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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 21, 1991 - Issue 9
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Research Article

Investigations on the metabolic pathways of cyclosporine: II. Elucidation of the metabolic pathways in vitro by human liver microsomes

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Pages 1199-1210 | Received 18 Jan 1991, Accepted 09 Mar 1991, Published online: 22 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

1. Cyclosporine and its metabolites, isolated from human bile and identified by FAB mass spectrometry and 1H-n.m.r. spectroscopy, were metabolized by human liver microsomes for the identification of new cyclosporine metabolites. From these data a metabolic pathway for cyclosporine, which includes these new cyclosporine metabolites, has been proposed. The new metabolites were isolated by semi-preparative h.p.l.c. and their chemical structures were elucidated by FAB mass spectrometry. These isolated metabolites were further metabolized and the products identified by FAB mass spectrometry.

2. Fourteen metabolites, whose structure has not yet been elucidated, were isolated after metabolism of structurally identified cyclosporine metabolites, and chemical structures for five of these metabolites were proposed.

3. The structures of the new cyclosporine metabolites were: (i) a N-demethylated, carboxylated derivative (AM1A4N), (ii) a di-hydroxylated, N-demethylated derivative (AM14N9), (iii) a hydroxylated and carboxylated derivative (AM1A9), (iv) a di-hydroxylated, cyclized and N-demethylated derivative (AM1c4N9) and (v) a cyclized and carboxylated (AM1cA) derivative.

4. A proposed cyclosporine metabolic pathway comprises a total of 29 metabolites. It consists of four main branches originating from metabolites AM1, AM1c, AM9 and AM4N.

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