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{Methyl Sulfonyl Methane -- MSM]
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1 Williams KI, et al; Metabolism of dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and dimethyl sulfone in the rabbit. (Arch Biochem Biophys, 1966 Oct) [MEDLINE]
2 Hucker HB, et al; A new method for assay of radioactive dimethyl sulfoxide and its metabolite, dimethyl sulfone. (Experientia, 1966 Dec) [MEDLINE]
3 Muravev IuV, et al; [Effect of dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone on a destructive process in the joints of mice with spontaneous arthritis] (Patol Fiziol Eksp Ter, 1991 Mar, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
4 Connor KW, et al; Ineffectiveness of dimethyl sulfone as a cryoprotectire agent. (Cryobiology, 1973 Apr) [MEDLINE]
5 Gleason LN, et al; Deformylation of 4,4'-diformamidodiphenyl sulfone (DFD) by plasma of certain mammals. (Biochem Pharmacol, 1971 Sep) [MEDLINE]
6 Omori T, et al; Desulfurization of dibenzothiophene by Corynebacterium sp. strain SY1. (Appl Environ Microbiol, 1992 Mar, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
7 Goldstein P, et al; Effects of dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2) on early gametogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans: ultrastructural aberrations and loss of synaptonemal complexes from pachytene nuclei. (Reprod Toxicol, 1992, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
8 Shafiullah, et al; Syntheses and biologic studies of steroidal methyl sulfides and sulfones. (Steroids, 1991 Nov, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
9 Swanson BN, et al; Effect of dimethyl sulfoxide on sulindac disposition in rats. (Drug Metab Dispos, 1981 Nov, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
10 Williams KI, et al; Dimethyl sulfone: isolation from human urine. (Arch Biochem Biophys, 1966 Jan) [MEDLINE]

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11 Williams KI, et al; Dimethyl sulfone: isolation from cows' milk. (Proc Soc Exp Biol Med, 1966 Jul) [MEDLINE]
12 Thompson HJ, et al; Sulfone metabolite of sulindac inhibits mammary carcinogenesis. (Cancer Res, 1997 Jan, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
13 Greenhalgh R, et al; Persistence of fensulfothion in a sandy-loam soil and uptake by rutabagas, carrots and radishes using microplots. (J Environ Sci Health [B], 1981, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
14 Willhite CC, et al; Structure-activity relationships of retinoids in developmental toxicology. IV. Planar Cisoid conformational restriction. (Toxicol Appl Pharmacol, 1990 Apr, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
15 Wieland T, et al; Unexpected similarity of the structures of the weakly toxic amanitin (S)-sulfoxide and the highly toxic (R)-sulfoxide and sulfone as revealed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray analysis. (Biochemistry, 1983 Mar, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
16 Horinouchi M, et al; Cloning and characterization of genes encoding an enzyme which oxidizes dimethyl sulfide in Acinetobacter sp. strain 20B. (FEMS Microbiol Lett, 1997 Oct, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
17 Kocsis JJ, et al; Biological effects of the metabolites of dimethyl sulfoxide. (Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1975 Jan, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
18 Grant PM, et al; A possible chemical explanation for the events associated with the death of Gloria Ramirez at Riverside General Hospital [see comments] (Forensic Sci Int, 1997 Jun, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
19 Zempleni J, et al; Identification of biotin sulfone, bisnorbiotin methyl ketone, and tetranorbiotin-l-sulfoxide in human urine. (Am J Clin Nutr, 1997 Feb, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
20 Bruck SD, et al; Permeation of lipophilic drugs through synthetic elastomers. (Med Prog Technol, 1983, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]

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21 Geigert J, et al; DMSO is a substrate for chloroperoxidase. (Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 1983 Oct, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
22 Gordon GB, et al; Induction of NAD(P)H:quinone reductase in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. (Carcinogenesis, 1991 Dec, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
23 Goren HJ, et al; Effect of cross-linking agents on insulin associated responses in adipocytes. (Can J Biochem, 1982, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
24 Layman DL; Growth inhibitory effects of dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone on vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells in vitro. (In Vitro Cell Dev Biol, 1987 Jun, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
25 McGann LE, et al; Cryoprotection by dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone. (Cryobiology, 1987 Feb, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
26 Periyasamy SM, et al; Subunit associations of (Na+ + K+)-dependent adenosine triphosphatase. Chemical cross-linking studies. (J Biol Chem, 1983 Aug, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
27 Elslager EF, et al; Folate antagonists. 19. Synthesis and antimalarial effects of 6-(arylthio)-2,4-pteridinediamines. (J Med Chem, 1981 Aug, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
28 Piazza GA, et al; Apoptosis primarily accounts for the growth-inhibitory properties of sulindac metabolites and involves a mechanism that is independent of cyclooxygenase inhibition, cell cycle arrest, and p53 induction. (Cancer Res, 1997 Jun, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
29 Boschetti CE, et al; Synthesis and elastase inhibitory activity of 6 alpha-chloro-2,2-dimethyl-3 alpha-(pivaloyloxy)methylpenam sulfone, 6 alpha-chloro-2,2-dimethyl-3-exo-methylenepenam sulfone, benzyl and methyl 6 alpha-substituted penicillanate sulfones. (Bioorg Med Chem, 1995 Jan, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
30 Beilke MA, et al; Effects of dimethyl sulfoxide on the oxidative function of human neutrophils. (J Lab Clin Med, 1987 Jul, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]

