title: Biotransformations of daunorubicin aglycones by rat liver microsomes.
abstract: Daunorubicin is biotransformed anaerobically by rat liver microsomes with a reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-generating system to form a series of aglycones. The first reaction, reductive cleavage of daunosamine (at C-7 in ring A) to form the 7- deoxyaglycone , is followed by reduction of the C-13 keto group. The 7- hydroxyaglycone may also form by hydrolytic cleavage of the amino sugar followed then by the same C-13 keto reduction. These reactions are not inhibited by beta- diethylaminoethyldiphenylpropyl acetate, whereas subsequent reactions in the D ring of the aglycones can be completely blocked by this cytochrome P-450 inhibitor: reductive and hydrolytic cleavage of the C-4 methoxy group. Thus, five reactions at three sites are described and theoretical pathways are proposed for the expected 12 aglycones from daunorubicin.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D009279:Naphthacenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D009279:Naphthacenes; D009249:NADP; C019318:daunomycinone