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Published on: March 28, 2017
Interactions between drugs and sulforaphane modulate the drug metabolism enzymatic system
Katarzyna Lubelska1, Małgorzata Milczarek, Karolina Modzelewska
1Confocal Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, National Medicines Institute, Chełmska 30/34, PL 00-725 Warszawa, Poland.
Background:
Sulforaphane (SFN) is a potent chemopreventive agent, which is widely consumed in diet or as a diet supplement. It modulates the enzymes of II and III metabolism phase. In this paper, the influence of SFN and three commonly consumed drugs: furosemide, verapamil and ketoprofen on II and III metabolisms phase enzymes was studied. We have also investigated if the interactions between SFN and the drugs occur resulting in enzymatic system disturbances.
Methods:
The Caco-2 cells were incubated with SFN and drugs separately or in a mixture simultaneously or subsequently. The impact of the compounds on the cell viability and NADPH:quinine reductase (QR) activity was determined. The expression of glutathione-S-transferase (GST) isoenzymes GSTA3, GSTM1, P-glycoprotein (PgP) and multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1) genes was measured by qPCR method. Since these enzymes are regulated by Nrf2 pathway, the localization of Nrf2 (Nuclear erythroid 2-related factor) after exposure to the mixtures of SFN and the drugs was evaluated by confocal microscopy.
Results:
SFN was shown to interact antagonistically with the studied drugs. At most cases an increase in enzymatic activity and expression was observed. The most significant changes were observed in case of enzymes regulated by Nrf2: QR, GSTA1 and GSTA3 and also MRP1. PgP was shown to be not altered by the studied compounds. COCNCLUSION: The interaction between SFN and furosemide, verapamil and ketoprofen modify the activity of enzymatic system involved in drug metabolism and transport. This may lead to drug effectiveness alteration and also to multidrug resistance (MDR) development.
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