Cytochrome P450

Cytochrome P450 3A4 enzyme complex

Cytochrome P450 is a family of enzymes mainly responsible for the degradation of substances. It accounts for about 75% of the total metabolism in the human body.[1]

Some substances can modulate the activity of CYP enzymes by either inducing or directly inhibiting the activity of CYP. This is a major source of adverse substance reactions, as changes in CYP enzyme activity can affect metabolism and release of various substances.

For example, if one substance inhibits the CYP-mediated metabolism of another substance, the second substance may accumulate in the body in toxic amounts. Therefore, these substance interactions may require dosage adjustment or the selection of substances that do not interact with the CYP system.

Substrates

Inhibitors

 

Some CYP450 inhibitors are also MAOIs.

Make sure to check our list of MAOI interactions that can be dangerous.

Cytochrome P450 inhibitors inhibit the ability of the human body to break down certain substances, potentially increasing the amount of time a substance is active in the body.

In some cases, this inhibition of how substances are broken down in the body can lead to dangerous adverse effects. Under some conditions, this can be fatal.

CYP450 inhibitors (CYP2B6 = CYP450 2B6, CYP2C19 = CYP450 2C19, etc)

Role in synthetic pathways

The function of cytochromes P450 is not limited to degradation. Some members of the CYP family are responsible for important biosynthetic pathways in animals, plants, fungi and bacteria. An example of such enzyme in humans is CYP19A1, more commonly known as aromatase, which catalyzes the synthesis of estradiol from testosterone [19].

Plants and fungi often use CYP in some steps of the syntheses of their secondary metabolites, many of which are used in medicine (and psychonautics). Researchers around the world study them with the goal of developing ways to engineer CYP and use it to make the production of such compounds easier [20].

Some examples of natural compounds with biosynthetic pathways involving CYP:

  • Morphine: CYP719B1 (salutaridine synthase) catalyzes C-C phenol coupling [21]
  • Cocaine: Recently discovered CYP81AN15 catalyzes the formation of tropane ring in E. novogranatense [22]
  • Related plants, such as datura, use analogous CYPs for tropane synthesis

See also

External links

References

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  5. ↑ Jiang, R; Yamaori, S; Okamoto, Y; Yamamoto, I; Watanabe, K (2013). "Cannabidiol is a potent inhibitor of the catalytic activity of cytochrome P450 2C19". Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics. 28 (4): 332–8. doi:10.2133/dmpk.dmpk-12-rg-129. PMID 23318708. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Qian, Y; Gurley, BJ; Markowitz, JS. "The Potential for Pharmacokinetic Interactions Between Cannabis Products and Conventional Medications". Journal of clinical psychopharmacology. 39 (5): 462–471. doi:10.1097/JCP.0000000000001089. PMID 31433338. 
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  12. ↑ Leclercq, Isabelle; Desager, Jean-Pierre; Horsmans, Yves (1998). "Inhibition of chlorzoxazone metabolism, a clinical probe for CYP2E1, by a single ingestion of watercress". Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 64 (2): 144–9. doi:10.1016/S0009-9236(98)90147-3. PMID 9728894. 
  13. ↑ Wenk M, Todesco L, Krähenbühl S (2004). "Effect of St John's wort on the activities of CYP1A2, CYP3A4, CYP2D6, N-acetyltransferase 2, and xanthine oxidase in healthy males and females" (PDF). Br J Clin Pharmacol. 57 (4): 495–499. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2125.2003.02049.x. PMC 1884478  . PMID 15025748. 
  14. ↑ Zhang, J.-W., Liu, Y., Cheng, J., Li, W., Ma, H., Liu, H.-T., Sun, J., Wang, L.-M., He, Y.-Q., Wang, Y., Wang, Z.-T., Yang, L. (2007). "Inhibition of human liver cytochrome P450 by star fruit juice". Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences: A Publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe Canadienne Des Sciences Pharmaceutiques. 10 (4): 496–503. doi:10.18433/j30593. ISSN 1482-1826. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Zhao, T., He, Y., Wang, J., Ding, K., Wang, C., Wang, Z. (November 2011). "Inhibition of human cytochrome P450 enzymes 3A4 and 2D6 by β-carboline alkaloids, harmine derivatives". Phytotherapy research: PTR. 25 (11): 1671–1677. doi:10.1002/ptr.3458. ISSN 1099-1573. 
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  17. ↑ Bhardwaj, R. K., Glaeser, H., Becquemont, L., Klotz, U., Gupta, S. K., Fromm, M. F. (August 2002). "Piperine, a major constituent of black pepper, inhibits human P-glycoprotein and CYP3A4". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 302 (2): 645–650. doi:10.1124/jpet.102.034728. ISSN 0022-3565. 
  18. ↑ Elbarbry, F., Ung, A., Abdelkawy, K. (2017). "Studying the Inhibitory Effect of Quercetin and Thymoquinone on Human Cytochrome P450 Enzyme Activities". Pharmacognosy Magazine. 13 (Suppl 4): S895–S899. doi:10.4103/0973-1296.224342. ISSN 0973-1296. 
  19. ↑ https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P11511/entry
  20. ↑ Liu, X., Zhu, X., Wang, H., Liu, T., Cheng, J., & Jiang, H. (2020). Discovery and modification of cytochrome P450 for plant natural products biosynthesis. In Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology (Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 187–199). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synbio.2020.06.008
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  22. ↑ Yong-Jiang Wang, Jian-Ping Huang, Tian Tian, Yijun Yan, Yin Chen, Jing Yang, Jianghua Chen, Yu-Cheng Gu, and Sheng-Xiong Huang , Discovery and Engineering of the Cocaine Biosynthetic Pathway, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022 144 (48), 22000-22007 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09091
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