Some high-performance liquid-chromatographic studies of the metabolism of aflatoxins by rat liver microsomal preparations
- 15 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 174 (3), 839-851
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1740839
Abstract
The metabolism of aflatoxin B1 in vitro was examined in rat liver microsomal preparations. 2. H.p.l.c. (high-performance liquid-chromatographic) systems were used. A silica column was used to separate non-polar metabolites. A system utilizing a reversed-phase column which separates both poar and non-polar metabolites was also developed. 3. The principal metabolites of aflatoxin B1 found were aflatoxin M1, aflatoxin Q1 and a compound which co-chromatographed with a degradation product of aflatoxin B1 2,3-dihydrodiol. 4. The time course of metabolism of aflatoxin B1 by microsomal preparations isolated from control and phenobarbitone-pretreated rats was examined. The rate and extent of metabolism was greater with microsomal preparations from the latter. The formation of aflatoxin Q1 was enhanced 4–5-fold by phenobarbitone pretreatment, whereas the production of aflatoxin M1 was only increased 1–2-fold. The formation of the degradation product of aflatoxin B1 2,3-dihydrodiol was increased 4–5-fold by the pretreatment with phenobarbitone. 5. The microsomal metabolism of aflatoxins M1, P1 and Q1 was examined. Aflatoxin M1 apparently underwent very limited microsomal metabolism to more polar compounds. Aflatoxin P1 was not metabolized. The situation with aflatoxin Q1 was complicated in that it was metabolized in the absence of NADPH to an unidentified metabolite. Aflatoxin B1 appeared as a metabolite of aflatoxin Q1 only when NADPH was present, and the formation of more polar metabolites was also then observed.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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