Biotransformation of Medicinal Products – PST05106 Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry

NTA Level 5 • Semester 1 • PST05106

Biotransformation of Medicinal Products

Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry • Source Session/Topic 32
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Session 32: Biotransformation of Medicinal Products.

Total Session Time: 120 minutes

Prerequisites

None

Learning Tasks

By the end of this session students are expected to be able to:

• Define biotransformation
• Explain metabolism of different organic compounds
• Explain the importance of biotransformation

Resources Needed:

• Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape.
• Black/white board and chalk/whiteboard markers.

SESSION OVERVIEW

|Step |Time |Activity/ |Content |

| | |Method | |

|1 |05 minutes |Presentation |Introduction, Learning Tasks |

|2 |10 minutes |Brainstorming |Definition of Biotransformation |

| | |Presentation | |

|3 |60 minutes |Presentation |Metabolism of Organic Compounds |

|4 |25 minutes |Group |Importance of Biotransformation |

| | |discussion | |

| | |Presentation | |

|5 |10 minutes |Presentation |Key Points |

| 6 |10 minutes |Presentation |Evaluation |

SESSION CONTENTS

STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes)

READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify

ASK students if they have any questions before continuing.

STEP 2: Definition of Biotransformation (10 minutes).

|Activity: Brainstorming (5 minutes) |

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|Ask students to brainstorm on the following question: |

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|What is Biotransformation? |

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|ALLOW few students to respond. |

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|WRITE their responses on the flip chart/ board. |

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|CLARIFY and SUMMARISE by using the table below |

• Biotransformation is Chemical alteration of the drug in body that

converts non-polar or lipid soluble compounds to polar or lipid

insoluble compounds.

OR

• Biochemical alteration of chemicals such as (but not limited to)

nutrients, amino acids, toxins, and drugs in the body.

• It is also needed to render non-polar compounds polar so that they are

not reabsorbed in renal tubules and are excreted.

• The body typically deals with a foreign compound (DRUGS) by making it

more water-soluble, to increase the rate of its excretion through the

urine.

STEP 3: Metabolism of Organic Compounds (60 minutes).

• Termination of drug effect is by the process of drug elimination which

involves mainly 2 processes: one of them is drug metabolism.

• Metabolism is predominantly done in the liver due to its richness in

enzymes

• The enzymes that are responsible for drug metabolism in the liver are;

o Microsomal mixed function oxidases (MFOs) system involved.

o Cytochrome P450 enzymes play important role.

• Other organs responsible for drug metabolism are;

o Lungs

o Kidney

o Intestine

o Placenta

o Skin

o Brain

o Testes

o Muscle

o Spleen

• Metabolism of drugs makes them:

o More polar

o Ionizable

o Water soluble to enhance renal excretion

o More active (for pro drugs)

Drug Metabolism in the Liver

• There are two phases of drug metabolism in the liver.
• Phase I reaction
• Phase II reaction

PHASE I REACTIONS

• A polar group is introduced/ unmasked to make the drug molecule more

water-soluble & less active to be excreted.

• Reactions are non-synthetic in nature.
• The majority of metabolites are generated by a common hydroxylating

enzyme system known as Cytochrome P450.

o Oxidation

o Reduction

o Hydrolytic cleavage

o Dealkylation

o Ring cyclization

o N-carboxylation

o Dimerization

o Transamidation

o Isomerization

o Decarboxylation

• Oxidation of aromatic carbon atoms (aromatic hydroxylation):

[pic]

• Oxidation of olefins (C=C bonds):
o Oxidation of non-aromatic C=C bonds is analogous to aromatic

hydroxylation. i.e. it proceeds via formation of epoxides to yield 1,2-

dihydrodiols

[pic]

• Oxidation of Benzylic Carbon Atoms

o Carbon atoms attached directly to the aromatic ring are hydroxylated.

[pic]

• Oxidation of Allylic carbon Atoms

o Carbon atoms adjacent to Olefinic double bonds (are allylic carbon

atoms) also undergo hydroxylation in a manner similar to Benzylic

Carbons.

[pic]

• Oxidation of Carbon Atoms Alpha to Carbonyls and Imines

o Several Benzodiazepines contain a carbon atom (C-3) alpha to both

Carbonyl (C=0) and imino (C=N) function which readily undergoes

Hydroxylation.

[pic]

• Oxidation of Aliphatic Carbon Atoms (Aliphatic Hydroxylation)

o Terminal hydroxylation of methyl group yields primary alcohols which

undergoes further oxidation to aldehydes and then to carboxylic acid.

