We describe herein the metabolic fate of cardioactive 1,3-benzodioxolyl N-acylhydrazone prototype LASSBio-294 (4) and the structural identification of its major phase I metabolite from rat liver microsomal assays. Our results confirmed the hard-metabolic character of N-acylhydrazone (NAH) framework of LASSBio-294 (4). The development of a reproducible analytical methodology for the major metabolite by using HPLC-MS and the comparison with an authentic synthetic sample, allowed us to identify 2-thienylidene 3,4-dihydroxybenzoylhydrazine derivative (7), formed by oxidative scission of methylenedioxy bridge of LASSBio-294, as the main metabolite formed by action of CYP1A2 isoform. The identification of this isoform in the LASSBio-294 in the clearance of LASSBio-294 (4) oxidation was performed by the use of selective CYP inhibitors or human recombinant CYP enzymes.
Animals Biotransformation