title: Effect of tetrakis-mu-3,5-diisopropylsalicylatodiaquodicopper(II) on the status of reduced glutathione in freshly isolated hepatocytes.
abstract: Effects of different concentrations of tetrakis-mu-3,5-diisopropylsalicylatodiaquodicopper(II) (Cu(II)2(3,5-DIPS)4(H2O2)2) on the reduced status of glutathione (GSH), the major nonprotein thiol in tissues, were investigated using freshly isolated hepatocytes. Cu(II)2(3,5-DIPS)4 below 100 microM did not have any significant effects on either the GSH content or viability of the hepatocytes, but at 150-250 microM it decreased both parameters after 1 h of incubation. The decrease in cellular GSH was not followed by an increase in the oxidized form of GSH (GSSG) in the cell suspension. The addition of deferoxamine with Cu(II)2(3,5-DIPS)4 to the hepatocyte suspension prevented depletion in GSH content and loss of cell viability by Cu(II)2(3,5-DIPS)4. Both GSH depletion and loss of cell viability were found to be Cu(II)2(3,5-DIPS)4 dose dependent. From these results, it appears that Cu(II)2(3,5-DIPS)4 penetrated the cell membrane and acted by decreasing the GSH level by forming a copper-glutathione complex.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacology, National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takanaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012459:Salicylates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012459:Salicylates; C067228:copper tetrakis(3,5-diisopropylsalicylic acid); D005978:Glutathione