代谢
芬太尼是一种超强力合成阿片类药物。目前还没有关于人类芬太尼代谢的数据。据报道,2002年俄罗斯警方在莫斯科的一次人质事件中使用了芬太尼和瑞芬太尼。这种所谓的使用激起了人们对芬太尼在人身上的药理学和毒理学的兴趣。我们的研究旨在确定人类芬太尼的代谢物,并评估芬太尼的代谢清除率,这可能是其在人类中急性毒性的一个因素。我们使用Simulations Plus的ADMET Predictor和Molecular Discovery的MetaSite来预测可能的代谢物形成。两个程序给出了类似的结果,通常都是好的,但没有捕捉到在体外看到的所有代谢物。我们将芬太尼与人类肝细胞一起孵化长达1小时,并使用Sciex 3200 QTRAP质谱仪分析样本,以测量母体化合物的消耗,并据此推断出内在清除率。然后将混合的人类原代肝细胞与芬太尼一起孵化长达6小时,并在Sciex 5600+ TripleTOF(QTOF)高分辨率质谱仪上进行代谢物鉴定分析。MS和MS/MS分析阐明了最丰富代谢物的结构。总共鉴定出12种代谢物。哌啶环的N-脱烷基化和单羟基化是主要的代谢途径。观察到了两种N-氧化物代谢物和一种葡萄糖苷酸代谢物。令人惊讶的是,酯水解并不是芬太尼的主要代谢途径。虽然人类肝脏微体系统通过CYP酶显示了快速的清除,但肝细胞孵化显示了更慢的清除,这可能为芬太尼效果持续时间长提供了一些洞见。
Carfentanil is an ultra-potent synthetic opioid. No human carfentanil metabolism data are available. Reportedly, Russian police forces used carfentanil and remifentanil to resolve a hostage situation in Moscow in 2002. This alleged use prompted interest in the pharmacology and toxicology of carfentanil in humans. Our study was conducted to identify human carfentanil metabolites and to assess carfentanil's metabolic clearance, which could contribute to its acute toxicity in humans. We used Simulations Plus's ADMET Predictor and Molecular Discovery's MetaSite to predict possible metabolite formation. Both programs gave similar results that were generally good but did not capture all metabolites seen in vitro. We incubated carfentanil with human hepatocytes for up to 1 hr and analyzed samples on a Sciex 3200 QTRAP mass spectrometer to measure parent compound depletion and extrapolated that to represent intrinsic clearance. Pooled primary human hepatocytes were then incubated with carfentanil up to 6 h and analyzed for metabolite identification on a Sciex 5600+ TripleTOF (QTOF) high-resolution mass spectrometer. MS and MS/MS analyses elucidated the structures of the most abundant metabolites. Twelve metabolites were identified in total. N-Dealkylation and monohydroxylation of the piperidine ring were the dominant metabolic pathways. Two N-oxide metabolites and one glucuronide metabolite were observed. Surprisingly, ester hydrolysis was not a major metabolic pathway for carfentanil. While the human liver microsomal system demonstrated rapid clearance by CYP enzymes, the hepatocyte incubations showed much slower clearance, possibly providing some insight into the long duration of carfentanil's effects.
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)