Table 1

Apparent Km and apparent Vmax values and intrinsic formation clearances (CLint = Vmax/Km) for the formation of K11777 metabolites by human liver microsomes

SampleN-Oxide K11777β-Hydroxy-homoPhe K11777N-Desmethyl K11777
K m(μmol · l−1)
 HLF109.913.915.1
 HLF4210.714.716.9
 HLM0615.616.912.7
 HLM2319.621.728.5
 mean ± S.D.14.0 ± 4.516.8 ± 3.518.3 ± 7.0
V max(pmol · min−1 · mg−1)
  [pmol · min−1 · pmol P450−1]
 HLF102744 [9.7]1144 [4.1]1833 [6.5]
 HLF428150 [14.3]2835 [5.0]4724 [8.3]
 HLM061724 [4.5]640 [1.7]966 [2.5]
 HLM231226 [4.0]432 [1.4]755 [2.4]
 mean ± SD3460 ± 31891263 ± 10902069 ± 1830
[8.1 ± 4.9][3.1 ± 1.8][4.9 ± 3.0]
CLint(μl · min−1 · mg−1)
 mean ± S.D.303 ± 31983 ± 82126 ± 110

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Liver microsomes were prepared from four patients (two female [HLF] and two male [HLM]). Apparent Km values were calculated after linearization according to Hanes-Woolf using the Sigma-Plot software (version 5.0; SPSS Inc.).