Drug General Information (ID: DDIY8ZV4QR)
  Drug Name Torasemide Drug Info Sulfamethizole Drug Info
  Drug Type Small molecule Small molecule
  Therapeutic Class Diuretics Antiinfective Agents
  Structure

 Mechanism of Torasemide-Sulfamethizole Interaction (Severity Level: Moderate)
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      Drug Name Torasemide Sulfamethizole
      Mechanism CYP450 2C9 substrate CYP450 2C9 inhibitor
      Key Mechanism Factor 1
Factor Name Cytochrome P450 2C9
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Structure Sequence
MDSLVVLVLCLSCLLLLSLWRQSSGRGKLPPGPTPLPVIGNILQIGIKDISKSLTNLSKVYGPVFTLYFGLKPIVVLHGYEAVKEALIDLGEEFSGRGIFPLAERANRGFGIVFSNGKKWKEIRRFSLMTLRNFGMGKRSIEDRVQEEARCLVEELRKTKASPCDPTFILGCAPCNVICSIIFHKRFDYKDQQFLNLMEKLNENIKILSSPWIQICNNFSPIIDYFPGTHNKLLKNVAFMKSYILEKVKEHQESMDMNNPQDFIDCFLMKMEKEKHNQPSEFTIESLENTAVDLFGAGTETTSTTLRYALLLLLKHPEVTAKVQEEIERVIGRNRSPCMQDRSHMPYTDAVVHEVQRYIDLLPTSLPHAVTCDIKFRNYLIPKGTTILISLTSVLHDNKEFPNPEMFDPHHFLDEGGNFKKSKYFMPFSAGKRICVGEALAGMELFLFLTSILQNFNLKSLVDPKNLDTTPVVNGFASVPPFYQLCFIPV
Gene Name CYP2C9
Uniprot ID CP2C9_HUMAN
KEGG Pathway hsa:1559
Protein Family Cytochrome P450 family
Protein Function
A cytochrome P450 monooxygenase involved in the metabolism of various endogenous substrates, including fatty acids and steroids (PubMed:7574697, PubMed:9866708, PubMed:9435160, PubMed:12865317, PubMed:15766564, PubMed:19965576, PubMed:21576599). Mechanistically, uses molecular oxygen inserting one oxygen atom into a substrate, and reducing the second into a water molecule, with two electrons provided by NADPH via cytochrome P450 reductase (NADPH--hemoprotein reductase) (PubMed:7574697, PubMed:9866708, PubMed:9435160, PubMed:12865317, PubMed:15766564, PubMed:19965576, PubMed:21576599). Catalyzes the epoxidation of double bonds of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) (PubMed:7574697, PubMed:15766564, PubMed:19965576, PubMed:9866708). Catalyzes the hydroxylation of carbon-hydrogen bonds. Metabolizes cholesterol toward 25-hydroxycholesterol, a physiological regulator of cellular cholesterol homeostasis (PubMed:21576599). Exhibits low catalytic activity for the formation of catechol estrogens from 17beta-estradiol (E2) and estrone (E1), namely 2-hydroxy E1 and E2 (PubMed:12865317). Catalyzes bisallylic hydroxylation and hydroxylation with double-bond migration of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) (PubMed:9866708, PubMed:9435160). Also metabolizes plant monoterpenes such as limonene. Oxygenates (R)- and (S)-limonene to produce carveol and perillyl alcohol (PubMed:11950794). Contributes to the wide pharmacokinetics variability of the metabolism of drugs such as S-warfarin, diclofenac, phenytoin, tolbutamide and losartan (PubMed:25994031).
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      Mechanism Description
  • Decreased metabolism of Torasemide caused by Sulfamethizole mediated inhibition of CYP450 enzyme

Recommended Action
      Management Caution is advised when torsemide is prescribed with CYP450 2C9 inhibitors. Patients should be monitored for potentially increased adverse effects such as dehydration, hypotension, electrolyte imbalances, hyperglycemia, tinnitus, and hearing loss.

References
1 Miners JO, Rees DLP, Valente L, Veronese ME, Birkett DJ "Human hepatic cytochrome p450 2c9 catalyzes the rate-limiting pathway of torsemide metabolism." J Pharmacol Exp Ther 272 (1995): 1076-81. [PMID: 7891318]
2 Product Information. Demedex (torsemide). Boehringer Mannheim, Gaithersburg, MD.
3 Vormfelde SV, Engelhardt S, Zirk A, et al. "CYP2C9 polymorphisms and the interindividual variability in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the loop diuretic drug torsemide." Clin Pharmacol Ther 76 (2004): 557-66. [PMID: 15592327]