title: Stereoselective disposition of the geometric isomers of a novel lipoxygenase cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor in dog and photochemical interconversion of its isomers.
abstract: A sensitive (10 ng/mL) and specific high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay, with electrochemical (EC) detection, for the geometric isomers of 3-hydroxy-N-(2-phenyl-2-(2-thienyl)ethenyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzo(b) thiophene-2-carboxamide in dog and human plasma has been developed. Both isomers strongly absorb light, leading to an efficient E in equilibrium Z photoisomerization. After iv administration of a single isomer (Z) to a dog, only the Zisomer was detected in plasma; no in vivo conversion to the E isomer was observed. However, when a mixture of the E and Z isomers (58.6:41.4) was administered in the same manner to the same dog, the E:Z ratio decreased significantly to 47.5:52.5 six hours after drug administration, indicating stereoselective disposition of the isomers. The elimination of the E isomer was found to be faster than that of the Z isomer.
authors.affiliation: Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Matuszewski
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kanovsky
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Constanzer
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Bayne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D004285:Dogs; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007536:Isomerism; D010777:Photochemistry; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D013876:Thiophenes; C051277:L 652343