Stereochemistry of metabolites of a tobacco-specific lung carcinogen in smokers' urine

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SG CarmellaM YeP UpadhyayaSS Hecht

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4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), a tobacco-specific lung carcinogen, is believed to be important as a causative agent for lung cancer in smokers. NNK is extensively metabolized to its carbonyl reduction product 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL), which, in turn, can be glucuronidated, producing [4-methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)but-1-yl]-beta-O-D-glucosiduronic+ ++ acid (NNAL-Gluc). Metabolism of NNK to NNAL produces a chiral center. A recent study demonstrated that (R)-NNAL is more tumorigenic in mice than (S)-NNAL and that these enantiomers have substantially different metabolic pathways. Therefore, it is important to determine the stereochemistry of NNAL and NNAL-Gluc in smokers. In this study, we used chiral stationary phase-gas chromatography-nitrosamine-selective detection with confirmation by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to determine the stereochemistry of NNAL and NNAL-Gluc in smokers' urine. The two methods agreed well. The results of analyses of urine samples from 30 smokers demonstrated that the enantiomeric distribution of NNAL in urine was 54% (R) and 46% (S) +/- 7.0 (SD), whereas the diastereomeric distribution of NNAL-Gluc was 68% (R) and 32% (S) +/- 8.1. These results conclusively demonstrate that both (R)- and (S)-NNAL are formed metabolically from NNK in smokers. These data are essential for furthering our understanding of the role of NNK as a cause of lung cancer in smokers.

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DOI:

10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.819730

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224

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1999

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Cancer Research
1999/08/01

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