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Newton LAA, Sandhu K, Livingstone C, Leslie R, Davis J. Clinical diagnostics for homocysteine: a rogue amino acid? Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2014; 10:489-500. [DOI: 10.1586/erm.10.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Kim YC, Kwon DY, Kim JH. Alterations in the metabolomics of sulfur-containing substances in rat kidney by betaine. Amino Acids 2014; 46:963-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1660-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Agostini A, Campos I, Milani M, Elsayed S, Pascual L, Martínez-Máñez R, Licchelli M, Sancenón F. A surfactant-assisted probe for the chromo-fluorogenic selective recognition of GSH in water. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:1871-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ob42095g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Isokawa M, Funatsu T, Tsunoda M. Fast and simultaneous analysis of biothiols by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection under hydrophilic interaction chromatography conditions. Analyst 2013; 138:3802-8. [PMID: 23702918 DOI: 10.1039/c3an00527e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A method for analyzing biothiols based on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-fluorescence detection under hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) conditions has been developed. Thiols were derivatized with nonfluorescent ammonium 7-fluoro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole-4-sulfonate (SBD-F), which selectively reacts with the thiol groups to furnish the corresponding fluorescent SBD-thiols. Among the six different kinds of HILIC columns examined, the ZIC-HILIC column with sulfobetaine groups in the stationary phase proved to be the best for the separation of SBD-thiols. Eight thiols-N-acetylcysteine, cysteamine, homocysteine, cysteine, cysteinylglycine, glutathione, γ-glutamylcysteine, and internal standard N-(2-mercaptopropionyl)glycine-were baseline-separated within 10 min. The detection sensitivity was improved partly due to the increase in the SBD-thiol fluorescence owing to the acetonitrile-rich mobile phase used. The detection limits at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3 were 0.02-3.4 nmol l(-1). The method could successfully quantify six thiols in a human plasma sample, while cysteamine could not be detected. Both the intra- and interday precisions were below 4% for homocysteine, cysteine, cysteinylglycine, glutathione, and γ-glutamylcysteine except for N-acetylcysteine. This method should be a useful tool for investigating the relationship between sulfur metabolism and related diseases, since a multicomponent system consisting of different thiol compounds could be analyzed simultaneously with high sensitivity within a short time.
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- Muneki Isokawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Wang LJ, Zhang HW, Zhou JY, Liu Y, Yang Y, Chen XL, Zhu CH, Zheng RD, Ling WH, Zhu HL. Betaine attenuates hepatic steatosis by reducing methylation of the MTTP promoter and elevating genomic methylation in mice fed a high-fat diet. J Nutr Biochem 2013; 25:329-36. [PMID: 24456734 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Aberrant DNA methylation contributes to the abnormality of hepatic gene expression, one of the main factors in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Betaine is a methyl donor and has been considered to be a lipotropic agent. However, whether betaine supplementation improves NAFLD via its effect on the DNA methylation of specific genes and the genome has not been explored. Male C57BL/6 mice were fed either a control diet or high-fat diet (HFD) supplemented with 0%, 1% and 2% betaine in water (wt/vol) for 12 weeks. Betaine supplementation ameliorated HFD-induced hepatic steatosis in a dose-dependent manner. HFD up-regulated FAS and ACOX messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and down-regulated PPARα, ApoB and MTTP mRNA expression; however, these alterations were reversed by betaine supplementation, except ApoB. MTTP mRNA expression was negatively correlated with the DNA methylation of its CpG sites at -184, -156, -63 and -60. Methylation of these CpG sites was lower in both the 1% and 2% betaine-supplemented groups than in the HFD group (averages; 25.55% and 14.33% vs. 30.13%). In addition, both 1% and 2% betaine supplementation significantly restored the methylation capacity [S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) concentration and SAM/S-adenosylhomocysteine ratios] and genomic methylation level, which had been decreased by HFD (0.37% and 0.47% vs. 0.25%). These results suggest that the regulation of aberrant DNA methylation by betaine might be a possible mechanism of the improvements in NAFLD upon betaine supplementation.
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- Li-jun Wang
- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, University of Sun Yat-Sen, 510120 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Research and Therapy Center for Liver Disease, the Affiliated Dongnan Hospital of Xiamen University, 363000 Zhangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510080 Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Turell L, Radi R, Alvarez B. The thiol pool in human plasma: the central contribution of albumin to redox processes. Free Radic Biol Med 2013; 65:244-253. [PMID: 23747983 PMCID: PMC3909715 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 471] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The plasma compartment has particular features regarding the nature and concentration of low and high molecular weight thiols and oxidized derivatives. Plasma is relatively poor in thiol-based antioxidants; thiols are in lower concentrations than in cells and mostly oxidized. The different thiol-disulfide pairs are not in equilibrium and the steady-state concentrations of total thiols as well as reduced versus oxidized ratios are maintained by kinetic barriers, including the rates of reactions and transport processes. The single thiol of human serum albumin (HSA-SH) is the most abundant plasma thiol. It is an important target for oxidants and electrophiles due to its reactivity with a wide variety of species and its relatively high concentration. A relatively stable sulfenic (HSA-SO3H) acid can be formed in albumin exposed to oxidants. Plasma increases in mixed disulfides (HSA-SSR) or in sulfinic (HSA-SO2H) and sulfonic (HSA-SO3H) acids are associated with different pathologies and may constitute biomarkers of the antioxidant role of the albumin thiol. In this work we provide a critical review of the plasma thiol pool with a focus on human serum albumin.
