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Microbial Models of Mammalian Metabolism: Conversion of Warfarin to 4′-Hydroxywarfarin Using Cunninghamella Bainieri

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Abstract

Warfarin, an anticoagulant and “metabolic probe” for cytochrome P-450 isozyme multiplicity, is metabolized to 4′-hydroxywarfarin, a principle mammalian metabolite, using the fungus Cunninghamella bainieri (UI-3065). The metabolite was isolated from cell suspension cultures and characterized by analytical (TLC, HPLC, GC-MS) and spectral (HRMS, EI-MS, PMR) comparisons with authentic 4′-hydroxywarfarin. The mechanism of aromatic hydroxylation was examined in C. bainieri using 4′-deuterowarfarin. The absence of a primary isotope effect (KH/KD = 1.13), migration and retention of deuterium in the phenolic product [80% migration and retention (M&R)], and inhibition of the hydroxylation by carbon monoxide (93% inhibition in a 50:50 CO:O2 atmosphere) are consistent with a cytochrome P-450-mediated hydroxylation involving the classic NIH shift (arene oxide) pathway.

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