Volume 19, Issue 5 pp. 315-332
Original Paper

In vitro metabolism of 10-(3-chlorophenyl)-6,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[b][1,8]naphthyridin-5(7H)-one, a topical antipsoriatic agent. Use of precision-cut rat, dog, monkey and human liver slices, and chemical synthesis of metabolites

Shmuel Zbaida

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Shmuel Zbaida

Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Mail Stop: K-15-3, 3700, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539, USA

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Yancy Du

Yancy Du

Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Mail Stop: K-15-3, 3700, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539, USA

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Daniel Shannon

Daniel Shannon

Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Mail Stop: K-15-3, 3700, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539, USA

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Donald Laudicina

Donald Laudicina

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C. Mohan Thonoor

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Kwokei Ng

Kwokei Ng

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Neil Blumenkrantz

Neil Blumenkrantz

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James E. Patrick

James E. Patrick

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Mitchell N. Cayen

Mitchell N. Cayen

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Richard Friary

Richard Friary

Department of Chemical Research, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539, USA

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Vera Seidl

Vera Seidl

Department of Chemical Research, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539, USA

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Tze-Ming Chan

Tze-Ming Chan

Department of Physical Analytical Chemical Research and Development, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539, USA

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Birendra Pramanik

Birendra Pramanik

Department of Physical Analytical Chemical Research and Development, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539, USA

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Michael Spangler

Michael Spangler

Department of Physical Analytical Chemical Research and Development, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033-0539, USA

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Andrew T. McPhail

Andrew T. McPhail

Department of Chemistry, Paul M. Gross Chemical Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706, USA

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Abstract

The metabolism of SCH 40120, which is the clinically effective antipsoriatic drug 10-(3-chlorophenyl)-6,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzol[b][1,8]naphthyridin-5(7H)-one, was determined in vitro. Rat, dog, cynomolgus monkey, and human liver slices hydroxylated the aliphatic, cyclohexenyl ring of the drug and conjugated the resulting carbinol. The identified metabolites comprised the corresponding 6-, 7-, and 9-carbinols, the glucuronide of the 6-carbinol, and the 6-ketone derived from the parent drug.

Although the three carbinols appeared in the liver isolates of all species studied, the relative amounts of these metabolites varied across species. With a high, non-physiological ratio of substrate to liver, the 6-carbinol and its glucuronide were the major metabolites in human and monkey, whereas the 6-ketone was a minor metabolite in dog.

Containing a stereogenic axis and center, the 6-carbinol existed as diastereomeric atropisomers. Its structure was established by 13C and 1H NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and comparison to an authentic sample. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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