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- Lucía Turell
- Laboratorio de Enzimología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay; Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay; Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay; Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay; Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Chen L, Chen YM, Wang LJ, Wei J, Tan YZ, Zhou JY, Yang Y, Chen YM, Ling WH, Zhu HL. Higher homocysteine and lower betaine increase the risk of microangiopathy in patients with diabetes mellitus carrying the GG genotype of PEMT G774C. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2013; 29:607-17. [PMID: 23794489 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Revised: 05/04/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetes represents one of the greatest medical and socioeconomic threats worldwide. The pathogenesis involved is complicated. The effect of methyl donors and genetic polymorphisms in metabolic enzymes on the risk of microangiopathy in patients with diabetes is not well understood. This study investigates the association of homocysteine, choline and betaine levels and phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT) G774C (rs12325817) genotypes with the risk of diabetes and its related microangiopathic complications. METHODS Between January 2009 and June 2010, 184 diabetic patients and 188 non-diabetic control subjects were enrolled in the hospital-based case-control study. Serum concentrations of betaine and choline were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-mass spectrometry. Serum concentrations of homocysteine were assayed using HPLC. PEMT gene mutations were detected by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS After adjustment for potential confounders, serum total homocysteine had a significant dose-dependent positive association, and serum choline had an inverse association with the risks of diabetes and its microangiopathic complications (both p < 0.001). Although serum betaine was not associated with the risk of diabetes, it had a significant inverse association with diabetic microangiopathy. Compared with GG genotype, the CC genotype of PEMT G774C was associated with a decreased risk of diabetes (OR 0.559, 95% CI 0.338, 0.926) and its microangiopathy (OR 0.452, 95% CI 0.218, 0.937). CONCLUSION The GG genotype of the PEMT G774C polymorphism, higher levels of serum homocysteine and lower levels of serum betaine are associated with an increased risk of microangiopathy in patients with diabetes.
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- Li Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Peng R, Lin L, Wu X, Liu X, Feng X. Fluorescent Sensor Based on BINOL for Recognition of Cysteine, Homocysteine, and Glutathione. J Org Chem 2013; 78:11602-5. [DOI: 10.1021/jo401932n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Ruixue Peng
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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Stepwise injection spectrophotometric determination of cysteine in biologically active supplements and fodders. Microchem J 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2013.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Das P, Mandal AK, Reddy G U, Baidya M, Ghosh SK, Das A. Designing a thiol specific fluorescent probe for possible use as a reagent for intracellular detection and estimation in blood serum: kinetic analysis to probe the role of intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Org Biomol Chem 2013; 11:6604-14. [PMID: 23986325 DOI: 10.1039/c3ob41284a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A new and simple chemodosimetric probe L1 is utilized for the selective detection of biothiols in the presence of other relevant amino acids under physiological conditions (pH = 7.4). This eventually led to a turn-off luminescence response due to an effective photoinduced electron transfer based signaling mechanism. A comparison of the results of the fluorescence kinetic analysis and (1)H NMR studies of the reaction between thiol and L1 or the analogous compound L2 revealed the role of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in activating the imine functionality towards nucleophilic addition. Such an example is not common in contemporary literature. Conventional MTT assay studies revealed that this probe (L1) has low cytotoxicity. Results of the cell imaging studies revealed that this probe was cell membrane permeable and could detect the intracellular distribution of biothiols within living HeLa cells. Furthermore, our studies with human blood plasma demonstrated the possibility of using this reagent for the quantitative optical detection of total biothiols in biological fluid. Such an example for the detection of biothiols in real biological samples is rare in the contemporary literature. These results clearly demonstrate the possibility of using this reagent in medicinal biology and diagnostic applications.
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- Priyadip Das
- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, 364002, Gujarat, India
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Chen S, Tian J, Jiang Y, Zhao Y, Zhang J, Zhao S. A one-step selective fluorescence turn-on detection of cysteine and homocysteine based on a facile CdTe/CdS quantum dots–phenanthroline system. Anal Chim Acta 2013; 787:181-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Jung YS, Yun KU, Ryu CS, Oh JM, Kwak HC, Lee JY, Park SK, Kim BH, Oh SJ, Kim SK. Alterations in hepatic metabolism of sulfur amino acids in non-obese type-2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats. Chem Biol Interact 2013; 204:80-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2013.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2012] [Revised: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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1,8-Naphthalimide-based ‘turn-on’ fluorescent sensor for the detection of zinc ion in aqueous media and its applications for bioimaging. Tetrahedron Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.04.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kanďár R, Vrbová M, Čandová J. AN ASSAY OF TOTAL GLUTATHIONE AND GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE IN HUMAN WHOLE BLOOD AND PLASMA USING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH FLUORESCENCE DETECTION. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2012.706858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Roman Kanďár
- a Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences , Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Pardubice , Czech Republic
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- a Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences , Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Pardubice , Czech Republic
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- a Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences , Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice , Pardubice , Czech Republic
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Lee SJ, Kim SY, Min H. Effects of vitamin C and E supplementation on oxidative stress and liver toxicity in rats fed a low-fat ethanol diet. Nutr Res Pract 2013; 7:109-14. [PMID: 23610603 PMCID: PMC3627927 DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2013.7.2.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We compared the preventive capacity of high intakes of vitamin C (VC) and vitamin E (VE) on oxidative stress and liver toxicity in rats fed a low-fat ethanol diet. Thirty-two Wistar rats received the low fat (10% of total calories) Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet as follows: either ethanol alone (Alc group, 36% of total calories) or ethanol in combination with VC (Alc + VC group, 40 mg VC/100 g body weight) or VE (Alc + VE group, 0.8 mg VE/100 g body weight). Control rats were pair-fed a liquid diet with the Alc group. Ethanol administration induced a modest increase in alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), conjugated dienes (CD), and triglycerides but decreased total radical-trapping antioxidant potential (TRAP) in plasma. VE supplementation to alcohol-fed rats restored the plasma levels of AST, CD, and TRAP to control levels. However, VC supplementation did not significantly influence plasma ALT, AST, or CD. In addition, a significant increase in plasma aminothiols such as homocysteine and cysteine was observed in the Alc group, but cysteinylglycine and glutathione (GSH) did not change by ethanol feeding. Supplementing alcohol-fed rats with VC increased plasma GSH and hepatic S-adenosylmethionine, but plasma levels of aminothiols, except GSH, were not influenced by either VC or VE supplementation in ethanol-fed rats. These results indicate that a low-fat ethanol diet induces oxidative stress and consequent liver toxicity similar to a high-fat ethanol diet and that VE supplementation has a protective effect on ethanol-induced oxidative stress and liver toxicity.