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31 Layman DL, et al; The absorption, metabolism and excretion of dimethyl sulfoxide by rhesus monkeys. (Life Sci, 1985 Dec, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
32 Morton JI, et al; Effects of oral dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone on murine autoimmune lymphoproliferative disease. (Proc Soc Exp Biol Med, 1986 Nov, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
33 Hyrup B, et al; X-ray crystal structure of a dimethylene sulfone-bridged ribonucleotide dimer in a single-stranded state. (Nucleic Acids Res, 1995 Jul, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
34 Tesconi MS, et al; Freeze-drying above room temperature. (J Pharm Sci, 1999 May, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
35 Aswapokee N, et al; A sulfone beta-lactam compound which acts as a beta-lactamase inhibitor. (J Antibiot (Tokyo), 1978 Dec, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
36 Kravit NG, et al; A reevaluation of the structure of purified tubulin in solution: evidence for the prevalence of oligomers over dimers at room temperature. (J Cell Biol, 1984 Jul, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
37 Bachi MD, et al; Synthesis and in vitro antimalarial activity of sulfone endoperoxides. (Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 1998 Apr 21, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
38 Hajjar NP, et al; Sulfoxidation of thioether-containing pesticides by the flavin-adenine dinucleotide- dependent monooxygenase of pig liver microsomes. (Biochem Pharmacol, 1982 Mar, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
39 Rauth AM, et al; In vivo testing of hypoxic radiosensitizers using the KHT murine tumour assayed by the lung-colony technique. (Br J Radiol, 1975 Mar, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
40 Cohen SG, et al; Effects of charge, volume, and surface on binding of inhibitor and substrate moieties to acetylcholinesterase. (J Med Chem, 1985 Sep, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]

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41 Hartmann HR, et al; The effects of arotinoids on rat mammary carcinogenesis. (Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 1985, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
42 Brown MJ, et al; Selective inversion investigations of slow molecular motion in solid state deuteron NMR spectroscopy. (Solid State Nucl Magn Reson, 1996 Apr, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
43 Baum EZ, et al; Flavins inhibit human cytomegalovirus UL80 protease via disulfide bond formation. (Biochemistry, 1996 May, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
44 Weintraub O, et al; Dynamic 2H nuclear magnetic resonance of rotating solids. (Solid State Nucl Magn Reson, 1995 Aug, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
45 Sharifi BG, et al; Affinity labeling of the sialoglycopeptide antimitogen receptor. (J Biol Chem, 1987 Nov, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
46 Williams PD, et al; 1-((7,7-Dimethyl-2(S)-(2(S)-amino-4-(methylsulfonyl)butyramido)bicyclo [2.2.1]-heptan-1(S)-yl)methyl)sulfonyl)-4-(2-methylphenyl)piperaz ine (L-368,899): an orally bioavailable, non-peptide oxytocin antagonist with potential utility for managing preterm labor. (J Med Chem, 1994 Mar, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
47 Childs SJ; Dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2) in the treatment of interstitial cystitis. (Urol Clin North Am, 1994 Feb, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
48 Miyaoka T, et al; Mechanism of potentiation of BPMC toxicity by fenthion pretreatment in mice. (J Pharmacobiodyn, 1986 Sep, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
49 Yoshihara S, et al; Guinea pig liver aldehyde oxidase as a sulfoxide reductase: its purification and characterization. (Arch Biochem Biophys, 1985 Oct, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]
50 Bridges RJ, et al; gamma-Glutamyl amino acids. Transport and conversion to 5-oxoproline in the kidney. (J Biol Chem, 1985 Jun, Abstract available) [MEDLINE]

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Record 1 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Metabolism of dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and dimethyl sulfone in the rabbit.
Author
Williams KI; Burstein SH; Layne DS
Address
 
Source
Arch Biochem Biophys, 1966 Oct, 117:1, 84-7
Abstract
Abstract unavailable online.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
67181631

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Dimethyl Sulfoxide|*ME; Sulfides|*ME; Sulfones|*UR
MeSH Heading
Animal; Carbon Isotopes; Chromatography, Gas; Rabbits

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0003-9861
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES

Record 2 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
A new method for assay of radioactive dimethyl sulfoxide and its metabolite, dimethyl sulfone.
Author
Hucker HB; Hoffman EA
Address
 
Source
Experientia, 1966 Dec, 22:12, 855-6
Abstract
Abstract unavailable online.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
67202189

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Dimethyl Sulfoxide|*AN; Sulfones|*AN
MeSH Heading
Animal; Chlorides; Rats; Sulfur Isotopes; Tin

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0014-4754
Country of Publication
SWITZERLAND


Record 3 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
[Effect of dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone on a destructive process in the joints of mice with spontaneous arthritis]
Author
Muravev IuV; Venikova MS; Pleskovskaia GN; Riazantseva TA; Sigidin IaA
Address
 
Source
Patol Fiziol Eksp Ter, 1991 Mar, :2, 37-9
Abstract
The authors used the blind method for evaluation of the morphological picture of the joints and the level of circulating immune complexes to study the effect of prolonged oral administration of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and its main metabolite dimethyl sulfone on the development of spontaneous arthritis in 36 Mrl/Mn/lnr female mice. It was found that DMSO and dimethyl sulfone lessen the destructive changes in the joints, while DMSO also inhibits the manifestation of immune disorders, i. e. produces a "basal" effect on the course of spontaneous chronic arthritis in experimental animals.
Language of Publication
Russian
Unique Identifier
91351749

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Arthritis|*DT/ET/PA; Dimethyl Sulfoxide|*TU; Sulfones|*TU
MeSH Heading
Animal; English Abstract; Female; Mice

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0031-2991
Country of Publication
USSR


Record 4 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Ineffectiveness of dimethyl sulfone as a cryoprotectire agent.
Author
Connor KW; Ashwood Smith MJ
Address
 
Source
Cryobiology, 1973 Apr, 10:1, 87-8
Abstract
Abstract unavailable online.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
73185091

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Blood Preservation|*; Sulfones|*
MeSH Heading
Animal; Cattle; Cryoprotective Agents; Dimethyl Sulfoxide; Erythrocytes; Freezing; Hemolysis; Human

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0011-2240
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 5 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Deformylation of 4,4'-diformamidodiphenyl sulfone (DFD) by plasma of certain mammals.
Author
Gleason LN; Vogh BP
Address
 
Source
Biochem Pharmacol, 1971 Sep, 20:9, 2409-16
Abstract
Abstract unavailable online.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
74014895

