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Different oxidative pathways of isonicotinic acid hydrazide and its meta-isomer, nicotinic acid hydrazide.

1. Superoxide was generated during the auto-oxidation of the antituberculous drug, isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH), but not with its meta-isomer, nicotinic acid hydrazide (NH). During Fe(3+)-stimulated oxidation of INH and NH, aromatic hydroxylation occurred which was inhibited by the chelating agent, phytic acid. 2. A mixture of myeloperoxidase (MPO) and a hydrazide induced formation of compound III (oxyperoxidase) and aromatic hydroxylation which was stimulated by phytic acid. INH was considerably more potent than NH. 3. Co-oxidation of a hydrazide and thyroxine (T4) in the MPO system resulted in the formation of a pink-coloured product (maximum absorbance at 504 nm) which was more stable with NH than with INH. 4. The hydrazides and Cl- acted synergistically on MPO haem modification when co-oxidised in the MPO-H2O2 system. INH was more destructive than NH. 5. The different oxidative pathways of the hydrazides are consistent with the fact that an acyl intermediate of INH, unlike that of NH, is resonance stabilized.

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Purification and characterization of the Mycobacterium smegmatis catalase-peroxidase involved in isoniazid activation.

The unique antitubercular activity of isoniazid requires that the drug be oxidized by the katG-encoded mycobacterial catalase-peroxidase to an activated drug form. In order to quantitatively assess the catalytic capabilities of the enzyme, the native catalase-peroxidase from Mycobacterium smegmatis was purified over 200-fold to homogeneity. The enzyme was shown to exhibit both catalase and peroxidase activities, and in the presence of either hydrogen peroxide or t-butyl peroxide, was found to catalyze the oxidation of the reduced pyridine nucleotides, NADH and NADPH, as well as artificial peroxidase substrates, at rates between 2.7 and 20 s-1. The homogeneous enzyme exhibited a visible absorbance spectrum typical of ferric heme-containing catalase-peroxidases, with a Soret maximum at 406 nm. Low temperature (10 K) electron paramagnetic resonance spectra in the presence of ethylene glycol revealed a high spin Fe(III) signal with g values of 5.9 and 5.6. The enzyme was very slowly (t1/2 = approximately 20 min) reduced by dithionite, and the reduced form showed typical spectral changes when either KCN or CO were subsequently added. The M. smegmatis catalase-peroxidase was found to contain 2 heme molecules per tetramer, which were identified as iron protoporphyrin IX by the pyridine hemochromogen assay. The peroxidatic activity was inhibited by KCN, NaN3, isoniazid (isonicotinic acid hydrazide), and its isomer, nicotinic acid hydrazide, but not by 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole. The role of mycobacterial catalase-peroxidases in the oxidative activation of the antitubercular prodrug isoniazid is discussed.

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Separation of nicotinic acid and its structural isomers using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquid as a buffer additive by capillary electrophoresis.

The growing interest in application of ionic liquids (ILs) in analytical chemistry has been observed. The aim of presented investigation was to verify whether ILs would be a suitable modifier of the background electrolyte (BGE) for pharmaceutical analysis of the closely related drug analogues. The study demonstrates the use of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (1E-3MI-TFB) ionic liquid as modifiers in the separation of nicotinic acid and its structural isomers by capillary electrophoresis. Dependences of the ionic liquid concentration in a BGE on the separation parameters like migration time, resolution factor and width at peak's baseline have been compared. The separation mechanism involves the free imidazolium ions, which can interact with inner surface of the capillary wall. Increased 1E-3MI-TFB concentration to 150 mmol/L caused decrease of migration times of analytes, improve peaks shape and increase of separation performances. At this ionic liquid concentration in a BGE resolution factor between nicotinic and isonicotinic acids increased to 1.86. The proposed CE separation procedure is highly reproducible and can be applied in qualitative and quantitative analysis of carboxylic acids.

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