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Hardej D, Billack B. Ebselen protects brain, skin, lung and blood cells from mechlorethamine toxicity. Toxicol Ind Health 2016; 23:209-21. [DOI: 10.1177/0748233707083541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Nitrogen mustards are vesicants capable of burning the skin, eyes and respiratory tract of exposed individuals. While generally less toxic than sulfur mustards, these compounds have the potential for use as chemical warfare agents. Presently, no antidote exists for treatment against nitrogen mustard toxicity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vitro toxicity of the nitrogen mustard mechlorethamine (HN2) in four cell models: CEM-SS human T cells, A431 human skin epithelial cells, rat hippocampal astrocytes and rat pleural mesothelial cells. Furthermore, the efficacy of the synthetic seleno-organic compound ebselen (Eb) (2-phenyl-1,2- benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one) as a cytoprotective agent against such toxicity was evaluated. Significant increases in cell viability, as assessed using an MTT assay for viability, was demonstrated when 30μM Eb was used as a cotreatment with HN2 in all cell models tested at the following doses of HN2: A431 skin cells,10—40μM; rat astrocytes, 20 and 40μM; rat mesothelia, 10—40 μM; and human T cells 4—16 μM. Decreases in cell viability and toxicity to HN2 were confirmed using light and scanning electron microscopy. Membrane damage, observed with HN2 exposure, such as blebbing and loss of cell projections, was ameliorated with Eb cotreatment. Our results demonstrate a generalized protective effect observed with Eb cotreatment that suggests that this agent may have potential as an antidote for HN2 exposure and toxicity.
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- Diane Hardej
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St John's University, Queens, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St John's University, Queens, NY, USA,
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Pagano G, d'Ischia M, Pallardó FV. Fanconi anemia (FA) and crosslinker sensitivity: Re-appraising the origins of FA definition. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015; 62:1137-43. [PMID: 25732180 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The commonly accepted definition of Fanconi anemia (FA) relying on DNA repair deficiency is submitted to a critical review starting from the early reports pointing to mitomycin C bioactivation and to the toxicity mechanisms of diepoxybutane and a group of nitrogen mustards causing DNA crosslinks in FA cells. A critical analysis of the literature prompts revisiting the FA phenotype and crosslinker sensitivity in terms of an oxidative stress (OS) background, redox-related anomalies of FA (FANC) proteins, and mitochondrial dysfunction. This re-appraisal of FA basic defect might lead to innovative approaches both in elucidating FA phenotypes and in clinical management.
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- Giovanni Pagano
- Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale-Cancer Research Center at Mercogliano (CROM), Mercogliano (AV), Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II,", Naples, Italy
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- University of Valencia-INCLIVA, CIBERER (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras), Valencia, Spain
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Hansen RJ, Nagasubramanian R, Delaney SM, Cherian MM, Lin S, Kogan SC, Dolan ME. Role ofO6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase in Protecting against 1,3-Bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU)-Induced Long-Term Toxicities. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 315:1247-55. [PMID: 16126841 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.083501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) protects from the mutagenic and toxic lesions induced by 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU), and in many tumors, AGT overexpression provides a means of resistance. To circumvent this, O6-benzylguanine, an inactivator of AGT, has been developed and is currently in clinical development with BCNU; however, the potential long-term toxicities associated with this treatment are unknown. With the inactivation of AGT by O6-benzylguanine, a higher number of toxic and mutagenic O6-alkylguanine lesions introduced by methylating or chloroethylating agents would be expected. In this study, cohorts of mice were treated with vehicle, O6-benzylguanine (30 mg/kg), BCNU alone (low dose of 15 mg/kg or high dose of 50 mg/kg), or O6-benzylguanine (30 mg/kg) plus BCNU (15 mg/kg) and followed for 12 months post-treatment. Mice treated with O6-benzylguanine plus BCNU or high-dose BCNU died significantly earlier (p < 0.0001) than mice in the other three cohorts with a median survival of 8.3 (O6-benzylguanine plus BCNU) and 7.9 months (high-dose BCNU). Histopathologic sections of tissues revealed that the most common morphological diagnosis in animals treated with O6-benzylguanine plus BCNU (15 mg/kg) or BCNU (50 mg/kg) was cytomegaly in the lung with greater severity observed in mice receiving the combination O6-benzylguanine plus BCNU. Four of five mice analyzed in this cohort had alveolar histiocytosis, with one also having alveolar edema. In contrast, liver and kidney toxicity was only observed in mice treated with BCNU (50 mg/kg). These results suggest that O6-benzylguanine enhances long-term pulmonary toxicity associated with BCNU in mice.
