Abstract
Many UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) require phosphorylation by protein kinase C (PKC) for glucuronidation activity. Inhibition of UGT phosphorylation by PKC inhibitor drugs may represent a novel mechanism for drug–drug interactions.The potential for PKC-mediated inhibition of human UGT1A6, an isoform involved in the glucuronidation of drugs such as acetaminophen (paracetamol) and endogenous substrates including serotonin, was evaluated using various cell model systems.Of ten different PKC inhibitors screened for their effects on acetaminophen glucuronidation by human LS180 colon cells, only rottlerin (PKC δ selective inhibitor; IC50 = 9.0 ± 1.2 μM) and the non-selective PKC inhibitors (calphostin-C, curcumin and hypericin) decreased glucuronidation by more than 50%.Using UGT1A6-infected Sf9 insect cells, calphostin-C and hypericin showed three times more potent inhibition of serotonin glucuronidation in treated whole cells versus cell lysates. However, both curcumin and rottlerin showed significant direct inhibition and so (indirect) PKC effects could not be differentiated in this model system.Of nine PKC isoforms co-expressed with UGT1A6 in human embryonic kidney 293T cells only PKC δ increased protein-normalized UGT1A6-mediated serotonin glucuronidation significantly (by 63% ± 4%).These results identify an important role for PKC δ in UGT1A6-mediated glucuronidation and suggest that PKC δ inhibitors could interfere with glucuronidation of UGT1A6 substrates.
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