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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Organoselenium compounds have a potential thiol peroxidase-like activity. Diphenyl diselenide (DPDS) is an electrophilic reagent used in the synthesis of a variety of pharmacologically active organic selenium compounds. Using TRAP assay of chemiluminescense we have shown that diphenyl diselenide clearly possesses a pro-oxidant property. For an investigation on the mechanisms of this property, we used mutant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae defective in antioxidant defenses, i.e. in superoxide dismutase, in biosynthesis of glutathione, and the transcription factor yAP-1-lacking yap 1 mutant that cannot activate genes of the oxidative stress response. Exposure of growing cultures to the drug increased cell sensitivity to oxidizing agents. The pro-oxidant effect was independent of the metabolic condition or of the oxidative mutagen tested. N-acetylcysteine, a precursor of glutathione biosynthesis, could neutralize the pro-oxidant effects of diphenyl diselenide by stimulating an increase of endogenous glutathione biosynthesis or by directly binding to the drug. Vitamin E (Trolox), a known antioxidant, was also able to protect S. cerevisiae against the pro-oxidant effect of diphenyl diselenide. In vitro assays showed that diphenyl diselenide interacts non-enzymatically with the thiol group of glutathione.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Benzene Derivatives, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bleomycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Free Radical Scavengers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luminol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Organoselenium Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxygen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reactive Oxygen Species, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Superoxide Dismutase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factor AP-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vitamin E, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/diphenyldiselenide
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0024-3205
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2398-411
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Benzene Derivatives, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Bleomycin, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Fermentation, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Free Radical Scavengers, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Genes, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Luminescent Measurements, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Luminol, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Organoselenium Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Oxidants, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Transcription Factor AP-1, pubmed-meshheading:15932762-Vitamin E
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Pro-oxidant action of diphenyl diselenide in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to ROS-generating conditions.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro de Biotecnologia/Departamento de Biofísica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't