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Antimalarials|*BL; Formates|*ME; Sulfones|*BL
MeSH Heading
Amines|ME; Aminobenzoic Acids|ME; Animal; Chromatography, Thin Layer; Dealkylation; Diazonium Compounds|ME; Dimethyl Sulfoxide; Erythrocytes|ME; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro; Kinetics; Mice; Rabbits; Rats; Species Specificity; Sulfadiazine|ME; Sulfanilamides|ME

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0006-2952
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 6 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Desulfurization of dibenzothiophene by Corynebacterium sp. strain SY1.
Author
Omori T; Monna L; Saiki Y; Kodama T
Address
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Source
Appl Environ Microbiol, 1992 Mar, 58:3, 911-5
Abstract
Strain SY1, identified as a Corynebacterium sp., was isolated on the basis of the ability to utilize dibenzothiophene (DBT) as a sole source of sulfur. Strain SY1 could utilize a wide range of organic and inorganic sulfur compounds, such as DBT sulfone, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl sulfone, CS2, FeS2, and even elemental sulfur. Strain SY1 metabolized DBT to dibenzothiophene-5-oxide, DBT sulfone, and 2-hydroxybiphenyl, which was subsequently nitrated to produce at least two different hydroxynitrobiphenyls during cultivation. These metabolites were separated by silica gel column chromatography and identified by nuclear magnetic resonance, UV, and mass spectral techniques. Resting cells of SY1 desulfurized toluenesulfonic acid and released sulfite anion. On the basis of these results, a new DBT degradation pathway is proposed.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
92246502

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Corynebacterium|GD/*ME; Sulfur|*ME; Thiophenes|*ME
MeSH Heading
Biodegradation; Chromatography; Kinetics; Sulfites|ME

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0099-2240
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 7 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Effects of dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2) on early gametogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans: ultrastructural aberrations and loss of synaptonemal complexes from pachytene nuclei.
Author
Goldstein P; Magnano L; Rojo J
Address
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso 79968.
Source
Reprod Toxicol, 1992, 6:2, 149-59
Abstract
The free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been used extensively for studies in developmental and reproductive genetics. Recently, toxicologic studies have been initiated using specific sex chromosome mutations. In the present study, high incidence of male (him) mutants, him-5 and him-8, were treated with dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2), the primary metabolite of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). In addition to differential effects on X-chromosome nondisjunction, loss of viability and fertility were observed. Much lower concentrations of DMSO2 were required to elicit the same aberrational effects characteristic of DMSO (1); thus, the toxicity of the former was significantly more potent. The observed decrease in life span was associated with senescent morphology of meiotic prophase nuclei, such that nuclei from young and old specimens could not be differentiated. Aging in oocytes at pachytene is characterized by nucleo-cytoplasmic aberrations, increased density of the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm, and decrease in numbers of mitochondria. Increasing concentrations of DMSO2 resulted in a corresponding decrease in fertility and increased production of abnormal gametes. At DMSO2 concentrations higher than 1.0%, synaptonemal complexes (SC) were absent from pachytene nuclei; thus, effective pairing and segregation of homologous chromosomes was prohibited. Since the SC is essential for regulating pairing and subsequent separation of bivalents, the lack of an SC explains the loss of fertility, due to the production of unbalanced gametes, observed in DMSO2-treated specimens.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
92273960

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Caenorhabditis|*DE/UL; Gametogenesis|*DE; Meiosis|*DE; Mutagens|*; Sulfones|PK/*TO
MeSH Heading
Animal; Female; Male; Microscopy, Electron; Mitochondria|UL; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0890-6238
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 8 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Syntheses and biologic studies of steroidal methyl sulfides and sulfones.
Author
Shafiullah; Dua PR; Srimal RC; Ansari SA
Address
Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
Source
Steroids, 1991 Nov, 56:11, 562-5
Abstract
Reactions of cholest-5-ene (I) and its 3 beta-chloro (II) and 3 beta-acetoxy (III) analogs with trimethylchlorosilane-dimethyl sulfoxide in dry acetonitrile furnish cholest-4-en-6 beta-yl methyl sulfide (IV) and its 3 beta-chloro (V) and 3 beta-acetoxy (VI) analogs. Oxidation of (IV) with m-chloroperbenzoic acid affords cholest-4-en-6 beta-yl methyl sulfone (VII) and 4 alpha, 5-epoxy-5 alpha-cholestan-6 beta-yl methyl sulfone (VIII). Under similar reaction conditions, V furnishes 3 beta-chlorocholest-4-en-6 beta-yl methyl sulfone (IX), while VI gives 3 beta-acetoxycholest-4-en-6 beta-yl methyl sulfone (X) and 3 beta-acetoxy-4 alpha, 5-epoxy-5 alpha-cholestan-6 beta-yl methyl sulfone (XI). The structures of these compounds were established on the basis of analytic and spectral data. Some of these compounds have been evaluated for their possible biologic activities.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
92263386

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Autonomic Nervous System|*DE; Blood Pressure|*DE; Central Nervous System|*DE; Steroids|*CS/PD; Sulfides|*CS/PD; Sulfones|*CS/PD
MeSH Heading
Animal; Cats; Mice; Molecular Structure; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0039-128X
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 9 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Effect of dimethyl sulfoxide on sulindac disposition in rats.
Author
Swanson BN; Mojaverian P; Boppana VK; Dudash MR
Address
 
Source
Drug Metab Dispos, 1981 Nov, 9:6, 499-502
Abstract
Sulindac and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) are both effective antiinflammatory agents in man. Since the sulfoxide moiety in these compounds is metabolized similarly, a biochemical interaction between the two drugs in vivo was thought to be possible. After iv injections of sulindac (5 mg/kg), plasma concentrations of sulindac, and its sulfide and sulfone metabolites, were measured in normal rats and in rats that had received, 30 min earlier, a single ip dose of DMSO (0.1, 0.5, or 1.0 ml). The half-life of sulindac (normally 94 min) was increased significantly by DMSO (0.1, 0.5, or 1.0 ml). The half-life of sulindac (normally 94 min) was increased significantly by DMSO (408 min after 1.0 ml of DMSO). Plasma sulfide metabolite levels were reduced in a dose-related manner by DMSO (93% reduction in peak concentration after 1.0 ml of DMSO). Sulfone metabolite concentration was also significantly diminished by the highest dose of DMSO. Similarly, DMSO was shown to decrease conversion of sulindac to sulfide and sulfone metabolites by rat liver enzymes in vitro. Sulfoxide reductase was more sensitive to DMSO inhibition than was sulfoxide oxidase both in vivo and in vitro. These data demonstrate that DMSO can significantly alter in vivo the formation of the pharmacologically active, sulfide metabolite of sulindac; therefore, concurrent use of DMSO and sulindac should be approached with caution.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
82138346

