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Redox environment of the cell as viewed through the redox state of the glutathione disulfide/glutathione coupleF Q Schafer
Free Radical Research Institute and ESR Facility, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 1101, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 30:1191-212. 2001..These are the first steps toward a new quantitative biology, which hopefully will provide a rationale and understanding of the cellular mechanisms associated with cell growth and development, signaling, and reductive or oxidative stress...
Protein S-nitrosylation: purview and parametersDouglas T Hess
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 6:150-66. 2005..S-nitrosylation thereby conveys a large part of the ubiquitous influence of nitric oxide (NO) on cellular signal transduction, and provides a mechanism for redox-based physiological regulation...
Thiol chemistry and specificity in redox signalingChristine C Winterbourn
Free Radical Research Group and the National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Free Radic Biol Med 45:549-61. 2008..We discuss areas where observations in cell systems can be rationalized with the reactivity of specific oxidants and where further work is needed to understand the mechanisms involved...
Elaboration and characterization of thiolated chitosan-coated acrylic nanoparticlesIrene Bravo-Osuna
Laboratoire de Physicochimie, Pharmacotechnie et Biopharmacie, , , 5, , 92296 Chatenay Malabry, France
Int J Pharm 316:170-5. 2006..This new system, combining both the advantages of thiolated polymers and colloidal particles can be proposed as an original drug carrier system for mucosal delivery of biotechnology products...
Palladacycles catalyse the oxidation of critical thiols of the mitochondrial membrane proteins and lead to mitochondrial permeabilization and cytochrome c release associated with apoptosisDebora P Santana
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Bioquímica CIIB, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes UMC, Av Dr Cândido Xavier de Almeida e Souza, 200 Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Biochem J 417:247-56. 2009..Besides the contribution to clarify the pro-apoptotic mechanism of PdC, this study shows that the catalysis of specific protein thiol cross-linkage is enough to induce mitochondrial permeabilization and cytochrome c release...
S-glutathionylation in protein redox regulationIsabella Dalle-Donne
Department of Biology, University of Milan, I 20133 Milan, Italy
Free Radic Biol Med 43:883-98. 2007..In this review, we describe recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the potential role of protein S-glutathionylation in the redox regulation of signal transduction...
Activation of heat shock and antioxidant responses by the natural product celastrol: transcriptional signatures of a thiol-targeted moleculeAmy Trott
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Mol Biol Cell 19:1104-12. 2008....
Nitric oxide activates TRP channels by cysteine S-nitrosylationTakashi Yoshida
Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615 8510, Japan
Nat Chem Biol 2:596-607. 2006..These findings reveal the structural motif for the NO-sensitive activation gate in TRP channels and indicate that NO sensors are a new functional category of cellular receptors extending over different TRP families...
The high reactivity of peroxiredoxin 2 with H(2)O(2) is not reflected in its reaction with other oxidants and thiol reagentsAlexander V Peskin
Free Radical Research Group, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, P O Box 4345, Christchurch, New Zealand
J Biol Chem 282:11885-92. 2007..These results demonstrate that peroxiredoxin 2 has a tertiary structure that facilitates reaction of the active site thiol with hydrogen peroxide while restricting its reactivity with other thiol reagents...
Modulating cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity maintains efficient pre-β-HDL formation and increases reverse cholesterol transportEric J Niesor
Pharmaceuticals Division, F Hoffmann La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
J Lipid Res 51:3443-54. 2010..These data suggest that modulation of CETP activity by dalcetrapib does not inhibit CETP-induced pre-β-HDL formation, which may be required to increase reverse cholesterol transport...
Drevogenin D prevents selenite-induced oxidative stress and calpain activation in cultured rat lensP G Biju
Department of Biochemistry, University of Kerala, Kerala, India
Mol Vis 13:1121-9. 2007..The purpose of the study was to evaluate the role of Drevogenin D, a triterpenoid aglycone, isolated from Dregea volubilis in preventing selenite-induced, calcium-activated, calpain-mediated proteolysis in cultured rat lenses...
Safety and efficacy of dalcetrapib on atherosclerotic disease using novel non-invasive multimodality imaging (dal-PLAQUE): a randomised clinical trialZahi A Fayad
Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute and Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Lancet 378:1547-59. 2011..dal-PLAQUE is the first multicentre study using novel non-invasive multimodality imaging to assess structural and inflammatory indices of atherosclerosis as primary endpoints...
