The formation route of the sulfur-containing metabolites of afloqualone [6-amino-2-fluoromethyl-3-(o-tolyl)-4(3H)-quinazolinone, AFQ], a centrally acting muscle relaxant, was studied in rats. When 14C-N-acetyl AFQ 2-mercapturate (AFQM) methyl ester was administered orally to normal rats, it was excreted in the bile as AFQM, one of the major biliary metabolites of AFQ, and in the urine as sulfur-containing metabolites of AFQ such as methylsulfinyl and methylsulfonyl metabolites of AFQ. This indicated that AFQM was a precursor of these methylsulfinyl and -sulfonyl metabolites. Pretreatment of rats with antibiotics significantly reduced the urinary excretion of 14C-AFQM and its metabolites as compared with normal rats. Oral administration of 14C-AFQ to antibiotics-treated rats also significantly reduced the amounts of the sulfur-containing metabolites excreted into the urine, but did not affect the amounts of other non-sulfur-containing metabolites. In addition, oral administration of 14C-AFQ to bile-duct-ligated rats gave results similar to those in the antibiotics-treated rats. These results indicate that in normal rats microfloral metabolism is necessary for the formation of the methylsulfinyl and -sulfonyl metabolites from AFQM and other unidentified mercapturate pathway conjugates excreted into the bile. The metabolites of AFQ produced by the microflora are reabsorbed into the systemic circulation, processed by further metabolism in the liver, and in turn excreted in the urine.
本研究以大鼠为研究对象,研究了一种中枢作用的肌肉松弛剂阿夫喹酮[6-
氨基-2-
氟甲基-3-(邻
甲苯基)-4(3H)-
喹唑啉酮,AFQ]的含
硫代谢物的形成途径。给正常大鼠口服 14C-N-acetyl AFQ 2-巯基(AFQM)甲酯后,其在胆汁中以 AFQM(AFQ 的主要胆汁代谢物之一)的形式排泄,在尿液中则以 AFQ 的含
硫代谢物(如 AFQ 的甲亚磺酰和甲亚磺酰代谢物)的形式排泄。这表明 AFQM 是这些甲基亚磺酰和-亚磺酰代谢物的前体。与正常大鼠相比,用抗生素对大鼠进行预处理可明显减少 14C-AFQM 及其代谢物在尿液中的排泄。经抗生素处理的大鼠口服 14C-AFQ 后,排入尿液的含
硫代谢物数量也会明显减少,但不会影响其他非含
硫代谢物的数量。此外,胆管结扎大鼠口服 14C-AFQ 的结果与抗生素治疗大鼠的结果相似。这些结果表明,在正常大鼠体内,从 AFQM 和其他排泄到胆汁中的不明巯基途径共轭物中形成甲基亚磺酰和-亚磺酰代谢物需要微花代谢。微
生物群产生的 AFQ 代谢物会被重吸收进入体循环,在肝脏中进一步代谢处理,然后随尿液排出体外。