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Sulfo-conjugation in general renders the lipophilic xenobiotics water-soluble, thereby facilitating their removal from the body through excretion in urine or bile. Under certain circumstances, however, sulfonation can also contribute to toxification of some classes of chemicals (recently reviewed by Miller, 1994; Miller and Surh, 1994). Since the first discovery of 2-acetylaminofluorene-N-sulfate as an electrophilic metabolite of N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene (Debaun et al., 1968; King and Phillips, 1968), there has been accumulated evidence for the association between sulfonation and induction of tumors by this carcinogen and others. Although the “bay-region” theory is widely accepted as a general concept in determining the tumorigenicity of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAH) in general, recent studies have shown that PAHs bearing benzylic hydroxyl functional groups can also be activated via sulfuric acid esterification (vide infra). This report briefly reviews our recent findings on metabolic activation of some benzylic alcohols to electrophilic, mutagenic, or carcinogenic sulfate esters. The paper also concerns the sulfate ester of the heterocyclic allylic alcohol, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, as a novel example of electrophilic species formed by sulfotransferase activity.
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Surh, YJ. (1996). Sulfotransferase-Mediated Activation of Some Benzylic and Allylic Alcohols. In: Snyder, R., et al. Biological Reactive Intermediates V. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 387. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9480-9_41
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