Potency of Michael reaction acceptors as inducers of enzymes that protect against carcinogenesis depends on their reactivity with sulfhydryl groupsA T Dinkova-Kostova
Department of Pharmacology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:3404-9. 2001..This enhancement correlates with more rapid reactivity of the ortho-hydroxylated derivatives with model sulfhydryl compounds. Proton NMR spectroscopy provides no evidence for increased electrophilicity of the beta-vinyl carbons (the ..
Cysteine residues exposed on protein surfaces are the dominant intramitochondrial thiol and may protect against oxidative damageRaquel Requejo
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust MRC Building, Cambridge, UK
FEBS J 277:1465-80. 2010..Therefore, exposed protein thiols are the dominant free thiol within the cell and may play a critical role in intracellular antioxidant defences against oxidative damage...
OxyR: a molecular code for redox-related signalingSung Oog Kim
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Cell 109:383-96. 2002....
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator: using differential reactivity toward channel-permeant and channel-impermeant thiol-reactive probes to test a molecular model for the poreChristopher Alexander
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Biochemistry 48:10078-88. 2009..The results provide an initial validation of two, new molecular models for CFTR and suggest that molecular dynamics simulation will be a useful tool for unraveling the structural basis of anion conduction by CFTR...
A sensitive method for the quantitative measurement of protein thiol modification in response to oxidative stressAimee Landar
Department of Pathology, Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 40:459-68. 2006..Thus, we have developed a versatile, cost-effective standard that can be used in proteomic methods to quantitate biotin tags in response to oxidative stress...
Cell-surface thiols affect cell entry of disulfide-conjugated peptidesSoline Aubry
UPMC Universite Paris 06, UMR 7613, Synthesis, Structure, and Function of Bioactive Molecules, Paris, France
FASEB J 23:2956-67. 2009....
Tuning of shell and core characteristics of chitosan-decorated acrylic nanoparticlesI Bravo-Osuna
CNRS, UMR CNRS 8612, Faculte de Pharmacie, 5 rue J B Clement, 92296 Chatenay Malabry, France
Eur J Pharm Sci 30:143-54. 2007..Positive surface charge values were obtained in all cases. In addition, evidences of the presence of thiol groups were obtained (0.03-0.16 x 10(-3)micromol/cm(2) of nanoparticle)...
A bystander effect observed in boron neutron capture therapy: a study of the induction of mutations in the HPRT locusYuko Kinashi
Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Osaka, Japan
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68:508-14. 2007..The BSH-containing cells were irradiated with alpha-particles produced by the 10B(n,alpha)7Li reaction, whereas cells without boron were affected only by the 1H(n,gamma)2H and 14N(n,rho)14C reactions...
Monofunctional gold nanoparticles prepared via a noncovalent-interaction-based solid-phase modification approachXiong Liu
Nanoscience Technology Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, 12424 Research Parkway Suit 400, Orlando, FL 32826, USA
Small 2:1126-9. 2006
Evidence that the heme regulatory motifs in heme oxygenase-2 serve as a thiol/disulfide redox switch regulating heme bindingLi Yi
Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 0664, USA
J Biol Chem 282:21056-67. 2007....
Pink-eyed dilution protein modulates arsenic sensitivity and intracellular glutathione metabolismLiliana Staleva
The Ronald O Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
Mol Biol Cell 13:4206-20. 2002..Our data demonstrate that the pink-eyed dilution protein increases cellular sensitivity to arsenicals and other metalloids and can modulate intracellular glutathione metabolism...
Mucoadhesive thiolated chitosans as platforms for oral controlled drug delivery: synthesis and in vitro evaluationMarta Roldo
Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Eur J Pharm Biopharm 57:115-21. 2004..These results contribute to the development of new delivery systems exhibiting improved mucoadhesive properties...
Isotope-coded affinity tag (ICAT) approach to redox proteomics: identification and quantitation of oxidant-sensitive cysteine thiols in complex protein mixturesMahadevan Sethuraman
Vascular Biology Unit, Cardiovascular Proteomics Center, and Mass Spectrometry Resource, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Proteome Res 3:1228-33. 2004....
Thiol-disulfide balance: from the concept of oxidative stress to that of redox regulationPietro Ghezzi
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy
Antioxid Redox Signal 7:964-72. 2005..This review discusses the importance of protein oxidation in redox regulation in view of the recent data originating from the application of redox proteomics to identify redox-sensitive targets...
