Protein Information

Name UDPGT
Synonyms UDP glucuronosyltransferase 2B28; UDPGT; UDP glucuronosyltransferase 2B28 precursor; UGT2B28; UDP glucuronosyltransferase 2B28 precursors

Compound Information

Name 1-naphthol
CAS 1-naphthalenol

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
3101703 Coughtrie MW, Burchell B, Bend JR: Purification and properties of rat kidney UDP-glucuronosyltransferase. Biochem Pharmacol. 1987 Jan 15;36(2):245-51.

Treatment of rats with beta-naphthoflavone resulted in a 3-fold induction of renal UDPGT activity towards 1-naphthol, 4-nitrophenol and phenol, and a 2-fold induction of bilirubin and beta-estradiol glucuronidation.
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10895755 Chen TL, Wu CH, Chen TG, Tai YT, Chang HC, Lin CJ: Effects of propofol on functional activities of hepatic and extrahepatic conjugation enzyme systems. Br J Anaesth. 2000 Jun;84(6):771-6.

The functional activities of phase-II enzymes, including uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT), glutathione S-transferase (GST) and N-acetyltransferase (NAT) were evaluated in the presence of various concentrations of propofol (0.05-1.0 mmol litre-1), using 1-naphthol, 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene and p-aminobenzoic acid as substrates respectively.
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3128178 Green MD, Coffman BL, Irshaid YM, Tephly TR: Characterization of antibodies to a rabbit hepatic UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and the identification of an immunologically similar enzyme in human liver. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1988 Apr;262(1):367-74.

Sheep anti-rabbit liver PNP UDPGT IgG immunoprecipitated PNP, 1-naphthol, and 4-methylumbelliferone glucuronidation activities in rabbit and human liver microsomal preparations.
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7581838 Zihnioglu F, Telefoncu A: Substrate specificity and the use of chitosan-entrapped rabbit hepatic microsomal UDP-glucuronyl transferase for detoxification. Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol. 1995;23(4):533-43.

For studying the drug metabolism in vitro and obtaining artificial liver support (detoxification) chitosan-entrapped UDPGT towards 1-naphthol was tested by using two model reactor system.
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3085679 Lilienblum W, Irmscher G, Fusenig NE, Bock KW: Induction of UDP-glucuronyltransferase and arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase activity in mouse skin and in normal and transformed skin cells in culture. Biochem Pharmacol. 1986 May 1;35(9):1517-20.

After topical application of Aroclor 1254 to the skin UDPGT activities towards 1-naphthol, 3-hydroxybenzo [a] pyrene and benzo [a] pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol were increased 3-fold and AHH activity was increased 15-fold.
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6416180 Falany CN, Tephly TR: Separation, purification and characterization of three isoenzymes of UDP-glucuronyltransferase from rat liver microsomes. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1983 Nov;227(1):248-58.

Three isoenzymes of UDP-glucuronyltransferase (UDPGT) have been separated and purified from liver microsomes of untreated female rats or female rats pretreated with 3-methylcholanthrene.
One isoenzyme exhibits a subunit molecular weight of 56,000 and is capable of conjugating p-nitrophenol, 1-naphthol, and 4-methylumbelliferone.
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1631888 Clarke DJ, Burchell B, George SG: Differential expression and induction of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase isoforms in hepatic and extrahepatic tissues of a fish, Pleuronectes platessa: immunochemical and functional characterization. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1992 Jul;115(1):130-6.


Glucuronidation of three substrates prototypical for different UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT) isoforms in hepatic, renal, intestinal, and branchial microsomes of corn oil, 3-methylcholanthrene, Aroclor 1254, and clofibrate-pretreated plaice was investigated.
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1599427 Clarke DJ, George SG, Burchell B: Multiplicity of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases in fish. Biochem J. 1992 Jun 1;284 ( Pt 2):417-23.

