vmax/Km (μl/min per nmol)74N.A.3.6N.A.
MPP+ formation
 Km (μM)66 ± 1872 ± 18N.A.53 ± 10331 ± 110N.A.
 Vmax (nmol/min per mg)0.23 ± 0.020.38 ± 0.02
 Vmax (min−1)11 ± 1<0.12.8 ± 0.3<0.1
 Vmax/Km (μl/min per mg)3.57.2
 Vmax/Km (μl/min per nmol)150N.A.8.5N.A.
  • N.A., not available; —, not calculated.