Molecular mechanisms and potential clinical significance of S-glutathionylationIsabella Dalle-Donne
Department of Biology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Antioxid Redox Signal 10:445-73. 2008..Recently, specific PSSG have been identified in the inferior parietal lobule in Alzheimer's disease. However, much investigation is needed to clarify the actual involvement of protein S-glutathionylation in many human diseases...
Protein thiol modifications visualized in vivoLars I Leichert
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
PLoS Biol 2:e333. 2004..Remarkably, a number of these proteins were previously or are now shown to be redox regulated...
Thiolated polymers--thiomers: development and in vitro evaluation of chitosan-thioglycolic acid conjugatesC E Kast
Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Center of Pharmacy, University of Vienna, Austria
Biomaterials 22:2345-52. 2001..According to these results. chitosan-TGA conjugates represent a promising tool for the development of mucoadhesive drug delivery systems...
Dalcetrapib: no off-target toxicity on blood pressure or on genes related to the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in ratsE S G Stroes
Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Br J Pharmacol 158:1763-70. 2009..The effects of dalcetrapib (RO4607381/JTT-705) and torcetrapib on haemodynamics and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) were therefore assessed in a rat model...
Mechanistic and kinetic details of catalysis of thiol-disulfide exchange by glutaredoxins and potential mechanisms of regulationMOLLY M GALLOGLY
Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 4965, USA
Antioxid Redox Signal 11:1059-81. 2009..Part II presents potential mechanisms for in vivo regulation of Grx activity, providing avenues for future studies...
Transcriptional regulation via cysteine thiol modification: a novel molecular strategy for chemoprevention and cytoprotectionHye-Kyung Na
National Research Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Mol Carcinog 45:368-80. 2006....
5,6-Dihydrocyclopenta[c][1,2]-dithiole-3(4H)-thione is a promising cancer chemopreventive agent in the urinary bladderJoseph D Paonessa
Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
Chem Biol Interact 180:119-26. 2009..In conclusion, CPDT potently and preferentially induces Phase 2 enzymes in the bladder epithelium and Nrf2 is its key mediator...
Oxidative stress in cataractogenesisSonja Cekic
Eye Clinic, Clinic Centre Nis, Bulevar dr Zorana Đinđića 48, 18000 Nis, Serbia
Bosn J Basic Med Sci 10:265-9. 2010....
Anacetrapib and dalcetrapib: two novel cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitorsMarta A Miyares
Pharmacy Department, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
Ann Pharmacother 45:84-94. 2011....
Identification of an unintended consequence of Nrf2-directed cytoprotection against a key tobacco carcinogen plus a counteracting chemopreventive interventionJoseph D Paonessa
Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
Cancer Res 71:3904-11. 2011..Thus, CPDT exemplifies a counteracting solution to the dilemma posed by Nrf2...
A novel role for cytochrome c: Efficient catalysis of S-nitrosothiol formationSwati Basu
Department of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27109, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 48:255-63. 2010....
GEA3162, a nitric oxide-releasing agent, activates non-store-operated Ca2+ entry and inhibits store-operated Ca2+ entry pathways in neutrophils through thiol oxidationMei-Feng Hsu
Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Eur J Pharmacol 535:43-52. 2006..The dual effects of GEA3162 on the regulation of the external Ca2+ entry are mainly through the thiol modification of target protein(s) residing on the outside of the plasma membrane...
Kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of cellular thiol-disulfide redox regulationKristine Steen Jensen
Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Antioxid Redox Signal 11:1047-58. 2009..This is accomplished by enzymes, such as the oxidoreductases, that direct reactions in thermodynamically favorable directions by decreasing the activation energy barrier...
Cysteinylation and homocysteinylation of plasma protein thiols during ageing of healthy human beingsR Rossi
Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
J Cell Mol Med 13:3131-40. 2009..The drop in the plasma level of protein sulphydryl groups suggests depletion and/or impairment of the antioxidant capacity of plasma, likely related to an alteration of the delicate balance between the different redox forms of thiols...
Bound homocysteine, cysteine, and cysteinylglycine distribution between albumin and globulinsGlen L Hortin
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Warren Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Clin Chem 52:2258-64. 2006..Major portions of homocysteine (Hcy), cysteine (Cys), cysteinylglycine (CysGly), and glutathione in serum are covalently bound to proteins via disulfides. Albumin has been considered the dominant binding protein...
