Table 1. Mechanistic classification, cytotoxicity to HepG2 cells and selected concentrations of the compounds included in the metabolomic study.
Compound | Abbreviation | Therapeutic class | Mechanisma | IC10(μM)b | IC50 (μM)b | Cmaxc (μM) | Concentrationd (μM) |
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Citrate | Cit | Urinary alkalinizer | C | >1000 | NA | 500, 1000 | |
Ketotifen | Ket | Antihistaminic | C | 130 ± 50 | 400 ± 200 | 0.0014 | 50, 100 |
Cumene hydroperoxide | Cum | OS | 480 ± 90 | 800 ± 200 | NA | 50, 100, 250 | |
tert-Butyl hydroperoxide | Tert | OS | 280 ± 40 | 590 ± 180 | NA | 50, 100, 250 | |
Amiodarone | Am | Antiarrhythmic | P | 26 ± 4 | 78 ± 13 | 2.2 | 5, 10, 20 |
Clozapine | Clo | Antipsychotic | P | 41 ± 12 | 60 ± 10 | 1.09 | 10, 20 |
Fluoxetine | Fluo | Antidepressant | P | 12 ± 2 | 43 ± 5 | 0.93 | 20 |
Tilorone | Til | Antiviral | P | 14 ± 3 | 65 ± 7 | - | 5, 20 |
Tamoxifen | Tam | Antiestrogen | P | 32 ± 2 | 57 ± 5 | 0.27 | 15 |
Doxycycline | Dox | Antibiotic | S | 600 ± 200 | 2200 ± 500 | 8.77 | 250, 500 |
Tetracycline | Tet | Antibiotic | S | 640 ± 180 | 1350 ± 150 | 14.2 | 50, 100, 200, 400 |
Valproate | Val | Anticonvulsant | S | 8870 ± 1500 | 17800 ± 3000 | 481 | 2000, 4000, 8000 |
NA: not applicable.
aMajor mechanism involved in hepatotoxicity induced by the compound: S, steatosis; P, phospholipidosis; OS, oxidative stress; C, non-hepatotoxic (control)28,50.
bIC10 and IC50: the compound concentration that leads to a reduction of 10% and 50%, respectively, in viability (MTT assay) of HepG2 cells after 24 h of treatment14,20,50.
cCmax: Therapeutically active average plasma maximum concentration values upon single-dose administration at commonly recommended therapeutic doses11,35,50.
dConcentrations used in the metabolomic study.