ラットにおけるLevonorgestrelの胆汁中代謝物

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The metabolism of levonorgestrel (LNG) in the bile following oral administration of the drug was examined in female rat. 1) Within 48 h after administration of ^<14>C-labelled LNG (LNG-^<14>C), 67-82% of the radioactivity was excreted into the bile. 2) Almost all the metabolites in the bile were conjugated with glucuronic acid or sulfuric acid and only a small amount of the unchanged compound was found. 3) After treatment of these metabolites in the bile with β-glucuronidase and arylsulfatase, more than ten aglycones were detected on TLC. Three main aglycones, M1,M2 and M3,were isolated. They accounted for 68.0,0.8 and 11.5% of the radioactivity excreted into the bile, respectively. 4) The structures of M1 and M2 were assumed to be 13-ethyl-18,19-dinor-5α, 17β-pregn-20-yne-3α, 17-diol and 13-ethyl-18,19-dinor-5β, 17β-pregn-20-yne-3α, 17-diol, respectively, by NMR and LC/MS analyses, and confirmed by direct comparison with respective authentic samples. M3 was assigned to be 13-ethyl-18,19-dinor-5α, 17β-pregn-20-yne-3α, 16β, 17-triol by NMR, LC/MS and GC/MS analyses and acetonide derivation. 5) Isolation of the glucuronide metabolite, M4,from the bile, was achieved by column chromatography using Amberlite XAD-2 and Sephadex LH-20. Hydrolysis of this compound with β-glucuronidase released M1 and glucuronic acid. After M4 was converted to an acetylated-methyl ester derivative, the definite structural assignment of M4 was established to be M1-3-O-yl glucuronic acid by NMR analysis. The NOE effect and the value of the corresponding coupling constant of the anomeric proton showed that the glucoside moiety was in the beta configuration. These findings suggested that LNG was predominantly converted to 5α-reduced metabolites and that the 5β-metabolite accounted for less than 1% of the total metabolites in female rats. These metabolites were excreted as glucuronides into the bile.
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1993-11-25

ラットにおけるLevonorgestrelの胆汁中代謝物

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