ω-Hydroxymodin, a major hepatic metabolite of emodin in various animals and its mutagenic activity |
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Authors: | H Murakami J Kobayashi T Masuda N Morooka Y Ueno |
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Institution: | Department of Toxicology and Microbial Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Ichigaya, Tokyo 162, Japan |
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Abstract: | The hepatic microsomes derived from various animal species transformed emodin (1,3,8-trihydroxy-6-methylanthraquinone), and anthraquinoid pigment present in fungal metabolites and a constituent of plant medicines, into an unidentified anthraquinone h, along with 2-hydroxy-, 4-hydroxy- and 7-hydroxyemodins. TLC, UV, MS and NMR clarified this unidentified major metabolite as ω-hydroxy-emodin (1,3,8-trihydroxy-6-hydroxymethylanthraquinone). Among 7 animal species, the highest activity to produce this ω-hydroxyemodin was observed in the hepatic microsomes of guinea pig and rat, followed by mouse and rabbit. The microsomal activity to convert emodin into ω-hydroxyemodin was accelerated by the pretreatment of animals with phenobarbital, and inhibited by SKF 525A. The microsomal hydroxylation reactions of the methyl residue and the anthraquinoid nucleus of emodin were presumed to be catalyzed regiospecifically by multiple forms of cytochrome P-450. ω-Hydroxyemodin was not mutagenic to Salmonella typhimurium in the absence of S9, but exhibited mutagenicity in the presence of an activating system. This genotoxic potential was comparable to 2-hydroxyemodin, a direct-acting mutagen. |
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Keywords: | Hydroxyemodin Emodin hepatic metabolite Anthraquinoid pigment Phenobarbital pretreatment of animals |
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