Inhibition of Renal Alkaline Phosphatase by Cimetidine

Title: Inhibition of Renal Alkaline Phosphatase by Cimetidine

Volume: 5 Issue: 3

Author(s): Dariush Minai-Tehrani, Somayeh Khodai, Somayeh Aminnaseri, Saeed Minoui, Zahra Sobhani-Damavadifar, Sana Alavi, Raheleh Osmani and Shiva Ahmadi

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Keywords: Inhibition, drug, enzyme, cimetidine, alkaline phosphatase, Pnitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), creatinine, homoarginine, mercaptomethylphosphonic acid

Abstract: Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) belongs to hydrolase group of enzymes. It is responsible for removing phosphate groups from many types of molecules, including nucleotides and proteins. Cimetidine (trade name Tagamet) is an antagonist of histamine H2-receptor that inhibits the production of gastric acid. Cimetidine is used for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. In this study the inhibitory effect of cimetidine on mouse renal ALP activity was investigated. Our results showed that cimetidine can inhibit ALP by uncompetitive inhibition. In the absence of inhibitor the Vmax and Km of the enzyme were found to be 13.7 mmol/mg prot.min and 0.25 mM, respectively. Both the Vmax and Km of the enzyme decreased with increasing cimetidine concentrations (0- 1.2 mM). The Ki and IC50 of cimetidine were determined to be about 0.5 mM and 0.52 mM, respectively.

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Minai-Tehrani Dariush, Khodai Somayeh, Aminnaseri Somayeh, Minoui Saeed, Sobhani-Damavadifar Zahra, Alavi Sana, Osmani Raheleh and Ahmadi Shiva, Inhibition of Renal Alkaline Phosphatase by Cimetidine, Drug Metabolism Letters 2011; 5 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187231211796904982