title: L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylate protects cultured endothelial cells against hyperoxia-induced injury.
abstract: When bovine pulmonary artery endothelial monolayers were exposed to hyperoxia (95% O2 and 5% Co2), they responded by selectively elevating the intracellular concentration of glutathione without affecting the activities of glutathione peroxidase or glutathione reductase, L-2-Oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylate, an intracellular cysteine-delivering agent, further enhanced the intracellular concentration of glutathione in oxygen-exposed endothelial cells and protected them from the lethal effect of hyperoxia. In contrast, buthionine sulfoximine, a potent inhibitor of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase, reduced the glutathione concentration and rendered the cells more sensitive to the toxic effect of oxygen. Both L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylate and buthionine sulfoximine had no effect on the activities of glutathione peroxidase or glutathione reductase. Our results suggest that L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylate may have the potential of preventing oxygen toxicity.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Albany, New York.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Tsan
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000633:toxicity*; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053778:Thiazolidines
chemical_list: D013844:Thiazoles; D053778:Thiazolidines; D005978:Glutathione; D010100:Oxygen; D011761:Pyrrolidonecarboxylic Acid; C029536:2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid