著者

Kaoru KOBAYASHI Eri KAJIWARA Masayuki ISHIKAWA Hanaka MIMURA Hidenobu OKA Yoko EJIRI Masaya HOSODA Kan CHIBA

出版者

日本薬物動態学会 会長/日本薬物動態学会 DMPK編集委員長

雑誌

Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (ISSN:13474367)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.28, no.3, pp.265-268, 2013 (Released:2013-06-25)

参考文献数

18

被引用文献数

14

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Treatment with benzbromarone (BBR), a potent uricosuric drug, can be associated with liver injury. Recently, we reported that culture of human hepatocellular carcinoma FLC-4 cells on micro-space cell culture plates could increase the functional expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes including CYP3A4 and CYP2C9, which are involved in 1′-hydroxylation and 6-hydroxylation of BBR, respectively. Therefore, we examined whether BBR and its two metabolites (1′-hydroxy BBR and 6-hydroxy BBR) have cytotoxic effects in FLC4 cells cultured on micro-space cell culture plates. The present study showed that BBR and 1′-hydroxy BBR, but not 6-hydroxy BBR, have cytotoxic effects in cells cultured on micro-space cell culture plates. BBR-induced cytotoxicity was decreased by CYP3A inhibitors (itraconazole and ketoconazole), an Nrf2 activator (tert-butylhydroquinone) and a GSH precursor (N-acetyl-L-cystein). In contrast, BBR-induced cytotoxicity was increased by a GSH biosynthesis inhibitor (buthionine sulfoximine) and an inhibitor of NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 (dicoumarol). These results suggested that metabolic activation of 1′-hydroxy BBR via CYP3A, formation of quinone metabolites and the decrease in GSH levels were involved in the BBR-induced cytotoxicity observed in FLC4 cells cultured on micro-space cell culture plates.