Table 3

Acidic inactivation of outside exposed PM CYP2D6

Type of membranesDextromethorphan conversionCPR activity3-b
Per mg of proteinPer unit of CPR3-a
% μmol/min/mg of proteins
PM5  ± 111  ± 21.2  ± 0.1
Acidic PM1.6  ± 0.54  ± 21.2  ± 0.2
Microsomes11  ± 16  ± 25.0  ± 0.3
Acidic microsomes9.8  ± 0.97  ± 24.5  ± 0.5

Freshly prepared spheroplasts were incubated for 2 min on ice, in ammonium acetate buffer, pH 3, (sample) or 6.3 (control). pH was shifted to 6.3 and material was divided into two parts. One part was attached on the silica microbeads for PM preparations. The other part was used to prepare microsomes. Values are the mean ± standard deviation (two duplicates on three independent cultures).

    • 3-a Arbitrary unit.

    • 3-b CPR activity was evaluated as NADPH-cytochrome creductase activity.