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Dimethyl Sulfoxide|ME/*PD; Indenes|*ME; Liver|*ME; Sulindac|AA/*ME
MeSH Heading
Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Interactions; Half-Life; Kinetics; Male; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0090-9556
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 10 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Dimethyl sulfone: isolation from human urine.
Author
Williams KI; Burstein SH; Layne DS
Address
 
Source
Arch Biochem Biophys, 1966 Jan, 113:1, 251-2
Abstract
Abstract unavailable online.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
66160160

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Sulfones|*
MeSH Heading
Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Chromatography, Gas; Female; Human; In Vitro; Male; Urine

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0003-9861
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 11 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Dimethyl sulfone: isolation from cows' milk.
Author
Williams KI; Burstein SH; Layne DS
Address
 
Source
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med, 1966 Jul, 122:3, 865-6
Abstract
Abstract unavailable online.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
67017073

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Milk|*AN; Sulfones|*AN
MeSH Heading
Animal; Cattle; Chemistry; Chromatography, Gas; In Vitro

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0037-9727
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 12 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Sulfone metabolite of sulindac inhibits mammary carcinogenesis.
Author
Thompson HJ; Jiang C; Lu J; Mehta RG; Piazza GA; Paranka NS; Pamukcu R; Ahnen DJ
Address
AMC Cancer Research Center, Lakewood, Colorado 80214, USA.
Source
Cancer Res, 1997 Jan, 57:2, 267-71
Abstract
Sulindac sulfoxide, a commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory drug, has cancer chemopreventive activity. During its metabolism, the inactive prodrug sulindac sulfoxide undergoes either reduction to the active anti-inflammatory metabolite sulindac sulfide or irreversible oxidation to sulindac sulfone, which lacks prostaglandin synthetase inhibitory activity. Interestingly, sulindac sulfone has been reported to have cancer chemopreventive activity. The objective of the experiments reported here was to investigate the chemopreventive activity of sulindac sulfone against mammary carcinogenesis and to study its mechanism. Rats were injected with either 12.5 or 37.5 mg of 1-methyl-1-nitrosourea (MNU)/kg body weight at 50 days of age. Sulindac sulfone was incorporated into a purified diet at a concentration of either 0.03 or 0.06% (w/w) and fed to rats beginning 7 days after the injection of MNU. Sulindac sulfoxide at a level of 0.06% (w/w) was fed as a reference for comparison. Thirty rats were assigned to each dietary group treated with the high dose of MNU, and 44 rats were assigned to each dietary group treated with the low dose of MNU. The sulfone reduced cancer incidence and the number of cancers per rat irrespective of the dose of MNU injected, and its chemopreventive activity was comparable to that of sulindac sulfoxide. Cancer latency was also prolonged significantly by sulindac sulfone; the effect was particularly notable at the low dose of carcinogen, at which the prolongation of latency was >8 weeks. The sulfone inhibited the occurrence of mammary carcinomas that were classified as having either a wild-type or a mutant codon 12 in the Ha-ras gene; however, the inhibitory effect was greater against carcinomas with a mutant Ha-ras genotype. Using a mammary gland organ culture transformation assay, it was observed that sulindac sulfone also inhibited the formation of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced hyperplastic alveolar nodules and that the inhibitory activity of the sulfone was comparable to that of the sulfoxide. These data indicate that the observed effect of the sulfone on mammary carcinogenesis in vivo is likely to be due to a tissue-specific effect rather than to other systemic effects. The findings that both the prodrug and the sulfone inhibited carcinogenesis in vivo and nodule formation in organ culture and that the sulfone lacks inhibitory activity on prostaglandin synthesis suggest a mechanism(s) of chemoprevention that is independent of the prostaglandin pathway. A candidate mechanism for the apparent clonal selection pressure exerted by the sulfone against mammary carcinogenesis is apoptosis. To test this hypothesis, MCF-7 cells were exposed to a range of concentrations of sulindac sulfone and sulfoxide. Both compounds inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis in the absence of necrosis. Collectively, these data support a specific chemopreventive effect of sulindac sulfone against mammary carcinogenesis and indicate that this compound may have a selective effect against carcinogenesis involving alterations in the signal transduction cascade of which Ha-ras is a component. Evidence is consistent with the involvement of apoptosis in the cancer-inhibitory activity observed.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
97153276

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Antineoplastic Agents|*TU; Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental|CI/GE/*PC; Sulindac|*AA/TU
MeSH Heading
Animal; Carcinogens|AD; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; Female; Genes, ras; Methylnitrosourea|AD; Organ Culture; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; 9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0008-5472
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


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Title
Persistence of fensulfothion in a sandy-loam soil and uptake by rutabagas, carrots and radishes using microplots.
Author
Greenhalgh R; Read DC
Address
 
