In Vitro DNA Adduction Resulting from Metabolic Activation of Diosbulbin B and 8-Epidiosbulbin E Acetate

Chem Res Toxicol. 2019 Jan 22;32(1):38-48. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.8b00071. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Abstract

Diosbulbin B (DBB) and 8-epidiosbulbin E acetate (EEA), belonging to furan-containing diterpenoid lactones, are the primary components of Dioscorea bulbifera L. (DB), a traditional Chinese medicine herb. Our earlier studies indicated that consumption of DBB or EEA induced acute hepatotoxicities. Both DBB and EEA were bioactivated by P450 3A4 to generate the corresponding cis-enedial reactive metabolites which are associated with the hepatotoxicities. It has been proposed that the electrophilic intermediates attack cellular nucleophiles such as protein or DNA, thought to be a mechanism of triggering toxicities. The purposes of our present study were to define the interaction of the electrophilic reactive metabolites originating from DBB and EEA with 2'-deoxyguanosine (dGuo), 2'-deoxycytidine (dCyd), and 2'-deoxyadenosine (dAdo) and to characterize DNA adducts arising from the reactive metabolites of DBB and EEA. The reactive metabolites of DBB and EEA were found to covalently bind to the exocyclic and endocyclic nitrogens of dCyd, dGuo, and dAdo to generate oxadiazabicyclo[3.3.0]octaimine adducts. The reactive metabolites of DBB and EEA also attacked dGuo, dAdo, and dCyd of calf thymus DNA. The DNA adducts possibly contribute to the toxicologies of DBB and EEA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Activation, Metabolic
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • DNA / chemical synthesis
  • DNA / chemistry
  • DNA / metabolism*
  • DNA Adducts / chemical synthesis
  • DNA Adducts / chemistry
  • DNA Adducts / metabolism*
  • Dioscorea / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / chemical synthesis
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / metabolism*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemical synthesis
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / metabolism*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / chemical synthesis
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / chemistry
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings / metabolism*
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Molecular Conformation

Substances

  • 8-epidiosbulbin E acetate
  • DNA Adducts
  • Diterpenes
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings
  • diosbulbin B
  • DNA
  • calf thymus DNA