• Toxicological Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.295-302
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• 1995

Menadione-ghitathione conjugate (MEN-SG), a metabolite of menadione, is known to be a redoxcycler in rat hepatocyte subcellular fraction. Therefore, it was assumed that MEN-SG could exert cytotoxlclty to ral platelets, another target tissue of menadione. We first synthesized MEN-SG, the identity of which was verified by mass, $^1{H}$-NMR and UV-visible spectra. In addition, the stability of MEN-SG was investigated in biological assay system. MEN-SG was degraded in a time-dependent manner in DMSO which had been used as a vehicle and thus, tris-HCl buffer was used as a vehicle of MEN-SG despite the low solubility in it. Perchloric acid as well as platelets itself did not affect the stability of MEN-SG. Our next attempt was the evaluation of cytotoxicity of MEN-SG in rat platelets. MEN-SG did not induce cytotoxicity to rat platelets measured by two different methods, LDH release and turbidity changes. The extents of oxygen consumption by MEN-SG in intact platelets were significantly lower than those by menadione, though it had been observed that oxygen consumptions by menadione and MENSG were similar in subcellular fractioas of platelets. These results suggest that MEN-SG is not toxic to rat platelets despite its redox cycling capacity and glutathione conjugation reaction of menadione could be regarded as a detoxification process.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.172-177
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• 2006

Hepatotoxic potential of 2, 3-dibromopropene (2, 3-DBPE) and its conjugation with glutathione (GSH) were investigated in male ICR mice. Treatment of mice with 20, 50, and 100 mg/kg of 2, 3-DBPE for 24 h caused elevation of serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activities. The hepatic content of GSH was not changed by 2, 3-DBPE. Meanwhile, the GSH content was slightly reduced when mice were treated with 2, 3-DBPE for 6 h and significantly increased 12 h after the treatment. Subsequently, a possible formation of GSH conjugate of 2, 3-DBPE was investigated in vivo. After the animals were treated orally with 20, 50, and 100 mg/kg of 2, 3-DBPE, the animals were subjected to necropsy 6, 12, and 24 h later. A conjugate of S-2-bromopropenyl GSH was identified in liver and serum treated with 100 mg/kg of 2, 3-DBPE by using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. The protonated molecular ions $[M+H]^+$ of S-2-bromopropenyl GSH were observed at m/z 425.9 and 428.1 in the positive ESI spectrum with a retention time of 6.35 and 6.39 min, respectively. In a time-course study in livers following an oral treatment of mice with 100 mg/kg of 2, 3-DBPE for 6, 12, and 24 h, the 2, 3-DBPE GSH conjugate was detected maximally 6 h after the treatment. The present results suggested that 2, 3-DBPE-induced hepatotoxicity might be related with the production of its GSH conjugate.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.229-235
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• 2013

In an effort to develop biopolymer-based antioxidant and antibacterial materials, a chitosan-phloroglucinol conjugate was prepared and cellular antioxidant activity and minimum inhibitory concentration against foodborne pathogens and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) evaluated. The chitosan-phloroglucinol conjugate showed higher antioxidant activities than the unmodified chitosan (P < 0.05). The chitosan-phloroglucinol conjugate showed 62.29% reactive oxygen species scavenging activity, 56.11% lipid peroxidation inhibition activity, and 2.21-fold increase of glutathione expression in mouse macrophage cells. Additionally, the chitosan-phloroglucinol conjugate exhibited higher antibacterial activities than the unmodified chitosan, and the chitosan-phloroglucinol conjugate showed fourfold higher antibacterial activities against MRSA and clinical isolates and twofold higher activities against foodborne pathogens compared to the unmodified chitosan.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1177-1182
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• 2005

The hepatotoxic effects of 1-bromopropane (1-BP) and its conjugation with glutathione were investigated in male ICR mice. A single dose (1000 mg/kg, po) of 1-BP in corn oil to mice significantly increased serum activities of alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase. Glutathione (GSH) content was dose-dependently reduced in liver homogenates 12 h after 1-BP treatment. In addition, 1-BP treatment dose-dependently increased levels of S-pro-pyl GSH conjugate at 12 h after treatment, as measured by liquid chromatography-electro-spray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. The GSH conjugate was maximally increased in liver at 6 h after 1-BP treatment (1000 mg/kg), with a parallel depletion of hepatic GSH content. Finally, 1-BP induced the production of malondialdehyde in liver. The present results suggest that 1-BP might cause hepatotoxicity, including lipid peroxidation via the depletion of GSH, due to the formation of GSH conjugates in male ICR mice.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.22-25
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• 2000

