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Metabolism of 2,6-dinitro[3-3H]toluene by human and rat liver microsomal and cytosolic fractions. 1992

D E Chapman, and S R Michener, and G Powis
Department of Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905.

1. 2,6-Dinitrotoluene (2,6-DNT) metabolism by human liver and male Fischer F344 rat liver subcellular fractions under aerobic (100% oxygen) and anaerobic (100% nitrogen) incubation conditions was examined. Under aerobic conditions the major 2,6-DNT metabolite formed by hepatic microsomes was 2,6-dinitrobenzyl alcohol (2,6-DNBalc); under anaerobic conditions 2-amino-6-nitrotoluene (2Am6NT) was the major metabolite. 2. Rates of 2,6-DNBalc formation by human and rat liver microsomes under aerobic conditions were 247 and 132 pmol/min per mg protein, respectively. Rates of 2Am6NT formation by human and rat liver microsomes under anaerobic conditions were 292 and 285 pmol/min per mg protein, respectively. Anaerobic reduction of 2,6-DNT to 2Am6NT by rat and human liver microsomes was inhibited by carbon monoxide and metyrapone, which indicates that microsomal metabolism of 2,6-DNT to 2Am6NT is mediated by cytochrome P-450. 3. Liver cytosolic fractions also metabolized 2,6-DNT to 2Am6NT under anaerobic conditions. Formation of 2Am6NT by human and rat liver cytosols was supported by hypoxanthine, NADPH and NADH. Allopurinol inhibited the hypoxanthine-supported anaerobic metabolism of 2,6-DNT by rat, but not human, liver cytosol. Dicumarol inhibited the NADPH-supported anaerobic metabolism of 2,6-DNT by human, but not rat, liver cytosol. These results indicate that xanthine oxidase contributes to the hypoxanthine-supported anaerobic metabolism of 2,6-DNT by human liver cytosol.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D008862 Microsomes, Liver Closed vesicles of fragmented endoplasmic reticulum created when liver cells or tissue are disrupted by homogenization. They may be smooth or rough. Liver Microsomes,Liver Microsome,Microsome, Liver
D009249 NADP Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate. A coenzyme composed of ribosylnicotinamide 5'-phosphate (NMN) coupled by pyrophosphate linkage to the 5'-phosphate adenosine 2',5'-bisphosphate. It serves as an electron carrier in a number of reactions, being alternately oxidized (NADP+) and reduced (NADPH). (Dorland, 27th ed) Coenzyme II,Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate,Triphosphopyridine Nucleotide,NADPH,Dinucleotide Phosphate, Nicotinamide-Adenine,Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate,Nucleotide, Triphosphopyridine,Phosphate, Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D003600 Cytosol Intracellular fluid from the cytoplasm after removal of ORGANELLES and other insoluble cytoplasmic components. Cytosols
D004136 Dinitrobenzenes Benzene derivatives which are substituted with two nitro groups in the ortho, meta or para positions. Dinitrobenzene,Dinitrophenyl Compound,Dinitrophenyl Compounds,Dinitrotoluene,Dinitrotoluenes,Compound, Dinitrophenyl
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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