title: Atypical metabolism of deprenyl and its enantiomer, (S)-(+)-N,alpha-dimethyl-N-propynylphenethylamine, by cytochrome P450 2D6.
abstract: Debrisoquine 4-hydroxylase is a unique cytochrome P450 that effects oxidation of protonated substrates at sites distal from the basic nitrogen. A basic tenet of the several models that have been proposed for the active site of P450 2D6 is that oxidation occurs at distances of approximately 5 or approximately 7 A from the protonated site. In this study, the metabolism of both stereoisomers of deprenyl, a therapeutically valuable monoamine oxidase B inhibitor, was shown to produce N-demethylation and N-depropargylation of the sole basic nitrogen in the molecule by recombinant cytochrome P450 2D6. N-Demethylation of L-(-)-deprenyl leading to nordeprenyl was favored by approximately 13:1 over N-depropargylation which produced methamphetamine. The Km and kcat values for formation of methamphetamine, the minor metabolite, were 56 +/- 5 microM and 0.63 +/- 0.063 nmol of methamphetamine min-1 (nmol of P450)-1, respectively; the kcat for nordeprenyl formation was approximately 8.2 nmol of nordeprenyl min-1 (nmol of P450)-1. Although these pathways would be the anticipated processes for monoamine oxidases and most cytochrome P450s, this mode of biotransformation is not predicted by current active site models and represents a novel pathway for P450 2D6. Statistical analysis indicates that the therapeutically important L-(-)-isomer was preferentially metabolized [kcat/Km (-)/(+) ratio = 2.66]. Competitive inhibition of deprenyl metabolism by both quinidine and quinine with an approximate 10(3) differential confirms that this metabolic pathway is P450 2D6 mediated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Grace
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kinter
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D019389:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012642:Selegiline / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012642:Selegiline; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D019389:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6; D010634:Phenobarbital