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Jeffries RE, Gomez SM, Macdonald JM, Gamcsik MP. Direct Detection of Glutathione Biosynthesis, Conjugation, Depletion and Recovery in Intact Hepatoma Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23094733. [PMID: 35563124 PMCID: PMC9104575 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to monitor glutathione metabolism in alginate-encapsulated JM-1 hepatoma cells perfused with growth media containing [3,3′-13C2]-cystine. After 20 h of perfusion with labeled medium, the 13C NMR spectrum is dominated by the signal from the 13C-labeled glutathione. Once 13C-labeled, the high intensity of the glutathione resonance allows the acquisition of subsequent spectra in 1.2 min intervals. At this temporal resolution, the detailed kinetics of glutathione metabolism can be monitored as the thiol alkylating agent monobromobimane (mBBr) is added to the perfusate. The addition of a bolus dose of mBBr results in rapid diminution of the resonance for 13C-labeled glutathione due to a loss of this metabolite through alkylation by mBBr. As the glutathione resonance decreases, a new resonance due to the production of intracellular glutathione-bimane conjugate is detectable. After clearance of the mBBr dose from the cells, intracellular glutathione repletion is then observed by a restoration of the 13C-glutathione signal along with wash-out of the conjugate. These data demonstrate that standard NMR techniques can directly monitor intracellular processes such as glutathione depletion with a time resolution of approximately < 2 min.
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Polavarapu A, Stillabower JA, Stubblefield SGW, Taylor WM, Baik MH. The mechanism of guanine alkylation by nitrogen mustards: a computational study. J Org Chem 2012; 77:5914-21. [PMID: 22681226 DOI: 10.1021/jo300351g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The thermodynamics and kinetics for the monofunctional binding of nitrogen mustard class of anticancer drugs to purine bases of DNA were studied computationally using guanine and adenine as model substrates. Mechlorethamine and melphalan are used as model systems in order to better understand the difference in antitumor activity of aliphatic and aromatic mustards, respectively. In good agreement with experiments that suggested the accumulation of a reactive intermediate in the case of mechlorethamine, our model predicts a significant preference for the formation of corresponding aziridinium ion for mechlorethamine, while the formation of the aziridinium ion is not computed to be preferred when melphalan is used. Two effects are found that contribute to this difference. First, the ground state of the drug shows a highly delocalized lone pair on the amine nitrogen of the melphalan, which makes the subsequent cyclization more difficult. Second, because of the aromatic substituent connected to the amine nitrogen of melphalan, a large energy penalty has to be paid for solvation. A detailed study of energy profiles for the two-step mechanism for alkylation of guanine and adenine was performed. Alkylation of guanine is ∼6 kcal mol(-1) preferred over adenine, and the factors contributing to this preference were explained in our previous study of cisplatin binding to purine bases. A detailed analysis of energy profiles of mechlorethamine and melphalan binding to guanine and adenine are presented to provide an insight into rate limiting step and the difference in reactivity and stability of the intermediate in both nitrogen mustards, respectively.
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- Abhigna Polavarapu
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Pineda FP, Ortega-Castro J, Alvarez-Idaboy JR, Frau J, Cabrera BM, Ramírez JC, Donoso J, Muñoz F. Hydrolysis of a Chlorambucil Analogue. A DFT study. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:2359-66. [DOI: 10.1021/jp111202p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- F. P. Pineda
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 179, 18 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, 72570 Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Institut d’Investigació en Ciènces de la Salut (IUNICS), Department de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Mexico-EU international collaboration network RMAYS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Física y Química Teórica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, México
- Mexico-EU international collaboration network RMAYS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Institut d’Investigació en Ciènces de la Salut (IUNICS), Department de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Mexico-EU international collaboration network RMAYS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 179, 18 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, 72570 Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 179, 18 Sur y Av. San Claudio, Col. San Manuel, 72570 Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Institut d’Investigació en Ciènces de la Salut (IUNICS), Department de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Mexico-EU international collaboration network RMAYS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, México
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- Institut d’Investigació en Ciènces de la Salut (IUNICS), Department de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Mexico-EU international collaboration network RMAYS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, México
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Biroccio A, Benassi B, Fiorentino F, Zupi G. Glutathione depletion induced by c-Myc downregulation triggers apoptosis on treatment with alkylating agents. Neoplasia 2004; 6:195-206. [PMID: 15153331 PMCID: PMC1502103 DOI: 10.1593/neo.3370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Here we investigate the mechanism(s) involved in the c-Myc-dependent drug response of melanoma cells. By using three M14-derived c-Myc low-expressing clones, we demonstrate that alkylating agents, cisplatin and melphalan, trigger apoptosis in the c-Myc antisense transfectants, but not in the parental line. On the contrary, topoisomerase inhibitors, adriamycin and camptothecin, induce apoptosis to the same extent regardless of c-Myc expression. Because we previously demonstrated that c-Myc downregulation decreases glutathione (GSH) content, we evaluated the role of GSH in the apoptosis induced by the different drugs. In control cells treated with one of the alkylating agents or the others, GSH depletion achieved by L-buthionine-sulfoximine preincubation opens the apoptotic pathway. The apoptosis proceeded through early Bax relocalization, cytochrome c release, and concomitant caspase-9 activation, whereas reactive oxygen species production and alteration of mitochondria membrane potential were late events. That GSH was determining in the c-Myc-dependent drug-induced apoptosis was demonstrated by altering the intracellular GSH content of the c-Myc low-expressing cells up to the level of controls. Indeed, GSH ethyl ester-mediated increase of GSH abrogated apoptosis induced by cisplatin and melphalan by inhibition of Bax/cytochrome c redistribution. The relationship among c-Myc, GSH content, and the response to alkylating agent has been also evaluated in the M14 Myc overexpressing clones as well as in the melanoma JR8 c-Myc antisense transfectants. All together, these results demonstrate that GSH plays a key role in governing c-Myc-dependent drug-induced apoptosis.
