PMID- 38456379 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240308 IS - 1522-2683 (Electronic) IS - 0173-0835 (Linking) DP - 2024 Mar 8 TI - Enantioselective analysis of the pesticide imazamox after in vitro permeability study in Caco-2 cells. LID - 10.1002/elps.202300193 [doi] AB - Imazamox (IMX), a chiral herbicide used in cereals and oilseed crops to control weeds, is commonly sold as a racemic mixture. Its enantiomers, being chiral compounds, may exhibit unique properties when exposed to chiral environments. While IMX enantiomers have been reported to degrade differently in soil and be toxic to some species, their effects on human systems remain poorly understood. This study utilized Caco-2 (human colon adenocarcinoma cell line) cells to assess the in vitro permeability of a racemic mixture of IMX and its isolated enantiomers. Additionally, the study aimed to evaluate whether the metabolite imazamox-O-desmethyl (IMX-D) forms during the permeability process. An enantioselective chromatographic method was developed, fully validated, and the apparent permeability values were obtained. The apparent permeability of rac-IMX, (+)-IMX, and (-)-IMX was determined to be 4.15 x 10(-5) , 5.78 x 10(-5) , and 7.33 x 10(-5 ) cm s(-1) , respectively. These findings suggest that IMX exhibits high intestinal permeability, with an enantioselective absorption for (-)-IMX as compared to (+)-IMX. Finally, the permeability study in Caco-2 cells revealed that the metabolite IMX-D was not generated. CI - (c) 2024 Wiley-VCH GmbH. FAU - Serpellone, Carolina Oliveira AU - Serpellone CO AD - Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. FAU - Barbetta, Maike Felipe Santos AU - Barbetta MFS AD - Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. FAU - Perovani, Icaro Salgado AU - Perovani IS AD - Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. FAU - Ballestero, Giulia AU - Ballestero G AD - Laboratory of Research, Development and Innovation, ELEVE Science, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - de Albuquerque, Nayara Cristina Perez AU - de Albuquerque NCP AD - Laboratory of Research, Development and Innovation, ELEVE Science, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - de Oliveira, Anderson Rodrigo Moraes AU - de Oliveira ARM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5305-8957 AD - Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. AD - National Institute for Alternative Technologies of Detection, Toxicological Evaluation and Removal of Micropollutants and Radioactives (INCT-DATREM), Unesp, Institute of Chemistry, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil. LA - eng GR - 001/Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior/ GR - 2014/50945-4/Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo/ GR - 2021/10098-4/Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo/ GR - 306186/2021-7/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico/ GR - INCT-DATREM/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico/ GR - 465571/2014-0/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240308 PL - Germany TA - Electrophoresis JT - Electrophoresis JID - 8204476 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Caco-2 cells OT - chiral HPLC OT - imazamox OT - permeability OT - pesticide EDAT- 2024/03/08 06:43 MHDA- 2024/03/08 06:43 CRDT- 2024/03/08 05:53 PHST- 2024/02/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/08/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/08 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/08 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/08 05:53 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/elps.202300193 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - Electrophoresis. 2024 Mar 8. doi: 10.1002/elps.202300193.