- Metabolism of theophylline and its inhibition by fluoroquinolones in rat hepatic microsomes
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1. The effects of β-naphthoflavone, dexamethasone, phenobarbitone and isosafrole on the metabolism of theophylline by rat liver microsomes have been studied. Only β-naphthoflavone, a known P4501A inducer, increased the rate of 1-methylxanthine formation (3-fold), whereas all the inducers studied increased the rate of 1,3-dimethyluric acid production (2.5-3-fold). 2. To study the effects of a range of fluoroquinolones on theophylline metabolism, β-naphthoflavone-induced microsomes mere used, as the ratio for metabolite production rates was similar to that of untreated microsomes (4:1,3-dimethyluric acid: 1-methylxanthine at 2 mM theophylline). High concentrations of fluoroquinolones (0.5-1.5 mM) were required to affect microsomal theophylline metabolism. 1-Methylxanthine was more sensitive to fluoroquinolone inhibition by enoxacin, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and pipemidic acid than 1,3-dimethyluric acid; CP67015, had a significant effect on 1,3-dimethyluric acid production only; binfloxacin had no effect on either pathway. 3. Ethoxycoumarin, a rapidly metabolized substrate, was also investigated as a surrogate for theophylline in in vitro experiments. Fluoroquinolone inhibition of ethoxycoumarin O-de-ethylation in β-naphthoflavone-induced microsomes was quantitatively greater but qualitatively similar to theophylline metabolism (IC(50s) 440-870 μM at 2 μM 7-ethoxycoumarin). 4. These data are comparable with previous rat experiments in vivo, indicating that enoxacin, ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin have similar intrinsic activity in the inhibition of theophylline metabolism.
- Davis,Aarons,Houston
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- Inhibition kinetics of theophylline metabolism by mexiletine and its metabolites
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To further characterize the mode of drug interaction between theophylline (TP) and mexiletine (ME), in vitro kinetic studies were carried out using rat liver microsomes and 9000 x g supernatant. The kinetic study revealed that the K, value and V(max)/K(m) ratio for the metabolic conversion of TP to 1,3-dimethyluric acid (1,3-DMU) were the second lowest and the highest, respectively, of four metabolic pathways. Thus, the rank of efficiency of the oxidative metabolism by microsomal cytochrome P-450 (P-450) isozymes was TP to 1,3-DMU > TP to 1-methylxanthine (1-MX) > TP to 3-MX > 1,3-DMU to 1-methyluric acid, suggesting that the isozyme metabolizing TP would have a higher affinity for the oxidation at the 8-position in TP molecules than at the 1- and 3-positions. Lineweaver-Burk plots showed that the conversion of TP to 3-MX and to 1,3-DIMU was inhibited competitively by ME and its metabolites, and that the pathway of TP to 1-MX was inhibited noncompetitively. In consideration of the K(i) values calculated, it seems probable that deamino-p-hydroxy ME (DApHME) might be the most potent inhibitor of the metabolic pathways of TP, and that the rank order of inhibition is approximately DApHME > p-hydroxy ME > deamino-hydroxymethyl ME > ME > hydroxymethyl ME, with some exceptions. The mechanism of the interaction between TP and ME is probably due to the metabolic antagonism in the liver, and TP, ME and their metabolites share' some of the same metabolic pathways, mediated by P-450 isozymes.
- Ogiso,Iwaki,Uno
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- Multiplicity of cytochrome P-450 species involved in theophylline metabolism in mouse hepatic microsomes
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To ascertain the multiplicity of the cytochrome P-450 (P-450) species participating in the individual metabolic conversion of theophylline by 8-hydroxylation, 3-demethylation and 1-demethylation in mice, kinetics were studied under various conditions using untreated and inducer-treated mouse hepatic microsomes. Eadie-Hofstee plots of 1-demethylation in untreated microsomes exhibited a straight line, whereas those of 8-hydroxylation and 3-demethylation were curved lines. The biphasic kinetics indicated the contribution of two P-450 populations to the respective metabolic pathways; one characterized by high affinity and low capacity, the other by low affinity and high capacity. The high affinity population was efficiently induced by β-naphthoflavone (β-NF), and was highly susceptible to inhibition by a specific CYP1A inhibitor. The low affinity population was sensitive to induction by phenobarbital (PB), and was markedly inhibited by preferential inhibitors for PB-inducible P-450 species. The present results indicated that two P-450 populations contributed to the theophylline metabolism in mouse hepatic microsomes, and that the high and low affinity populations corresponded, respectively, to CYP1A, and a PB-inducible P-450 species having a much higher capacity than CYP1A.
- Konishi,Morita,Yamaji
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p. 576 - 580
(2007/10/03)
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- Characterization of Human Cytochromes P450 Involved in Theophylline 8-Hydroxylation
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Studies were undertaken to determine which human P450 enzymes catalyze the metabolism of theophylline to 1,3-dimethyluric acid (1,3-DU), to facilitate predictions of theophylline drug-drug interactions, and to develop a noninvasive test for human P4501A2. Microsomes from a human cell line transfected individually with human P450 cDNAs for P4501A1, 1A2, 2A6, 2B6, 2C9, 2D6, 2E1, or 3A4 were used to demonstrate that only P4501A2 exhibited catalytic activity for theophylline metabolism to 1,3-DU with high affinity and low capacity (Km = 0.6 mM, Vmax = 37.8, pmol/min/mg), while P4502D6, 2E1, and 3A4 (Km = 14.4, 19.9, and 25.1 mM, respectively, and Vmax = 219.8, 646.4, and 20.8 pmol/min/mg, respectively) exhibited activities with low affinity and variable capacities. Correlations of rates of theophylline 8-hydroxylation to 1,3-DU with other P450 form-specific activities, in a series of ten human liver microsomal preparations, at 5 and 40 mM theophylline concentrations, revealed that at low concentrations the metabolism was catalyzed primarily by P4501A2, while at high substrate concentrations P4502E1 was primarily responsible for catalysis. The results with individually expressed P450s and hepatic microsomal preparations were consistent, indicating that the former system provides a qualitatively accurate reflection of the function of the heterogeneously expressed liver P450s. At pharmacologic theophylline concentrations achieved in vivo, its metabolism must thus be catalyzed primarily by P4501A2.
- Zhang, Zhi-Yi,Kaminsky, Laurence S.
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p. 205 - 212
(2007/10/03)
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- General synthesis and properties of 1-monosubstituted xanthines
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A general convenient synthesis of 1-monosubstituted xanthines (7H-imidazo[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,6(1H,3H)-diones), starting from 3-substituted 6-aminouracils, is described. After conversion of the 6-aminouracils to the corresponding 5,6-diaminouracils, reaction with formic acid, or with triethyl orthoformate, leads to the novel xanthines in good to excellent yields, while ring closure in alkaline medium, which is commonly used in xanthine synthesis, is not successful.
- Muller
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p. 125 - 128
(2007/10/02)
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- AN INEXPENSIVE, EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF 1-METHYLXANTHINE
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1-Methylxanthine has been prepared in 20percent overall yield via a reproducible six-step sequence.
- Black, T. Howard,Gatto, Craig
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p. 843 - 850
(2007/10/02)
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