Glucuronidation of carcinogenic arylamines and their N-hydroxy derivatives by rat and human phenol UDP-glucuronosyltransferases of the UGT1 gene complex

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Since carcinogenic arylamines are sequentially oxidized and conjugated with glucuronic acid, differences in glucuronidation may critically determine the toxic potential of these compounds. Therefore, N-glucuronldation of 1- and 2-naphthylamine (1-NA and 2-NA), 4-aminobiphenyl (4-ABP) and their N-hydroxy derivatives was investigated using rat and human liver microsomes and V79 cell-expressed phenol UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) of the UGTl gene complex. Cell-expressed UGTs included rat and human UGT 1.6, which are known to conjugate planar phenols, and human UGT1.7, conjugating both planar and bulky phenols, (i) N-Glucuronidation of 1- and 2-NA and of N-hydroxy-2-NA was inducible by 3-methylcholanthrene in rat liver microsomes whereas N-glucuronidation of the bulky arylamines 4-ABP and N-hydroxy-4-ABP was not In support of these findings mutagenicity of N-hydroxy-2-NA in the Ames test was markedly reduced upon addition of UDP-glucuronic acid using liver homogenates from 3-methylcholanthrene-treated rats, (ii) With cell-expressed rat UGT1.6, non-carcinogenic 1-NA was conjugated with the highest rate and with higher affinity than 2-NA. UGT1.6 showed poor activity towards N-hydroxy-4-ABP and 4-ABP. (iii) Substrate specificity of human UGT1.6 also appeared to be limited to planar 1-NA, 2-NA and its N-hydroxy derivative, whereas UGT1.7 showed broader substrate specificity, including the bulky arylamine 4-ABP and its /V-hydroxy derivative. The results suggest marked differences in substrate specificity of different UGT isozymes for arylamines and their N-hydroxy derivatives.

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