Metabolism of Butyrylfentanyl in Fresh Human Hepatocytes: Chemical Synthesis of Authentic Metabolite Standards for Definitive Identification
作者:Tatsuyuki Kanamori、Yuko Togawa Iwata、Hiroki Segawa、Tadashi Yamamuro、Kenji Kuwayama、Kenji Tsujikawa、Hiroyuki Inoue
DOI:10.1248/bpb.b18-00765
日期:2019.4.1
The metabolism of butyrylfentanyl, a new designer drug, was investigated using fresh human hepatocytes isolated from a liver-humanized mouse model. In the culture medium of hepatocytes incubated with butyrylfentanyl, the desphenethylated metabolite (nor-butyrylfentanyl), ω-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl, (ω-1)-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl, 4′-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl, β-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl, 4′-hydroxy-3′-methoxy-butyrylfentanyl, and ω-carboxy-fentanyl were identified as the metabolites of butyrylfentanyl. Each metabolite was definitively identified by comparing the analytical data with those of authentic standards. The amount of the main metabolite, nor-butyrylfentanyl, reached 37% of the initial amount of butyrylfentanyl at 48 h. ω-Hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl and (ω-1)-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl, formed by hydroxylation at the N-butyryl group of butyrylfentanyl, were the second and third largest metabolites, respectively. The majority of 4′-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl and 4′-hydroxy-3′-methoxy-butyrylfentanyl was considered to be conjugated. CYP reaction phenotyping for butyrylfentanyl using human liver microsomes and various anti-CYP antibodies revealed that CYP3A4 was involved in the formation of nor-butyrylfentanyl, (ω-1)-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl, and β-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl. In contrast, CYP2D6 was involved in the formation of ω-hydroxy-butyrylfentanyl.
使用从肝人源化小鼠模型中分离的新鲜人肝细胞,研究了一种新型设计药物丁酰芬太尼的代谢情况。在与人肝细胞共培养的介质中,鉴定出了丁酰芬太尼的脱芬太尼代谢物(去甲丁酰芬太尼)、ω-羟基丁酰芬太尼、(ω-1)-羟基丁酰芬太尼、4′-羟基丁酰芬太尼、β-羟基丁酰芬太尼、4′-羟基-3′-甲氧基丁酰芬太尼和ω-羧基芬太尼作为其代谢物。每个代谢物通过与标准品的分析数据比较得到确切鉴定。主要代谢物去甲丁酰芬太尼的量在48小时达到了初始丁酰芬太尼量的37%。由丁酰芬太尼的N-丁酰基团羟化形成的ω-羟基丁酰芬太尼和(ω-1)-羟基丁酰芬太尼分别为第二和第三大代谢物。大多数4′-羟基丁酰芬太尼和4′-羟基-3′-甲氧基丁酰芬太尼被认为是共轭物。使用人肝微粒体和各种抗CYP抗体对丁酰芬太尼进行CYP反应表型分析显示,CYP3A4参与了去甲丁酰芬太尼、(ω-1)-羟基丁酰芬太尼和β-羟基丁酰芬太尼的形成。相比之下,CYP2D6参与了ω-羟基丁酰芬太尼的形成。