Formation of glutathione (GSH) conjugates with 2- or 6-(1-hydroxymethyl)- and 2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-DMNQ derivatives (DMNQ, 5,8-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquone was carried out in phosphate buffer (pH 7.4), in the presence of glutathione-S-transferase (GST), in rat liver S-9 fraction and by perfusion, and the rates of conjugates formation were compared and correlated to cytotoxicity. The GSH conjugates of 6-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-DMNQ derivatives were formed faster than 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-DMNQ derivatives under all of the media, implying that steric hindrance was the cause of lowering the rate of conjugate formation of 2-substituted derivatives. For both isomers, addition of GST did not improve the reaction rate, compared with that in buffer, while the reaction in the S-9 fraction and the perfusate was accelerated to a great extent. The catalytic effect of the S-9 fraction and the perfusate contain an effective system relaxing the steric hindrance of 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-DMNQ derivatives. Furthermore, a good correlation between the formation of the GSH conjugates and the cytotoxic activity of both naphthazarin isomers suggests that the steric hindrance is a cause of lowering the cytotoxicity of 2-isomers.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.44-49
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• 1987

본 연구는 제초제인 alachlor이 가지는 선택성이 식물고유의 생화학적 차이에 기인한다는 가정하에, 이의 규명을 목적으로 수행하였다. 공시작물인 대두, 배추 및 피는 alachlor 수용액의 처리로 경중의 약해를 입었으며 그 피해는 해당식물의 glutathione 또는 homoglutathione 함량이 많을 수록 적었다. 비효소적 반응조건 하에서 가한 alachlor의 17.7%가 GS-alachlor conjugate로 전환됨을 관찰하였으며, 이어 수행한 공시작물의 유묘시험에서는 처리한 C-14 표지 alachlor이 단시간(24hrs)에 4∼5개의 수용성 대사물로 전환되 었으며, 주요대사물로 대두에서는 homoglutathione-alachlor, 깨, 배추 그리고 피에서는 glutathione-alachlor conjugates를 잠정적으로 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 채택한 3종의 공시식물의 경우, 식물체 내에서 glutathione (및 homoglutathione)과 alachlor와의 phase Ⅱreaction인 conjugation 반응이 해독반응으로 작용, alachlor의 선택성에 공헌하는 것으로 해석하였다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.418-423
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• 2001

CC-MS analysis on the essential oil (CC-oil) of Cinnamomum cassia stem bark led to the identification of cinnamaldehyde (CNA, 1), 2-hydroxycinnamaldehyde (2-CNA), coumarin (2), and cinnamyl acetate. The major volatile flavor in CC-oil was found to be 2-CNA. Coumarin was first isolated from this plant by photochemical isolation and spectroscopic analysis. CNA and CC-oil showed potent cytotoxicity, which was effectively prevented by N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) treatment. Intraperitoneal administration with CNA considerably decreased malondialdehyde (MDA) formation and glutathione S-transferase activity in rats. These results suggest that CC-oil and CNA can regulate the triggering of hepatic drugmetabolizing enzymes by the formation of a glutathione-conjugate.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.384-390
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• 1999

Thirty-four glutathione conjugates of 5,8-dimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinones (DMNQ) were synthesized and their structure was determined. The yield of GSH conjugate was dependent on size of alkyl group; the longer the size of alkyl group was, the lower was the yield. It was also found that the length of alkyl side chain influenced the chemical shift of quinonoid protons; the quinonoid protons of 2-glutathionyl DMNQ derivatives with R=H to propyl, 6.51-6.59 ppm vs. other ones with R=butyl to heptyl, 6.64-6.68 ppm. this was explained to be due to a folding effect of longer alkyl group. Glutathione (GSH) reacted with DMNQ derivative first to form a 1,4-adduct (2- or 3-glutathionyl-1,4-dihydroxy-5,8-dimethoxynaphthalenes) and then the adduct was autooxidized to 2- or 3-glutathionyl-DMNQ derivatives. Moreover, GSH reduced DMNQ derivatives to their hydrogenated products. It was suggested that such an organic reaction might play an important role for a study of metabolism or toxicity of DMNQ derivative sin the living cells.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 1997