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- Ryan J Hansen
- Committee on Cancer Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Zhang J, Ye Z, Lou Y. Metabolism of melphalan by rat liver microsomal glutathione S-transferase. Chem Biol Interact 2005; 152:101-6. [PMID: 15840383 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2005.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2005] [Revised: 03/01/2005] [Accepted: 03/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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One of the major problems in the treatment of human cancer is the phenomenon of drug resistance. Increased glutathione (gamma-glutamylcysteinylglycine, GSH) conjugation (inactivation) due to elevated level of cytosolic glutathione S-transferase (GST) is believed to be an important mechanism in tumor cell resistance. However, the potential involvement of microsomal GST in the establishment of acquired drug resistance (ADR) remains uncertain. In our experiments, a combination of liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry (LC/ESI/MS) was employed for structural characterization of the resulting conjugates between GSH and melphalan, one of the alkylating agents. The spontaneous reaction of 1mM melphalan with 5mM GSH at 37 degrees C in aqueous phosphate buffer for 1h gave primarily the monoglutathionyl and diglutathionyl melphalan derivatives, with small amounts of mono- and dihydroxy melphalan derivatives. We demonstrated that rat liver microsomal GST presented a strong catalytic effect on the reaction as determined by the increase of monoglutathionyl and diglutathionyl melphalan derivatives and the decrease of melphalan. We showed that microsomal GST was activated by melphalan in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Microsomal GST which was stimulated approximately 1.5-fold with melphalan had a stronger catalytic effect. Thus microsomal GST may play a potential role in the metabolism of melphalan in biological membranes, and in the development of ADR.
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- Jie Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310031 Hangzhou, China
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Zhang J, Ye Z, Lou Y. Metabolism of chlorambucil by rat liver microsomal glutathione S-transferase. Chem Biol Interact 2004; 149:61-7. [PMID: 15356922 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2003.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Clinical efficacy of alkylating anticancer drugs, such as chlorambucil (4-[p-[bis [2-chloroethyl] amino] phenyl]-butanoic acid; CHB), is often limited by the emergence of drug resistant tumor cells. Increased glutathione (gamma-glutamylcysteinylglycine; GSH) conjugation (inactivation) of alkylating anticancer drugs due to overexpression of cytosolic glutathione S-transferase (GST) is believed to be an important mechanism in tumor cell resistance to alkylating agents. However, the potential involvement of microsomal GST in the establishment of acquired drug resistance (ADR) to CHB remains uncertain. In our experiments, a combination of lipid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/ESI/MS) was employed for structural characterization of the resulting conjugates between CHB and GSH. The spontaneous reaction of 1mM CHB with 5 mM GSH at 37 degrees C in aqueous phosphate buffer for 1 h gave primarily the monoglutathionyl derivative, 4-[p-[N-2-chloroethyl, N-2-S-glutathionylethyl] amino]phenyl]-butanoic acid (CHBSG) and the diglutathionyl derivative, 4-[p-[2-S-glutathionylethyl] amino]phenyl]-butanoic acid (CHBSG2) with small amounts of the hydroxy-derivative, 4-[p-[N-2-S-glutathionylethyl, N-2-hydroxyethyl] amino]phenyl]-butanoic acid (CHBSGOH), 4-[p-[bis[2-hydroxyethyl] amino]phenyl]-butanoic acid (CHBOH2), 4-[p-[N-2-chloroethyl, N-2-S-hydroxyethyl]amino]phenyl]-butanoic acid (CHBOH). We demonstrated that rat liver microsomal GST presented a strong catalytic effect on these reactions as determined by the increase of CHBSG2, CHBSGOH and CHBSG and the decrease of CHB. We showed that microsomal GST was activated by CHB in a concentration and time dependent manner. Microsomal GST which was stimulated approximately two-fold with CHB had a stronger catalytic effect. Thus, microsomal GST may play a potential role in the metabolism of CHB in biological membranes, and in the development of ADR.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating/metabolism
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating/pharmacology
- Catalysis/drug effects
- Chlorambucil/metabolism
- Chlorambucil/pharmacology
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/drug effects
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/physiology
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Ethylmaleimide/pharmacology
- Glutathione Transferase/metabolism
- Male
- Microsomes, Liver/drug effects
- Microsomes, Liver/enzymology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
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- Jie Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Mukanganyama S, Widersten M, Naik YS, Mannervik B, Hasler JA. Inhibition of glutathione S-transferases by antimalarial drugs possible implications for circumventing anticancer drug resistance. Int J Cancer 2002; 97:700-5. [PMID: 11807801 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A strategy to overcome multidrug resistance in cancer cells involves treatment with a combination of the antineoplastic agent and a chemomodulator that inhibits the activity of the resistance-causing protein. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of antimalarial drugs on human recombinant glutathione S-transferase (GSTs) activity in the context of searching for effective and clinically acceptable inhibitors of these enzymes. Human recombinant GSTs heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli were used for inhibition studies. GST A1-1 activity was inhibited by artemisinin with an IC(50) of 6 microM, whilst GST M1-1 was inhibited by quinidine and its diastereoisomer quinine with IC(50)s of 12 microM and 17 microM, respectively. GST M3-3 was inhibited by tetracycline only with an IC(50) of 47 microM. GST P1-1 was the most susceptible enzyme to inhibition by antimalarials with IC(50) values of 1, 2, 1, 4, and 13 microM for pyrimethamine, artemisinin, quinidine, quinine and tetracycline, respectively. The IC(50) values obtained for artemisinin, quinine, quinidine and tetracycline are below peak plasma concentrations obtained during therapy of malaria with these drugs. It seems likely, therefore, that GSTs may be inhibited in vivo at doses normally used in clinical practice. Using the substrate ethacrynic acid, a diuretic drug also used as a modulator to overcome drug resistance in tumour cells, GST P1-1 activity was inhibited by tetracycline, quinine, pyrimethamine and quinidine with IC(50) values of 18, 27, 45 and 70 microM, respectively. The ubiquitous expression of GSTs in different malignancies suggests that the addition of nontoxic reversing agents such as antimalarials could enhance the efficacy of a variety of alkylating agents.
