AMINOPYRINE N-DEMETHYLASE ACTIVITY IN HUMAN LIVER-MICROSOMES
AMINOPYRINE N-DEMETHYLASE ACTIVITY IN HUMAN LIVER-MICROSOMES
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DOI:
10.1038/clpt.1990.184
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发表时间:
1990-11-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
BENITEZ, J
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作者:
GARCIAAGUNDEZ, JA;LUENGO, A;BENITEZ, J
Aminopyrine N-demethylase activity and the contents of cytochrome P-450, cytochrome b5, and NADPH-reductase activity in human liver microsomes from 31 different patients were studied. Our results show the existence of significant interindividual, but not sex- or age-related differences in N-demethylase activity (ranging between 0.52 and 4.42 nmol/min/mg protein), and that these differences are directly correlated with the content of the cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-reductase activity, but not with that of cytochrome b5 content, in the samples. In contrast no differences were found in the Michaelis-Menten constant values for aminopyrine (mean, 2.4 mmol/L) or NADPH (mean, 69 .mu.mol/L), strongly suggesting that interindividual differences could be due to the occurrence of different amount of the same enzyme, rather than the presence of different enzymes, in the population studied.