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Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Moléculaire et Biochimie Pharmacologique, Institut Jean Barriol FR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 2843, Université Paul Verlaine-Metz, Metz, France (S.O., G.K., D.B., E.B.); Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse et de Chimie Laser, Institut Jean Barriol FR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 2843, Université Paul Verlaine-Metz, Metz Technopole, France (J.B., B.M., J.F.M.); and Unité Mixte de Recherche 7561, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-UHP, Physiopathologie et Pharmacologie Articulaires, Facultéde Médecine-BP 184, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, Nancy, France (C.G., C.A., P.N., F.L.)
Carboxylic acid-containing drugs are metabolized mainly through the formation of glucuronide and coenzyme A esters. These conjugates have been suspected to be responsible for the toxicity of several nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs because of the reactivity of the electrophilic ester bond. In the present study we investigated the reactivity of ketoprofenyl-acylglucuronide (KPF-OG) and ketoprofenyl-acyl-coenzyme A (KPF-SCoA) toward cytosolic rat liver glutathione S-transferases (GST). We observed that KPF-SCoA, but not KPF-OG inhibited the conjugation of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene and 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide catalyzed by both purified cytosolic rat liver GST and GST from FAO and H5-6 rat hepatoma cell lines. Photoaffinity labeling with KPF-SCoA suggested that the binding of this metabolite may overlap the binding site of 4-methylumbelliferone sulfate. Furthermore, high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis showed that both hydrolysis and transacylation reactions were observed in the presence of GST and glutathione. The formation of ketoprofenyl-S-acyl-glutathione could be kinetically characterized (apparent Km = 196.0 ± 70.6 µM). It is concluded that KPF-SCoA is both a GST inhibitor and a substrate of a GST-dependent transacylation reaction. The reactivity and inhibitory potency of thioester CoA derivatives toward GST may have potential implications on the reported in vivo toxicity of some carboxylic acid-containing drugs.