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  • Title: Kinetic isotope effect on the demethylation and denitrosation of N-nitrosodimethylamine in vitro.
    Author: Yang CS, Wade D, Anjo T, Keefer LK.
    Journal: IARC Sci Publ; 1987; (84):124-8. PubMed ID: 3679348.
    Abstract:
    Deuteration of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) has been shown to decrease the carcinogenicity of this compound. This result is believed to be due to a kinetic isotope effect on the metabolic activation of this carcinogen, but conflicting views exist concerning whether the isotope substitution affects the Km or Vmax of the reaction. In order to elucidate the molecular basis of these observations, as well as the mechanisms of the demethylation and denitrosation reactions, the metabolism of NDMA and deuterated NDMA (NDMA-d6) was studied using acetone-induced rat-liver microsomes. The demethylation of NDMA displayed a Km of 0.06 mM and a Vmax of 7.9 nmol/min per mg protein. Deuteration of NDMA increased the Km value by five fold but did not appreciably affect the Vmax. The denitrosation of NDMA also displayed a Km of 0.06 mM, but the Vmax was 0.83 nmol/min per mg; deuteration again increased the Kmax several fold but had no effect on the Vmax. The results indicate that deuteration inhibits the metabolism of NDMA by increasing the Km but not the Vmax and suggest that there is a close relationship between the demethylation and denitrosation reactions.
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