Table 5

Nifedipine and midazolam oxidation activities in a reconstitution system, CYP3A4/NPR membranes, microsomes containing recombinant CYP3A4/NPR, and human liver microsomes5-a

CYP3A4 System5-bNifedipine OxidationMidazolam
4-Hydroxylation1′-Hydroxylation
nmol products/min/nmol CYP3A4
Reconstitution5-c 299.013
E. coli membranes351316
Lymphoblastoid cell microsomes113.24.6
Baculosomes401013
Supersomes481721
Human liver microsomes341217
  • 5-a Nifedipine (200 μM) and midazolam (100 μM) were incubated with CYP3A4 (0.010 μM) for 5 min, and product formation was determined by HPLC. Data are the means of duplicate determinations.

  • 5-b The enzyme source was the same as in Table 4. Purified humanb5 (1:1 molar ratio compared with CYP3A4) and rabbit NADPH-P-450 reductase (2-fold molar excess compared with CYP3A4) were added with 0.25 mM sodium cholate.

  • 5-c Reconstitution systems containing purified CYP3A4 (0.010 μM), rabbit NPR (0.020 μM), and human b5 (0.010 μM) with lipid mixture (20 μg/ml) and cholate (0.25 mM).