title: Oxidative cleavage of the octyl side chain of 1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-5-octylbiguanide (OPB-2045) in rat and dog liver preparations.
abstract: The metabolism of 1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-5-octylbiguanide (OPB-2045), a new potent biguanide antiseptic, was investigated using rat and dog liver preparations to elucidate the mechanism of OPB-2045 metabolite formation, in which the octyl side chain is reduced to four, five, or six carbon atoms. Chemical structures of metabolites were characterized by 1H NMR, fast atom bombardment/mass spectrometry, and liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry. Three main metabolites were observed during incubation of OPB-2045 with rat liver S9: 2-octanol (M-1), 3-octanol (M-2), and 4-octanol (M-3). In the incubation of OPB-2045 with dog liver S9, eight metabolites were observed, seven of which being M-1, M-2, M-3, 2-octanone (M-4), threo-2,3-octandiol (M-5), erythro-2,3-octandiol (M-6), and 1,2-octandiol (M-7). M-5 and M-6 were further biotransformed to a ketol derivative and C-C bond cleavage metabolite (hexanoic acid derivative), an in vivo end product, in the incubation with dog liver microsomes. The reactions required NADPH as a cofactor and were significantly inhibited by the various inhibitors of cytochrome P450 (i.e., CO, n-octylamine, SKF 525-A, metyrapone, and alpha-naphthoflavone). The results indicate that the degraded products of OPB-2045 are produced by C-C bond cleavage after monohydroxylation, dihydroxylation, and ketol formation at the site of the octyl side chain with possible involvement of cytochrome P450 systems. This aliphatic C-C bond cleavage by sequential oxidative reactions may play an important role in the metabolism of other drugs or endogenous compounds that possess aliphatic chains.
authors.affiliation: Tokushima Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokushima, Japan. k_umehara@research.otsuka.co.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umehara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odomi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001645:Biguanides / Q000378:metabolism*; D002723:Chlorobenzoates / Q000032:analysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004285:Dogs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001645:Biguanides; D002723:Chlorobenzoates; C068797:3,4-dichlorobenzoic acid; C113749:olanexidine