title: Toxicokinetics and metabolism of 1,2-diethylbenzene in male Sprague Dawley rats--part 2: evidence for in vitro and in vivo stereoselectivity of 1,2-diethylbenzene metabolism.
abstract: In a previous study, it was shown that the neurotoxic compound 1,2-diethylbenzene (1,2-DEB) is mainly hydroxylated in the alkyl chain to give 1-(2'-ethylphenyl)ethanol (1,2-EPE) and excreted in urine of rats as two glucuronide compounds (GA1 and GA2). Some findings have suggested that the two enantiomers of 1,2-EPE are formed in vivo. In the present study, a chiral high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed to separate the two enantiomers of 1,2-EPE from a synthesized racemic mixture. Absolute configuration of both enantiomers was determined after esterification with (R)-(+)-alpha-methoxy-alpha-(trifluoromethyl)phenylacetic acid and analysis of their (1)H NMR spectra in CCl(4) added with Eu (fod)(3). The two main urinary metabolites, GA1 and GA2, from [(14)C]1,2-DEB-treated Sprague-Dawley rats (80 mg/kg, i.p.) were identified, after hydrolysis with beta-glucuronidase from Escherichia coli, as (R) and (S) glucuronide conjugates of 1,2-EPE, respectively. In vitro hydroxylation of 1,2-DEB and glucuroconjugation of 1,2-EPE were under stereoselective control in S9 fraction or microsomes from male Sprague-Dawley rat liver. The V(max) and K(m) constants for (R)1,2-EPE enantiomer formation determined in S9 fraction were greater than those for the (S) enantiomer. In the plasma of bile duct-cannulated rats, the ratio was 1.2 +/- 0.02 over the 1- to 4-h period after oral administration of [(14)C]1,2-DEB (100 mg/kg). In contrast, the glucuroconjugation rate of (S)1,2-DEB enantiomer was 4 times that of (R)1,2-EPE glucuroconjugation. A similar ratio of (R) to (S)1,2-EPE glucuronide conjugates was obtained in the plasma of bile duct-cannulated rats.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité, Vandoeuvre, France. payanjp@inrs.fr
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Payan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cossec
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beydon
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fabry
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; C064750:1,2-diethylbenzene