CYP2D6 is the principal cytochrome P450 responsible for metabolism of the histamine H1 antagonist promethazine in human liver microsomes.
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Nakamura K, Yokoi T, Inoue K, Shimada N, Ohashi N, Kume T, Kamataki T
CYP2D6 is the principal cytochrome P450 responsible for metabolism of the histamine H1 antagonist promethazine in human liver microsomes.
Pharmacogenetics. 1996 Oct;6(5):449-57.
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To determine which cytochrome P450 form is involved in the promethazine [10-(2-dimethylaminopropyl) phenothiazine] metabolism, in vitro analysis using human liver microsomes were performed. Promethazine was mainly biotransformed to ring-hydroxylated, S-oxidized and N-demethylated metabolites. The promethazine hydroxylase in human liver microsomes was inhibited by SKF-525A, propranolol, sparteine, quinidine and anti-CYP2D6 serum suggesting involvement of a P450 related to CYP2D6. Lineweaver-Burk plots for the hydroxylation, S-oxidation and N-demethylation indicated that the hydroxylation occurred with a low K(m) value in human liver microsomes. Microsomes from genetically-engineered human B-lymphoblastoid cells expressing CYP2D6 hydroxylated promethazine most efficiently as compared to other P450 forms, indicating that it was the principal P450 responsible for the metabolism of promethazine in human liver microsomes. The inhibition of CYP2D6-catalysed bufuralol 1'-hydroxylase by various histamine H3 antagonists including promethazine suggested that promethazine and some other histamine H1 antagonists could be inhibitors of this P450 in human liver microsomes.
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Drug Enzyme Kind Organism Pharmacological Action Actions Promethazine Cytochrome P450 2D6 Protein Humans UnknownSubstrateInhibitorDetails - Drug Reactions
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