title: Inhibition of liver alcohol dehydrogenase and ethanol metabolism by 3-substituted thiolane 1-oxides.
abstract: 3-Substituted thiolane 1-oxides (methyl, n-butyl, n-hexyl, and phenyl) were prepared and tested as inhibitors of horse, monkey, and rat liver alcohol dehydrogenases and of ethanol metabolism in rats. These compounds inhibit alcohol oxidation in an uncompetitive manner with respect to ethanol as a varied substrate. Lengthening the alkyl substituent increased the inhibitory potency because of tighter binding in the hydrophobic substrate binding pocket of the alcohol dehydrogenases. Thus, the 3-hexyl derivative was the most potent inhibitor of the purified rat liver alcohol dehydrogenase, with a Kii value of 0.13 microM. The 3-butyl derivative was the best inhibitor of ethanol metabolism in rats, with a Kii value of 11 mumol/kg. The acute toxicity in mice of the butyl derivative was 1.4 mmol/kg. Since high concentrations of alcohol do not prevent the inhibitory effects of these compounds, they may be particularly useful for preventing poisoning by methanol or ethylene glycol.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Chadha
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Leidal
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Plapp
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D003499:Cyclic S-Oxides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006736:Horses; D007700:Kinetics; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003499:Cyclic S-Oxides; D013876:Thiophenes; D000431:Ethanol; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase