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  • Title: Stereoselectivity of rat liver microsomal enzymes in the metabolism of 7-fluorobenz(a)anthracene and mutagenicity of metabolites.
    Author: Chiu PL, Fu PP, Yang SK.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 1984 Feb; 44(2):562-70. PubMed ID: 6692361.
    Abstract:
    7-Fluorobenz(a)anthracene (7-FBA) was metabolized by rat liver microsomes predominantly to 4-hydroxy-7-FBA and 7-FBA trans-3,4-, 5,6-, 8,9-, and 10,11-dihydrodiols. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectral analyses indicated that the fluoro substituent causes 7-FBA trans-5,6- and 8,9-dihydrodiols to adopt preferentially quasidiaxial conformations (Chiu, P.-L., Fu, P. P., and Yang, S. K. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 106: 1405-1411, 1982). The major enantiomers of the quasidiaxial trans-5,6- and trans-8,9-dihydrodiols have been determined by the exciton chirality method to have R,R absolute stereochemistries. By comparing with the circular dichroism spectra of BA 3R,4R- and 10R,11R-dihydrodiols, the major enantiomers of the quasidiequatorial 7-FBA trans-3,4- and trans-10,11-dihydrodiols were also found to have R,R absolute configurations. All four 7-FBA trans-dihydrodiol metabolites obtained from incubations of 7-FBA with liver microsomes prepared from untreated and 3-methylcholanthrene-, phenobarbital-, and polychlorinated biphenyl-treated male Sprague-Dawley rats were enriched in R,R enantiomers, differing only in optical purities. Pretreatment of rats with phenobarbital, 3-methylcholanthrene, and polychlorinated biphenyls changed the rate of 7-FBA metabolism by 0.47-, 1.14-, and 1.70-fold, respectively. Pretreatment of rats with enzyme inducers also altered the quantitative distribution of metabolites formed. The relative mutagenic activities of metabolites toward Salmonella typhimurium TA 100 were: 7-FBA trans-3,4-dihydrodiol greater than 7-FBA trans-10,11-dihydrodiol greater than 7-methyl-BA approximately equal to 7-FBA greater than 7-FBA trans-8,9-dihydrodiol approximately equal to 7-methyl-BA trans-10,11-dihydrodiol greater than 7-FBA trans-5,6-dihydrodiol approximately equal to 4-hydroxy-7-FBA. The relatively high mutagenic activities of 7-FBA trans-3,4- and trans-10,11-dihydrodiols suggest that both 7-FBA trans-3,4-dihydrodiol 1,2-epoxide(s) and 7-FBA trans-10,11-dihydrodiol 8,9-epoxide(s) may be the major metabolites which contribute to the carcinogenic properties of 7-FBA.
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