title: In vitro cytotoxicity of glyco-S-nitrosothiols. a novel class of nitric oxide donors.
abstract: The cytotoxicities of the nitric oxide (NO) donors, S-nitroso-N-acetylpencillamine (SNAP) and three glyco-SNAPs, glucose-1-SNAP, glucose-2-SNAP, and fructose-1-SNAP, towards the human gingival epithelioid S-G cell line and three human carcinoma cell lines derived from tissues of the oral cavity were compared using the neutral red (NR) assay. In general, the glucose-SNAPs were more cytotoxic than SNAP, which, in turn, was more cytotoxic than fructose-1-SNAP. Further studies focused on the response of S-G cells to glucose-2-SNAP. The cytotoxicity of glucose-2-SNAP was attributed to NO, as glucose-2-SNAP (t1/2=20 h at 28 degrees C) aged for 4 days was nontoxic, toxicity was eliminated in the presence of hydroxocobalamin, a specific NO scavenger, and toxicity was not noted with glucose-2-AP (the parent compound used to construct glucose-2-SNAP). Exposure of cells to glucose-2-SNAP resulted in a lessening of the intracellular level of glutathione and cells pretreated with the glutathione-depleter, 1,3-bis-(chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea, were more sensitive to a subsequent challenge with glucose-2-SNAP. Cytotoxicity of glucose-2-SNAP was lessened upon coexposure with the antioxidants, myricetin, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, and L-ascorbic acid. S-G cells exposed to glucose-2-SNAP exhibited bi- and multinucleation. Death of S-G cells exposed to glucose-2-SNAP apparently occurred by apoptosis, as demonstrated with fluorescence microscopy by the appearance of brightly stained, hypercondensed chromatin in spherical cells and of membrane blebbing and by the DNA-ladder of oligonucleosome-length fragments noted with gel electrophoresis. In comparison with other classes of NO donors the sequence of toxicity towards S-G cells was S-nitrosoglutathione>glucose-SNAPs>SNAP, sodium nitroprusside>spermine NONOate>DPTA NONOate>DETA NONOate>fructose-1-SNAP>>SIN-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, 245 Lexington Avenue, New York 10016, New York, USA. babich@ymail.yu.edu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Babich
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zuckerbraun
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D005609:Free Radicals; D005632:Fructose; D005881:Gingiva / Q000187:drug effects*; D005947:Glucose; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D010396:Penicillamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005609:Free Radicals; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D009603:Nitroso Compounds; C110881:S-nitro-N-acetylpenicillamine; D005632:Fructose; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D010396:Penicillamine; D005947:Glucose