作者:Sarah S. Drzymala、Antje J. Herrmann、Ronald Maul、Dietmar Pfeifer、Leif-Alexander Garbe、Matthias Koch
DOI:10.1021/tx500312g
日期:2014.11.17
The present study investigates the in vitro phase I metabolism of cis-zearalenone (cis-ZEN) in rat liver microsomes and human liver microsomes. cis-ZEN is an often ignored isomer of the trans-configured Fusarium mycotoxin zearalenone (transZEN). Upon the influence of (UV-) light, trans-ZEN isomeriXes to cis-ZEN. Therefore, cis-ZEN is also present in food and feed. The aim of our.study was to evaluate the in vitro phase I metabolism of cis-ZEN in comparison to that of trans-ZEN. As a result, an extensive thetabolizatiOn cis-ZEN is observed for rat and human liver inicrosoines as analyzed by,IIPLC-MS/MS and high- HO resolution MS. Kinetic Investigations based on the substrate depletion approach showed no significant difference in rate cis-zearalenone constants and half-live for,cis and trans-ZEN in rat microsomes. In contrast, cis-ZEN Wa, depleted about 1.4-fold faster than transZEN in human microgornes. The metabolite pattern of cis-ZEN revealecLa total of 10 phase I'metabolites. Its reduction products, a- and 13-cis-zearalenol (beta and fl-cis-ZEL), were found as metabolites in both species, with a-cis-ZEI, being a major metabolite in rat liver microsomes. Both compounds were identified' by co-chromatography with synthesized authentic standards. A further major metabolite in rat microsomes was Monohydroxylated cis-ZEN. In human rnicrOsornes, monohydroxylated cis-ZEN is the single dominant peak of the metabolite profile. Our study discloses three metabolic pathways for cis-ZEN: reduction of the keto-group, monohydroxylation, and a combination of both. Because these routes have been reported for trans-ZEN, we conclude that the phase I metabolism of cis-ZEN is essentially similar to that of its trans isomer. As trans-ZEN is prone to metabolic activation, leading to the formation of more estrogenic metabolites, the novel metabolitWof cisZEN reported in this study, in particular a-cis-ZEL, might also show higheri estrogenicity.