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. 2023 Dec 26;98(2):425–469. doi: 10.1007/s00204-023-03636-8

Table 8.

Phase I and phase II metabolites of AOH and AME

Metabolic reaction Metabolite of AOH Metabolite of AME Enzyme isoform References
Demethylation - alternariol (AOH) Rat liver post-mitochondrial supernatant with NADPH Pollock et al. (1982)
Adult male Sprague Dawley rats (detected in urine and feces)
Homogenized liver samples of gilts with NADPH Olsen and Visconti (1988)
Rat, pig, and human liver microsomes with NADPH Pfeiffer et al. (2007)
Hydroxylation 2-hydroxy-alternariol (2-OH-AOH) 2-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (2-OH-AME) Rat, pig, and human liver microsomes with NADPH Pfeiffer et al. (2007)
Precision-cut liver slices Burkhardt et al. (2011)
- Male and female NMRI mice (detected in blood) Schuchardt et al. (2014)
4-hydroxy-alternariol (4-OH-AOH) 4-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (4-OH-AME) Rat, pig, and human liver microsomes with NADPH Pfeiffer et al. (2007)
Precision-cut rat liver slices Burkhardt et al. (2011)
- Male and female NMRI mice (detected in blood) Schuchardt et al. (2014)
Male Sprague Dawley rats (detected in feces) Puntscher et al. (2019a)
8-hydroxy-alternariol (8-OH-AOH) 8-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (8-OH-AME) Rat, pig, and human liver microsomes with NADPH Pfeiffer et al. (2007)
Precision-cut liver slices Burkhardt et al. (2011)
10-hydroxy-alternariol (10-OH-AOH) 10-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (10-OH-AME) Rat, pig and human liver microsomes with NADPH Pfeiffer et al. (2007)
Precision-cut rat liver slices Burkhardt et al. (2011)
- Male and female NMRI mice (detected in blood) Schuchardt et al. (2014)
dihydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether ((OH)2-AME) - Rat, pig, and human liver microsomes with NADPH Pfeiffer et al. (2007)
Methylation and hydroxylation methyl-hydroxy-alternariol (Me-OH-AOH) methyl-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (Me-OH-AME) Rat, pig, and human liver microsomes with NADPH Pfeiffer et al. (2007)
Incubation of purified hydroxy metabolites with rat liver cytosol and SAM Burkhardt et al. (2011)
Glucuronidation alternariol-3-O-glucuronide (AOH-3-O-GlcA) alternariol monomethyl ether-3-O-glucuronide (AME-3-O-GlcA) Caco-2 cell line Burkhardt et al. (2009)
Hepatic and intestinal microsomes of humans, pigs and rats with UDPGA Pfeiffer et al. (2009b)
- alternariol monomethyl ether-7-O-glucuronide (AME-7-O-GlcA) Caco-2 cell line Burkhardt et al. (2009)
Liver and intestinal microsomes of humans, pigs and rats with UDPGA Pfeiffer et al. (2009b)
alternariol-9-O-glucuronide (AOH-9-O-GlcA) - Caco-2 cell line Burkhardt et al. (2009)
Hepatic and intestinal microsomes of humans, pigs and rats with UDPGA Pfeiffer et al. (2009a)
- alternariol monomethyl ether glucuronides Homogenized liver and intestinal samples of gilts with UDPGA Olsen and Visconti (1988)
Sulfation alternariol-3-O-sulfate (AOH-3-O-S) alternariol monomethyl ether-3-O-sulfate (AME-3-O-S) Caco-2 cell line Burkhardt et al. (2009)
Male Sprague Dawley rats (AOH-3-O-S found in urine, AME-3-O-S detected in urine, plasma, and feces) Puntscher et al. (2019a)
Rat liver cytosol with PAPS Burkhardt et al. (2009)
alternariol-7-O-sulfate (AOH-7-O-S) alternariol monomethyl ether-7-O-sulfate (AME-7-O-S) Rat liver cytosol with PAPS Burkhardt et al. (2009)
alternariol-9-O-sulfate (AOH-9-O-S) - Rat liver cytosol with PAPS Burkhardt et al. (2009)
Studies performed with single human enzyme isoforms
 Hydroxylation 2-hydroxy-alternariol (2-OH-AOH) 2-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (2-OH-AME) CYP isoforms 1A1, 1A2. 1B1, 2A6, 2B6, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, 2E1, 3A4 Pfeiffer et al. (2008)
- CYP3A5
4-hydroxy-alternariol (4-OH-AOH) - CYP2E1
4-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (4-OH-AME) CYP isoforms 1A1, 1A2. 1B1, 2A6, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, 3A4
- CYP isoforms 2B6, 3A5
8-hydroxy-alternariol (8-OH-AOH) 8-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (8-OH-AME) CYP isoforms 1A2, 2C19, 2D6, 2E1, 3A4
- CYP isoforms 1A1, 1B1, 2A6, 2B6, 3A5
10-hydroxy-alternariol (10-OH-AOH) 10-hydroxy-alternariol monomethyl ether (10-OH-AME) CYP3A4
- CYP isoforms 1A1, 3A5
 Glucuronidation alternariol-3-O-glucuronide (AOH-3-O-GlcA) alternariol monomethyl ether-3-O-glucuronide (AME-3-O-GlcA) UGT isoforms 1A1, 1A3, 1A7, 1A8, 1A9, 1A10, 2B7, 2B15 Pfeiffer et al. (2009a)
- UGT1A6
alternariol-9-O-glucuronide (AOH-9-O-GlcA) - UGT isoforms 1A1, 1A3, 1A6, 1A7, 1A8, 1A9, 1A10, 2B7, 2B15
- alternariol monomethyl ether-7-O-glucuronide (AME-7-O-GlcA) UGT isoforms 1A1, 1A3, 1A7, 1A8, 1A9, 1A10