- 著者
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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
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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.