The tree shrew, a non-rodent primate-like species, is used in various fields of biomedical research, including hepatitis virus infection, myopia, depression, and toxicology. Recent genome analysis found that the numbers of cytochrome P450 (P450 or ) genes are similar in tree shrews and humans and their sequence identities are high. Although the P450s are a family of important drug-metabolizing enzymes, they have not yet been fully investigated in tree shrews. In the current study, tree shrew CYP2A13 cDNA was isolated from liver, and its characteristics were compared with those of pig, dog, and human CYP2As. Tree shrew CYP2A13 amino acid sequences were highly identical (87-92%) to the human CYP2As and contained sequence motifs characteristic of P450s. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that tree shrew CYP2A13 was more closely related to human CYP2As than to rat CYP2As, similar to dog and pig CYP2As. Among the tissue types analyzed, tree shrew CYP2A13 mRNA was preferentially expressed in liver and lung, similar to dog CYP2A13 mRNA, whereas dog CYP2A25 and pig CYP2A19 mRNAs were predominantly expressed in liver. Tree shrew liver microsomes and tree shrew CYP2A13 proteins heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli catalyzed coumarin 7-hydroxylation and phenacetin -deethylation, just as human, dog, and pig CYP2A proteins and liver microsomes do. These results demonstrate that tree shrew is expressed in liver and lung and encodes a functional drug-metabolizing enzyme. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Novel tree shrew cytochrome P450 2A13 (CYP2A13) was identified and characterized in comparison with human, dog, and pig CYP2As. Tree shrew CYP2A13 isolated from liver had high sequence identities and close phylogenetic relationships to its human homologs and was abundantly expressed in liver and lung at the mRNA level. Tree shrew CYP2A13 metabolized coumarin and phenacetin, human selective CYP2A6 and CYP2A13 substrates, respectively, similar to dog and pig CYP2As, and is a functional drug-metabolizing enzyme likely responsible for drug clearances.
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