Metabolism and interaction of bisphenol A in human hepatic cytochrome p450and steroidogenic CYP17

The metabolism of bisphenol A (BPA) was determined for 11 forms of human he patic cytochromes P450 (CYPs) expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisi ae and for human steroidogenic CYP17 expressed in Escherichia coli Addition ally, the effect of BPA on the progesterone 17 alpha -hydroxylase activity of CYP17 was investigated. CYP2C18 catalyzed BPA metabolism most efficientl y, followed by CYP2C19 and CYNC9. CYP2C9 and CYT2C18 exhibited the highest affinity (K-m,=3.9 muM) for BPA metabolism. The V-max, of CYP2C18 (8.10 nmo l (.) min(-1) (.) nmol CYP-1) was 5 times higher than that of CYP2C9. Altho ugh the V-max of CYP2C19 was 1.5 times higher than that of CYP2C18, the aff inity of CYP2C19 was 12 times lower than that of CYP2C9 and CYP2C18. Theref ore the intrinsic clearance (V-max/K-m) of CYP2C18 was more than 5 times hi gher than that of CYP2C9 and CYP2C19. On the other hand, BPA exhibited a co mpetitive-type inhibition of the progesterone 17 alpha -hydroxylase activit y of CYP17 with a Ki value of 71 muM, whereas no metabolism of BPA by CYP17 was detected. These results suggest that BPA is mainly metabolized by the CYP2C subfamily in human liver, and that BPA inhibits human steroidogenic C YP17 activities.