율무의 simazine에 대한 내성이 GSH와의 conjugation에 의한 약제의 불활성화 반응에 기인하는지 여부를 검정하기 위하여 화본과 작물인 옥수수와 비교하여 약제의 흡수 및 대사속도, GSH 함량 및 GST 활성, GST isozyme의 발현 양상 및 작용점에서의 약제에 대한 감수성의 차이를 조사하였다. 율무와 옥수수 모두 배양액중에 포함된 simazine에 대하여 약제처리 초기부터 빠른 흡수를 보였으며, 처리 12시간 후에는 두 초종 간의 흡수속도에 있어서 차이가 인정되지 않았다. 율무에 흡수된 simazine은 GSH-simazine conjugate의 형태로 신속히 대사되었으며, 특히 약제처리 $1{\sim}6$시간 까지의 처리 초기에는 율무에서의 대사속도가 옥수수에 비하여 약 2배정도 빠르게 나타났다. 두 초종 모두 초엽부에서 가장 높은 GSH 함량 분포를 보였다. 초종별로는 율무에서의 GSH 함량이 옥수수에 비하여 전반적으로 높게 나타났으며, 특히 율무의 초엽부와 근부에서 옥수수에 비하여 GSH함량이 각각 1.5배와 2.3배씩 높게 나타났다. GST[CDNB] 활성은 초종 간에 차이가 인정되지 않았으나, GST[simazine] 활성에 있어서는 옥수수에 비하여 율무의 모든 조직에서 약 2배 정도 높은 활성을 보였다. 두 초종 모두 지상부에서의 GST[simazine]활성이 근부에 비하여 $20{\sim}30%$ 정도 높게 나타났다. 율무와 옥수수에서 나타난 simazine에 대하여 특이성을 갖는 GST 활성의 차이를 이해하기 위하여 FPLC-anion exchange 컬럼을 이용하여 GST isozyme 활성을 조사하였다. 율무에 있어서 GST[CDNB] 활성을 보이는 1개 피크와 GST[simazine] 활성을 보이는 2개의 피크가 옥수수의 활성 피크와 같은 NaCl 농도범위에서 나타났으며, 이들의 활성은 옥수수에 비하여 높게 나타났다. 옥수수에서는 나타나지 않은 1개의 GST[simazine] 활성 피크가 율무에서 검출되었으며, 이 GST[simazine] 활성은 CDNB에 대하여 전혀 활성을 나타내지 않았기 때문에 율무에 simazine 특이성의 다른 GST isozyme이 존재함을 시사해 주고 있다. 율무와 옥수수의 완전 엽으로부터 추출한 엽록체 thylakoid막에 의한 전자전달 활성은 simazine $1{\sim}100\;{\mu}M$ 수준에서 매우 유사한 경향으로 억제되었다. 이상의 결과들은 율무의 simazine 내성이 흡수된 약제가 GSH와의 conjugation에 의하여 신속히 불활성화됨으로써 나타나며, 이러한 simazine 대사활성의 차이는 식물체에 내재하는 GSH 함량 및 GST 활성과 밀접한 상관성이 있음을 시사해 주고 있다.

• 한국식품영양과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품영양과학회 2004년도 Annual Meeting and International Symposium
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• pp.53-60
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• 2004

The pro-apoptotic effect of phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) and the role of glutathione (GSH) in sulforaphane (SFN)-induced antioxidant response element-dependent gene expression were investigated. The caspase-3 and caspase-9 activities were stimulated by PEITC. The release of cytochrome c was time- and dose- dependent. SP600125 suppressed apoptosis induced by PEITC. Similarly, this JNK inhibitor attenuated both cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation induced by PEITC. SFN is converted to the glutathione conjugate by glutathione S-transferases (GSTs). It was accumulated in mammalian cells by up to several hundred-fold over the extracellular concentration, by conjugation with intracellular GSH. The induction of ARE by SFN was 8.6-fold higher than by SFN-NAC. The decrease in ARE expression at higher concentrations of SFN and SFN-NAC was correlated with the accelerated apoptotic cell death, with a dose-dependent activation of caspase 3 activity by SFN. Upon addition of extracellular GSH within 6 hr of treatment with SFN, the effect on ARE expression was blocked almost completely.