Co-based carbon material as CYP3A4-like nanozyme with both biocatalytic activity and inhibition behaviors.

Bioorg Chem

School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China. Electronic address:

Published: December 2024

Up to now, the biocatalytic activity of nanozymes has been extensively studied, while little research focus on their inhibitory behaviors. Here, Co-based carbon material (Co-DMOF) containing abundant carboxylic acid groups was prepared, with defects introduced by COx escape during pyrolysis to achieve controllable activity. As a result, Co-DMOF exhibited biocatalytic activity similar to cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) in the metabolism of 1,4-Dihydropyridine (1,4-DHP, a calcium channel blocker). Excitingly, studies on IC and drug-drug interaction (DDI) suggested that Co-DMOF had similar inhibitory behaviors to CYP3A4. Moreover, Co-DMOF displayed excellent stability even under high temperature (100 °C), organic solvents, and a wide range of pH (4-9). Additionally, it can be reused for at least 7 times with only slight loss of activity. Therefore, Co-DMOF has great potential to become a low-cost alternative to CYP3A4 for drug dosage guideline, drug metabolism and DDI. This work provides more possibilities for expanding the CYP3A4-like nanozyme library.

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