title: Alpha-acetoxy derivatives of methyl-2-oxopropylnitrosamine: synthesis, hydrolysis rate and bacterial mutagenicity.
abstract: N-Methyl-N-2-oxopropylnitrosamine (MOP) induces pancreatic tumors in hamsters. As models for the putative proximate carcinogenic alpha-hydroxy derivatives, we studied N-acetoxymethyl-N-2-oxopropylnitrosamine (AMOP) and N-methyl-N-(1-acetoxy-2-oxopropyl)nitrosamine (MAOP). AMOP was synthesized from aminoacetone by the method of Roller et al. [1975), Tetrahedron Lett., 25, 2065-2068) and MAOP was synthesized by acetoxylation of MOP with lead tetraacetate. The half-lives of AMOP, MAOP and acetoxymethylmethylnitrosamine (ADMN) in aqueous buffer decreased as the pH rose from 5 to 9, with values at pH 5 of 2.8 X 10(4) min for AMOP, 3.2 X 10(3) min for ADMN, and 23 min for MAOP. Mutagenicity was examined in Salmonella typhimurium TA1535, using a pre-incubation at pH 5 without microsomal activation. The mutagenic potency, expressed as revertants/mumole, was 56 for AMOP, 150 for ADMN, and 4.5 X 10(4) for MAOP. Hence, hydrolysis rates at pH 5 were probably important in determining the relative mutagenicity.
authors.affiliation: Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68105.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mirvish
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wallcave
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000633:toxicity*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; C040755:N-nitroso-N-acetoxymethyl-N-2-oxopropylamine; D009602:Nitrosamines; C053719:N-methyl-N-(1-acetoxy-2-oxopropyl)nitrosamine; C028133:N-nitrosomethyl-2-oxopropylamine