PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

Izumi Iida

Publications and source records attributed to Izumi Iida.

5 recordsLinked to original sources

Identification of 4-amino-2-cyclohexylaminoquinazolines as metabolically stable melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 antagonists.

The optimization of the distance between two key pharmacophore features within our first hit compounds 1a and 2a led to the identification of a new class of potent non-peptidic antagonists for the MCH-R1, based around 4-amino-2-cyclohexylaminoquinazolines. In particular, ATC0065 (2c), N2-[cis-4-([2-[4-Bromo-2-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]ethyl]amino)cyclohexyl]-N4,N4-dimethylquinazoline-2,4-diamine dihydrochloride, bound with high affinity to the MCH-R1 (IC50 value of 16 nM) and showed good metabolic stability in liver microsomes from human and rat.

Animals↗

Catalytic roles of CYP2C9 and its variants (CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3) in lornoxicam 5'-hydroxylation.

The effects of allelic variants of CYP2C9 (CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3) on lornoxicam 5'-hydroxylation were studied using the corresponding variant protein expressed in baculovirus-infected insect cells and human liver microsomes of known genotypes of CYP2C9. The results of the baculovirus expression system showed that CYP2C9.3 gives higher K(m) and lower V(max) values for lornoxicam 5'-hydroxylation than does CYP2C9.1. In contrast, K(m) and V(max) values of CYP2C9.1 and CYP2C9.2 for the reaction were comparable. Lornoxicam 5'-hydroxylation was also determined in liver microsomes of 12 humans genotyped for the CYP2C9 gene (*1/*1, n = 7; *1/*2, n = 2; *1/*3, n = 2; *3/*3, n = 1). A sample genotyped as *3/*3 exhibited 8- to 50-fold lower intrinsic clearance for lornoxicam 5'-hydroxylation than did samples genotyped as *1/*1. However, the values for intrinsic clearance for *1/*3 were within the range of values exhibited by samples of *1/*1. In addition, no appreciable differences were observed in kinetic parameters for lornoxicam 5'-hydroxylation between *1/*1 and *1/*2. In conclusion, this study showed that lornoxicam 5'-hydroxylation via CYP2C9 was markedly decreased by the substitution of Ile359Leu (CYP2C9.3), whereas the effect of the substitution of Arg144Cys (CYP2C9.2) was nonexistent or negligible. Additional in vivo studies are required to confirm that individuals with homologous CYP2C9*3 allele exhibit impaired lornoxicam clearance.

Alleles↗

CYP isoforms involved in the metabolism of clarithromycin in vitro: comparison between the identification from disappearance rate and that from formation rate of metabolites.

To clarify whether CYP2C19 is involved in the overall metabolism of clarithromycin (CAM) or not, in vitro studies using human liver microsomes and recombinant CYPs were performed by an approach based on the disappearance rate of parent compound from the incubation mixture. In addition, the results of disappearance rate were compared with those obtained from the formation rates of the major metabolites of CAM, 14-(R)-hydroxy-CAM and N-demethyl-CAM. The intrinsic clearance (CL(int)) values determined from the disappearance of CAM in nine different human liver microsomes were highly correlated with the testosterone 6beta-hydroxylation activity (r=0.957, p<0.001). The CL(int) of CAM was markedly reduced by selective inhibitors of CYP3A4 (ketoconazole and troleandomycin) and by polyclonal antibodies raised against CYP3A4/5 in human liver microsomes. Among the 11 isoforms of recombinant human CYP, only CYP3A4 revealed the metabolic activity for the disappearance of CAM. These results were fairly consistent with those obtained from the conventional approach based on the formation of major metabolites of CAM. Comparison of the kinetic parameters estimated from the disappearance rate of CAM and the formation rates of 14-(R)-hydroxy-CAM and N-demethyl-CAM indicates that N-demethylation and 14-(R)-hydroxylation account for 65% of CL(int) derived from the disappearance of CAM in human liver microsomes. The findings suggest that CYP3A4 plays a predominant role in the overall metabolic clearance of CAM as well as in the formation of 14-(R)-hydroxy-CAM and N-demethyl-CAM. CYP2C19 does not appear to be involved in the overall metabolism of CAM at least in human liver microsomes. A combination of the disappearance rate of a parent compound and the formation rate of metabolites appears to be a useful approach for estimating the percentage contribution of the formation of metabolites to the overall metabolic clearance of a parent compound in vitro.

Journal Article↗

The in vitro metabolism of desglymidodrine, an active metabolite of prodrug midodrine by human liver microsomes.

The human cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoforms catalyzing the oxidation metabolism of desglymidodrine (DMAE), an active metabolite of midodrine, were studied. Recombinant human CYP2D6, 1A2 and 2C19 exhibited appreciable catalytic activity with respect to the 5'-O-demethylation of DMAE. The O-demethylase activity by the recombinant CYP2D6 was much higher than that of other CYP isoforms. Quinidine (a selective inhibitor of CYP2D6) inhibited the O-demethylation of DMAE in pooled human microsomes by 86%, while selective inhibitors for other forms of CYP did not show any appreciable effect. Although the activity of CYP2D6 was almost negligible in the PM microsomes, the O-demethylase activity of DMAE was found to be maintained by about 25% of the pooled microsomes. Furafylline (a selective inhibitor of CYP1A2) inhibited the M-2 formation in the PM microsomes by 57%. The treatment of pooled microsomes with an antibody against CYP2D6 inhibited the formation of M-2 by about 75%, whereas that of the PM microsomes did not show drastic inhibition. In contrast, the antibody against CYP1A2 suppressed the activity by 40 to 50% in the PM microsomes. These findings suggest that CYP2D6 have the highest catalytic activity of DMAE 5'-O-demethylation in human liver microsomes, followed by CYP1A2 to a small extent.

Animals↗