Steviol glucuronidation and its potential interaction with UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B7 substrates. 2014

Meiyu Wang, and Jia Lu, and Jiajun Li, and Huixin Qi, and Yedong Wang, and Hongjian Zhang
College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Hydrolysis of stevioside and rebaudioside A in the gastrointestinal tract after oral intake leads to the formation of steviol, the aglycone, which is absorbed into the circulation. Although in vivo studies have shown that steviol is cleared from the body via glucuronidation, the role of liver vs. intestine in steviol glucuronidation has not been well defined and related UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) have not been identified. The present study investigated steviol glucuronidation and obtained kinetic parameters in liver and intestinal microsomes of human and rat, as well as in recombinant human UGT systems. Results suggest that organ specificity exists in the intrinsic clearance of the glucuronidation reaction. Steviol glucuronidation was primarily mediated by UGT2B7 at low concentration and UGT2B7 and UGT1A3 at high concentration. Inhibition studies with selected UGT2B7 substrates indicate that diclofenac displayed a relatively strong inhibition (Ki, 4.2 μM) against steviol glucuronidation in human liver microsomes. Taken together, the identification of the involvement of UGT2B7 in steviol glucuronidation would provide a mechanistic basis for the evaluation of the interaction between steviol and diclofenac. As metabolic clearance of botanical-derived products can be the objects (victims) of botanical-drug interactions, further studies are needed to investigate the in vivo relevance of such interactions.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008861 Microsomes Artifactual vesicles formed from the endoplasmic reticulum when cells are disrupted. They are isolated by differential centrifugation and are composed of three structural features: rough vesicles, smooth vesicles, and ribosomes. Numerous enzyme activities are associated with the microsomal fraction. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990; from Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) Microsome
D002853 Chromatography, Liquid Chromatographic techniques in which the mobile phase is a liquid. Liquid Chromatography
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities
D014453 Glucuronosyltransferase A family of enzymes accepting a wide range of substrates, including phenols, alcohols, amines, and fatty acids. They function as drug-metabolizing enzymes that catalyze the conjugation of UDPglucuronic acid to a variety of endogenous and exogenous compounds. EC 2.4.1.17. Glucuronyltransferase,UDP Glucuronosyltransferase,17 beta-Hydroxysteroid UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase,4-Nitrophenol-UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase,7-Hydroxycoumarin UDP Glucuronyltransferase,Androsterone UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase,Bilirubin UDP-Glucuronyltransferase,Estrogen UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase,Estrone Glucuronyltransferase,Glucuronic Transferase,Morphine Glucuronyltransferase,UDP Glucuronyl Transferase,UDP-Glucuronic Acid 3-O-beta-D-Galactosyl-D-Galactose Glucuronosyltransferase,p-Nitrophenyl UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase,17 beta Hydroxysteroid UDP Glucuronosyltransferase,4 Nitrophenol UDP Glucuronosyltransferase,7 Hydroxycoumarin UDP Glucuronyltransferase,Androsterone UDP Glucuronosyltransferase,Bilirubin UDP Glucuronyltransferase,Estrogen UDP Glucuronosyltransferase,Glucuronosyltransferase, UDP,Glucuronyl Transferase, UDP,Glucuronyltransferase, 7-Hydroxycoumarin UDP,Glucuronyltransferase, Estrone,Glucuronyltransferase, Morphine,Transferase, Glucuronic,Transferase, UDP Glucuronyl,UDP Glucuronic Acid 3 O beta D Galactosyl D Galactose Glucuronosyltransferase,UDP Glucuronyltransferase, 7-Hydroxycoumarin,UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase, 17 beta-Hydroxysteroid,UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase, Androsterone,UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase, Estrogen,UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase, p-Nitrophenyl,UDP-Glucuronyltransferase, Bilirubin,p Nitrophenyl UDP Glucuronosyltransferase
D045786 Diterpenes, Kaurane A group of DITERPENES cyclized into four rings. Ent-Kaurane,Ent-Kaurene,Kaurane,Kaurane Diterpenoid,Kaurane Diterpenoids,Ent-Kauranes,Ent-Kaurenes,Kauranes,Diterpenoid, Kaurane,Diterpenoids, Kaurane,Ent Kaurane,Ent Kaurene,Kaurane Diterpenes
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus
D053719 Tandem Mass Spectrometry A mass spectrometry technique using two (MS/MS) or more mass analyzers. With two in tandem, the precursor ions are mass-selected by a first mass analyzer, and focused into a collision region where they are then fragmented into product ions which are then characterized by a second mass analyzer. A variety of techniques are used to separate the compounds, ionize them, and introduce them to the first mass analyzer. For example, for in GC-MS/MS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY is involved in separating relatively small compounds by GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY prior to injecting them into an ionization chamber for the mass selection. Mass Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry, Tandem

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