title: Formation and protein binding of the acyl glucuronide of a leukotriene B4 antagonist (SB-209247): relation to species differences in hepatotoxicity.
abstract: SB-209247 [(E)-3-[6-[[(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-thio]methyl]-3-(2-phenylethoxy)-2-pyridinyl]-2-propenoic acid], an anti-inflammatory leukotriene B4 receptor antagonist, was associated in beagle dogs but not male rats with an inflammatory hepatopathy. It also produced a concentration-dependent (10-1000 microM) but equal leakage of enzymes from dog and rat precision-cut liver slices. The hepatic metabolism of SB-209247 was investigated with reference to the formation of reactive acyl glucuronides. [14C]SB-209247 (100 micromol/kg) administered i.v. to anesthetized male rats was eliminated by biliary excretion of the acyl glucuronides of the drug and its sulfoxide. After 5 h, 1.03 +/- 0.14% (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 4) of the dose was bound irreversibly to liver tissue. The sulfoxide glucuronide underwent pH-dependent rearrangement in bile more rapidly than did the SB-209247 conjugate. [14C]SB-209247 was metabolized by sulfoxidation and glucuronidation in rat and dog hepatocytes, and approximately 1 to 2% of [14C]SB-209247 (100 microM) became irreversibly bound to cellular material. [14C]SB-209247 sulfoxide and glucuronide were the only metabolites produced by dog, rat, and human liver microsomes in the presence of NADPH and UDP-glucuronic acid (UDPGA), respectively. V(max) values for [14C]SB-209247 glucuronidation by dog, rat, and human microsomes were 2.6 +/- 0.1, 1.2 +/- 0.1, and 0.4 +/- 0.0 nmol/min/mg protein, respectively. Hepatic microsomes from all three species catalyzed UDPGA-dependent but not NADPH-dependent irreversible binding of [14C]SB-209247 (100-250 microM) to microsomal protein. Although a reactive acyl glucuronide was formed by microsomes from every species, the binding did not differ between species. Therefore, neither the acute cellular injury nor glucuronidation-driven irreversible protein binding in vitro is predictive of the drug-induced hepatopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK.
authors.forename: Jane R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kenny
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Maggs
authors.forename: Justice N A
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Tettey
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Harrell
authors.forename: Steven G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: B Kevin
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000179:Acrylates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D020719:Glucuronides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates; D020719:Glucuronides; D011725:Pyridines; D007975:Leukotriene B4; C093304:Ticolubant