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  • Title: Alpha-tocopherol affects the urinary and biliary excretion of 2,7,8-trimethyl-2 (2'-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman, gamma-tocopherol metabolite, in rats.
    Author: Kiyose C, Saito H, Kaneko K, Hamamura K, Tomioka M, Ueda T, Igarashi O.
    Journal: Lipids; 2001 May; 36(5):467-72. PubMed ID: 11432458.
    Abstract:
    In this study, we investigated a change in the excretory content of 2,7,8-trimethyl-2(2'-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman (gamma-CEHC), a gamma-tocopherol (gamma-Toc) metabolite, in rat urine and bile by using a new high-performance liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD) method. In this determination, CEHC [alpha- and gamma-CEHC, where alpha-CEHC = 2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2(2'-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxychroman] in the biological specimens were treated with 3 N methanolic HCl to hydrolyze conjugates and to promote esterification. The methylated samples were extracted by n-hexane/water (1:2). The analyses of the methyl esters of alpha-CEHC and gamma-CEHC were performed by an HPLC-ECD using an ODS-3 column at 35 degrees C. The mobile phase was acetonitrile/water (45:55, vol/vol) containing 50 mM sodium perchlorate. After rat urine and bile samples, respectively, were methylated as described above, methylated biliary metabolites were identified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry as methyl esters of gamma-CEHC. Furthermore, we examined the differences in the excretion of gamma-CEHC between rat urine and bile after an oral administration of gamma-Toc or alpha- + gamma-Toc by the above HPLC method. In the gamma-Toc group, each vitamin E-deficient rat was given 0.5 mL of a stripped corn oil preparation containing 10 mg of gamma-Toc. In the alpha- + gamma-Toc group, the rat was given 10 mg of alpha-Toc and 10 mg of gamma-Toc. The content of gamma-CEHC in rat urine from the alpha- + gamma-Toc group was increased more in comparison to the gamma-Toc group at 18-36 h after oral administration. Moreover, the content of gamma-CEHC in rat bile in the alpha- + gamma-Toc group was increased more in comparison to the gamma-Toc group at 6-18 h after oral administration. Therefore, we have suggested that gamma-CEHC was shifted mainly to urinary excretion after gamma-CEHC had been excreted into the bile. Furthermore, we assume that alpha-Toc may affect the metabolism of gamma-Toc to gamma-CEHC in the body.
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