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Involvement of Phenolic Metabolites in the Irreversible Protein-Binding of Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Reactive Metabolites of [14C]Naphthalene and [14C]1-Naphthol Formed by Rat Liver Microsomes

SIGRUN HESSE and MARGOT MEZGER
Molecular Pharmacology September 1979, 16 (2) 667-675;
SIGRUN HESSE
Gesellschaft f. Strahlenund Umweltforschung, Institut für Toxikologie und Biochemie, D-8042 Neuherberg/München, Germany
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MARGOT MEZGER
Gesellschaft f. Strahlenund Umweltforschung, Institut für Toxikologie und Biochemie, D-8042 Neuherberg/München, Germany
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Abstract

During microsomal metabolism of [14C]naphthalene, radioactive material was irreversibly bound to microsomal protein. The binding seems to result predominantly from secondary oxidation of naphthol rather than from primary monooxygenation of the hydrocarbon. This is supported by the following observations: a) The metabolism of naphthalene was rapid, e.g., 100 nmoles were metabolized within 10 min, whereas protein-bound radioactivity increased for at least 80 min. b) Inhibition of the epoxide hydrase by trichloropropene oxide did not significantly affect the binding. c) Addition of UDP-glucuronic acid to the incubation mixture reduced the binding, presumably by conjugation of the phenolic metabolites. d) During microsomal metabolism of [14C]1-naphthol, a major metabolite of [14C]naphthalene, a considerable amount of protein-bound radioactivity was found, indicating the formation of reactive metabolites. e) The addition of unlabeled 1-naphthol decreased the binding of [14C]naphthalene; this may be attributed to a dilution of the [14C]labeled naphthol-pool derived from [14C]naphthalene. Thus, the results are in agreement with our previous observations on the binding studies of 2,2'-dichlorobiphenyl and suggest that the major part of protein-bound metabolites of some aromatic hydrocarbons, formed in vitro, derive from secondary metabolism of the phenol(s).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We wish to thank Dr. Friedrich Wiebel, Dr. Thomas Wolff and Prof. Helmut Greim for many fruitful discussions and critical readings of this manuscript. The excellent technical asistance of Mr. Josef Lichtman-negger is gratefully acknowledged. Mrs. Linda Lattmann and Dr. Dimitris Kotzias are thanked for registration of mass spectra.

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SIGRUN HESSE and MARGOT MEZGER
Molecular Pharmacology September 1, 1979, 16 (2) 667-675;

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SIGRUN HESSE and MARGOT MEZGER
Molecular Pharmacology September 1, 1979, 16 (2) 667-675;
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