[pic]

• Oxidation of Alicyclic Carbon Atoms (Alicyclic Hydroxylation)

o Cyclohexane (alicyclic) and piperidine (non-aromatic heterocyclic)

rings are commonly found in a number of molecules.

o Such rings are generally hydroxylated at C-3 or C-4 positions.

[pic]

• Oxidation Of Carbon-Heteroatom Systems

o Biotransformation of C-N, C-0 & C-S system proceed in one of the two

ways:

▪ Hydroxylation of carbon atom attached to the heteroatom and
subsequent cleavage at carbon-heteroatom bond. E.g. N-, O- & S-

dealkylation, oxidative deamination & desulfuration.

▪ Oxidation of the heteroatom itself. E.g. N- & S- oxidation.
• Oxidation of Carbon-Nitrogen System

o N-DEALKYLATION:

▪ Mechanism of N-dealkylation involve oxidation of α-carbon to

generate an intermediate carbinolamine which rearranges by cleavage of

C-N bond to yield the N dealkylated product and the corresponding

carbonyl of the alkyl group.

[pic]

▪ A tertiary nitrogen attached to different alkyl groups

undergoes dealkylation by removal of smaller alkyl group first.

Example:

o 2º aliphatic amine e.g. Methamphetamine.
o 3º aliphatic amine e.g. imipramine
o 3º alicyclic amine e.g. hexobarbital

o Amides e.g. Diazepam

o N-HYDROXYLATION:

▪ Converse to basic compounds that form N-oxide, N- hydroxy formation

is usually displayed by non-basic nitrogen atoms such as amide

Nitrogen.

[pic]

• Oxidation of Carbon-Sulfur Systems

o S-DEALKYLATION:

▪ The mechanism of S-Dealkylation of thioethers is analogous to N-

dealkylation .IT proceed via α-carbon hydroxylation.

▪ The C-S bond cleavage results in formation of a thiol and a carbonyl

product.

[pic]

• Desulfuration:
o This reaction also involves cleavage of carbon-sulfur bond (C=S).
o The product is the one with C=0 bond.

o Such a desulfuration reaction is commonly observed in thioamides such

as thiopental

[pic]

• S-Oxidation:

o Apart from S-dealkylation, thioethers can also undergo S-oxidation

reaction to yield sulfoxides which may be further oxidized to sulfones

several phenothiazines.

o E.g. Chlorpromazine undergo S-oxidation
• Oxidation of Carbon-Oxygen Systems:

o O-Dealkylation:

▪ This reaction is also similar to N-Dealkylation and proceeds by α-

carbon hydroxylation to form an unstable hemiacetal or hemiketal

intermediate.

▪ Which spontaneously undergoes C-0 bond cleavage to form alcohol and

a carbonyl moiety.

[pic]

• Oxidation of Alcohol, Carbonyl & Carboxylic Acid

o In case of ethanol, Oxidation to acetaldehyde is reversible and

further oxidation of the latter to acetic acid is very rapid since

Acetaldehyde is highly toxic and should not accumulate in body.

[pic]

• Miscellaneous Oxidative Reactions:

o Oxidative Aromatization /Dehydrogenation

o E.g. Metabolic aromatization of drugs is

[pic]

• Oxidative Dehalogenation

o This reaction is common with halogen containing drugs such as

chloroform.

o Dehalogenation of this drug yields phosgene which may results in

electrophiles capable of covalent binding to tissue.

[pic]

• Reductive Reaction Reductive Reaction [pic]
• Reductive Reaction

o Bioreductions are also capable of generating polar functional group

such as hydroxy and amino which can undergo further biotransformation

or conjugation.

o Reduction of carbonyls:

▪ Aliphatic aldehydes:

[pic]

▪ Aliphatic ketones:

[pic]

▪ Aromatic Ketone:

[pic]

• Reduction of Alcohols and C=C:

o These two reductions are considered together because the groups are

interconvertible by simple addition or loss of a water molecule.

Before an alcohol is reduced it is dehydrated to C=C bond.

[pic]

• Reduction of N-Compounds:

o Reduction of nitro groups proceeds via formation of nitro so and

hydroxyl amine intermediates to yield amines.

[pic]

o Reduction of azo compounds yield primary amines via formation of

hydrazo intermediate which undergo cleavage at N-N bond.

[pic]

o It is reduced to active Sulfanilamide.

• Miscellaneous Reductive Reactions

o REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION:

▪ This reaction involves replacement of halogen attached to the

carbon with the H-atom

[pic]

o REDUCTION OF SULFUR CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS:

[pic]

• Hydrolytic Reactions:

o The reaction doesn’t involve change in the state of oxidation of

substrate.

o The reaction results in a large chemical chain in the substrate

brought about by loss of relatively large fragments of the molecule.

o HYDROLYSIS OF ESTERS AND ETHERS:

o Esters on hydrolyisis yield alcohol & carboxylic acid. The reaction is

catalyzed by esterases.