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- Soo-Jung Lee
- Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Bio-Nano Science, Hannam University, 461-6 Jeonmin-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-811, Korea
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Wang L, Chen L, Tan Y, Wei J, Chang Y, Jin T, Zhu H. Betaine supplement alleviates hepatic triglyceride accumulation of apolipoprotein E deficient mice via reducing methylation of peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor alpha promoter. Lipids Health Dis 2013; 12:34. [PMID: 23497035 PMCID: PMC3621752 DOI: 10.1186/1476-511x-12-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Betaine is a methyl donor and has been considered as a lipotropic effect substance. But its mechanism remains unclear. Hepatic steatosis is associated with abnormal expression of genes involved in hepatic lipid metabolism. DNA methylation contributes to the disregulation of gene expression. Here we hypothesized that betaine supplement and subsequent DNA methylation modifications alter the expression of genes that are involved in hepatic lipid metabolism and hence alleviate hepatic triglyceride accumulation. Methods Male wild-type (WT) C57BL/6 mice (n = 6) were fed with the AIN-93 G diet. ApoE−/− mice (n = 12), weight-matched with the WT mice, were divided into two groups (n = 6 per group), and fed with the AIN-93 G diet and AIN-93 G supplemented with 2% betaine/100 g diet. Seven weeks after the intervention, mice were sacrificed. Liver betaine, choline, homocysteine concentration were measured by HPLC. Liver oxidants activity and triglyceride level were assessed by ultraviolet spectrophotometry. Finally, hepatic PPAR alpha gene and its target genes expression levels and the methylation status of the PPAR alpha gene were determined. Results ApoE−/− mice had higher hepatic triglyceride and lower GSH-Px activity when compared with the WT mice. Betaine intervention reversed triglyceride deposit, enhanced SOD and GSH-Px activity in the liver. Interestingly, mice fed on betaine-supplemented diet showed a dramatic increase of hepatic choline concentration and a decrease of betaine and homocysteine concentration relative to the WT mice and the ApoE−/− mice absent with betaine intervention. Expression of PPAR alpha and CPT1 were decreased and expression of FAS was markedly increased in ApoE−/− mice. In parallel, PPAR alpha promoter methylation level were slightly increased in ApoE−/− mice though without significance. Betaine supplement upregulated expression of PPAR alpha and its target genes (CPT1, CYP2E1) and reversed hypermethylation of PPAR alpha promoter of ApoE−/− mice. Furthermore, PPAR alpha methylation was positively correlated with hepatic betaine concentration. Conclusions Our findings indicate that betaine supplement could alleviate hepatic triglyceride accumulation and improve antioxidant capacity by decreasing PPAR alpha promoter methylation and upregulating PPAR alpha and its target genes mRNA expression.
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- Lijun Wang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Wu J, Xu K, Landers JP, Weber SG. An in situ measurement of extracellular cysteamine, homocysteine, and cysteine concentrations in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures by integration of electroosmotic sampling and microfluidic analysis. Anal Chem 2013; 85:3095-103. [PMID: 23330713 DOI: 10.1021/ac302676q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We demonstrate an all-electric sampling/derivatization/separation/detection system for the quantitation of thiols in tissue cultures. Extracellular fluid collected from rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSCs) by electroosmotic flow through an 11 cm (length) × 50 μm (i.d.) sampling capillary is introduced to a simple microfluidic chip for derivatization, continuous flow-gated injection, separation, and detection. With the help of a fluorogenic, thiol-specific reagent, ThioGlo-1, we have successfully separated and detected the extracellular levels of free reduced cysteamine, homocysteine, and cysteine from OHSCs within 25 s in a 23 mm separation channel with a confocal laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detector. Attention to the conductivities of the fluids being transported is required for successful flow-gated injections. When the sample conductivity is much higher than the run buffer conductivities, the electroosmotic velocities are such that there is less fluid coming by electroosmosis into the cross from the sample/reagent channel than is leaving by electroosmosis into the separation and waste channels. The resulting decrease in the internal fluid pressure in the injection cross pulls flow from the gated channel. This process may completely shut down the gated injection. Using a glycylglycine buffer with physiological osmolarity but only 62% of physiological conductivity and augmenting the conductivity of the run buffers solved this problem. Quantitation is by standard additions. Concentrations of cysteamine, homocysteine, and cysteine in the extracellular space of OHSCs are 10.6 ± 1.0 nM (n = 70), 0.18 ± 0.01 μM (n = 53), and 11.1 ± 1.2 μM (n = 70), respectively. This is the first in situ quantitative estimation of endogenous cysteamine in brain tissue. Extracellular levels of homocysteine and cysteine are comparable with other reported values.
