Cytochrome P450 and flavin-containing monooxygenase enzymes are responsible for differential oxidation of the anti-thyroid-cancer drug vandetanib by human and rat hepatic microsomal systems

Radek Indra, Petr Pompach, Katarína Vavrová, Kateřina Jáklová, Zbyněk Heger, Vojtěch Adam, Tomáš Eckschlager, Kateřina Kopečková, Volker Manfred Arlt, Marie Stiborová*

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Abstract

We studied the in vitro metabolism of the anti-thyroid-cancer drug vandetanib in a rat animal model and demonstrated that N-desmethylvandetanib and vandetanib N-oxide are formed by NADPH- or NADH-mediated reactions catalyzed by rat hepatic microsomes and pure biotransformation enzymes. In addition to the structural characterization of vandetanib metabolites, individual rat enzymes [cytochrome P450 (CYP) and flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO)] capable of oxidizing vandetanib were identified. Generation of N-desmethylvandetanib, but not that of vandetanib N-oxide, was attenuated by CYP3A and 2C inhibitors while inhibition of FMO decreased formation of vandetanib N-oxide. These results indicate that liver microsomal CYP2C/3A and FMO1 are major enzymes participating in the formation of N-desmethylvandetanib and vandetanib N-oxide, respectively. Rat recombinant CYP2C11 > >3A1 > 3A2 > 1A1 > 1A2 > 2D1 > 2D2 were effective in catalyzing the formation of N-desmethylvandetanib. Results of the present study explain differences between the CYP- and FMO-catalyzed vandetanib oxidation in rat and human liver reported previously and the enzymatic mechanisms underlying this phenomenon.

Original languageEnglish
Article number103310
JournalENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume74
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2020

Keywords

  • Anti-thyroid-cancer drug
  • Cytochromes P450
  • Flavin-containing monoxygenases
  • Metabolism
  • Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
  • Vandetanib

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