摘要AIM: To clone the human cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) and CYP2C18 cDNA and establish two transgenic CHL cell line stable expressing human CYP2C9 and CYP2C18.METHODS:Extracting total RNA from human liver tissue, the human CYP2C9 and CYP2C18 cDNA was amplified with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and cloned into cloning vector pGEM-T. The cDNA segment was identified by DNA sequencing and subcloned into a mammalian expression vector pREP9. Two transgenic cell line were established by transfecting the recombinant vectors of pREP9-CYP2C9 and pREP9-CYP2C18 to Chinese hamster lung cell CHL. The enzyme activity of CYP2C9 and CYP2C18 catalyze tolbutamide to 4-hydroxy tolbutamide in S9 protein of the cells were determinated by HPLC.RESULTS: The sequence of the two cDNA segments cloned, which were 1540 bp and 1671 bp in length, were identical to those reported by Romkes et al(GenBank accession number: M61855, M61856, J05326) in coding amino acids. The S9 fraction of the established cell lines can metabolize tolbutamide to 4-hydroxy tolbutamide, the tolbutamide-4-hydroxylase activity was found to be 0.465±0.109 and 0.509±0.052 nmol*min-1*(mg S9 protein)-1 (n=3), but was not detectable in parental CHL cell.CONCLUSION: The cDNA of CYP2C9 and CYP2C18 were successfolly cloned and cell lines of CHL-CYP2C9 and CHL-CYP2C18 which efficiently expressed the protein of CYP2C9 and CYP2C18 were established.