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- Juanfang Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Zhao J, Chen C, Zhang L, Jiang J, Shen G, Yu R. A Hg(2+)-mediated label-free fluorescent sensing strategy based on G-quadruplex formation for selective detection of glutathione and cysteine. Analyst 2013; 138:1713-8. [PMID: 23377184 DOI: 10.1039/c3an36657j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A novel label-free fluorescent strategy for the detection of glutathione (GSH) and cysteine (Cys) is presented. The system consists of two single stranded DNA (ssDNA) with thymine-thymine (T-T) mismatches and used Hg(2+) as a mediator, and N-methyl mesoporphyrin IX (NMM) as the signal reporter. The assay is based on the competitive reaction of Hg(2+) with GSH/Cys and T-T mismatched double stranded DNA (dsDNA). In the absence of the target, two ssDNA containing T-T mismatches react with Hg(2+) to form a T-Hg(2+)-T dsDNA structure in the solution, which hampers the formation of a G-quadruplex structure. However, in the presence of the target, GSH/Cys reacts with Hg(2+) to keep DNA probes in a free single state, resulting in the effective formation of a G-quadruplex structure of the DNA probe (GP). Subsequently, due to the strong interaction between the G-quadruplex structure and NMM, fluorescence was greatly enhanced. This fluorescence strategy does not require any chemical modification, making the assay convenient and cost-effective. This method exhibited a linear relationship between peak fluorescence intensity and concentration of GSH in the range of 10-400 nM with a limit of detection (LOD) of 9.6 nM. A linear range for Cys detection was obtained in the concentration range of 10-500 nM with an LOD of 10 nM. Moreover, the proposed method worked well for the analysis of complex biological samples.
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- Jingjin Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China
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Yun KU, Ryu CS, Lee JY, Noh JR, Lee CH, Lee HS, Kang JS, Park SK, Kim BH, Kim SK. Hepatic metabolism of sulfur amino acids in db/db mice. Food Chem Toxicol 2012; 53:180-6. [PMID: 23220616 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.11.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2012] [Revised: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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To determine the effect of type-2 diabetes and obesity on the hepatic metabolism of sulfur amino acids, hepatic sulfur amino acid metabolism was determined in db/db mice. Hepatic methionine was markedly decreased in db/db mice, although the hepatic activity of betaine homocysteine methyltransferase was increased. The decrease in hepatic methionine was reflected by decreased sulfur-containing methionine metabolites, including S-adenosylmethionine, homocysteine, cysteine, and hypotaurine in liver and plasma. In contrast, S-adenosylhomocysteine, putrescine, and spermidine were increased in db/db mice. The hepatic level and activity of methionine adenosyltransferase I/III, an S-adenosylmethionine synthesizing enzyme, were significantly increased. These results suggest that increased polyamine synthesis, in conjunction with decreased hepatic methionine levels, is partly responsible for the reduction in hepatic S-adenosylmethionine. Decreased homocysteine in liver and plasma may be attributable to the decrease in hepatic methionine and upregulation of hepatic betaine homocysteine methyltransferase. Glutathione in liver and plasma did not change despite decreased γ-glutamylcysteine ligase activity. The decreased hepatic hypotaurine may be attributable to the downregulation of cysteine dioxygenase. The major finding of this study is that db/db mice exhibited decreases in hepatic methionine and its sulfurcontaining metabolites.
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- Kang Uk Yun
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Thiols are important molecules in the environment and in biological processes. Cysteine (Cys), homocysteine (Hcy), glutathione (GSH) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) play critical roles in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. The selective detection of thiols using reaction-based probes and sensors is very important in basic research and in disease diagnosis. This review focuses on the design of fluorescent and colorimetric probes and sensors for thiol detection. Thiol detection methods include probes and labeling agents based on nucleophilic addition and substitution, Michael addition, disulfide bond or Se-N bond cleavage, metal-sulfur interactions and more. Probes for H2S are based on nucleophilic cyclization, reduction and metal sulfide formation. Thiol probe and chemosensor design strategies and mechanism of action are discussed in this review.
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Ryu CS, Kwak HC, Lee JY, Oh SJ, Phuong NTT, Kang KW, Kim SK. Elevation of cysteine consumption in tamoxifen-resistant MCF-7 cells. Biochem Pharmacol 2012; 85:197-206. [PMID: 23123664 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2012.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2012] [Revised: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Tamoxifen (TAM) resistance is a main cause of therapeutic failure in breast cancers. Although methionine dependency is a phenotypic characteristic of tumor cells, the role of sulfur amino acid metabolism in chemotherapy resistance remains to be elucidated. This study compared metabolite profiles of sulfur amino acid metabolism from methionine to taurine or glutathione (GSH) between normal MCF-7 and TAM-resistant MCF-7 (TAMR-MCF-7) cells. TAMR-MCF-7 cells showed elevated levels and activities of enzymes involved in both transsulfuration from methionine to cysteine and metabolism of cysteine to GSH and taurine. Cysteine concentrations in TAMR-MCF-7 cells and medium conditioned by cell culture for 42h were markedly decreased, while GSH, hypotaurine, and taurine concentrations in the medium were increased. These results show that TAMR-MCF-7 cells display enhanced cysteine utilization. The addition of propargylglycine, a specific cystathionine γ-lyase inhibitor, and buthionine sulfoximine, a specific γ-glutamylcysteine ligase inhibitor, to TAMR-MCF-7 cells, but not to MCF-7 cells, resulted in cytotoxicity after sulfur amino acid deprivation. These results suggest that cell viability of TAMR-MCF-7 cells is affected by inhibition of sulfur amino acid metabolism, particularly cysteine synthesis from homocysteine and GSH synthesis from cysteine. Additionally, the S-adenosylmethionine/S-adenosylhomocysteine ratio, an index of transmethylation potential, in TAMR-MCF-7 cells increased to ~3.6-fold relative to that in MCF-7 cells, a finding that may result from upregulation of methionine adenosyltransferase IIa and S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase. In conclusion, this study suggests that TAMR-MCF-7 cells display enhanced cysteine utilization for synthesis of GSH and taurine, and are sensitive to inhibition of cysteine metabolism.
