代谢
由于多溴联苯醚(PBDE)阻燃剂的逐步淘汰,一些新的化学品,如2-乙基己基-2,3,4,5-四溴苯甲酸酯(TBB)和双(2-乙基己基)2,3,4,5-四溴酞酸酯(TBPH),已被用作某些商业阻燃剂混合物的替代品。这两种化学品在室内尘埃中的浓度接近PBDEs的浓度;然而,关于它们的命运、代谢或毒性知之甚少。本研究的目标是通过进行体外实验,利用肝脏和肠子亚细胞组分来调查这两种溴化阻燃剂在人和大鼠组织中的潜在代谢。在所有实验中,TBB一致通过切断2-乙基己基链代谢为2,3,4,5-四溴苯甲酸(TBBA),而不需要任何添加的辅因子。TBBA也在纯化的猪羧酸酯酶中形成,但速率要快得多,为6.29 +/- 0.58 nmol/min mg/蛋白。估算的人微体中TBB代谢的K(m)和V(max)值分别为11.1 +/- 3.9 uM和0.644 +/- 0.144 nmol/min mg/蛋白。猪羧酸酯酶计算出类似的K(m)为9.3 +/- 2.2 uM,表明相似的酶特异性。TBBA的快速形成可能减少TBB在哺乳动物中的生物累积潜力,并可能作为TBB暴露的生物标志物有用,但这种溴化苯甲酸的毒性是未知的,并且可能因其与其他有毒污染物的结构相似性而引起关注。与TBB相比,TBPH的人或大鼠亚细胞组分中没有检测到代谢物。然而,TBPH的代谢产物,单(2-乙基己基)四溴酞酸酯(TBMEHP),在纯化的猪羧酸酯酶中以大约1.08 pmol/min mg/蛋白的速率形成。没有观察到TBBA或TBMEHP的二期代谢物。需要更多的研究来理解这些化合物在体内的毒动学和健康影响,考虑到它们目前在大多数美国家庭中的普遍存在以及由此导致的慢性暴露的可能性,特别是对幼儿。
Due to the phaseout of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants, new chemicals, such as 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB) and bis(2-ethylhexyl) 2,3,4,5-tetrabromophthalate (TBPH), have been used as replacements in some commercial flame retardant mixtures. Both chemicals have been detected in indoor dust at concentrations approaching the concentrations of PBDEs; however, little is known about their fate, metabolism, or toxicity. The goal of this study was to investigate the potential metabolism of these two brominated flame retardants in human and rat tissues by conducting in vitro experiments with liver and intestinal subcellular fractions. In all the experiments, TBB was consistently metabolized to 2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoic acid (TBBA) via cleavage of the 2-ethylhexyl chain without requiring any added cofactors. TBBA was also formed in purified porcine carboxylesterase but at a much faster rate of 6.29 +/- 0.58 nmol/min mg/protein. The estimated K(m) and V(max) values for TBB metabolism in human microsomes were 11.1 +/- 3.9 uM and 0.644 +/- 0.144 nmol/min mg/protein, respectively. A similar K(m) of 9.3 +/- 2.2 uM was calculated for porcine carboxylesterase, indicating similar enzyme specificity. While the rapid formation of TBBA may reduce the bioaccumulation potential of TBB in mammals and may be useful as a biomarker of TBB exposure, the toxicity of this brominated benzoic acid is unknown and may be a concern based on its structural similarity to other toxic pollutants. In contrast to TBB, no metabolites of TBPH were detected in human or rat subcellular fractions. However, a metabolic product of TBPH, mono(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate (TBMEHP), was formed in purified porcine carboxylesterase at an approximate rate of 1.08 pmol/min mg/protein. No phase II metabolites of TBBA or TBMEHP were observed. More research is needed to understand the in vivo toxicokinetics and health effects of these compounds given their current ubiquitous presence in most US households and the resulting probability of chronic exposure, particularly to young children.
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)