The aim of this work was to determine if a non-mammalian species had multiple UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT) isoforms.
The purified enzyme conjugated 1-naphthol, but not bilirubin or steroids, and displayed a pI of 7.0 and a subunit molecular mass of 55 kDa.
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2116803 Miners JO, Lillywhite KJ, Yoovathaworn K, Pongmarutai M, Birkett DJ: Characterization of paracetamol UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity in human liver microsomes. Biochem Pharmacol. 1990 Aug 1;40(3):595-600.

The procedure has been used to characterize paracetamol glucuronidation kinetics in human livers microsomes and to assess the substrate specificity of the paracetamol UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT) activity.
The glucuronidated xenobiotics chloramphenicol, digitoxigenin monodigitoxoside, 4-hydroxybiphenyl, 4-methylumbelliferone, morphine, 1-naphthol and 4-nitrophenol were screened for inhibitory effects on paracetamol glucuronidation.
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6811722 Adachi S, Fujita S, Uesugi T: Effect of 1-m-tolueneazo-2-naphthol on hepatic drug metabolism. J Pharmacobiodyn. 1982 Apr;5(4):273-7.

Effect of potent cytochrome P-448 inducer, 1-m-tolueneazo-2-naphthol (m-TAN) on hepatic microsomal UDP-glucuronyl-transferase (UDPGT) activity was studied.
The UDPGT activities towards p-nitrophenol, 1-naphthol and chloramphenicol were increased up to 6,2.5 and 1.8 folds of control levels respectively, in microsomes from m-TAN treated rats. 3-Methylcholanthrene, on the other hand, caused 4 and 2 fold increase in UDPGT activities towards p-nitrophenol and 1-naphthol, respectively, but did not cause significant increase in UDPGT activity towards chloramphenicol.
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1615704 Sharp S, Mak LY, Smith DJ, Coughtrie MW: Inhibition of human and rabbit liver steroid and xenobiotic UDP-glucuronosyltransferases by tertiary amine drugs--implications for adverse drug reactions. Xenobiotica. 1992 Jan;22(1):13-25.

Chlorpromazine, amitriptyline, imipramine, promethazine and cyproheptadine were consistently the most potent inhibitors of the glucuronidation of testosterone, androsterone, oestriol and 1-naphthol, the steroid activities being more susceptible to inhibition (up to 90%). 3.
Carbamazepine, diphenhydramine, sulphadimethoxine, dimenhydrinate and (+/-)-chlorpheniramine had little effect on the UDPGT activities measured. 4.
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1909117 Tan TM, Wong KP, Sit KH: Expression of a high-affinity form of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase in human foetal liver cells in culture on exposure to mercuric chloride. Biochem J. 1991 Aug 15;278 ( Pt 1):99-103.


The activity of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT, EC 2.4.1.17) in human foetal liver cells in culture was measured with two acceptor substrates, namely harmol and 1-naphthol.
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3143063 Jackson MR, Fournel-Gigleux S, Harding D, Burchell B: Examination of the substrate specificity of cloned rat kidney phenol UDP-glucuronyltransferase expressed in COS-7 cells. Mol Pharmacol. 1988 Nov;34(5):638-42.

A cDNA encoding a rat kidney UDP-glucuronyltransferase (UDPGT) was subcloned into the vector pKCRH2.
The expressed enzyme rapidly catalyzed the glucuronidation of 1-naphthol, 4-methylumbelliferone, and 4-nitrophenol.
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7581839 Zihnioglu F, Telefoncu A: Preparation and characterization of chitosan-entrapped microsomal UDP-glucuronyl transferase. Artif Cells Blood Substit Immobil Biotechnol. 1995;23(4):545-52.

Chemical and physical characterization were made by using 1-naphthol as substrate.
In conclusion, chitosan gel beads appear to have good characteristics for use as UDPGT immobilization support suitable for large scale use and offer the prospect that immobilized UDPGT may become an important form of catalyst in medicine.
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7599146 Zihnioglu F, Telefoncu A: Diffusion characteristics of chitosan-entrapped microsomal UDP-glucuronyl transferase gel beads. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1995 Jun 9;1244(2-3):291-4.


