title: Metabolism of K-region derivatives of 1-nitropyrene by rat liver in vitro.
abstract: The metabolism of K-region derivatives of 1-nitropyrene was studied in order to provide insight into factors that may contribute to their mutagenic activities and to obtain information on unknown metabolites of 1-nitropyrene. Using 9000 g supernatant from livers of Aroclor-treated rats, 1-nitro-pyrene-4,5-diol, a mutagenic metabolite of 1-nitropyrene, was metabolized to 1-aminopyrene-4,5-diol, a mixture of 1-nitropyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraols, 1-amino-4,5-pyrenedione and 1-nitro-4,5-pyrenedione. 1-Nitro-5H-phenanthro[4,5-bcd]pyran-5-one, a highly mutagenic lactone, was not detected. The metabolism of 1-nitro-4,5-pyrenedione yielded only 1-amino-4,5-pyrenedione; the lactone was not observed. No metabolites were detected when the lactone was incubated under conditions identical to those employed for 1-nitro-4,5-diol and 1-nitro-4,5-pyrenedione. Upon re-examination of the metabolism of 1-nitropyrene, we were able to detect 1-nitropyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraol, 1-amino-4,5-pyrenedione and 1-nitro-4,5-pyrenedione as minor metabolites in addition to the major metabolites reported previously. The results of this study, combined with the mutagenicity data for the K-region derivatives of 1-nitropyrene, suggest that nitroreduction of 1-nitropyrene-4,5-diol and 1-nitro-4,5-pyrenedione to the corresponding hydroxylamines is an important pathway for their metabolic activation in Salmonella typhimurium and their metabolic activation in Salmonella typhimurium and possibly in mammalian systems.
authors.affiliation: Section of Biological Chemistry, Naylor Dana Institute for Disease Prevention, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, NY 10595.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: el-Bayoumy
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hecht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000378:metabolism*; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D011721:Pyrenes; C032668:1-nitropyrene