Cytolethality of glutathione conjugates with monomethylarsenic or dimethylarsenic compounds.

Abstract:

:Arsenicals are known to be toxic and carcinogenic in humans. Inorganic arsenicals are enzymatically methylated to monomethylarsonic acid (MMAsV) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMAsV), which are the major pentavalent methyl arsenic metabolites. Recent reports indicate that trivalent methyl arsenicals are produced through methylation of inorganic arsenicals and participate in arsenic poisoning. Trivalent methyl arsenicals may be generated as arsenical-glutathione conjugates, such as monomethylarsonous diglutathione (MMAsIIIDG) and dimethylarsinous glutathione (DMAsIIIG), during the methylation process. It has been well known that reduced glutathione (GSH) reduces MMAsV and DMAsV in vitro, and produces MMAsIIIDG and DMAsIIIG. Some studies have shown that exogenous GSH increased cytolethality of MMAsV and DMAsV in vitro, while other studies have suggested that exogenous GSH decreased them. In this study, we examined the true effects of exogenous GSH on the cytolethality of MMAsV and DMAsV by investigating reactions between various concentrations of MMAsV or DMAsV and GSH. GSH significantly increased the cytolethality and cellular uptake of pentavalent methyl arsenicals when GSH over 25 mM was pre-incubated with mM levels of arsenicals, and this cytolethality might have been caused by arsenical-GSH conjugate generation. However, GSH at less than 25 mM did not affect the cytolethality and cellular uptake of pentavalent methyl arsenicals. These findings suggest that high concentrations of arsenicals and GSH are needed to form arsenical-GSH conjugates and to show significant cytolethality. Furthermore, we speculated that MMAsIIIDG and DMAsIIIG may separate into trivalent methyl arsenicals and glutathione, which are then transported into cells where they show significant cytolethality.

journal_name

Biol Pharm Bull

authors

Kojima C,Sakurai T,Waalkes MP,Himeno S

doi

10.1248/bpb.28.1827

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1827-32

issue

10

eissn

0918-6158

issn

1347-5215

pii

JST.JSTAGE/bpb/28.1827

journal_volume

28

pub_type

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