title: Species differences in the metabolism and macromolecular binding of methapyrilene: a comparison of rat, mouse and hamster.
abstract: 1. The metabolism of methapyrilene (MPH) by rat, hamster and mouse liver microsomes in vitro was investigated together with the binding of 14C-MPH to calf thymus DNA after metabolic activation. 2. Both quantitative and qualitative differences in MPH metabolism were observed in these three species. Mouse liver microsomes catalyse the formation of two novel isomers of hydroxypyrdylmethapyrilene (hydroxypyridyl-MPH) as determined by mass spectral analysis. N,N'-Didesmethylmethapyrilene (didesmethyl-MPH) was formed in detectable quantities only when hamster liver microsomes were used. 3. Incubation of liver microsomes from all three species catalysed the binding of 14C-MPH to exogenous DNA, which was quantitatively similar for all three species. The effect of the cytochrome P-450 inhibitor, 2,4-dichloro-6-phenylphenoxyethylamine (DPEA), and methimazole, a flavin-dependent monooxygenase inhibitor, on binding differed significantly for the three species studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lampe
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kammerer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002417:Cattle; D006224:Cricetinae; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008297:Male; D008701:Methapyrilene / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013045:Species Specificity; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D004247:DNA; D008701:Methapyrilene