title: Cellular effects of some metabolic oxidation products pertinent to 4-ethoxyaniline.
abstract: The toxicity of some metabolic products pertinent to 4-ethoxyaniline in isolated hepatocytes were investigated. The compounds investigated were 4-ethoxynitrosobenzene (1), 4-ethoxy-4'-nitrosodiphenylamine (2), 3,6-bis(4-ethoxy-phenylimino)-4-ethoxy-1,4-cyclohexadienylamine (3), 4-(4-ethoxyphenylimino)-2,3-dimethyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-one (4) and 4-(4-ethoxyphenylimino)-2,6-dimethyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-one (5). Of these, 1, 2 and 3 are oxidation products of 4-ethoxyaniline. Compounds 4 and 5 are dimethyl analogues of previously investigated oxidation product 4-(4-ethoxyphenylimino(-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-one (NEPBQI). Among the investigated compounds, 1 and 2 were the most toxic towards isolated hepatocytes. In hepatocytes treated with compounds 1, 2 and 4, loss of cell viability was also accompanied by surface bleb formation. All compounds except 3 reacted with GSH resulting in depletion of cellular GSH. No formation of GSSG was observed, however. Thus, the GSH depletion was apparently due to conjugate formation rather than oxidation. No superoxide dismutase inhibitable reduction of acetylated cytochrome c was observed, thus none of the compounds undergoes measurable redox cycling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Uppsala Biomedical Centre, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lindqvist
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moldéus
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindeke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D007097:Imines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000633:toxicity; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010628:Phenetidine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D007097:Imines; D009603:Nitroso Compounds; D010628:Phenetidine; C050118:4-(ethoxyphenyl)-4-benzoquinone imine; D005978:Glutathione