Glutathione Carbamoylation with S-Methyl N,N-diethylthiolcarbamate Sulfoxide and Sulfone
作者:Nagendra S Ningaraj、John V Schloss、Todd D Williams、Morris D Faiman
DOI:10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00513-3
日期:1998.3
S-Methyl N,N-diethylthiolcarbamate sulfoxide (DETC-MeSO) and sulfone (DETC-MeSO2) both inhibit rat liver low K-m aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH(2)) in vitro and in vivo (Nagendra et al., Biochem Pharmacol 47: 1465-1467, 1994). DETC-MeSO has been shown to be a metabolite of disulfiram, but DETC-MeSO2 has not. Studies were carried out to further investigate the inhibition of ALDH(2) by DETC-MeSO and DETC-MeSO2. In an in vitro system containing hydrogen peroxide and horseradish peroxidase, the rate of DETC-MeSO oxidation corresponded to the rate of DETC-MeSO2 formation. Carbamoylation of GSH by both DETC-MeSO and DETC-MeSO2 was observed in a rat liver S-9 fraction. Carbamoylation of GSH was not observed in the presence of N-methylmaleimide. In in vitro studies, DETC-MeSO and DETC-MeSO2 were equipotent ALDH(2) inhibitors when solubilized mitochondria were used, but DETC-MeSO was approximately four times more potent than DETC-MeSO2 in intact mitochondria. In studies with rats, the dose (i.p. or oral) required to inhibit 50% ALDH(2) (ED50) was 3.5 mg/kg for DETC-MeSO and approximately 35 mg/kg for DETC-MeSO2, approximately a 10-fold difference. Furthermore, maximum ALDH(2) inhibition occurred 1 hr after DETC-MeSO administration, whereas maximal ALDH(2) inhibition occurred 8 hr after DETC-MeSO2 dosing. DETC-MeSO is, therefore, not only a more potent ALDH(2) inhibitor than DETC-MeSO2 in vivo, but also in vitro when intact mitochondria are utilized. The in vitro results thus support the in vivo findings. Since oxidation of DETC-MeSO can occur both enzymatically and non-enzymatically, it is possible that DETC-MeSO2 is formed in vivo. DETC-MeSO2, however, is not as effective as DETC-MeSO in inhibiting ALDH(2), probably because it has difficulty penetrating the mitochondrial membrane. Thus, even if DETC-MeSO2 is formed in vivo from DETC-MeSO, it is the metabolite DETC-MeSO that is most likely responsible for the inhibition of ALDH(2) after disulfiram administration. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Inc.