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The glucuronidation of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) by rat and human liver microsomes has been studied in vitro. The AZT-glucuronide was preliminarily identified through specific hydrolysis by beta-glucuronidase and rigorous product identification was performed by high-field proton nuclear magnetic resonance and fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry. A beta-linked 5'-O-glucuronide was the exclusive product formed in liver microsomes. Rat and human liver microsomal uridine 5'-diphosphoglucuronyltransferase activities toward AZT were investigated. These studies revealed that AZT had a lower Km and a 5-6-fold higher relative catalytic efficiency for uridine 5'-diphosphoglucuronyltransferase in human as compared to rat liver microsomes which may play a role in the quantitative differences observed in the degree of AZT glucuronidation between rat and human.
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