New potent modifiers of liver microsomal drug metabolism: 1-arylimidazoles.

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• Personal Author:
  Leibman KC ; Ortiz E
• Description:
  The effects of 1-(2-isopropylphenyl)imidazole (25364403) (IPI) and 1- (2-cyanophenyl)imidazole (25373493) (CPI) on liver microsomal drug metabolism were studied in-vivo and in-vitro. Liver microsomes from male Holtzman-rats, some of which had been pretreated with sodium- phenobarbital, were incubated with IPI or CPI. The effects on aniline-p-hydroxylase, acetanilide-hydroxylase, and aminopyrine-N- demethylase activity were investigated. IPI was added to oxidized or reduced liver microsomes and the difference spectra were recorded. Rat liver microsomes were treated with IPI and metyrapone and the effects on epoxide-hydrase activity using cyclohexene-oxide and styrene-oxide as substrates were determined. Rats were treated with IPI and metyrapone and the effects on hexobarbital sleeping time were assessed. IPI and CPI competitively inhibited aniline-p- hydroxylase and acetanilide-hydroxylase and noncompetitively inhibited aminopyrine-N-demethylase, IPI being the more potent. IPImg/kg prolonged hexobarbital sleeping time from 70.3 to 379.1 minutes. The central nervous system (CNS) depression was so great that two of six rats died. Metyrapone at 60mg/kg caused a similar hexobarbital sleeping time but without the CNS depression. IPI significantly stimulated epoxide-hydrase for both cyclohexene-oxide and styrene-oxide, its effect being much greater than that of metyrapone. IPI formed a type-II difference spectrum, peak at 430 nanometers (nm) and trough at 394nm, when added to oxidized microsomes. The spectrum was not significantly affected by pH. When added to reduced microsomes, a spectrum with two peaks, at 423 and 450nm, was obtained. The 450nm peak became prominent at high pH values. The authors conclude that IPI is the most potent inhibitor of mammalian liver microsomal drug metabolizing systems yet described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Laboratories Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Publication; NIOSH-Grant; Grants-other; In-vivo-studies; In-vitro-studies; Drugs; Laboratory-animals; Liver-microsomal-metabolism; Absorption-spectrophotometry
• ISSN:
  0090-9556
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00186810
• Citation:
  Drug Metab Dispos 1973 Nov; 1(6):775-779
• Contact Point Address:
  Pharmacology and Therapeutics Univ of Florida Coll of Med Dept of Pharma & Therapeutics Gainesville, Fla 32601
• CAS Registry Number:
  1-[2-(1-Methylethyl)phenyl]-1H-imidazole (CAS RN 25364-40-3) ; 2-(1H-Imidazol-1-yl)benzonitrile (CAS RN 25373-49-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  University of Florida Gainesville, Gainesville, Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19710101
• Source Full Name:
  Drug Metabolism and Disposition
• End Date:
  19841130
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247672/cdc_247672_DS1.pdf
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