title: Cytochrome P450 species involved in the metabolism of quinoline.
abstract: Quinoline is a hepatocarcinogen in rats and mice and a well-known mutagen in bacteria after incubation with rat liver microsomes. The specific cytochrome P450 enzymes involved in quinoline metabolism in human and rat liver microsomes were determined using cDNA-expressed cytochrome P450s, correlations with specific cytochrome P450-linked monooxygenase activities in human liver microsomes and inhibition by specific inhibitors and antibodies. CYP2A6 is the principal cytochrome P450 involved in the formation of quinoline-1-oxide in human liver microsomes (correlation coefficient r = 0.95), but is formed in only minute quantities in rat liver microsomes. CYP2E1 is the principal cytochrome P450 involved in the formation of 3-hydroxyquinoline (r = 0.93) in human liver microsomes and is involved in the formation in rat liver microsomes. A high correlation coefficient (r = 0.91) between CYP2A6 activity and quinoline-5,6-diol formation in human liver microsomes was observed, but this most likely reflects the involvement of CYP2A6 in the formation of quinoline-5,6-epoxide, from which the quinoline-5,6-diol is formed, as conversion of quinoline-5,6-epoxide to quinoline-5,6-diol on incubation of the epoxide with CYP2A6 could not be demonstrated. A cDNA-expressed human microsomal epoxide hydrolase, however, efficiently converted the epoxide to the diol and the microsomal epoxide inhibitor cyclohexene oxide inhibited quinoline-5,6-diol formation in rat liver microsomes. A preliminary kinetic analysis of quinoline metabolism in human liver microsomes was carried out and Eadie-Hofstee plots indicate that the formation of quinoline-5,6-diol is monophasic, while that of quinoline-1-oxide and 3-hydroxyquinoline is biphasic.
authors.affiliation: Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co. Ltd., Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reigh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishizaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimane
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Esumi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tyson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D001711:Biotransformation; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 / Q000378:metabolism; D065637:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2A6; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011804:Quinolines / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D011804:Quinolines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C037219:quinoline; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C585710:CYP2A6 protein, human; D019388:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2; D065637:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2A6