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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-1
pubmed:abstractText
Tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) is a monofunctional Phase II enzyme inducer, which produces reactive oxygen species. Incubation with a sublethal concentration of TBHQ increased the activities of both gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS), although the mechanisms are different (Liu and colleagues, accompanying manuscript). In this study, we found that TBHQ increased intracellular glutathione (GSH) content in rat lung epithelial L2 cells. L2 cells pretreated with a nontoxic concentration of TBHQ (50 microM) acquired resistance to a subsequent challenge with a normally lethal concentration of TBHQ (200 microM). Pretreatment with L-buthionine S,R-sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of GCS, prevented the TBHQ-induced increase in GSH and markedly diminished resistance to 200 microM TBHQ. Similarly, pretreatment with acivicin, an inhibitor of GGT, also prevented the TBHQ-induced increase in GSH and markedly diminished resistance to 200 microM TBHQ. Nevertheless, blockage of GGT by acivicin could be bypassed using 2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylate (procysteine) to provide the cell with a source of cysteine. This allowed an increase in GSH and restored resistance in the TBHQ-pretreated cells. The results suggest that elevation of GCS and GGT activities participated in acquired resistance to quinone toxicity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2-tert-butylhydroquinone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Benzoquinones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydroquinones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiazolidines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/benzoquinone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-Glutamyltransferase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1044-1549
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
192-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activities enhance resistance of rat lung epithelial L2 cells to quinone toxicity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.