Table 1

Kinetic analysis of diazepam 3-hydroxylation and N-demethylation and testosterone 6β-hydroxylation in B-lymphoblastoid microsomes expressing CYP3A4 and CPR

Hill EquationTwo-Site Model
VmaxS50nCLmaxVmaxKsα
pmol/min/pmol CYP μM μl/min/pmol CYP pmol/min/pmol CYP μM
Diazepam
 3HDZ30  (1)140 (8)1.42 (0.04)0.1228  (1)421 (33)0.09 (0.02)
 NDZ2.7  (0.5)152 (56)1.20 (0.14)0.0112.5  (0.3)252 (40)0.28 (0.18)
Testosterone
 6β-HTS19  (0.5)51 (3)1.45 (0.05)0.2020  (0.3)129 (14)0.17 (0.04)

The kinetic parameters were determined using the Hill equation (eq. 1) and a two-site model (eq. 3) using GRAFIT v3.0 (Erithacus Software Ltd). Values in parentheses represent standard error values.