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Detection and identification of sulfhydryl conjugates of p-benzoquinone in microsomal incubations of benzene and phenol
Authors:Susan M. Lunte  Peter T. Kissinger
Affiliation:Chemistry Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 U.S.A.
Abstract:The glutathione and cysteine conjugates of p-benzoquinone are detected and conclusively identified in microsomal incubations of benzene and phenol using liquid chromatography/electrochemistry (LCEC). Identification of the compounds is based on retention time, electrochemical behavior and acid hydrolysis. The fact that both of these compounds can be detected easily in a benzene incubation provides further evidence that p-benzoquinone or the corresponding semiquinone is a product of benzene metabolism in vivo. The conjugation of p-benzoquinone with glutathione is predominantly a nonenzymatic process. This is illustrated by the fact that the addition of cytosolic glutathione-S-transferases do not significantly increase the amount of glutathione conjugate produced in a phenol incubation containing glutathione.The kinetic constants for phenol metabolism to hydroquinone by microsomal protein are calculated. As suspected, the rate of metabolism of phenol is significantly higher than the rate of benzene metabolism. The Vmax for phenol metabolism was calculated to be 7.1 nmol/min/mg protein and the KM was found to be 0.38 mM.The further oxidation of hydroquinone to p-benzoquinone appears to be primarily an enzymatic process. Incubations of just hydroquinone with glutathione at 37°C produced only a small amount of the glutathione conjugate. The addition of cytosolic protein increases the amount of p-benzoquinone produced about 10-fold. This could be due to the peroxidases found in that medium. The addition of microsomal protein and NADPH increases the amount of glutathione conjugate produced to over 100-fold of that produced nonenzymatically. This indicates that a microsomal enzyme is responsible for the oxidation of hydroquinone to p-benzoquinone in vitro and the subsequent covalent binding to macromolecules.
Keywords:Benzene metabolism  Phenol metabolism  Liquid chromatography/electrochemistry  FDMS  field desorption mass spectrometry  HDV  hydrodynamic-voltammogram  LCEC  liquid chromatography/electrochemistry
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