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- Chang Seon Ryu
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
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Ferin R, Pavão ML, Baptista J. Methodology for a rapid and simultaneous determination of total cysteine, homocysteine, cysteinylglycine and glutathione in plasma by isocratic RP-HPLC. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2012; 911:15-20. [PMID: 23217300 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Revised: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alterations in the plasma aminothiols levels can be considered as important biomarkers for the diagnosis and screening of several human disorders, namely cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to optimize a rapid, sensitive and accurate RP-HPLC methodology with fluorescence detection, for the simultaneous determination of the total concentrations of cysteine, homocysteine, cysteinylglycine and glutathione in blood plasma, as well as its application to the evaluation of those thiols levels in plasma of a group of Azorean subjects. Aminothiols were reduced with tri-n-butylphosphine and derivatized with a thiol-specific fluorogenic reagent ammonium 7-fluorobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole-4-sulphonate. The thiols adducts were separated by an isocratic elution on a Platinum EPS C18 analytical column (53mm×7mm I.D., 3μm) using a phosphate buffer containing 4% of acetonitrile as a mobile phase. Results indicated an excellent linearity for all the analytes over their respective concentration ranges with correlation coefficients (r(2)) ≥0.99. The LOD for the four plasma thiols was lower than 0.10μmol/L, while LOQ varied from 0.5 to 15μmol/L. For both intra- and inter-day precision, the RSD (%) values were lower than 1.9%, and the CV (%) values were found under 0.5%. The recovery ranged from 92% to 100% indicating a high degree of the method's accuracy. This method allows a simultaneous, complete analysis of the four plasma aminothiols and the internal standard in 6min. By reducing the total run time, a larger number of analysis can be performed daily.
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- Rita Ferin
- Department of Technological Sciences and Development, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.
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Das P, Mandal AK, Chandar NB, Baidya M, Bhatt HB, Ganguly B, Ghosh SK, Das A. New chemodosimetric reagents as ratiometric probes for cysteine and homocysteine and possible detection in living cells and in blood plasma. Chemistry 2012; 18:15382-93. [PMID: 23060260 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this work, we have rationally designed and synthesized two new reagents (L(1) and L(2)), each bearing a pendant aldehyde functionality. This aldehyde group can take part in cyclization reactions with β- or γ-amino thiols to yield the corresponding thiazolidine and thiazinane derivatives, respectively. The intramolecular charge-transfer (ICT) bands of these thiazolidine and thiazinane derivatives are distinctly different from those of the molecular probes (L(1) and L(2)). Such changes could serve as a potential platform for using L(1) and L(2) as new colorimetric/fluorogenic as well as ratiometric sensors for cysteine (Cys) and homocysteine (Hcy) under physiological conditions. Both reagents proved to be specific towards Cys and Hcy even in the presence of various amino acids, glucose, and DNA. Importantly, these two chemodosimetric reagents could be used for the quantitative detection of Cys present in blood plasma by using a pre-column HPLC technique. Such examples are not common in contemporary literature. MTT assay studies have revealed that these probes have low cytotoxicity. Confocal laser scanning micrographs of cells demonstrated that these probes could penetrate cell membranes and could be used to detect intracellular Cys/Hcy present within living cells. Thus, the results presented in this article not only demonstrate the efficiency and specificity of two ratiometric chemodosimeter molecules for the quantitative detection of Cys and Hcy, but also provide a strategy for developing reagents for analysis of these vital amino acids in biological samples.
