Imidazole antimycotics: inhibitors of steroid aromatase.
Imidazole antimycotics: inhibitors of steroid aromatase.
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咪唑类抗真菌药:类固醇芳香酶抑制剂。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-2952(85)90613-6
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Sheets,JJ
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作者:
Mason,JI;Murry,BA;Olcott,M;Sheets,JJ
Miconazole and clotrimazole, members of a class of imidazole agents which have broad spectrum antimycotic activity, were shown to be potent inhibitors of steroid aromatase activity of human placental microsomes. The I50values for the inhibition of aromatase activity by miconazole, clotrimazole, ketoconazole, and aminoglutethimide were 0.6, 1.8, 60 and 44 μM respectively. The most effective compound, miconazole, exhibited competitive kinetics with respect to androstenedione, the aromatase substrate. The apparent inhibitory constant (Ki) was 55 nM, under assay conditions where the apparentKmfor androstenedione was 220 nM. The inhibition of aromatase activity by miconazole was shown to be reversible by dilution. Miconazole was a relatively poor inhibitor of the cholesterol side chain cleavage activity of a placental mitochondria-enriched fraction, while both clotrimazole and ketoconazole markedly inhibited this mitochondrial monooxygenase activity. Spectrophotometric studies revealed that miconazole bound to the cytochrome P-450 component of the placental microsomal aromatase complex and had negligible effect on NADPH-cytochromec(P-450) reductase activity. These results strongly support direct interaction of miconazole with microsomal cytochrome P-450 in human placental microsomes with high affinity resulting in the inhibition of aromatase activity.