title: In vitro metabolism of 1,3-dioxane, 1,3-oxathiolane, and 1,3-dithiane derivatives of theophylline: a structure-metabolism correlation study.
abstract: Correlation between structure and metabolism was studied within a series of cyclic acetal and thioacetal theophylline derivatives. All the compounds showed marked regioselectivity in in vitro metabolism, the metabolites arising only from 7-cycloalkyl side chain transformation. The 1,3-dioxane derivative, besides N-dealkylation to theophylline, underwent enzymatic ring cleavage, through the oxidation of the acetal carbon and subsequent rearrangement. Thus the acetal group was converted enzymatically to an ester. A similar transformation, catalyzed by cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenases, was previously found for the 1,3-dioxolane ring of doxophylline. The cyclic thioacetal derivatives (i.e. 1,3-oxathiolane and 1,3-dithiane) were not cleaved during oxidative metabolism. The metabolites arise only from the oxidation of the sulfur atom, the major nucleophilic center in the molecule. No N-dealkylation to theophylline was observed. Enzymatic sulfoxidation proceeded diastereoselectively in both the 1,3-oxathiolane and 1,3-dithiane rings, the trans isomers being the major ones with a ratio trans: cis 75:25 and 60:40 respectively. The sulfoxides were stable to hydrolysis and were not further metabolized. Neither disulfoxides nor sulfones were detected in the incubations.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Farmaceutica Applicata, Torino.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grosa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rocco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceruti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dosio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brusa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biglino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004146:Dioxanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013806:Theophylline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004146:Dioxanes; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013806:Theophylline