When incubated with isolated rat hepatocytes, pravastatin sodium (PS) yielded a small amount of a metabolite in addition to two major metabolites that have already been reported. The previously uncharacterized metabolite was found to be formed by at first being enzymatically dehydrogenated to 6'-keto intermediate (R-104), followed by decomposition to give the aromatized metabolite (R-195), through spontaneous deesterification with accompanying aromatization. The PS-6'β-hydroxydehydrogenase activity was localized in cytosolic fraction and required NADP, preferentially over NAD, as a cofactor. The formation of R-195 by rat liver cytosol was strongly inhibited by indomethacin, 3α-hydroxysteroids (but not 3β-isomers) and 3-ketosteroids. The results and high substrate specificity of purified PS-6'β-hydroxydehydrogenase toward 3α-hydroxysteroids suggested that the enzyme is identical to 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
普伐他汀钠(PS)与离体大鼠肝细胞孵育时,除了已报道的两种主要代谢物外,还产生了少量代谢物。研究发现,先前未定性的代谢物首先是通过酶促脱氢生成 6'- 酮中间体(R-104),然后通过自发脱酯和伴随的芳香化作用分解生成芳香化代谢物(R-195)。PS-6'β-羟基脱氢酶的活性定位于细胞膜部分,需要
NADP(优先于
NAD)作为辅助因子。
吲哚美辛、3α-羟基类
固醇(但不包括 3β-异构体)和 3-
酮类固醇能强烈抑制大鼠肝脏细胞液中 R-195 的形成。这些结果以及纯化的 PS-6'β- 羟基脱氢酶对 3α- 羟基类
固醇的高底物特异性表明,该酶与 3α- 羟基类
固醇脱氢酶相同。