Source
J Environ Sci Health [B], 1981, 16:3, 363-79
Abstract
Field microplots were treated with 141 and 282 ppm fensulfothion and 37.1 and 74.2 ppm fensulfothion sulfone. These concentrations are equivalent to field treatment rates of 8.48 and 16.96 kg AI/ha, fensulfothion, and 2.23 and 4.47 kg AI/ha, fensulfothion sulfone, respectively, for banded application (10 cm wide, rows 80 cm apart). The half-lives in a sandy loam soil were 30-39 and 14-23 days, respectively. Fensulfothion sulfone and sulfide were the main derivatives found in fensulfothion treated soil. The maximum levels of these derivatives were 21.22 and 22.95 ppm, respectively for the 8.48 kg/ha treatment and 33.90 and 42.45 ppm, respectively, for the higher treatment, which occurred between 30-60 days. Carrots appeared to take up more fensulfothion from soil than rutabagas or radishes. The residue levels at harvest decreased in the order carrot peel greater than pulp greater than rutabagas root greater than peel greater than pulp. Residue levels of fensulfothion and sulfone in radishes were similar to those found in rutabagas. The ratio sulfoxide/sulfone in rutabagas ranged from 0.4-1.5 and in carrots from 1.7-7.6. This phenomenon is thought to be due to oxidative enzyme systems present in rutabagas. Dimethyl phosphorothioic acid, but not dimethyl phosphoric acid was detected (max. 1.33 ppm) in some rutabagas samples but not in carrots.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
81240591

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Insecticides, Organothiophosphate|*AN; Organothiophosphorus Compounds|AA/*AN/ME; Soil Pollutants|*AN; Vegetables|*AN
MeSH Heading
Brassica|ME; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Stability; Half-Life; Pesticide Residues|AN; Plants, Edible|ME

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0360-1234
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


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Title
Structure-activity relationships of retinoids in developmental toxicology. IV. Planar Cisoid conformational restriction.
Author
Willhite CC; Dawson MI
Address
Department of Health Services, State of California, Toxic Substances Control Program, Berkeley 94710.
Source
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol, 1990 Apr, 103:2, 324-44
Abstract
To evaluate the influence of the three-dimensional configuration of retinoids on teratogenic activity, 14 retinoids were studied in hamsters. Retinoids with a conformational restriction of the retinoic acid polyene chain adjacent to the beta-cyclogeranylidene ring showed increased teratogenic potency and retinoids with aromatic conformational restriction adjacent to the polar terminus showed potency equivalent to retinoic acid. Conformational restriction of the polyene chain that permits rotation of the bond adjacent to the beta-cyclogeranylidene ring abolished teratogenic activity. Incorporation of dimethyl substituents at positions corresponding to C1 and C4 positions of retinoic acid enhanced teratogenic potency. Elimination of the twist chair conformation of gem-dimethyl substituents via incorporation of a benzothiopyran or substituted planar aromatic ring decreased teratogenic potency. Planar cisoid conformational restriction alone was insufficient to confer teratogenic activity in that elimination of the polar terminus abolished teratogenic activity. That an acidic polar terminus, as contrasted to a carboxyl residue per se, was required for teratogenic activity was illustrated by administration of a retinoidal phenyl sulfone which was metabolized to the corresponding teratogenic sulfonic acid. Retinoid teratogenicity in hamsters depends upon the assumption of a 10,11 cisoid and/or 12,13 cisoid rotameric form by a conjugated spacer greater than five carbon atoms in length located between a hydrophobic ring system and an acidic terminus, ionized at physiologic pH. Comparison of the relative teratogenic potencies of this series of conformationally restricted retinoids with their activities in assays for chemoprevention activity showed that those analogs with high intrinsic control of epithelial or mesenchymal cell differentiation were also the more potent teratogens. The results suggest that those biochemical mechanisms responsible for retinoid control of normal adult or neoplastic cell differentiation also mediate retinoid-induced teratogenesis.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
90232521

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Abnormalities, Drug-Induced|*; Fetal Development|*DE; Fetal Diseases|*CI; Retinoids|*TO
MeSH Heading
Animal; Comparative Study; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Fetal Death; Fetal Resorption; Hamsters; Molecular Conformation; Pregnancy; Structure-Activity Relationship; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0041-008X
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 15 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Unexpected similarity of the structures of the weakly toxic amanitin (S)-sulfoxide and the highly toxic (R)-sulfoxide and sulfone as revealed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray analysis.
Author
Wieland T; Götzendörfer C; Dabrowski J; Lipscomb WN; Shoham G
Address
 
Source
Biochemistry, 1983 Mar, 22:5, 1264-71
Abstract
The three-dimensional structures of the slightly toxic diastereomeric (S)-sulfoxide of 6'-O-methyl-alpha-amanitin [6'-O-Me-alpha-ama (S)-sulfoxide, 4] and of the corresponding highly toxic sulfone 5 have been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. The same derivatives along with 6'-O-methyl-alpha-amanitin [O-Me-alpha-ama (R)-sulfoxide, 3] and the corresponding thioether (O-Me-alpha-ama sulfide, 6] have been investigated in dimethyl sulfoxide solutions by 360-MHz 1H NMR spectroscopy including nuclear Overhauser effects (NOE). In addition alpha-amanitin (2) has been reinvestigated by this high-resolution method involving the identification of the ABMX systems of the tryptophan, cysteine, and asparagine and discrimination between the glycine residues. The structures of compounds 2-6 are compared with the structure of beta-amanitin which was solved previously by X-ray structure analysis. The results are (1) the structures in the crystalline state of the (S)-sulfoxide 4 and sulfone 5 are practically identical and (2) in dimethyl sulfoxide solution the structures of compounds 4 and 5 are likewise identical with each other and with those of the (R)-sulfoxide 3 and the thioether 6. The general structure of the peptide backbone of the alpha-amanitin derivatives investigated here almost corresponds to that of beta-amanitin (1), the main difference being a rotated plane of the peptide bond between the asparagine and cysteine residue. In order to explain the lack of high toxicity in the (S)-sulfoxide 4 we tentatively suggest alternative hydrogen bonding of a donor from the protein, or displacement of the R oxygen to the S oxygen of a hydrogen bond donor. This alternative bonding or displacement might not occur in the sulfoxide 4. Other explanations which include local conformational changes in the inhibitors or a difference between the SO and SO2 local dipoles are also possible.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
83178939

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Amanitins|*/TO
MeSH Heading
Mathematics; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Stereoisomerism; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; X-Ray Diffraction

