Oxidative transformation of 2-acetylaminofluorene by a chemical model for cytochrome P450: A water-insoluble porphyrin and tert-butyl hydroperoxide
作者:Keiko Inami、Masataka Mochizuki
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2008.03.022
日期:2008.7
Oxidation of 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF), a carcinogen, by a chemical model for cytochrome P450 was investigated to identify an active mutagen and elucidate the oxidation pathway. The oxidation system consisted of a water-insoluble tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl) porphyrinatoiron(III) chloride and tert-butyl hydroperoxide. The mutagen derived from AAF by the chemical model was 2-nitro-9-fluorenone ( NO(2)F = O), which was mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium TA1538. AAF was oxidized initially at position 9 of the fluorene carbon by the chemical model forming 2-acetylamino-9-fluorenol (AAF-OH), and then oxidized further to 2-acetylamino-9-fluorenone ( AAF = O) as a major product. Initial oxidation of the nitrogen formed 2-nitrofluorene ( NO(2)F), and further oxidation yielded 2-nitro-9-fluorenol (NO(2)F = OH) as a minor product. These products, AAF-OH, AAF = O, NO(2)F, and NO(2)F = OH, and their presumable common intermediate, N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene, were oxidized by the chemical model, and the formation of NO(2)F = O was determined. These results showed that NO(2)F = O was the mutagen derived from AAF in the presence of the chemical model and was formed via oxidation of N-OH-AAF, NO(2)F, and NO(2)F-OH. These results may lead to a new metabolic pathway of AAF. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.