Inhibition of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases in rat liver microsomes by natural mutagens and carcinogens |
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Authors: | Konstantin Grancharov Heike Engelberg Zlatina Naydenova Gunther Müller Albert W. Rettenmeier Evgeny Golovinsky |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia. |
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Abstract: | Eight toxic compounds of natural origin present in the human diet or used as drugs were tested as inhibitors of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) activity in rat liver microsomes with 1-naphthol (1-NA), phenolphthalein (PPh) and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) as substrates. Strong inhibitory effects were observed with tannic acid (tannin) and the antifungal drug griseofulvin (GF): at a concentration of 1 mM, the two compounds completely suppressed the glucuronidation of 1-NA and PPh, respectively. A concentration of 0.1 mM still proved to be highly inhibitory, and even at a concentration as low as 50 microM, tannin produced nearly 50% inhibition of 1-NA conjugation. The UGT isoforms converting 4-NP were less sensitive to the tested compounds (with the exception of GF). Kinetic studies with tannin revealed an uncompetitive type of inhibition toward 1-NA, with an apparent Ki value of 20 microM. The inhibition by GF was non-competitive with respect to PPh and was of a mixed type toward UDP-glucuronic acid, with apparent Ki values of 40 microM and 30 microM, respectively. Tannin and GF did not act as substrates for rat microsomal UGT. |
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