Synthesis and Characterisation of N-Alkylated L-Valine Methylamide Products from Diol Epoxide Metabolites of Fluoranthene and Benzo[a]pyrene.
作者:Hans Helleberg、Roger Westerholm、Lars Ehrenberg、Margareta Törnqvist、Yngve Stenstrøm、Ruo-Hua Zhang、Kurt V. Mikkelsen、Alexander Senning
DOI:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.52-0797
日期:——
The reactive diol epoxides of fluoranthene and benzo[a]pyrene, (+/-)-anti-c-I,c-10b-epoxy-1,2,3,10b-tetrahydrofluoranthene-r-2,t-3-diol (1) and (+/-)-anti-t-9,t-10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene-r-7,t-8-diol (4), respectively, are known genotoxic agents and effective alkylators of nucleophilic sites in DNA and proteins. As models of in vivo N-alkylation at the N-termini of hemoglobin (Hb), N-L-valine methylamide (VMA) products of 1 and 4 were synthesised, N-(r-1,c-2,t-3-trihydroxy-1,2,3.10b-tetrahydrofluoranthen-t-10b-yl)-L-valine methylamide (2a,b) and N-(r-7,t-8,t-9-trihydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyren-c-10-yl)-L-valine methylamide (5a,b), respectively. For isolation of the reaction products from the alkylation of VMA two reversed-phase HPLC systems were developed. From each diol epoxide two diastereoisomeric products were isolated in separate fractions. The products were characterised by H-1 NMR spectroscopy as well as by thermospray (TSP) tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (MS and MS/MS) and fluorescence. When analysed by TSP-MS/MS the quasimolecular ions, [M+H](+), have a neutral loss of either the VMA or the 1 and 4 adduct moieties, respectively. The major daughter ion from 5a,b is the adduct moiety and the corresponding ion from 2a,b is the VMA moiety. Minor daughter ions are, in both cases, [(M-VMA)H+](+) ions with additional loss of H2O or H2O+CO. The higher the number of hydroxy groups in the 2a,b ions, the more easily is the C10b-amino bond disrupted in collision-induced dissociation.