Abstract
Paraoxonase (PON) plays roles in the metabolism of organophosphate xenobiotics and drugs. Despite the importance of marmosets for research into drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, marmoset paraoxonase has not yet been fully characterized. Consequently, we identified the PON1 gene in the marmoset genome by sequence homology analysis. Marmoset PON1 cDNA containing an open reading frame (1065 bp) was successfully cloned from marmoset liver by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The deduced amino acid sequence (355 amino acids) has approximately 93% identity with the human ortholog and contains important amino acid residues for substrate binding and calcium ion coordination. According to a phylogenetic tree of PON1 amino acid sequences constructed using data from seven animal species, marmoset PON1 is closer to human PON1 than it is to the PON1 orthologs of experimental animals such as pigs, rabbits, rats, and mice. Marmoset PON1 mRNA was predominantly expressed in liver among the five tissues examined. Marmoset PON1 protein secreted into plasma was detected by immunoblotting. The paraoxon-hydrolyzing activity in plasma was higher in marmosets than in humans. Based on these data, we concluded that marmoset and human PON1 have similar characteristics with regard to genomic structure, amino acid sequences, and tissue distribution.
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