Oxidation and rearrangements of flavanones by mammalian cytochrome P450
Oxidation and rearrangements of flavanones by mammalian cytochrome P450
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DOI:
10.1080/00498250400005708
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发表时间:
2004-09-01
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1.8
通讯作者:
Harigaya, Y
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作者:
Kagawa, H;Takahashi, T;Harigaya, Y
1. To clarify the metabolic pathways of flavanones in mammals, the metabolism of (+/-)-flavanone and (+/-)-4'-methoxy flavanone by rat liver microsomes and recombinant human P450s in which structural changes are readily identifiable were examined.2. The beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-dependent formation of flavone plus (+/-)-2,3-trans-flavanonol and of 4'-methoxy flavone plus (+/-)-2,3-trans-4'-methoxy flavanonol, respectively, by rat liver microsomes was observed.3. The same metabolites were generated by recombinant human P450s in addition to the formation of isoflavone from (+/-)-flavanone.4. The kinetic isotope effects in these reactions were examined using deuterated (+/-)-flavanone and (+/-)-4'-methoxy flavanone. There was a strong isotope effect in the production of flavanonols, but the isotope effect in the production of flavones was small. The results indicated that the P450-mediated conversion of (+/-)-flavanone and of (+/-)-4'-methoxyflavanone to the corresponding metabolites proceeded via abstraction of a hydrogen radical from the C-2- or C-3-position of the flavanone skeleton.5. The antioxidant properties of flavanone and its metabolites were examined by measuring superoxide-scavenging activity in a xanthine-xanthine oxidase-cytochrome c system. (+/-)-2,3-trans-Flavanonol had higher activity than that of other flavonoids.6. Flavanones are metabolized by mammalian P450s, providing important information relevant to the metabolism and pharmacological action of dietary flavanones.