作者:John Eksterowicz、Dan A. Rock、Brooke M. Rock、Larry C. Wienkers、Robert S. Foti
DOI:10.1124/dmd.114.059626
日期:2014.10
Cytochrome P450 4F12 is a drug-metabolizing enzyme that is primarily expressed in the liver, kidney, colon, small intestine, and heart. The properties of CYP4F12 that may impart an increased catalytic selectivity (decreased promiscuity) were explored through in vitro metabolite elucidation, kinetic isotope effect experiments, and computational modeling of the CYP4F12 active site. By using astemizole as a probe substrate for CYP4F12 and CYP3A4, it was observed that although CYP4F12 favored astemizole O -demethylation as the primary route of metabolism, CYP3A4 was capable of metabolizing astemizole at multiple sites on the molecule. Deuteration of astemizole at the site of O -demethylation resulted in an isotope effect of 7.1 as well as an 8.3-fold decrease in the rate of clearance for astemizole by CYP4F12. Conversely, although an isotope effect of 3.8 was observed for the formation of the O -desmethyl metabolite when deuterated astemizole was metabolized by CYP3A4, there was no decrease in the clearance of astemizole. Development of a homology model of CYP4F12 based on the crystal structure of cytochrome P450 BM3 predicted an active site volume for CYP4F12 that was approximately 76% of the active site volume of CYP3A4. As predicted, multiple favorable binding orientations were available for astemizole docked into the active site of CYP3A4, but only a single binding orientation with the site of O -demethylation oriented toward the heme was identified for CYP4F12. Overall, it appears that although CYP4F12 may be capable of binding similar ligands to other cytochrome P450 enzymes such as CYP3A4, the ability to achieve catalytically favorable orientations may be inherently more difficult because of the increased steric constraints of the CYP4F12 active site.
细胞色素 P450 4F12 是一种药物代谢酶,主要在肝脏、肾脏、结肠、小肠和心脏中表达。通过体外代谢物阐释、动力学同位素效应实验以及对 CYP4F12 活性位点的计算建模,研究人员探索了 CYP4F12 可提高催化选择性(降低杂交性)的特性。通过使用阿司咪唑作为 CYP4F12 和 CYP3A4 的探针底物,观察到虽然 CYP4F12 更倾向于将阿司咪唑 O -去甲基化作为主要代谢途径,但 CYP3A4 能够在分子的多个位点代谢阿司咪唑。在 O -去甲基化位点对阿司咪唑进行氚化会产生 7.1 的同位素效应,并使 CYP4F12 对阿司咪唑的清除率降低 8.3 倍。相反,虽然氚化阿司咪唑经 CYP3A4 代谢后形成的 O - 去甲基代谢物的同位素效应为 3.8,但阿司咪唑的清除率并没有降低。根据细胞色素 P450 BM3 晶体结构建立的 CYP4F12 同源模型预测,CYP4F12 的活性位点体积约为 CYP3A4 活性位点体积的 76%。正如预测的那样,阿司咪唑与 CYP3A4 的活性位点对接后有多个有利的结合方向,但 CYP4F12 只确定了一个单一的结合方向,即 O -去甲基化位点朝向血红素。总的看来,虽然 CYP4F12 可能能够与其他细胞色素 P450 酶(如 CYP3A4)的类似配体结合,但由于 CYP4F12 活性位点的立体限制增加,实现有利催化取向的能力本质上可能更加困难。