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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 20, 1990 - Issue 10
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Research Article

1,2-Dichloropropane: investigation of the mechanism of mercapturic acid formation in the rat

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Pages 1035-1042 | Received 04 Oct 1989, Accepted 23 Apr 1990, Published online: 22 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

1. Three mercapturic acid metabolites were identified in the urine of male and female Fischer 344 rats given 1,2-dichloropropane (DCP) orally (100mg/kg) or by inhalation exposure (100 ppm, 6h).

2. These compounds (N-acetyl-S-(2-hydroxypropyl)-L-cysteine, N-acetyl-S-(2-oxopropyl)-L-cysteine and N-acetyl-S-(1-carboxyethyl)-L-cysteine) were isolated from the urine following acidification and extraction with ethyl acetate. The extracts were derivatized with diazomethane and N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide and analysed by chemical ionization g.l.c.-mass spectrometry.

3. Further mechanistic studies were carried out with the stable isotope-labelled analogue, D6-DCP (105mg/kg, orally). Analysis of the resulting mass spectra indicated retention of primarily three deuterium atoms in the 2-hydroxypropyl-mercapturic acid formed from D6-DCP. Similar isotope retention was observed for the 2-oxopropyl-mercapturic acid metabolite.

4. These results do not support a sulphonium ion intermediate in the formation of the 2-hydroxypropyl-mercapturic acid metabolite of DCP. Instead, this metabolite is thought to arise via direct oxidation of DCP, either prior to or following conjugation with glutathione.

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