medium and reagents
were all obtained from Invitrogen Co. (Carlsbad, CA) except for fetal
bovine serum (FBS), which was purchased from Hyclone (Logan, UT).
Human recombinant uridine 5′-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferases
(UGT) 2B7 Supersomes (microsomes from baculovirus-infected insect
cells expressing UGTs) were obtained from BD Biosciences (San Jose,
CA). Human recombinant sulfotransferases (SULT) 1A1 and human recombinant
catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) were expressed
and purified according to published methods.21 (link),22 (link) Phenanthrene, Phenanthrene-9,10-quinone, dithiothreitol, uridine-5′-diphosphoglucuronic
acid (UDPGA), adenosine 3′-phosphate 5′-phosphosulfate
(PAPS), and S-(5′-adenosyl)-
(AdoMet) chloride were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co. (St. Louis,
MO). All other chemicals used were of the highest grade available,
and all solvents were HPLC grade.