title: Stereoselective formation and hydration of benzo[c]phenanthrene 3,4- and 5,6-epoxide enantiomers by rat liver microsomal enzymes.
abstract: The K-region 5,6-epoxides, formed in the metabolism of benzo[c]phenanthrene (BcPh) in the presence of an epoxide hydrolase inhibitor 3,3,3-trichloropropylene 1,2-oxide (TCPO) by liver microsomes from untreated, phenobarbital-treated, 3-methylcholanthrene-treated, and polychlorinated biphenyls (Aroclor 1254)-treated rats of the Sprague-Dawley and the Long-Evans strains, were found by chiral stationary phase high-performance liquid chromatography analyses to be enriched (58-72%) in the 5S, 6R enantiomer. In the absence of TCPO, the metabolically formed BcPh trans-5,6-dihydrodiol was enriched (78-86%) in the 5S,6S enantiomer. The major enantiomer of the BcPh 3,4-epoxide metabolite was found to be enriched in the 3S,4R enantiomer which undergoes racemization under the experimental conditions. The major enantiomer of the 5,6-dihydrodiol metabolite was elucidated by the exciton chirality circular dichroism (CD) method to have a 5S,6S absolute stereochemistry. Absolute configurations of enantiomeric methoxylation products derived from each of the two BcPh 5,6-epoxide enantiomers. Optically pure BcPh 5S,6R-epoxide was enzymatically hydrated exclusively at the C6 position to form an optically pure BcPh 5S,6S-dihydrodiol. However, optically pure BcPh 5R,6S-epoxide was hydrated at both C5 and C6 positions to form a BcPh trans-5,6-dihydrodiol with a (5S,6S):(5R,6R) enantiomer ratio of 32:68.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D010616:Phenanthrenes; C002615:benzo(c)phenanthrene