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Identification of UGTs and BCRP as Potential Pharmacokinetic Determinants of the Natural Flavonoid Alpinetin

Identification of UGTs and BCRP as Potential Pharmacokinetic Determinants of the Natural Flavonoid Alpinetin

Chunli Qi, Jiangnan Fu, Huinan Zhao, Huijie Xing, Dong Dong, Baojian Wu

Xenobiotica. 2019 Mar;49(3):276-283.

PMID: 29436891

Abstract:

Alpinetin is a natural flavonoid showing a variety of pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and hypolipidemic activities. Here, we aim to determine the roles of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) and breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in disposition of alpinetin. Glucuronidation potential of alpinetin was evaluated using pooled human liver microsomes (pHLM), pooled human intestine microsomes (pHIM) and expressed UGT enzymes supplemented with the cofactor UDPGA. Activity correlation analyses with a bank of individual HLMs were performed to identify the main contributing UGT isozymes in hepatic glucuronidation of alpinetin. The effect of BCRP on alpinetin disposition was assessed using HeLa cells overexpressing UGT1A1 (HeLa1A1) cells. Alpinetin underwent extensive glucuronidation in pHLM and pHIM, generating one glucuronide metabolite. Of 12 test UGT enzymes, UGT1A3 was the most active one toward alpinetin with an intrinsic clearance (CLint = Vmax/Km) value of 66.5 μl/min/nmol, followed by UGT1A1 (CLint = 48.6 μl/min/nmol), UGT1A9 (CLint = 21.0 μl/min/nmol), UGT2B15 (CLint = 16.7 μl/min/nmol) and UGT1A10 (CLint = 1.60 μl/min/nmol). Glucuronidation of alpinetin was significantly correlated with glucuronidation of estradiol (an activity marker of UGT1A1), chenodeoxycholic acid (an activity marker of UGT1A3), propofol (an activity marker of UGT1A9) and 5-hydroxyrofecoxib (an activity marker of UGT2B15), confirming the important roles of UGT1A1, UGT1A3, UGT1A9 and UGT2B15 in alpinetin glucuronidation. Inhibition of BCRP by its specific inhibitor Ko143 significantly reduced excretion of alpinetin glucuronide, leading to a significant decrease in cellular glucuronidation of alpinetin. Our data suggest UGTs and BCRP as two important determinants of alpinetin pharmacokinetics.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP36052376	Alpinetin		36052-37-6	Price

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