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0006-2960
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 16 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Cloning and characterization of genes encoding an enzyme which oxidizes dimethyl sulfide in Acinetobacter sp. strain 20B.
Author
Horinouchi M; Kasuga K; Nojiri H; Yamane H; Omori T
Address
Biotechnology Research Center, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Source
FEMS Microbiol Lett, 1997 Oct, 155:1, 99-105
Abstract
Acinetobacter sp. strain 20B was isolated based on the ability to utilize dimethyl sulfide as the sole sulfur source. Since strain 20B oxidized indole as well as dimethyl sulfide, indigo production by recombinant Escherichia coli clones carrying Acinetobacter DNA was used as a selection for cloning genes encoding dimethyl sulfide oxidation genes. The gene encoding an indole-oxidizing enzyme was also found to oxidize dimethyl sulfide. The dimethyl sulfide-oxidizing enzyme genes consisted of six open reading flames designated dsoABCDEF. The deduced amino acid sequences of dsoABCDEF were homologous with those of the multicomponent phenol hydroxylases. DsoABCDEF oxidized dimethyl sulfide to dimethyl sulfoxide, and dimethyl sulfoxide to dimethyl sulfone.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
98005684

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Acinetobacter|*EN/*GE/ME; Genes, Bacterial|*; Sulfides|*ME
MeSH Heading
Cloning, Molecular; Comparative Study; Escherichia coli|GE; Hydroxylases|GE/ME; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxygenases|GE/ME; Restriction Mapping; Substrate Specificity

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0378-1097
Country of Publication
NETHERLANDS


Record 17 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Biological effects of the metabolites of dimethyl sulfoxide.
Author
Kocsis JJ; Harkaway S; Snyder R
Address
 
Source
Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1975 Jan, 243:, 104-9
Abstract
In summary, the effects of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and its metabolites, dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS), were studied in five selected systems in rats and mice. DMSO enhanced the taurine excretion and the lethality produced by such aromatic hydrocarbons as benzene and chlorobenzene in rats. In mice, DMSO decreased the toxicity such cholinesterase inhibitors as paraoxon and octamethyl pyrophosphoramide. DMSO also lowered the body temperture of rats and reduced the motor activity of mice. Although DMSO2, the major metabolite of DMSO, was not effective in increasing the lethality of solvent hydrocarbons, it seemed to be quite as effective with respect to the other effects. DMS, although quite potent with respect to lowering body temperature and reducing motor activity, was relatively ineffective otherwise. Thus each of the metabolites has a spectrum of activity different from the parent compound; DMSO has the widest spectrum and DMS the narrowest. It remains to be determined whether the therapeutic effects of DMSO are related to the experimental effects reported above in animals, and whether DMSO2 and DMS may share any of the therapeutic effects of DMSO.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
75163079

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Dimethyl Sulfoxide|*AA/ME/PD; Sulfur Oxides|*PD
MeSH Heading
Animal; Benzene|TO; Body Temperature|DE; Cholinesterase Inhibitors|TO; Depression, Chemical; Drug Synergism; Hydrocarbons|TO; Hypnotics and Sedatives|PD; Lethal Dose 50; Mice; Motor Activity|DE; Rats; Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Taurine|ME/UR; Time Factors; Tranquilizing Agents|PD

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0077-8923
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 18 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
A possible chemical explanation for the events associated with the death of Gloria Ramirez at Riverside General Hospital [see comments]
Author
Grant PM; Haas JS; Whipple RE; Andresen BD
Address
Forensic Science Centre, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
Source
Forensic Sci Int, 1997 Jun, 87:3, 219-37
Abstract
The events associated with the death of Gloria Ramirez at Riverside General Hospital on 19 February 1994 have been portrayed as a major medical mystery. A potential chemical explanation for this incident has been developed. The hypothetical scenario depends upon the oxidation of a common solvent, dimethyl sulfoxide, through dimethyl sulfone to dimethyl sulfate. The latter compound is a volatile and highly toxic agent that can be quite hazardous to humans in small amounts. It is also environmentally nonpersistent. Much of the mystery surrounding the circumstances at the hospital may be explainable if this postulated metabolic pathway took place at the time of the emergency room incident. Although dimethyl sulfate was not detected in any analyses pertinent to this event, there are plausible scientific explanations to account for that fact. The sulfate anion, a hydrolysis product of dimethyl sulfate, was measured at an appreciably elevated concentration in Ramirez' blood. The descriptions of the symptoms of the hospital-staff victims appear quite consistent with dimethyl sulfate exposures. This paper attempts to make some sense of the reported data and eyewitness accounts, and perhaps provide new insight for any future research that could further explain this reported occurrence of toxic exposure.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
97391234

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Cause of Death|*; Dimethyl Sulfoxide|*ME; Forensic Medicine|*MT; Mutagens|ME/*PO; Sulfones|*ME; Sulfuric Acid Esters|ME/*PO
MeSH Heading
Blood Chemical Analysis; California; Emergency Service, Hospital; Human; Oxidation-Reduction

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0379-0738
Country of Publication
IRELAND


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Title
Identification of biotin sulfone, bisnorbiotin methyl ketone, and tetranorbiotin-l-sulfoxide in human urine.
Author
Zempleni J; McCormick DB; Mock DM
Address
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
Source
Am J Clin Nutr, 1997 Feb, 65:2, 508-11
Abstract
In previous studies using the HPLC and avidin-binding assay, five unidentified avidin-binding substances were observed in human urine. The present study investigated the identity of these substances. Urine was collected before and after intravenous administration of 18.5 mumol biotin to healthy adults. Unknown substances 1 and 3 were initially identified as biotin sulfone and bisnorbiotin methyl ketone, respectively, by coelution with authentic standards on HPLC. Identities were confirmed by thin-layer chromatography and by derivatization with p-dimethyl-aminocinnamaldehyde. As expected for biotin metabolites, the urinary excretion of biotin sulfone and bisnorbiotin methyl ketone increased with biotin administration. The urinary excretion of biotin sulfone increased 21-fold from 0.2 nmol/h before to 4.2 nmol/h after administration; the excretion of bisnorbiotin methyl ketone increased 130-fold from 0.4 to 51.8 nmol/h. At presumed steady state in free-living subjects (n = 6), biotin sulfone and bisnorbiotin methyl ketone accounted for 3.6% and 7.9% of total biotin excretion, respectively. Traces of tetranorbiotin-l-sulfoxide were also identified by using thin-layer chromatography and derivatization with p-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde. However, tetranorbiotin-l-sulfoxide was not detectable in urine by the HPLC and avidin-binding assay because this metabolite has weak avidin-binding affinity. We conclude that biotin sulfone and bisnorbiotin methyl ketone are present in measurable quantities in human urine; their quantitation should allow more accurate studies on human biotin metabolism and turnover.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
97174877