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- Priyadip Das
- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, 364002, Gujarat, India
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Steele ML, Ooi L, Münch G. Development of a high-performance liquid chromatography method for the simultaneous quantitation of glutathione and related thiols. Anal Biochem 2012; 429:45-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2012] [Revised: 06/22/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wang R, Chen L, Liu P, Zhang Q, Wang Y. Sensitive Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probes for Thiols Based on SeN Bond Cleavage: Imaging in Living Cells and Tissues. Chemistry 2012; 18:11343-9. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 04/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tao Y, Zhang X, Wang J, Wang X, Yang N. Simultaneous determination of cysteine, ascorbic acid and uric acid by capillary electrophoresis with electrochemiluminescence. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2012.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ueki I, Roman HB, Hirschberger LL, Junior C, Stipanuk MH. Extrahepatic tissues compensate for loss of hepatic taurine synthesis in mice with liver-specific knockout of cysteine dioxygenase. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2012; 302:E1292-9. [PMID: 22414809 PMCID: PMC3361984 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00589.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Because hepatic cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) appears to play the major role in controlling cysteine catabolism in the intact rat, we characterized the effect of a lack of hepatic CDO on the regulation of cysteine and its metabolites at the whole body level. In mice with liver-specific deletion of CDO expression, hepatic and plasma cysteine levels increased. In addition, in mice with liver-specific deletion of CDO expression, the abundance of CDO and the proportion of CDO existing as the mature, more active isoform increased in extrahepatic tissues that express CDO (kidney, brown fat, and gonadal fat). CDO abundance was also increased in the pancreas, where most of the enzyme in both control and liver CDO-knockout mice was in the more active isoform. This upregulation of CDO concentration and active-site cofactor formation were not associated with an increase in CDO mRNA and thus presumably were due to a decrease in CDO degradation and an increase in CDO cofactor formation in association with increased exposure of extrahepatic tissues to cysteine in mice lacking hepatic CDO. Extrahepatic tissues of liver CDO-knockout mice also had higher levels of hypotaurine, consistent with increased metabolism of cysteine by the CDO/cysteinesulfinate decarboxylase pathway. The hepatic CDO-knockout mice were able to maintain normal levels of glutathione, taurine, and sulfate. The maintenance of taurine concentrations in liver as well as in extrahepatic tissues is particularly notable, since mice were fed a taurine-free diet and liver is normally considered the major site of taurine biosynthesis. This redundant capacity for regulation of cysteine concentrations and production of hypotaurine/taurine is additional support for the body's robust mechanisms for control of body cysteine levels and indicates that extrahepatic tissues are able to compensate for a lack of hepatic capacity for cysteine catabolism.
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- Iori Ueki
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Rao Y, McCooeye M, Mester Z. Mapping of sulfur metabolic pathway by LC Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 721:129-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.01.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Revised: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Kim H, Oh SJ, Kwak HC, Kim JK, Lim CH, Yang JS, Park K, Kim SK, Lee MY. The impact of intratracheally instilled carbon black on the cardiovascular system of rats: elevation of blood homocysteine and hyperactivity of platelets. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2012; 75:1471-83. [PMID: 23116452 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.722519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Carbon black (CB) is an industrial chemical with high potential for human exposure. Although the relationship between exposure to particulate matter (PM) and cardiovascular disease is well documented, the risk of adverse cardiovascular effects attributed to CB particles has not been clearly characterized. This study was performed to (1) investigate the effects of CB on cardiovascular system and (2) identify the target tissue or potential biomarkers. Carbon black with a distinct particle size, N330 (ultrafine particle) and N990 (fine particle), was intratracheally instilled into rats at a doses of 1, 3, or 10 mg/kg. Measurements of thrombotic activity and determination of plasma homocysteine levels, cardiac functionality, and inflammatory responses were conducted at 24-h and 1-wk time points. Exposure to N330 accelerated platelet-dependent blood clotting at 10 mg/kg, the highest exposure tested. Unexpectedly, both N330 and N990 led to prolongation of activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), whereas these CB particles failed to affect prothrombin time (PT). N990 produced a significant elevation in the level of plasma homocysteine, a well-established etiological factor in cardiovascular diseases. Both N330 and N990 induced apparent inflammation in the lungs; however, both particles failed to initiate systemic inflammation. Neither CB particle produced observable cardiac symptoms as detected by electrocardiography. Taken together, data show CB exposure enhanced the cardiovascular risk by inducing hyperhomocysteinemia and platelet hyperactivity, although these effects may be variable depending on particle size and exposure duration. Homocysteine may be a potential biomarker for cardiovascular toxicity following CB exposure.
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- Hwa Kim
- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Plasma homocysteine level and hepatic sulfur amino acid metabolism in mice fed a high-fat diet. Eur J Nutr 2012; 52:127-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s00394-011-0294-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Xu H, Wang Y, Huang X, Li Y, Zhang H, Zhong X. Hg2+-mediated aggregation of gold nanoparticles for colorimetric screening of biothiols. Analyst 2012; 137:924-31. [DOI: 10.1039/c2an15926k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Li Q, Shang F, Lu C, Zheng Z, Lin JM. Fluorosurfactant-prepared triangular gold nanoparticles as postcolumn chemiluminescence reagents for high-performance liquid chromatography assay of low molecular weight aminothiols in biological fluids. J Chromatogr A 2011; 1218:9064-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Revised: 10/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh A, Hashemi HS. Voltammetric determination of cysteine using carbon paste electrode modified with Co(II)-Y zeolite. Talanta 2011; 88:201-8. [PMID: 22265488 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2011.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 09/10/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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A novel zeolite modified electrode for use in voltammetric determination of l-cysteine (CySH) was described. The electrode comprises a Co(II)-exchanged zeolite Y as modifier in carbon paste matrix. First, the electrochemical behavior of Co(II) in modified carbon paste electrode was studied. The results demonstrated that diffusion can control the redox process of cobalt cations at the surface of the modified electrode. Then, the behavior of the electrode in the presence of CySH was studied by using cyclic voltammetry and a novel behavior was observed. In high concentration of CySH (above 10 mmol L(-1)), one pair of semi-reversible electrochemical extra peak was observed which was assigned to the processes of oxidation-reduction of CySH at the unmodified and modified electrode. Acidic conditions with respect to the neutral one cause an increase in the electrode response. The modified electrode showed a suitable linear calibration graph in the concentration range of 1.0×10(-9)-1.0×10(-3)mol L(-1) cysteine with a detection limit of 2.37×10(-10)mol L(-1). The influence of potential interfering substances on the peak current was studied and the results showed that the method was highly selective for determination of CySH. Thus, the proposed electrode was used for the determination of CySH in real samples including human blood serum, urine, N-acetylcysteine tablet and powdered poultry feed and the satisfactory results were obtained. Typical features of the sensor can be summarized as: low cost, simple preparation, fast response, good stability and selectivity, wide linear range, low detection limit and high reproducibility.
