Glutathione-dependent toxicity
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Xenobiotica
- Vol. 22 (9-10) , 1135-1145
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00498259209051867
Abstract
1. Recent studies show that glutathione conjugate formation is an important bioactivation mechanism for several groups of compounds with implications for organ-selective toxicity and carcinogenicity. 2. Vicinal dihaloalkanes, such as 1,2-dihaloethanes, yield S-(2-haloalkyl)glutathione conjugates that give rise to highly electrophilic episulphonium ions, which are involved in the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of 1,2-dihaloethanes. 3. Nephrotoxic haloalkenes are metabolized to S-(haloalkenyl)- or S-(haloalkyl)-glutathione conjugates which, after metabolism to the corresponding cysteine conjugates, are bioactivated by renal cysteine conjugate beta-lyase to yield cytotoxic or mutagenic metabolites. 4. Finally, hepatic glutathione conjugate formation with hydroquinones and aminophenols yields conjugates that are directed to gamma-glutamyltransferase-rich tissues, such as the kidney, where they undergo alkylation or redox cycling reactions, or both, that cause organ-selective damage.Keywords
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