Comparison of warfarin sensitivity between rat and bird species
Comparison of warfarin sensitivity between rat and bird species
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.03.006
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发表时间:
2010-06-01
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3.9
通讯作者:
Ishizuka, Mayumi
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作者:
Watanabe, Kensuke P.;Saengtienchai, Aksorn;Ishizuka, Mayumi
Scattering coumarin derivative rodenticides in broad areas have caused primary- and secondary-poisoning incidents in non-target wild birds. In this study, we compared factors determining warfarin sensitivity between bird species and rats based on vitamin K 2,3-epoxide reductase (VKOR) kinetics, VKOR inhibition by warfarin and warfarin metabolism assays. In VKOR characterization, chickens and ostriches showed significantly lower enzymatic efficiencies than rats (one-sixth and one-third, respectively), suggesting bird species depend more on a non-VKOR vitamin K source. On the other hand, the inhibition constants (K-i) of VKOR for warfarin were significantly different between chickens and ostriches (113 +/- 2.5 mu M and 0.64 +/- 0.39 mu M, respectively). Interestingly, the ostrich K-i was similar to the values for rats (0.28 +/- 0.09 mu M). The K-i results reveal a surprising possibility that VKOR in some bird species are easily inhibited by warfarin. Warfarin metabolism assays also showed a large inter-species difference in bird species. Chickens and ostriches showed higher metabolic activity than that of rats, while mallards and owls showed only a slight ability to metabolize warfarin. In this study, we clarified the wide inter-species difference that exists among birds in xenobiotic metabolism and sensitivity to a rodenticide. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.