title: Oxidation of 4-aryl- and 4-alkyl-substituted 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-bis(alkoxycarbonyl)-1,4-dihydropyridines by human liver microsomes and immunochemical evidence for the involvement of a form of cytochrome P-450.
abstract: 4-Substituted 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-bis(alkoxycarbonyl)-1,4-dihydropyridines are important because of their roles as calcium channel blockers. The mixed-function oxidation of 14 4-aryl- and four 4-alkyl-substituted derivatives by human liver microsomes was examined. The major product of enzymatic oxidation of all the 4-aryl compounds was the pyridine derivative containing the 4-aryl group. The 4-alkyl compounds, in contrast, formed a pyridine derivative in which a hydrogen atom was present at the 4-position and the alkyl group was lost; these compounds also inactivated cytochrome P-450 and caused the loss of nifedipine oxidase activity after enzymatic oxidation. All of these reactions were extensively inhibited by an antibody raised to purified human liver nifedipine oxidase cytochrome P-450 (P-450NF), indicating a major role for this enzyme in the oxidation of these compounds. Oxidation of the 4-alkyl compounds led not only to the loss of P-450NF but also to decreases in catalytic activities of cytochrome P-450 isozymes catalyzing other reactions (phenacetin O-deethylation and hexobarbital 3'-hydroxylation). The results indicate that P-450NF (or closely related enzyme forms) is responsible for the oxidation of these nifedipine-related compounds in human liver microsomes and that metabolism is highly dependent upon 4-substitution; with alkyl substituents, radicals are postulated to leave P-450NF to attack other proteins.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009249:NADP / Q000494:pharmacology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D009249:NADP; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C104464:CYP3A protein, human; D051544:Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A; D009543:Nifedipine