Comparative regioselective and stereoselective metabolism of 7-chlorobenz[a]anthracene and 7-bromobenz[aanthracene and 7-bromobenz[a]anthracene by mouse and rat liver microsomes

1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. Fu ◽  
Linda S. Von Tungeln ◽  
Leonard E. Unruh ◽  
Yi-Chang Ni ◽  
Ming W. Chou
Keyword(s):  
Rat Liver ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
Stereoselective Metabolism

scholarly journals The effect of the bay-region 12-methyl group on the stereoselective metabolism at the K-region of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene by rat liver microsomes

1984 ◽  
Vol 223 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
S K Yang ◽  
P P Fu
Keyword(s):  
Rat Liver ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Stereoselective Metabolism ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Metabolizing Enzyme ◽  
Cytochrome P 450

The enantiomers of a trans-5,6-dihydrodiol formed in the metabolism of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene by rat liver microsomes (microsomal fractions) were resolved by chiral stationary-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The major 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene trans-5,6-dihydrodiol enantiomer and its hydrogenation product 5,6,8,9,10,11-hexahydro-trans-5,6-diol were found to have 5S,6S absolute configurations by the exciton chirality c.d. method. The R,R/S,S enantiomer ratios of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene trans-5,6-dihydrodiol formed in the metabolism of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene by liver microsomes from untreated, 3-methylcholanthrene-treated and phenobarbital-treated male Sprague-Dawley rats were found to be 11:89, 6:94, and 5:95 respectively. These findings and those reported previously on the metabolic formations of trans-5,6-dihydrodiols from 7-methylbenz[a]anthracene and 12-methylbenz[a]anthracene suggest that the 12-methyl group in 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene plays an important role in determining the stereoselective metabolism at the K-region 5,6-double bond. Furthermore, the finding that formation of 5S,6S-dihydrodiol as the predominant enantiomer was not significantly affected by the isoenzymic composition of cytochrome P-450 present in microsomes prepared from the livers of the rats pretreated with the different inducing agents indicates that the stereoselectivity depends on the substrate metabolized rather than on the precise nature of the metabolizing-enzyme system.

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