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- Alireza Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh
- Department of Chemistry, Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 311-86145, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran.
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Simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid, aminothiols, and methionine in biological matrices using ion-pairing RP-HPLC coupled with electrochemical detector. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 879:2567-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Revised: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cao X, Lin W, Yu Q. A Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Thiols Based on a Tetrakis(4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin–Coumarin Scaffold. J Org Chem 2011; 76:7423-30. [DOI: 10.1021/jo201199k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Xiaowei Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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Iwasaki Y, Nakano Y, Mochizuki K, Ogawa T, Oda M, Ito R, Saito K, Nakazawa H. Quantification of reduced and oxidized thiols in mouse serum by column-switching hydrophilic interaction chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2011; 56:103-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Revised: 04/24/2011] [Accepted: 04/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Ryu CS, Kwak HC, Lee KS, Kang KW, Oh SJ, Lee KH, Kim HM, Ma JY, Kim SK. Sulfur amino acid metabolism in doxorubicin-resistant breast cancer cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2011; 255:94-102. [PMID: 21703291 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Revised: 06/02/2011] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although methionine dependency is a phenotypic characteristic of tumor cells, it remains to be determined whether changes in sulfur amino acid metabolism occur in cancer cells resistant to chemotherapeutic medications. We compared expression/activity of sulfur amino acid metabolizing enzymes and cellular levels of sulfur amino acids and their metabolites between normal MCF-7 cells and doxorubicin-resistant MCF-7 (MCF-7/Adr) cells. The S-adenosylmethionine/S-adenosylhomocysteine ratio, an index of transmethylation potential, in MCF-7/Adr cells decreased to ~10% relative to that in MCF-7 cells, which may have resulted from down-regulation of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase. Expression of homocysteine-clearing enzymes, such as cystathionine beta-synthase, methionine synthase/methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase, and betaine homocysteine methyltransferase, was up-regulated in MCF-7/Adr cells, suggesting that acquiring doxorubicin resistance attenuated methionine-dependence and activated transsulfuration from methionine to cysteine. Homocysteine was similar, which is associated with a balance between the increased expressions of homocysteine-clearing enzymes and decreased extracellular homocysteine. Despite an elevation in cysteine, cellular GSH decreased in MCF-7/Adr cells, which was attributed to over-efflux of GSH into the medium and down-regulation of the GSH synthesis enzyme. Consequently, MCF-7/Adr cells were more sensitive to the oxidative stress induced by bleomycin and menadione than MCF-7 cells. In conclusion, our results suggest that regulating sulfur amino acid metabolism may be a possible therapeutic target for chemoresistant cancer cells. These results warrant further investigations to determine the role of sulfur amino acid metabolism in acquiring anticancer drug resistance in cancer cells using chemical and biological regulators involved in sulfur amino acid metabolism.
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- Chang Seon Ryu
- College of Pharmacy and RCTCP, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
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Ultraviolet derivatization of low-molecular-mass thiols for high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis analysis. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 879:1290-307. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Revised: 10/20/2010] [Accepted: 10/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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LC Determination of Thiols Derivatized with 4-(Aminosulfonyl)-7-fluoro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole after SPE. Chromatographia 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-011-2025-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Feng CH, Huang HY, Lu CY. Quantitation of the glutathione in human peripheral blood by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry coupled with micro-scale derivatization. Anal Chim Acta 2011; 690:209-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2010] [Revised: 01/29/2011] [Accepted: 02/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Simultaneous Determination of the Endogenous Free α-Lipoic Acid and Dihydrolipoic Acid in Human Plasma and Erythrocytes by RP-HPLC with Electrochemical Detection. Chromatographia 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-011-1997-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ivanov AV, Luzyanin BP, Moskovtsev AA, Rotkina AS, Kubatiev AA. Determination of total homocysteine in blood plasma by capillary electrophoresis with mass spectrometry detection. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934811030075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kanďár R, Žáková P, Marková M, Lotková H, Kučera O, Červinková Z. Determination of glutathione and glutathione disulfide in human whole blood using HPLC with coulometric detection: A comparison with fluorescence detection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1135/cccc2010038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We describe a relatively simple method for the determination of glutathione (GSH) and glutathione disulfide (GSSG) in human whole blood. We have used an HPLC with coulometric electrochemical detection for the simultaneous measurement of GSH and GSSG. Diluted and filtered trichloroacetic acid extracts were injected directly into the HPLC system and were eluted isocratically on a Polaris 5u C18-A, 250 × 4.6 mm analytical column. Glutathione in samples extracted with trichloroacetic acid and diluted with 1.0 mMhydrochloric acid was stable at 4 °C for at least 8 h. The analytical performance of this method is satisfactory: the intra-assay and inter-assay coefficients of variation were below 10%. Quantitative recoveries from spiked whole blood samples were at intervals 91.6–97.6% for GSH and 85.0–104.4% for GSSG. The linear range is 5.0–2000.0 μmol/l, with a detection limit of 2.1 μmol/l (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) for GSH and 2.0–250.0 μmol/l, with a detection limit of 0.9 μmol/l for GSSG.
