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  • Title: Metabolism in vivo and in vitro of the refrigerant substitute 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro-2-chloroethane.
    Author: Olson MJ, Johnson JT, O'Gara JF, Surbrook SE.
    Journal: Drug Metab Dispos; 1991; 19(5):1004-11. PubMed ID: 1686224.
    Abstract:
    Ternary mixtures of hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons are being evaluated as refrigerant substitutes for dichlorodifluoromethane, which is to be banned from further production in 2000. A priori consideration of the similarity between 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro-2-chloroethane (HCFC-124), a primary component of candidate refrigerant blends, and halothane suggests that metabolism of HCFC-124 might proceed via reactive intermediates. Our data show that rats exposed for 2 hr to approximately 10,000 ppm HCFC-124 excreted both inorganic fluoride (F-) and trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), identified by 9F-NMR, in the urine. Likewise, microsomes produced F- and TFA from HCFC-124 in an NADPH-dependent, CO-inhibited, aerobic reaction. Treatment of rats with pyridine caused about a 20-fold increase in aerobic microsomal metabolism (F- release) of HCFC-124, while the rate of defluorination was slightly decreased by phenobarbital administration. An antibody to cytochrome P450 IIE1 inhibited more than 90% of HCFC-124 metabolism in pyridine-induced preparations. Defluorination of HCFC-124 by microsomes also occurred under conditions of greatly reduced oxygen tension, demonstrating that this halocarbon can be reductively metabolized. Moreover, heat-inactivated, NADPH-reduced microsomes liberated F- and a fluorinated organic product, although not TFA, from HCFC-124. Formation of TFA and F- as products of oxidative HCFC-124 metabolism support the hypothesis that trifluoroacetyl fluoride is formed as an intermediate. Trifluoroacetyl halides are known to adduct tissue proteins. The reductive metabolism of HCFC-124, by analogy to halothane, may produce a radical (CHFCF3) capable of biological interactions.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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