陈赟, 解可波*, 陈日道, 陈大伟, 刘继梅, 韩耀天, 刘雨雨, 戴均贵*. 重组人源葡萄糖醛酸转移酶表达系统的构建及应用J. 药学学报, 2021,56(6): 1727-1738. doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2021-0556
引用本文: 陈赟, 解可波*, 陈日道, 陈大伟, 刘继梅, 韩耀天, 刘雨雨, 戴均贵*. 重组人源葡萄糖醛酸转移酶表达系统的构建及应用J. 药学学报, 2021,56(6): 1727-1738. doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2021-0556
CHEN Yun, XIE Ke-bo*, CHEN Ri-dao, CHEN Da-wei, LIU Ji-mei, HAN Yao-tian, LIU Yu-yu, DAI Jun-gui*. Construction and application of recombinant human UDP-glucuronosyltransferases expression systemsJ. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 2021,56(6): 1727-1738. doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2021-0556
Citation: CHEN Yun, XIE Ke-bo*, CHEN Ri-dao, CHEN Da-wei, LIU Ji-mei, HAN Yao-tian, LIU Yu-yu, DAI Jun-gui*. Construction and application of recombinant human UDP-glucuronosyltransferases expression systemsJ. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica, 2021,56(6): 1727-1738. doi: 10.16438/j.0513-4870.2021-0556

重组人源葡萄糖醛酸转移酶表达系统的构建及应用

Construction and application of recombinant human UDP-glucuronosyltransferases expression systems

  • 摘要: 新药研发过程中候选药物的体外代谢研究十分重要,肝微粒体等传统模型存在诸多不足,而重组人源药物代谢酶系体外模型因其来源便捷、活性稳定且成本较低等优势被认为是重要、有效的手段而获得广泛使用。本研究从人源肝脏cDNA中克隆得到6条人源葡萄糖醛酸转移酶(UDP-glucuronosyltransferases,UGTs)基因(UGT1A11A31A41A61A92B7),并分别在酿酒酵母和杆状病毒侵染的昆虫细胞中进行外源表达。UGT1A11A31A61A9在酵母中成功表达,对多种不同结构类型的底物表现出葡萄糖醛酸化活性,但活性较低。以昆虫粉纹夜蛾Trichopolusia ni胚胎细胞系BTI-TN5B1-4(High Five)为宿主时,6条UGT基因均能成功表达,且活性明显高于前者。昆虫细胞表达的重组人源UGTs均能催化其特异性底物进行葡萄糖醛酸化,并首次实现了葡萄糖醛酸化产物的毫克级规模制备,产率为13%~66%,产物结构均经MS、1H NMR和13C NMR等波谱技术确定。上述结果表明,本研究构建的重组人源UGT酿酒酵母与昆虫细胞表达系统可用于新药研发早期阶段的体外代谢评价,同时为药物葡萄糖醛酸化代谢产物的合成提供了新方法。

     

    Abstract: In the research and development of new drugs, it is very important to investigate the in vitro metabolism of candidate drugs. Traditional models such as liver microsomes have many limitations, while the in vitro model of recombinant human drug metabolizing enzymes is considered as an important and useful approach because of its convenient access, stable activity and low cost. In this study, six major human UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) genes (UGT1A1, 1A3, 1A4, 1A6, 1A9 and 2B7) were cloned from human liver cDNA and heterologously expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and baculovirus-infected insect cell. UGT1A1, 1A3, 1A6 and 1A9 were successfully expressed in yeast and showed glucuronidation activity against a variety of different structural types of substrates, but their activities were low. All six UGTs were successfully expressed and exhibited significantly improved glucuronidation activity when Trichopolusia ni cells BTI-TN5B1-4 (High Five) were used as the host. The recombinant human UGTs expressed in insect cells can catalyze the glucuronidation of their specific substrates, and the glucuronidation products were synthesized at milligram-scale with yields of 13%-66% for the first time, of which the structures were identified via MS, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectroscopic analysis. Above all, the recombinant human UGTs yeast and insect cell expression systems constructed in this study can be used for in vitro metabolism evaluation in the early stage of new drugs research and development, and also provide a new tool for the synthesis of glucuronide metabolites.

     

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