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Biotin|*AA/AD/*ME/UR; Sulfones|*UR; Sulfoxides|*UR
MeSH Heading
Adult; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid|MT; Chromatography, Thin Layer|MT; Female; Human; Injections, Intravenous; Male; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0002-9165
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


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Title
Permeation of lipophilic drugs through synthetic elastomers.
Author
Bruck SD; Kojima M; Kadoma Y; Masuhara E
Address
 
Source
Med Prog Technol, 1983, 10:3, 161-9
Abstract
Permeability studies were carried out with three lipophilic drugs, namely, phenytoin and primidone (both widely used in the treatment of epilepsies and convulsive disorders), and dapsone (a sulfone antimicrobial agent used in the treatment of leprosy and to a lesser extent in dermatitis herpetiformis) through silica-filled poly(dimethyl siloxane) (Silastic) membranes, and anisotropic membranes of poly(ether-urethane)/poly(dimethyl siloxane) block copolymer (Avcothane, Cardiothane). These polymers are used in medical implants and in various cardiovascular devices. While both polymers were permeable to the drugs, the transport properties differed significantly. In the case of the poly(dimethyl siloxane) there was an initial large burst effect, followed by an exponential decrease in the rate of drugs released through the polymer films, although with dapsone the release rate became essentially constant between 100-180 h at 37 degrees C. In the case of the anisotropic films of the poly(ether-urethane)/poly(dimethyl siloxane) block copolymer, the permeabilities were much higher. Significantly, phenytoin exhibited essentially constant rate (zero-order) kinetics between 25-150 h, showing only a moderate burst effect that is probably not significant therapeutically. Importantly, dapsone showed neither a burst effect nor any significant time lag, and the release followed constant rate (zero-order) kinetics between 12-80 h, followed by only a moderate decrease in drug concentration up to 140 h (the experimental end-point). The diffusion coefficients calculated from initial desorption data at 37 degrees C for the poly(ether-urethane)/poly(dimethyl siloxane) block copolymer are as follows: phenytoin = 8.6 X 10(-9) cm2/s, primidone = 2.8 X 10(-9) cm2/s, and dapsone = 2.4 X 10(-8) cm2/s.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
85110700

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Dapsone|*ME; Membranes, Artificial|*; Phenytoin|*ME; Polymers|*; Primidone|*ME; Silicone Elastomers|*
MeSH Heading
Kinetics; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Permeability; Polyurethanes; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Time Factors

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0047-6552
Country of Publication
GERMANY, WEST


Record 21 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
DMSO is a substrate for chloroperoxidase.
Author
Geigert J; DeWitt SK; Neidleman SL; Lee G; Dalietos DJ; Moreland M
Address
 
Source
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 1983 Oct, 116:1, 82-5
Abstract
Dimethyl sulfoxide has been used as a nonaqueous organic solvent in haloperoxidase reactions. However, it has been found that this solvent is not inert under chloroperoxidase reaction conditions, forming the halosulfoxide, the sulfone, and the halosulfone. The biological significance of this finding is briefly discussed.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
84052565

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Chloride Peroxidase|*ME; Dimethyl Sulfoxide|*ME; Peroxidases|*ME
MeSH Heading
Fungi|EN; Oxidation-Reduction

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0006-291X
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 22 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Induction of NAD(P)H:quinone reductase in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.
Author
Gordon GB; Prochaska HJ; Yang LY
Address
Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Source
Carcinogenesis, 1991 Dec, 12:12, 2393-6
Abstract
The induction of quinone reductase [QR; NAD(P)H:(quinone acceptor) oxidoreductase; EC 1.6.99.2] in cultured cells and animal tissues of rodents has provided useful information on mechanisms of protection against carcinogens. We have developed a simple and efficient microtiter plate assay for the direct measurement of QR basal activity and inducibility in human peripheral blood lymphocytes (unstimulated, mitogen-stimulated and Epstein-Barr virus-transformed) grown in suspension culture. In these cells, QR was induced by monofunctional (electrophilic) inducers (i.e. 1,2-dithiole-3-thione, dimethyl fumarate, methyl vinyl sulfone) but not by bifunctional inducers (i.e. 1,1'-azonaphthalene, beta-naphthoflavone, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin). QR is a major enzyme of xenobiotic metabolism that carries out obligatory two-electron reductions and thereby protects cells against the toxicity of quinones. It is induced in many tissues coordinately with other enzymes that protect against electrophiles. Since lymphocytes can be sampled easily and repetitively in man, this system may provide a simple short-term marker for assessing the capacity of tissues to detoxify electrophiles, such as quinones, and for measuring the response to inducers.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
92083635

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Lymphocytes|DE/*EN; NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)|*BI/BL
MeSH Heading
Adult; Aged; Cell Transformation, Viral|PH; Cells, Cultured; Enzyme Induction; Female; Fumarates|PD; Herpesvirus 4, Human|PH; Human; Lymphocyte Transformation|PH; Male; Middle Age; Mitogens|PD; Sulfones|PD; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Thiones|PD; Thiophenes|PD

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0143-3334
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


Record 23 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Effect of cross-linking agents on insulin associated responses in adipocytes.
Author
Goren HJ; Kahn CR
Address
 
