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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-1
pubmed:abstractText
Ethnic differences in the pharmacokinetics of nifedipine, a substrate of CYP3A, and in CYP3A7 expression have been reported. The aim of the present study was to measure the protein levels of CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and CYP3A7 and nifedipine oxidation activity in hepatic microsomes from 15 Caucasian and 15 Japanese patients for comparison between the two ethnic groups. Nifedipine oxidation activity and CYP3A4 protein level were well correlated. No significant difference between Caucasian and Japanese microsomal samples was found in nifedipine oxidation activity or in the CYP3A4 protein level. CYP3A5 was detected in 6 of 15 Caucasian samples and in 5 of 15 Japanese samples, but no ethnic difference was found in either the frequency of expression or its protein level. CYP3A7 was found in 10 of 15 Caucasian samples and in 14 of 15 Japanese samples. Although the estimated CYP3A7 protein level was higher in the Japanese than in the Caucasian samples, its protein level was much lower than that of CYP3A4. These results imply that the contribution of CYP3A5 or CYP3A7 to the purported Caucasian-Japanese ethnic difference in the overall CYP3A activity seems to be small.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-2952
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
935-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Gene Frequency, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Japan, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Microsomes, Liver, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Nifedipine, pubmed-meshheading:10086328-Oxidation-Reduction
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
No ethnic difference between Caucasian and Japanese hepatic samples in the expression frequency of CYP3A5 and CYP3A7 proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. yakuri@ma
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article