TABLE 1

Summary of literature reports demonstrating high variability of aldehyde oxidase activity in various in vitro systems

In Vitro SystemDonorsMethodologyProbe SubstrateFold Range ActivityReference
S-9 fraction6Metabolite formationNMN>40Rodrigues et al., 1994
Benzaldehyde3.6
6-Methylpurine3.6
Cytosol7DepletionBenzaldehyde50Sugihara et al., 1997
Metabolite formationNMN4.3
Cytosol6Metabolite formationMethotrexate48Kitamura et al., 1999
Cytosol13Vmax/KmDACA18Al-Salmy, 2001
DepletionBenzaldehyde5
Cryopreserved hepatocytes5Metabolite formationVanillin5Sahi et al., 2008
Cytosol16Metabolite formationNMN9.4Tayama et al., 2012
Cytosol20DepletionCarbazeran90Fu et al., 2013
Zoniporide42
Phthalazine17
  • DACA, N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]acridone-4-carboxamide; NMN, N1-methylnicotinamide.