Reductive metabolism of nitro-p-phenylenediamine by rat liver.
M Nakao, Y Goto, A Hiratsuka, T Watabe
Index: Chem. Pharm. Bull. 39(1) , 177-80, (1991)
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Abstract
Reductive metabolism of the hair dye constituent, nitro-p-phenylenediamine (2-nitro-1,4-diaminobenzene, NPDA), and its acetylated metabolite, NPDA N4-acetate, was investigated with rat liver subcellular fractions, microsomes and cytosol. Under anaerobic conditions, these compounds were reduced to their corresponding amines by these fractions. The microsomal nitro-reducing activity was retarded completely by air and strongly by carbon monoxide. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) functioned more effectively than reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) as an electron donor in the microsomal reduction of the nitro compounds, and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) gave rise to a marked enhancement in the microsomal activity, especially when added to an anaerobic incubation mixture containing both NADH and NADPH. The cytosolic nitro-reducing activity was attributed to xanthine oxidase, aldehyde oxidase and other unknown enzyme(s), based on the results of cofactor requirements and inhibition experiments.
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