Abstract：
:4-S-Cysteaminylphenol (4-S-CAP) and the corresponding catechol 4-S-cysteaminylcatechol (4-S-CAC) have been evaluated for melanocytotoxicity. It was shown recently that tyrosinase oxidation of these substrates produces a violet pigment, dihydro-1,4-benzothiazine-6,7-dione (BQ). In this study we examined whether BQ is the ultimate toxic metabolite produced in melanoma cells from 4-S-CAP/4-S-CAC. Biochemical experiments showed that (1) BQ was formed by autoxidation of 4-S-CAC as well as by tyrosinase oxidation of 4-S-CAP/4-S-CAC, (2) BQ reacted rapidly with thiols such as reduced glutathione (GSH), and (3) BQ inhibited the activity of alcohol dehydrogenase, an SH enzyme. In vitro experiments showed that (1) the cytotoxicity of 4-S-CAC was mostly prevented by catalase and superoxide dismutase, (2) BQ was highly cytotoxic to B16 melanoma cells (IC50 being 3.9 microM as compared with 507 microM for 4-S-CAP), (3) BQ was metabolized rapidly to a GSH adduct in melanoma cells, and (4) the same GSH adduct was also formed upon incubation of melanoma cells with 4-S-CAP, the reaction being tyrosinase dependent. In vivo experiments showed that intratumoral administration of BQ (0.5 micromol) inhibited the subcutaneous growth of B16 melanoma nearly as effectively as 4-S-CAP/4-S-CAC (20 micromol). These results indicate that BQ is the ultimate toxic metabolite produced by tyrosinase oxidation of 4-S-CAP/4-S-CAC. BQ deprives melanoma cells of GSH and may inactivate SH enzymes essential for DNA synthesis and cell proliferation by covalent binding through their cysteine residues, thereby exerting melanocytotoxicity. Cytotoxicity of 4-S-CAC depends mostly on autoxidation producing BQ and active oxygens.
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Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Hasegawa K,Ito S,Inoue S,Wakamatsu K,Ozeki H,Ishiguro Idoi
10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00075-0subject
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1997-05-15 00:00:00pages
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1873-2968pii
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