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Sulfur mustard and nitrogen mustard (HN2) are reported to produce neurobehavioral and neuropathological changes in animals and humans, but the mechanisms are unknown. We examined the cytotoxic properties of HN2 in cultures of dividing and post-mitotic neurons and astrocytes, which comprise the majority of cells in the central nervous system. Cultures of rat cerebellar astrocytes, post-mitotic granule cell neurons or dividing and terminally differentiated human SY5Y neuroblastoma cell cultures were treated with various concentrations of HN2 for 24 h. After treatment, culture medium was removed, the cell monolayer was incubated for 30 min with calcein-AM (green, live cells) and propidium iodide (red, dead cells) in control medium, the fluorochrome-containing medium was removed and replaced with control medium and cell density and viability were examined by fluorescence and light microscopy. Extensive cell loss (>90%) was observed in rat neuronal and SY5Y neuroblastoma cell cultures treated with 10 microM HN2, whereas cell loss was similar to controls in comparably treated astrocyte cultures. The DNA from HN2-treated cultures of rat neurons and SY5Y neuroblastoma cells was examined by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection for the major HN2 DNA adduct N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N[2-(7-guaninyl)ethyl]methylamine (GMOH). GMOH was detected in rat neuronal (85 fmol microg(-1) DNA) and SY5Y neuroblastoma cell cultures (46 fmol microg(-1) DNA) treated with 10 microM HN2 for 24 h, but was not detected in comparably treated astrocyte cell cultures. These findings are consistent with HN2 preferentially targeting neurons in vivo, possibly through a mechanism involving DNA damage.
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- G E Kisby
- Portland Environmental Hazards Research Center, and the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, OR 97201, USA.
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Vincent BR, Mousset S, Jacquemin-Sablon A. Cysteine control over glutathione homeostasis in Chinese hamster fibroblasts overexpressing a gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase activity. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 262:873-8. [PMID: 10411651 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00449.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS) catalyses the first step of glutathione (GSH) biosynthesis and is considered to be the rate-limiting step of this pathway. In several experimental systems, GCS overexpression has been associated with GSH pool expansion and drug resistance. In this report, we describe a mutant line of Chinese hamster fibroblasts that overexpress this activity by 4-5 times, due to the amplification of the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of GCS. These mutant cells contained a wild-type steady-state level of GSH and, after depletion, synthesized GSH at the same rate as wild-type cells because their rate of endogenous production of cysteine was limiting. An exogenous supply of cysteine expanded the pool of GSH in mutant cells by 80% but did not increase that of wild-type cells, and, in GSH-depleted cells, increased the rate of GSH biosynthesis by eight and 35-times in wild-type and mutant cells, respectively. These experiments indicated that GCS overexpression had no consequence on the metabolism of GSH, unless a supply of cysteine was provided. Mutant cells were not resistant to cisplatin or nitrogen mustard.
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- B R Vincent
- Physicochimie et pharmacologie des macromolécules biologiques, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Lunel-Orsini C, Buttin G, de Saint Vincent BR. Reversion in Chinese hamster lines amplified at the AMPD2 locus: spontaneous and benzamide-stimulated gradual loss of amplified alleles of marker genes. Mutat Res 1996; 349:63-75. [PMID: 8569793 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00153-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The HC47 and HC474 cell lines of Chinese hamster fibroblasts resist coformycin through the intrachromosomal amplification of the AMP deaminase 2 (AMPD2) gene. Due to the coamplification of a mu glutathione S-transferase (GST) gene, these mutant lines are more sensitive than GMA32 wild-type parental cells to buthionine sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of glutathione biosynthesis. This property was exploited to select revertants of amplification from HC474 cells. Reversion in that line is frequently a gradual process that does not involve extrachromosomal intermediates. The terminal products of this process are commonly cells with a complete deletion of the amplified allele of marker genes and are therefore haploid for these loci on the homologous chromosome. Exposing HC474 cells to benzamide (BA), an inhibitor of polyADP-ribosylation, increased the recovery of revertants to an extent allowing the detection of reverting cells without BSO selection. This effect of BA was used to isolate revertant cells from the HC47 line that is extremely stable and to demonstrate that the mechanism of gradual reversion also occurs in this line. The gradual deletion of amplified copies within the chromosomes suggests that breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycles drive this process.
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- C Lunel-Orsini
- Unité de Génétique Somatique, (URA CNRS 361), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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