Reactions of the serotonergic neurotoxin 5, 6-dihydroxytryptamine with glutathione
作者:Satendra Singh、Glenn Dryhurst
DOI:10.1021/jo00005a021
日期:1991.3
At physiological pH the serotonergic neurotoxin 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (5,6-DHT) catalyzes the oxidation of the cellular antioxidant glutathione (GSH) by molecular oxygen to give GSSG. At the stage when GSH is depleted, 5,6-DHT is then autoxidized to give first 2,7'-bi(5,6-dihydroxytryptamine) (2) and ultimately indolic melanin. In the presence of an excess of GSH and enzymes such as tyrosinase or ceruloplasmin, the oxidation of 5,6-DHT to its corresponding o-quinone (1) is greatly accelerated. Under such conditions, 1 is attacked by GSH to give 4-S-glutathionyl-5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (A), which is further oxidized to the corresponding quinone 4. Further attack by GSH or A on 4 gives 4,7-diglutathionyl-5,6-dihydroxytryptamine (B) and 4,4'-di-S-glutathionyl-2,7'-bi(5,6-dihydroxytryptamine) (C), respectively. Reaction between 4 and B yields 4,7,4'-tri-S-glutathionyl-2,7'-bi(5,6-dihydroxytryptamine) (D).