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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 50, 2020 - Issue 6
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General Xenobochemistry

Structure–activity relationship and in vitro inhibition of human cytochrome CYP2A6 and CYP2A13 by flavonoids

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Pages 630-639 | Received 13 Aug 2019, Accepted 28 Sep 2019, Published online: 14 Oct 2019
 

Abstract

  1. Cigarette smoking is one of the major risk factors of various diseases including respiratory diseases and lung cancer. While the liver-specific CYP2A6 is associated with the nicotine clearance and smoking addiction, the metabolic activation of the tobacco-specific nitrosamine by lung-specific CYP2A13 can lead to lung tumorigenesis.

  2. It has been reported that inhibition of CYP2A6 and CYP2A13 enzymes by flavonoids constituents could be an aids in smoking cessation. This study demonstrates the inhibition activity of kaempferol and myricetin and the structure–function relationship of these two flavonoids and previously isolated flavonoids from Vernonia cinerea and Pluchea indica against both enzymes.

  3. Kaempferol could inhibit CYP2A6 with Kic value of 1.77 ± 0.47 µM while inhibit CYP2A13 with Kic value of 0.12 ± 0.01 µM. Myricetin could inhibit CYP2A6 with Kic value of 4.06 ± 0.52 µM while inhibit CYP2A13 with Kic value of 1.88 ± 0.03 µM.

  4. Molecular docking indicated that CYP2A13 enzyme has strong hydrophobic interaction with ring B of flavonoids compared to CYP2A6 enzyme. The presence of the hydroxyl group at C3 position of ring C and the hydroxyl group at C5′ of ring B affected inhibitory activity on both enzymes.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Commission on Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Thailand. The authors thank Dr. Ron Beckett for critical reading of the manuscript and Dr. Suchaya Pongsai for advice in molecular docking.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.

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Funding

This work was supported by a FY2018 Grant for Master Degree Student (S. B.) from the National Research Council (NRCT) [grant No. 002/2561] and a Research Grant from Burapha University through the National Research Council of Thailand [grant No. 69/2561] and the Research Unit of Natural Bioactive Compounds for Healthcare Products Development (S.S).

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