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In vitro metabolism of nitric oxide-donating aspirin: the effect of positional isomerism.

Abstract
NO-donating aspirin (NO-ASA) is a potentially important chemopreventive agent against cancer. Since positional isomerism affects strongly its potency in inhibiting colon cancer cell growth, we studied the metabolic transformations of its ortho-, meta-, and para-isomers in rat liver and colon cytosolic, microsomal, and mitochondrial fractions as well as in intact HT-29 human colon cancer cells. NO-ASA and metabolites were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography and products identified by mass spectroscopy, as required. For all three isomers, the acetyl group on the ASA moiety was hydrolyzed rapidly. This was followed by hydrolysis of the ester bond linking the salicylate anion to the spacer. The ortho- and para-isomers produced salicylic acid and a putative intermediate consisting of the remainder of the molecule, which via a rapid step generated nitrate, (hydroxymethyl)phenol, and a conjugate of spacer with glutathione. The meta-isomer, in contrast, generated salicylic acid and (nitroxymethyl)phenol, the latter leading to (hydroxymethyl)phenol and the glutathione-spacer conjugate. This metabolic pathway takes place in its entirety only in the cytosolic fraction of the tissues tested and in intact human colon cancer cells, perhaps reflecting exposure to the cytosolic glutathione S-transferase, which catalyzes the formation of the spacer-glutathione conjugate. Thus, the three positional isomers of NO-ASA differ in their metabolism and these differences correlate with their differential effects on cancer cell growth, underscoring the importance of positional isomerism in modulating drug effects.
AuthorsJianjun Gao, Khosrow Kashfi, Basil Rigas
JournalThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (J Pharmacol Exp Ther) Vol. 312 Issue 3 Pg. 989-97 (Mar 2005) ISSN: 0022-3565 [Print] United States
PMID15528452 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Nitric Oxide Donors
  • nitroxy-butyl-acetylsalicylic acid
  • Aspirin
Topics
  • Animals
  • Aspirin (analogs & derivatives, metabolism)
  • Colon (metabolism)
  • HT29 Cells
  • Humans
  • Isomerism
  • Liver (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Microsomes, Liver (metabolism)
  • Mitochondria, Liver (metabolism)
  • Nitric Oxide Donors (metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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