In vitro evidence for endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC)'s inhibition of drug metabolism.

Background: Humans can be frequently exposed to Bisphenol A (BPA) via multiple sources, and babies are considered to be the most sensitive group to exposure of BPA.

Aims: To investigate the inhibition potential of BPA towards human liver microsomes (HLMs)-catalyzed zidovudine (AZT) glucuronidation.

Materials And Methods: In vitro HLMs incubation system was used to investigate the inhibition potential of BPA towards AZT glucuronidation.

MicroRNA-145 function as a cell growth repressor by directly targeting c-Myc in human ovarian cancer.

MiR-145 is reported to be significantly down-regulated in ovarian cancer. This study was aimed at elucidating the roles of miR-145 in regulating the biological behavior of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) cells. In this report, we find out that up-regulation of miR-145 in OVCAR-3 and SKOV-3 cells inhibit cell proliferation and promote cell apoptosis.

Acitretin exhibits inhibitory effects towards UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)1A9-mediated 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) and propofol glucuronidation reaction.

The present study aimed to evaluate the potential risk of drug-drug interactions associated with acitretin which is a drug for therapy of psoriasis approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The initial screening of acitretin's inhibition towards 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) glucuronidation catalyzed by important UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) isoforms in the liver showed that UGT1A9 activity was strongly inhibited by acitretin with other UGT isoforms negligibly influenced. The inhibition type is best fit to competitive inhibition, and the inhibition kinetic parameter (K(i)) was determined to be 3.