Metabolism of a novel hypnotic, N<sup>3</sup>-phenacyluridine, and hypnotic and sedative activities of its enantiomer metabolites in mouse
作者:T. Kimura、M. Miki、K. Watanabe、S. Kondo、I. K. Ho、I. Yamamoto
DOI:10.1080/004982500406462
日期:2000.1
1. The metabolism of N-3-phenacyluridine (3-phenacyl-1-beta-D-ribofuranosyluracil), a potent hypnotic nucleoside derivative, was studied in mouse.2. Of the radioactivity, 65 % was excreted in urine within 48 h after intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of [H-3]N3-phenacyluridine. The urinary metabolites N-3-phenacyluracil and N-3-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine were extracted, isolated and analyzed by mass spectrometry.3. Racemates of N-3-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine were synthesized and both isomers were separated as N-3-(S)-(+)-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine and N-3-(R)-(-)-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine by hplc (CHIRALCEL-OJ column) with retentions of 13.8 and 17.9 min respectively. The reduction process took place with high stereo-selectivity, which pave an alcohol product in the urine with the same retention (17.9 min) as one of the synthetic isomers separated by hplc.4. One of urinary metabolites was identified as N-3-(S)-(+)-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine. N3-phenacyluridine was predominantly converted to an alcoholic metabolite of (S)-(+)-configuration.5. N-3-phenacyluracil and uridine were also identified as minor metabolites.6. The pharmacological effects of the metabolites and related compounds were also evaluated in mouse. N-3-(S)-(+)-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine, but not N-3-(R)-(-)-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine, possessed hypnotic activity and potentiated pentobarbital-induced sleeping time with a similar potency to the parent compound, N-3-phenacyluridine. N-3-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine (racemate) had almost two thirds of the hypnotic activity of N-3-(S)-(+)-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine No other metabolites exhibited hypnotic activities.7. The present study indicates that N-3-(S)-(+)-alpha-hydroxy-beta-phenethyluridine, a major metabolite of N-3-phenacyluridine, is an active metabolite and contributes a significant CNS depressant effect..