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- Annamaria Biroccio
- Experimental Chemotherapy Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome 00158, Italy.
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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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Glutathione Depletion Induced by c-Myc Downregulation Triggers Apoptosis on Treatment with Alkylating Agents. Neoplasia 2004. [DOI: 10.1593/neo.03370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Neuwelt EA, Pagel MA, Kraemer DF, Peterson DR, Muldoon LL. Bone Marrow Chemoprotection without Compromise of Chemotherapy Efficacy in a Rat Brain Tumor Model. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2004; 309:594-9. [PMID: 14752063 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.063347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Thiol chemoprotective agents can reduce chemotherapy side effects, but clinical use is limited due to concerns of impaired chemotherapeutic efficacy. We evaluated whether an optimized bone marrow chemoprotection regimen impaired the efficacy of enhanced chemotherapy against rat brain tumors. Nude rats with intracerebral human lung carcinoma xenografts were treated with carboplatin, melphalan, and etoposide phosphate delivered intra-arterially with osmotic blood-brain barrier disruption (n = 8/group). Thiol chemoprotection was N-acetyl-L-cysteine (1000 mg/kg) 60 min before chemotherapy and/or sodium thiosulfate (8 g/m(2)) 4 and 8 h after chemotherapy, when the blood-brain barrier is reestablished. Blood counts were obtained before treatment on day 3 and at sacrifice on day 9. N-acetylcysteine serum clearance half-life was 9 to 11 min. Pretreatment with N-acetylcysteine combined with delayed administration of sodium thiosulfate protected against toxicity toward total white cells, granulocytes, and platelets (P = 0.0016). Enhanced chemotherapy reduced intracerebral tumor volume to 4.3 +/- 1.0 mm(3) compared with 29.1 +/- 4.1 mm(3) in untreated animals (P < 0.0001). Tumor volume was 3.7 +/- 0.6 mm(3) in rats that received N-acetylcysteine before and sodium thiosulfate after chemotherapy. The data indicate the efficacy of enhanced chemotherapy for rat brain tumors was not affected by thiol chemoprotection that provided excellent protection for hematological toxicity. Negative interactions of thiols with antitumor efficacy were avoided by temporal and spatial separation of chemoprotectants and chemotherapy.
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- Edward A Neuwelt
- Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Neurology, Portland 97239, USA.
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Shulman-Roskes EM, Noe DA, Gamcsik MP, Marlow AL, Hilton J, Hausheer FH, Colvin OM, Ludeman SM. The partitioning of phosphoramide mustard and its aziridinium ions among alkylation and P-N bond hydrolysis reactions. J Med Chem 1998; 41:515-29. [PMID: 9484502 DOI: 10.1021/jm9704659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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NMR (1H and 31P) and HPLC techniques were used to study the partitioning of phosphoramide mustard (PM) and its aziridinium ions among alkylation and P-N bond hydrolysis reactions as a function of the concentration and strength of added nucleophiles at 37 degrees C and pH 7.4. With water as the nucleophile, bisalkylation accounted for only 10-13% of the product distribution given by PM. The remainder of the products resulted from P-N bond hydrolysis reactions. With 50 mM thiosulfate or 55-110 mM glutathione (GSH), bisalkylation by a strong nucleophile increased to 55-76%. The rest of the PM was lost to either HOH alkylation or P-N bond hydrolysis reactions. Strong experimental and theoretical evidence was obtained to support the hypothesis that the P-N bond scission observed at neutral pH does not occur in the parent PM to produce nornitrogen mustard; rather it is an aziridinium ion derived from PM which undergoes P-N bond hydrolysis to give chloroethylaziridine. In every buffer studied (bis-Tris, lutidine, triethanolamine, and Tris), the decomposition of PM (with and without GSH) gave rise to 31P NMR signals which could not be attributed to products of HOH or GSH alkylation or P-N bond hydrolysis. The intensities of these unidentified signals were dependent on the concentration of buffer.
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- E M Shulman-Roskes
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
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