Source
Can J Biochem, 1982, 60:10, 987-1000
Abstract
The effect of 10 bifunctional cross-linking agents and four monofunctional analogues was studied on isolated adipocytes. [125I]Insulin binding and degradation, basal and insulin-stimulated glucose oxidation, and 3-O-methyl glucose uptake were measured. Two cross-linkers, which possess succinimide ester residues (disuccinimidyl suberate and dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate)) and react selectively with amino groups, appeared to react relatively specifically with the insulin receptor. Both produced a slight stimulation of basal glucose transport and metabolism, a marked inhibition of insulin-stimulated glucose transport and metabolism, and a marked decrease in insulin binding. Pretreatment of cells with unlabelled insulin partially blocked the effect of disuccinimidyl suberate, and as has been previously shown, disuccinimidyl suberate cross-linked insulin to its receptor. A monofunctional analogue of these compounds was 100-fold less active in altering cellular metabolic activity. Bisimidates, such as dimethyl suberimidate, dimethyl adipimidate, and dimethyl dithiobispropionimidate, also react with free amino groups but are more hydrophilic. These agents produced similar effects on glucose oxidation as the succinimide esters, but had little or no effect on insulin binding. The effects of these agents are not blocked by insulin and they do not cross-link insulin to its receptor. Mixed bifunctional reagents containing either a succinimide ester or an imidate and a group which reacts with thiols produced effects similar to the cross-linkers containing two succinimide groups or bisimidates, respectively. The bifunctional arylating agents difluorodinitrobenzene and bis(fluoronitrophenyl)sulfone produce marked effects on insulin binding and glucose oxidation at micromolar concentrations, but the monofunctional analogue fluorodinitrobenzene is almost equally active suggesting that with these compounds chemical modifications and not cross-linking was important. With neither the mixed bifunctional reagents, nor the arylating agents, did insulin pretreatment alter the effect of cross-linker and none of these agents cross-linked [125I]insulin to its receptor. These data suggest that the insulin receptor possesses a free amino group in a hydrophobic environment in its active site. A reactive amino group in a hydrophilic environment as well as other reactive groups are also present in some component of the insulin receptor-effector complex. Chemical modification or cross-linking of these functional groups results in an inhibition or mimicking of insulin action. Further study will be required to identify the exact locus of these sites.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
83076688

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Adipose Tissue|*ME; Cross-Linking Reagents|*PD; Insulin|*ME; Receptors, Insulin|*ME
MeSH Heading
Animal; Cells, Cultured; Glucose|ME; Male; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Succinimides|PD; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0008-4018
Country of Publication
CANADA


Record 24 from database: MEDLINE
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Title
Growth inhibitory effects of dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone on vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells in vitro.
Author
Layman DL
Address
 
Source
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol, 1987 Jun, 23:6, 422-8
Abstract
The growth of bovine aortic smooth muscle and endothelial cells was studied after exposure to dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or its major metabolite, dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2). Both compounds caused a dose-dependent inhibition of cell growth as determined by [3H]thymidine incorporation and by counting the number of cells with time of exposure in culture. The IC50 of DMSO (concentration which produces 50% inhibition of growth) was 1% for smooth muscle cells and 2.9% for endothelial cells. Similarly, the IC50 of DMSO2 was also 1% for smooth muscle cells, but was 1.8% for endothelial cells. After a 4-d exposure to either compound, the growth inhibition of smooth muscle cells was completely reversible at 1%, partially reversible at 2 to 3% and completely irreversible at 4%. By comparison, inhibition of endothelial cell growth was completely reversible up to 4% of either compound. It is concluded that the growth of smooth muscle cells was similarly inhibited by DMSO and DMSO2, but that smooth muscle cells were more susceptible than endothelial cells to the growth inhibitory effects of these compounds. In addition, DMSO2 was a more potent inhibitor of cell growth than DMSO and its growth inhibition was less reversible than that produced by DMSO.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
87250195

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Dimethyl Sulfoxide|*PD; Endothelium|*CY/DE; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular|*CY/DE; Sulfones|*PD
MeSH Heading
Animal; Aorta; Cattle; Cell Division|DE; Cell Survival|DE; Cells, Cultured; Time Factors

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0883-8364
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


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Title
Cryoprotection by dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone.
Author
McGann LE; Walterson ML
Address
 
Source
Cryobiology, 1987 Feb, 24:1, 11-6
Abstract
Preservation of cells and tissues at low temperatures requires the presence of effective cryoprotectants with low toxicity to which cells are relatively permeable. Two similar compounds, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and dimethyl sulfone (DMSO2), exhibit both features for cryoprotectants, yet DMSO is a very effective cryoprotectant while DMSO2 is ineffective. This anomaly was investigated by relating observations on the phase behavior of DMSO and DMSO2 in aqueous solutions to the recovery of human lymphocytes frozen in the presence of these compounds. The lack of cryoprotection in the presence of DMSO2 appears to be due to the precipitation of DMSO2 from the solution at subzero temperatures. The observation of reduced cell recovery after freezing with increasing concentrations of DMSO2 implies that cell damage is related to the amount of solid DMSO2 present. Precipitation of DMSO2 occurs both intra- and extracellularly, but it is argued that intracellular precipitation of DMSO2 is the damaging phenomenon. Cryoprotective compounds are normally selected based on the criteria of low toxicity and permeability to the plasma membrane. An additional condition, solubility, must be included for interpretation of experimental data and for development of effective protocols for cryopreservation.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
87132479

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MeSH Heading (Major)
Dimethyl Sulfoxide|*; Lymphocytes|*CY; Sulfones|*; Tissue Preservation|*MT
MeSH Heading
Cell Survival; Freezing; Human; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Publication Type
JOURNAL ARTICLE
ISSN
0011-2240
Country of Publication
UNITED STATES


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Title
Subunit associations of (Na+ + K+)-dependent adenosine triphosphatase. Chemical cross-linking studies.
Author
Periyasamy SM; Huang WH; Askari A
Address
 
Source
J Biol Chem, 1983 Aug, 258:16, 9878-85
Abstract
Cross-linking reactions of the alpha- and beta-subunits of the purified membrane-bound enzyme