title: Enzymatic hydrolysis of retinamides.
abstract: Enzymatic activity present in liver microsomes from rats slowly hydrolyzed N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4HPR). A product of the reaction was all-trans-retinoic acid. The reaction, which had a pH optimum greater than 8.6, was stimulated by divalent cations, particularly Mn2+. Enzyme activity was highest in liver microsomes but was also present in kidney microsomes, liver cytoplasm, and spleen cytoplasm. Of 10 possible substrates tested, the 13-cis- and all-trans-forms of N-ethylretinamide were most active. The all-trans-form of 4HPR was much more active than the 13-cis-form. Neither 13-cis- nor all-trans-retinoyl leucine was a substrate. Because no detectable [14C]all-trans-retinoic acid could be found in the livers of rats after doses of [14C]4HPR, we conclude that this enzyme is not extensively active in intact animals.
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002412:Cations / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D017313:Fenretinide; D006868:Hydrolysis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D010261:Paraoxon / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D017313:Fenretinide; D014212:Tretinoin; D000581:Amidohydrolases; D010261:Paraoxon