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Activity of cytochromes P450 1A1, 1A2 and 3A4 expressed in eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems
Indra, Radek ; Stiborová, Marie (advisor) ; Mizerovská, Jana (referee)
Cytochromes P450 (CYP) are a superfamily of heme proteins distributed widely throughout nature, involved in metabolism of a broad variety of substrates and catalyzing a variety of interesting chemical reactions. They play a central role in metabolism of chemotherapeutic agents. Several prodrug antitumor agents have been found as CYP substrates. Ellipticine, an alkaloid found in Apocynaceae plants, is an example of such type of pro-drug. Here, we investigate the efficiencies of human recombinant CYPs expressed in eukaryotic and prokaryotic expression systems, namely in SupersomesTM , microsomes isolated from insect cells transfected with baculovirus construct containing cDNA of human CYP1A1, 1A2 and 3A4 with NADPH:CYP reductase or in Bactosomes, the membrane fraction of E. coli transfected with cDNA of the same human CYP enzymes and NADPH:CYP reductase to oxidize their marker substrates and ellipticine. Cytochrome b5, an aditional component of the mixed function oxidase system, which metabolize xenobiotics was also expressed in some of the systems. The results found in this work demonstrate that human CYP1A1, 1A2 or 3A4 expressed in both eukaryotic and procaryotic systems oxidize their marker substrates (EROD for CYP1A1/2, MROD for CYP1A2 and testosterone 6β-hydroxylation for CYP3A4). They also oxidize...
Oxidation of ellipticine by human cytochromes P450 expressed in prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems
Vejvodová, Lucie ; Stiborová, Marie (advisor) ; Hýsková, Veronika (referee)
Ellipticine is an alkaloid with antitumor activity, whose mechanism of action is based on intercalation into DNA, inhibition of topoisomerase II and formation of covalent adducts with DNA, after its enzymatic activation by cytochromes P450 and/or peroxidases. Ellipticine is oxidized by cytochromes P450 to form up to five metabolites (7-hydroxy-, 9-hydroxy, 12- hydroxy-, 13-hydroxyellipticine and N2 -oxide ellipticine). 9-Hydroxy- and 7- hydroxyellipticine are considered to be detoxification metabolites, whereas 12-hydroxy-, 13- hydroxyellipticine and N2 -oxide of ellipticine are considered as activation metabolites, which are responsible for formation of covalent DNA adducts. The aim of this thesis was to examine the efficiency of human recombinant cytochromes P450 expressed in eukaryotic (SupersomesTM ) and two prokaryotic expression systems (Bactosomes) in oxidation of ellipticine. Cytochromes P450 expressed in prokaryotic systems differed in the amounts of "coexpressed" NADPH:CYP reductase. The resulting ellipticine metabolites were analyzed by HPLC. The results obtained in this thesis demonstrate that human cytochromes P450 2C9/2D6/2C19 expressed in prokaryotic or eukaryotic systems oxidize ellipticine to form up to four metabolites: 9-hydroxy-, 12-hydroxy-, 13-hydroxyellipticine and N2 -oxide...
Oxidation of ellipticine by human cytochromes P450 expressed in prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems
Vejvodová, Lucie ; Stiborová, Marie (advisor) ; Hýsková, Veronika (referee)
Ellipticine is an alkaloid with antitumor activity, whose mechanism of action is based on intercalation into DNA, inhibition of topoisomerase II and formation of covalent adducts with DNA, after its enzymatic activation by cytochromes P450 and/or peroxidases. Ellipticine is oxidized by cytochromes P450 to form up to five metabolites (7-hydroxy-, 9-hydroxy, 12- hydroxy-, 13-hydroxyellipticine and N2 -oxide ellipticine). 9-Hydroxy- and 7- hydroxyellipticine are considered to be detoxification metabolites, whereas 12-hydroxy-, 13- hydroxyellipticine and N2 -oxide of ellipticine are considered as activation metabolites, which are responsible for formation of covalent DNA adducts. The aim of this thesis was to examine the efficiency of human recombinant cytochromes P450 expressed in eukaryotic (SupersomesTM ) and two prokaryotic expression systems (Bactosomes) in oxidation of ellipticine. Cytochromes P450 expressed in prokaryotic systems differed in the amounts of "coexpressed" NADPH:CYP reductase. The resulting ellipticine metabolites were analyzed by HPLC. The results obtained in this thesis demonstrate that human cytochromes P450 2C9/2D6/2C19 expressed in prokaryotic or eukaryotic systems oxidize ellipticine to form up to four metabolites: 9-hydroxy-, 12-hydroxy-, 13-hydroxyellipticine and N2 -oxide...
Activity of cytochromes P450 1A1, 1A2 and 3A4 expressed in eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems
Indra, Radek ; Stiborová, Marie (advisor) ; Mizerovská, Jana (referee)
Cytochromes P450 (CYP) are a superfamily of heme proteins distributed widely throughout nature, involved in metabolism of a broad variety of substrates and catalyzing a variety of interesting chemical reactions. They play a central role in metabolism of chemotherapeutic agents. Several prodrug antitumor agents have been found as CYP substrates. Ellipticine, an alkaloid found in Apocynaceae plants, is an example of such type of pro-drug. Here, we investigate the efficiencies of human recombinant CYPs expressed in eukaryotic and prokaryotic expression systems, namely in SupersomesTM , microsomes isolated from insect cells transfected with baculovirus construct containing cDNA of human CYP1A1, 1A2 and 3A4 with NADPH:CYP reductase or in Bactosomes, the membrane fraction of E. coli transfected with cDNA of the same human CYP enzymes and NADPH:CYP reductase to oxidize their marker substrates and ellipticine. Cytochrome b5, an aditional component of the mixed function oxidase system, which metabolize xenobiotics was also expressed in some of the systems. The results found in this work demonstrate that human CYP1A1, 1A2 or 3A4 expressed in both eukaryotic and procaryotic systems oxidize their marker substrates (EROD for CYP1A1/2, MROD for CYP1A2 and testosterone 6β-hydroxylation for CYP3A4). They also oxidize...

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