[pic]

• Hydrolysis of Amides:

o The reactions catalyzed by amides, involves C-N cleavage to yield

carboxylic acid and amine.

[pic]

PHASE II REACTIONS

• Involve covalent attachment of small polar endogenous molecule e.g

glucuronic acid, sulfate, or glycine to form water-soluble compounds

• They are known as conjugation reactions
• Conjugation reactions

They involve the following metabolic processes;

o Glucuronidation by UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase:

(on -OH, -COOH, -NH2, -SH groups)

o Sulfation by Sulfotransferase:

(on -NH2, -SO2NH2, -OH groups)

o Acetylation by acetyltransferase:

(on -NH2, -SO2NH2, -OH groups)

o Methylation

o Amino acid conjugation (on -COOH groups)

o Glutathione conjugation by Glutathione-S-transferase:

(to epoxides or organic halides)

o Fatty acid conjugation (on -OH groups)

o Glycine Conjugation

o Cyanide Conjugation

o Condensation reactions

• Glucuronide Conjugation

o Very important Synthetic reactions carried out by Uridine Di Phosphate

Glucuronosyl Transferase.

o Hydroxyl & Carboxylic acid groups are easily combined with Glucuronic

acid

Glucuronide formation occurs in 2 steps: –

1. Synthesis of an activated coenzyme uridine-5’- diphospho – ( – D-

Glucuronic acid (UDPGA) from UDP- glucose (UDPG).

[pic]

2. Transfer of the glucuronyl moiety from UDPGA to the substrate RXH in

presence of enzyme UDP- glucuronyl transferase to form the conjugate.

[pic]

FACTORS AFFECTING OF BIOTRANSFORMATION OF DRUGS:

• Physicochemical property of drug.

o Induction of drug metabolizing enzyme.

o Inhibition of drug metabolizing enzyme

o Environmental chemicals.

• Biological factors.

o Species differences.

o Strain differences.

o Sex differences.

o Pharmacogenetics – genetic differences in metabolic pathways

affecting individual responses to drugs effects.

• Age.
• Diet.
• Altered pharmacologic factors:

o Pregnancy.

o Hormonal imbalance.

o Disease state.

STEP 4: Importance of Biotransformation (25 minutes).

|Activity: Small Group Discussion (10 minutes). |

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|DIVIDE students into small manageable groups. |

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|ASK students to discuss on the following question. |

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|What is the importance of biotransformation? |

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|ALLOW students to discuss for 8 minutes. |

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|ALLOW few groups to present and the rest to add points not mentioned. |

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|CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below |

• Biotransformation is vital to survival because it transforms absorbed

nutrients (food, oxygen, etc.) into substances required for normal

body functions.

• Drugs are made to be more water soluble ready for renal excretion
• For some pharmaceuticals, it is a metabolite that is therapeutic and

not the absorbed drug.

o For Example, phenoxybenzamine, a drug given to relieve hypertension

caused by pheochromocytoma, a kind of tumor, is biotransformed into a

metabolite, which is the active agent.

• Biotransformation also serves as an important defence mechanism since

toxic xenobiotics and body wastes are converted into less harmful

substances and substances that can be excreted from the body.

STEP 5: Key Points (10 minutes).

• Biotransformation is Chemical alteration of the drug in body that

converts non-polar or lipid soluble compounds to polar or lipid insoluble

compounds.

• Metabolism of organic compounds involve Phase I and Phase II reactions.
• Biotransformation helps organic compounds to be water soluble in hence be

readily excreted renally.

STEP 6: Evaluation (10 minutes).

• What is biotransformation?
• List four reactions involved in phase I and phase II drug metabolism
• What is the importance of biotransformation?

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Graham Solomon et al (2014). Organic Chemistry (11th Ed.). New Jeysey,

United States: John Willey and Sons.

Nadendla R. R. (2005). Principles of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry. New

Delhi, India: MacMillan Publishers

Bruice Y (2013). Organic Chemistry (7th ed.). New York, United States:

Prentice Hall Pearson.

Delgado J. N. Et al (1998). Wilson and Gisvold's Textbook of Organic

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (10th Ed.). California, United

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Bhassin S.K, Gupta R.(2013). Pharmaceutical organic chemistry (E-book

Kindle edition). New Delhi, India: Elsevier Publishing Services

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PST 05106 Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry

NTA Level 5 Semester 1

December 2018

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