Rabbit hepatic microsomal UDP-glucuronyl transferase (EC 2.4.1.17) was immobilized by entrapment in chitosan which is an ionotropic gelation agent and the resulting preparation was used as a biocatalyst for the glucuronidation of 1-naphthol in order to study the drug metabolism in vitro and obtaining artificial liver support (detoxification).
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3240719 Jagadeesan V, Oesch F: Effects of dietary zinc deficiency on the activity of enzymes associated with phase I and II of drug metabolism in Fischer-344 rats: activities of drug metabolising enzymes in zinc deficiency. Drug Nutr Interact. 1988;5(4):403-13.


It was observed that the activities of microsomal epoxide hydrolase (with benz (a) pyrene 4-5 oxide as substrate), uridine diphospho glucuronyl transferase (with 1-naphthol as substrate) and cytosolic glutathione-S-transferase (with chlorodinitrobenzene as substrate) were altered exclusively due to zinc deficiency.
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3134892 Miners JO, Lillywhite KJ, Birkett DJ: In vitro evidence for the involvement of at least two forms of human liver UDP-glucuronosyltransferase in morphine 3-glucuronidation. Biochem Pharmacol. 1988 Jul 15;37(14):2839-45.

Chloramphenicol, 4-hydroxybiphenyl, 4-methylumbelliferone, 1-naphthol and 4-nitrophenol were all shown to inhibit the low affinity morphine-UDPGT activity, but only chloramphenicol and 1-naphthol were competitive inhibitors.
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1617946 Clarke DJ, Burchell B, George SG: Functional and immunochemical comparison of hepatic UDP-glucuronosyltransferases in a piscine and a mammalian species. Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1992 Jun;102(2):425-32.

Both species exhibited comparable UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UDPGT) activity towards planar phenolic substrates (1-naphthol, 4-nitrophenol); however, plaice activity towards bulky non-planar substrates such as (-)-morphine was either 200-fold lower, or for an arylacetic acid (RS-2-phenylpropionic acid) and an aryloxyacetic acid (clofibric acid) non-detectable. 3.
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17178690 Wolf DC, Allen JW, George MH, Hester SD, Sun G, Moore T, Thai SF, Delker D, Winkfield E, Leavitt S, Nelson G, Roop BC, Jones C, Thibodeaux J, Nesnow S: Toxicity profiles in rats treated with tumorigenic and nontumorigenic triazole conazole fungicides: Propiconazole, triadimefon, and myclobutanil. Toxicol Pathol. 2006;34(7):895-902.

Uridine diphopho-glucuronosyl transferase (UDPGT), the T4 metabolizing enzyme measured as glucuronidation of 1-naphthol, was induced to the same extent after 30 and 90 days for all three conazoles.
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1749222 Robertson KJ, Clarke D, Sutherland L, Wooster R, Coughtrie MW, Burchell B: Investigation of the molecular basis of the genetic deficiency of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase in Crigler-Najjar syndrome. J Inherit Metab Dis. 1991;14(4):563-79.

Analysis of four patient liver samples by immunoblot analysis revealed the heterogeneous nature of this inherited disease within the patient population, and one sample where 1-naphthol UDPGT activity was considerably reduced appeared to correlate with the non-detection of a phenol UDPGT protein.
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1804651 Cappiello M, Giuliani L, Pacifici GM: Distribution of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and its endogenous substrate uridine 5'-diphosphoglucuronic acid in human tissues. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1991;41(4):345-50.

The apparent kM for UDPGT depended upon the chemical nature of the UDPGA-acceptor substrate; average values of kM were 63, 300, and 700 mumol.l-1 for 1-naphthol, ethinyloestradiol and morphine respectively.
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3096339 Koster AS, Schirmer G, Bock KW: Immunochemical and functional characterization of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases from rat liver, intestine and kidney. Biochem Pharmacol. 1986 Nov 15;35(22):3971-5.

Purification of UDPGT (1-naphthol as substrate) from intestinal microsomes to apparent homogeneity yielded a polypeptide with an apparent molecular weight of 54-56 kDa.
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