Biotransformation of 1,2 dihydronaphthalene and 1,2-dihydroanthracene by rat liver microsomes and purified cytochromes P-450. Formation of arene hydrates of naphthalene and anthracene
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Both 1,2-dihydronaphthalene and 1,2-dihydroanthracene were hydroxylated at the benzylic (1-) or the allylic (2-) position by rat liver microsomes and purified cytochrome P-450 enzymes to yield "arene hydrates". Two other classes of metabolites were formed, the dehydrogenation products naphthalene and anthracene, and trans-1,2-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene and its anthracene analog as products of the classical epoxide pathway. Regioselectivity (hydroxylation at benzylic or allylic positions) and stereoselectivity (hydroxylation at pro-R or pro-S hydrogen atoms) during metabolism of dihydroarenes to yield arene hydrates were found to be dependent upon the nature of the inducing agents used during pretreatment of the rats and thus the level of particular P-450 enzymes. This selectivity was more pronounced for anthracene than for naphthalene. Naphthalene and anthracene were formed enzymatically by direct dehydrogenation of the dihydro compounds rather than by dehydration of the arene hydrate metabolites. A general mechanism involving the intermediacy of benzylic and resonance-stabilized allylic carbon radicals can account for the formation of both enzyme-catalyzed hydroxylation (arene hydrate) and dehydrogenation (arene) metabolites of dihydroarene substrates. © 1993 American Chemical Society. Chemicals/CAS: 1,2-dihydroanthracene, 58746-82-0; 1,2-dihydronaphthalene, 447-53-0; 1,2-dihydroxy-9-nitro-1,2-dihydroanthracene, 97509-29-0; Anthracenes; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System, 9035-51-2; Naphthalenes.
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anthracene derivativecytochrome p450naphthalene derivativepolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonanimal cellarticlebiotransformationhigh performance liquid chromatographyhydroxylationliver microsome metabolismmalenonhumanoxidationratstereochemistryAnimalAnthracenesBiotransformationChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemEnzyme InductionMaleMicrosomes, LiverNaphthalenesRatsRats, WistarStereoisomerismSupport, Non-U.S. Gov'tAnimaliaArene
TNO Identifier
232395
ISSN
0893228X
Source
Chemical Research in Toxicology, 6(6), pp. 808-812.
Pages
808-812
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