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1-C-Glucuronidation of N-nitrosodiethylamine and N-nitrosomethyl-n-pentylamine in vivo and in primary hepatocytes from rats pretreated with inducers

Karin Wiench, Eva Frei, Peter Schroth and Manfred Wiessler

Institute of Toxicology and Chemotherapy, German Cancer Research Center D-6900 Heidelberg, Germany

The organ specificity of the carcinogenic action of nitros-amines is partly explained by organ specific activation. The specificity might also be determined by conjugation of reactive intermediates in e.g. the liver. 14C-Labeled N-nitrosodiethyl-amine (NDEA) a liver carcinogen and N-nitrosomethyl-n-pentylamine (NMPentA) which induces esophageal and nasal tumors were administered to rats or incubated with primary cells. Urine and cell extracts were separated by HPLC after addition of synthetic marker glucuronides and these were quantified by liquid scintillation counting. In urine of rats treated with NDEA 0.03% of administered nitrosamine was recovered as the O-glucuronide derived from N-nhroso-1-hydroxyethylethylamine. In rats treated with NMPentA 2.86% was metabolized to the glucuronide at the methyl group. In hepatocytes of untreated rats 0.03% of the added NDEA was conjugated to the glucuronide, phenobarbital pretreatment induced this conjugation reaction 5-fold. Hepatocytes from untreated rats metabolized 1.2% of NMPentA to the primary glucuronide; after phenobarbital pretreatment this value increased to 1.6%. In hepatocytes from 3-methylcholanthrene-pretreated rats, 0.04% of NMPentA was metabolized to the glucuronide derived from N-nitroso-l-hydroxy-n-pentyl-methylamine, while 0.85% was derived from N-nitroso-hydroxymethyl-n-pentylamine. In hepatocytes from Aroclor-pretreated rats, 0.09% were pentyl conjugates and 1.1% methyl conjugates. The induction pattern and organ specificity of glucuronidation indicate that all three 1-hydroxy nitrosamines are conjugated by group II phenobarbital inducible UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity. The lipophilkity of a nitrosamine seems to determine the extent of glucuronidation in hepatocytes and in vivo. No glucuronides derived from either NDEA or NMPentA were detectable in incubations with kidney cells, nor was the glucuronide of NDEA found in incubations with whole bladders.


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