title: Effects of lazaroids and a peroxynitrite scavenger in a cell model of peroxynitrite toxicity.
abstract: We developed a cerebellar granule cell model of peroxynitrite toxicity and showed that certain sulfhydryl-containing compounds (e.g., penicillamine) present as concurrent treatments could inhibit this toxicity. In the present study, 21-aminosteroid and pyrrolopyrimidine lazaroids were tested for cytoprotection in this peroxynitrite toxicity model. In addition, we tested for added protection using a peroxynitrite scavenger concurrent treatment combined with a lazaroid post-treatment. The toxicity assay utilized cells that were previously exposed to 100 microM L-buthionine (S,R)-sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of gamma-glutamyl-cysteine synthetase, for 24 h. This sublethal concentration of BSO shifted the peroxynitrite (1-1000 microM) toxicity curve to the left by more than one-half of a log unit. The half-maximal toxicity concentration (TC50) of peroxynitrite in cells treated with BSO was 50 microM. The 21-aminosteroids, U-74006F and U-74500A, and the pyrrolopyrimidines, U-91736B and U-101033E, were tested as post-treatments. U-74006F and U-74500A had EC50 values of approximately 100 microM (concentrations which blocked 50% of the toxicity). U-91736B and U-101033E had EC50 values of 1 microM and showed 100% protection at 3-10 microM. Treatment with either 100 microM U-74006F or 1 microM U-101033E resulted in a right-hand shift (protection) in the peroxynitrite toxicity curve. Further, combination treatment of lazaroids with 1 mM penicillamine resulted in additive protection compared to either treatment alone.
authors.affiliation: CNS Diseases Research, Pharmacia and Upjohn Inc., Kalamazoo, MI 49001, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Fici
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Althaus
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: VonVoigtlander
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000633:toxicity; D011281:Pregnatrienes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000494:pharmacology; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D009566:Nitrates; D011281:Pregnatrienes; D011743:Pyrimidines; D011758:Pyrroles; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; C101923:U 101033E; C105001:U 91736B; C039642:peroxynitric acid; C053356:U 74500A; C053355:tirilazad