title: Metabolism of diltiazem. III. Oxidative deamination of diltiazem in rat liver microsomes.
abstract: The main metabolites of diltiazem in rats are acidic metabolites having a carboxyl group which may be formed by oxidative deamination of the dimethylaminoethyl group of diltiazem. In order to identify the enzymes responsible for the deamination and formation of acidic and neutral metabolites [14C]diltiazem was incubated with microsomal and mitochondrial preparations from the liver of SD male rats. Both acidic and neutral metabolites were formed only in the presence of an nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate generating system. Their formation was remarkable, especially in the microsomes, and inhibited by SKF 252-A, but not by pargyline and iproniazid. The production of neutral metabolites surpassed that of acidic ones. Structural analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry showed that the neutral metabolites are aldehydes which have not been detected in vivo. The results suggest that the dimethylaminoethyl group of diltiazem is oxidized to an aldehyde group by microsomal cytochrome P-450 in the liver. Subsequently, the aldehyde group would be dehydrogenated to the carboxyl group.
authors.affiliation: Biological Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D003641:Deamination; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007490:Iproniazid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010293:Pargyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012588:Scintillation Counting
chemical_list: D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D011725:Pyridines; C013109:metapyrone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010293:Pargyline; D007490:Iproniazid; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase; D004110:Diltiazem