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A novel bioactivation pathway for 2-[2-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)aminophenyl]ethanoic acid (diclofenac) initiated by cytochrome P450-mediated oxidative decarboxylation.

Abstract
Diclofenac (2-[2-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)aminophenyl]ethanoic acid), a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, undergoes bioactivation by cytochrome P450 oxidation to chemically reactive metabolites that are capable of reacting with endogenous nucleophiles such as glutathione (GSH) and proteins and that may play a role in the idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity associated with the drug. Here, we investigated the ability of diclofenac to be metabolized to 2-(2,6-dichloro-phenylamino)benzyl-S-thioether glutathione (DPAB-SG) in incubations with rat liver microsomes (RLMs) and human liver microsomes (HLMs) fortified with NADPH and GSH. Thus, after incubation of diclofenac (50 microM) with liver microsomes (1 mg protein/ml), the presence of DPAB-SG was detected in both RLM and HLM incubation extracts by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry techniques. The formation of DPAB-SG was NADPH-, concentration-, and time-dependent. Coincubation of diclofenac (10 microM) with ketoconazole (1 microM), an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (P450) 3A4, with HLMs led to a 75% decrease in DPAB-SG formation. However, in contrast, coincubation with the P450 2C9 inhibitor sulfaphenazole (10 microM) or the P450 2D6 inhibitor quinidine (40 microM) led to a 1.9- and 1.6-fold increase in DPAB-SG production, respectively. From these data, we propose that P450 3A4 mediates the oxidative decarboxylation of diclofenac, resulting in the formation of a transient benzylic carbon-centered free radical intermediate that partitions between elimination (o-imine methide production) and recombination (alcohol formation) pathways. The benzyl alcohol intermediate, which was not analyzed for in the present studies, if formed could undergo dehydration to provide a reactive o-imine methide species. The o-imine methide intermediate then is proposed to react covalently with GSH, forming DPAB-SG.
AuthorsMark P Grillo, Ji Ma, Yohannes Teffera, Daniel J Waldon
JournalDrug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals (Drug Metab Dispos) Vol. 36 Issue 9 Pg. 1740-4 (Sep 2008) ISSN: 1521-009X [Electronic] United States
PMID18541695 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Diclofenac
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (pharmacokinetics)
  • Carboxylic Acids (metabolism)
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System (metabolism)
  • Diclofenac (pharmacokinetics)
  • Microsomes, Liver (enzymology, metabolism)
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Rats
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

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