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  • Title: Comparative studies of N-hydroxylation and N-demethylation by microsomal cytochrome P-450.
    Author: Burstyn JN, Iskandar M, Brady JF, Fukuto JM, Cho AK.
    Journal: Chem Res Toxicol; 1991; 4(1):70-6. PubMed ID: 1912302.
    Abstract:
    The N-hydroxylation of representative aromatic amines by rabbit liver microsomes was mediated by cytochrome P-450 as demonstrated by the sensitivity to carbon monoxide and other cytochrome P-450 inhibitors. The rate of N-hydroxylation was increased by induction with phenobarbital. Involvement of isozyme LM2 (P-50IIB1) was demonstrated in reconstituted systems. Aromatic N-hydroxylation was substantially faster and more efficient than aliphatic N-hydroxylation, while N-demethylation of aromatic and aliphatic dimethylamines was comparable in rate and efficiency. Aliphatic N-hydroxylation showed no rate increase with increasing pH despite the predicted increase in the concentration of the neutral substrate. The relative rates of N-hydroxylation and N-demethylation were compared for a series of para-substituted aromatic amines. The rate of demethylation of para-substituted N,N-dimethylanilines, as measured both by product formation and by NADPH consumption, correlated with the electronic parameter sigma and with the Hansch lipophilicity parameter pi. N-Hydroxylation of a similar series of anilines did not show a dependence on the electronic parameter but was dependent on the lipophilicity parameter. The differing dependence on the electronic parameter suggests that there are different rate-determining processes of N-oxidation for these two reactions.
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