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Chatraei F, Zare HR. Electrodeposited acetaminophen as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid, glutathione, adrenaline and tryptophan. Analyst 2011; 136:4595-602. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an15346c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sezginturk MK, Dinckaya E. ELECTROCHEMICAL CYSTEINE DETERMINATION IN SERUM SAMPLES BY Hg THIN FILM SENSOR. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2010; 41:30-9. [DOI: 10.1080/10826060903558505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Selective determination of cysteines through precolumn double-labeling and liquid chromatography followed by detection of intramolecular FRET. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 399:1665-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-4461-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Revised: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Huang KJ, Han CH, Sun JY, Niu DJ, Wu ZW, Xue YP, Zhang LJ, Xiong XQ. Sensitive Determination of Thiols Using SPE Coupled to LC with Fluorescence Detection. Chromatographia 2010. [DOI: 10.1365/s10337-010-1793-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Wu J, Ferrance JP, Landers JP, Weber SG. Integration of a precolumn fluorogenic reaction, separation, and detection of reduced glutathione. Anal Chem 2010; 82:7267-73. [PMID: 20698502 PMCID: PMC2932763 DOI: 10.1021/ac101182r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Reduced glutathione (GSH) has been determined by fluorescence detection after derivatization together with a variety of separations. The reactions between GSH and fluorescent reagents usually are carried out during the sample pretreatment and require minutes to hours for complete reactions. For continuous monitoring of GSH, it would be very convenient to have an integrated microdevice that could perform online precolumn derivatization, separation, and detection. Heretofore, thiol-specific fluorogenic reagents require fairly long reaction times, preventing effective online precolumn derivatization. We demonstrate here that the fluorogenic, thiol-specific reagent, ThioGlo-1, reacts rapidly enough for efficient precolumn derivatization. The second order rate constant for the reaction of GSH and reagent (pH 7.5, room temperature) is 2.1 x 10(4) M(-1)s(-1). The microchip integrates this precolumn derivatization, continuous flow gated sampling, separation, and detection on a single device. We have validated this device for monitoring GSH concentration continuously by studying the kinetics of glutathione reductase (EC 1.8.1.7), an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) to GSH in the presence of beta-NADPH (beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced form) as a reducing cofactor. During the experiment, GSH being generated in the enzymatic reaction was labeled with ThioGlo-1 as it passed through a mixing channel on the microfluidic chip. Derivatization reaction products were introduced into the analysis channel every 10 s using flow gated injections of 0.1 s. Baseline separation of the internal standard, ThioGlo-1, and the fluorescently labeled GSH was successfully achieved within 4.5 s in a 9 mm separation channel. Relative standard deviations of the peak area, peak height, and full width at half-maximum (fwhm) for the internal standard were 2.5%, 2.0%, and 1.0%, respectively, with migration time reproducibility for the internal standard of less than 0.1% RSD in any experiment. The GSH concentration and mass detection limit were 4.2 nM and approximately 10(-18) mol, respectively. The Michaelis constants (K(m)) for GSSG and beta-NADPH were found to be 40 +/- 11 and 4.4 +/- 0.6 muM, respectively, comparable with those obtained from UV/vis spectrophotometric measurements. These results show that this system is capable of integrating derivatization, injection, separation, and detection for continuous GSH determinations.
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- Juanfang Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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Nolin TD, Ouseph R, Himmelfarb J, McMenamin ME, Ward RA. Multiple-dose pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of N-acetylcysteine in patients with end-stage renal disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 5:1588-94. [PMID: 20538838 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.00210110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ESRD is associated with systemic oxidative stress, an important nontraditional risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease. Since interventions aimed at reducing oxidative stress may be beneficial, we examined the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the widely used antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) after oral administration in patients with ESRD. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Twenty-four ESRD patients were randomly assigned to receive 600 or 1200 mg of sustained-release NAC orally every 12 hours for 14 days. Seven healthy control subjects received NAC 600 mg in the same manner. Blood samples were obtained on days 1 and 15 for determination of NAC pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. RESULTS Significant dose-related increases in NAC plasma concentrations were observed in ESRD patients with no change in total clearance; a doubling of the dose resulted in a 2-fold increase in NAC area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC). However, NAC clearance was reduced by 90% in ESRD, leading to a 7-fold larger AUC and 13-fold longer half-life compared with healthy control subjects. NAC administration resulted in a significant reduction in total homocysteine plasma concentrations in ESRD and healthy subjects, but had no effect on several other oxidative stress markers. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that the total clearance of oral NAC is significantly reduced in ESRD patients, leading to marked increases in systemic exposure, and suggest that NAC may have a limited role in the chronic treatment of oxidative stress-related illness.
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- Thomas D Nolin
- University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Chen X, Zhou Y, Peng X, Yoon J. Fluorescent and colorimetric probes for detection of thiols. Chem Soc Rev 2010; 39:2120-35. [PMID: 20502801 DOI: 10.1039/b925092a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1136] [Impact Index Per Article: 81.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Due to the biological importances of thiols, such as cysteine, homocysteine and glutathione, the development of optical probes for thiols has been an active research area in recent few years. This critical review focuses on the fluorescent or colorimetric sensors for thiols according to their unique mechanisms between sensors and thiols, including Michael addition, cyclization with aldehyde, cleavage of sulfonamide and sulfonate ester by thiols, cleavage of selenium-nitrogen bond by thiols, cleavage of disulfide by thiols, metal complexes-oxidation-reduction, metal complexes-displace coordination, nano-particles and others (110 references).
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- Xiaoqiang Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science (BK 21), Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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