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Metabolism of the soyabean isoflavone daidzein by CYP1A2 and the extra-hepatic CYPs 1A1 and 1B1 affects biological activity.

Abstract
Metabolism of the isoflavones daidzein and genistein, which may protect against some cancers, was studied using human liver microsomes and recombinant CYP isoforms. The detection of three, more polar metabolites of each isoflavone by RP-HPLC required NADPH, consistent with CYP-mediated metabolism. For different liver preparations, metabolite generation from daidzein showed a significant linear correlation with metabolite generation from genistein, indicating metabolism by the same CYP(s). The lowest rate of metabolism of both isoflavones was by the preparation with the lowest CYP1A2 activity. Metabolite peak areas were substantially and significantly reduced by the CYP1A2 inhibitor furafylline and to a lesser extent by the CYP2E1 inhibitor 4-methylpyrazole. Recombinant CYP1A2, but not CYP2E1, generated the metabolites of daidzein and genistein and recombinant CYP1A1 and CYP1B1, expressed at sites including the breast and prostate, were also active. The effects of two CYP-derived metabolites of daidzein, 6,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavone and 7,3',4'-trihydroxyisoflavone, were studied in the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line at a concentration (50 microM) at which daidzein induces an antiproliferative response. 7,3',4'-Trihydroxyisoflavone reduced total cell numbers to a greater extent than 6,7,4'-trihydroxyisoflavone or daidzein and increased cell death. Together, these data demonstrate proof of principle that CYP-mediated metabolism of daidzein can be an activation pathway. We conclude that CYP1A2 makes the major contribution to the hepatic metabolism of both daidzein and genistein and along with metabolism at sites of hormone-dependent tumours may enhance a cancer-protective effect of daidzein if sufficiently high concentrations are reached in target tissues.
AuthorsKathryn M Atherton, Elaine Mutch, Dianne Ford
JournalBiochemical pharmacology (Biochem Pharmacol) Vol. 72 Issue 5 Pg. 624-31 (Aug 28 2006) ISSN: 0006-2952 [Print] England
PMID16814747 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inhibitors
  • Isoflavones
  • daidzein
  • Genistein
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
  • CYP1B1 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1
Topics
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
  • Breast Neoplasms (enzymology, metabolism, pathology)
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 (metabolism)
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 Inhibitors
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1
  • Genistein (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Hydroxylation
  • Isoflavones (metabolism)
  • Liver (metabolism)
  • Soybeans (metabolism)

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