Age-related influence on thiol, disulfide, and protein-mixed disulfide levels in human plasmaDaniela Giustarini
Department of Neuroscience, Pharmacology Unit, University of Siena, Via A Moro 4, I 53100, Siena, Italy
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:1030-8. 2006..The occurrence of two distinct regulatory systems for plasmatic pools of glutathione/cysteinylglycine on the one hand and cysteine/homocysteine on the other hand is hypothesized...
The cataract-associated R14C mutant of human gamma D-crystallin shows a variety of intermolecular disulfide cross-links: a Raman spectroscopic studyAjay Pande
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences Research Building, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York 12222, USA
Biochemistry 48:4937-45. 2009....
The nuclear form of phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase is a protein thiol peroxidase contributing to sperm chromatin stabilityM Conrad
Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumour Genetics, GSF Research Centre for Environment and Health, Munich, Germany
Mol Cell Biol 25:7637-44. 2005..We conclude that nPHGPx, by acting as a protein thiol peroxidase in vivo, contributes to the structural stability of sperm chromatin...
Quantification of oxidative posttranslational modifications of cysteine thiols of p21ras associated with redox modulation of activity using isotope-coded affinity tags and mass spectrometryMahadevan Sethuraman
Vascular Biology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 42:823-9. 2007..The quantitative changes in thiol modification caused by GSSG associated with increased activity demonstrate the potential importance of redox modulation of p21ras...
The potential of transferrin-pendant-type polyethyleneglycol liposomes encapsulating decahydrodecaborate-(10)B (GB-10) as (10)B-carriers for boron neutron capture therapyShin Ichiro Masunaga
Particle Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, Kyoto University, Kumatori, Osaka, Japan
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 66:1515-22. 2006..To evaluate GB-10-encapsulating transferrin (TF)-pendant-type polyethyleneglycol (PEG) liposomes as tumor-targeting (10)B-carriers for boron neutron capture therapy...
Quantification and identification of mitochondrial proteins containing vicinal dithiolsRaquel Requejo
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge, UK
Arch Biochem Biophys 504:228-35. 2010..These findings are consistent with roles for mitochondrial vicinal dithiol proteins in antioxidant defence and redox signalling and these methodologies will enable these roles to be explored...
Effect of different mouthrinses on morning breathD van Steenberghe
Department of Periodontology, Oral Pathology and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
J Periodontol 72:1183-91. 2001..CHX-Alc and CHX-CPC-Zn mouthrinses result in a significant reduction of the microbial load of tongue and saliva...
Measuring mitochondrial protein thiol redox stateRaquel Requejo
Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Wellcome Trust MRC Building, Cambridge, UK
Methods Enzymol 474:123-47. 2010..Here we outline some of the approaches that can be used to accomplish these goals and thereby infer the multiple roles of mammalian mitochondrial protein thiols in antioxidant defense and redox signaling...
Quantifying changes in the thiol redox proteome upon oxidative stress in vivoLars I Leichert
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 830 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:8197-202. 2008..These experiments illustrate that OxICAT, which can be used in a variety of different cell types and organisms, is a powerful tool to identify, quantify, and monitor oxidative thiol modifications in vivo...
Thiol-disulfide exchange in an immunoglobulin-like fold: structure of the N-terminal domain of DsbDCelia W Goulding
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Laboratory of Structural Biology and Molecular Medicine, UCLA DOE, P O Box 951570, Los Angeles, California 90095 1570, USA
Biochemistry 41:6920-7. 2002..A model is discussed whereby the immunoglobulin fold of DsbD(N) may provide for the discriminating interaction with thioredoxin-like factors, thereby triggering movement of the phenylalanine cap followed by disulfide rearrangement...
Tumor-specific targeting of sodium borocaptate (BSH) to malignant glioma by transferrin-PEG liposomes: a modality for boron neutron capture therapyAtsushi Doi
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Medical College, 2 7 Daigaku machi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569 8686, Japan
J Neurooncol 87:287-94. 2008..To improve a drug delivery in BNCT, we devised transferrin-conjugated polyethylene-glycol liposome encapsulating sodium borocaptate (TF-PEG-BSH)...
Positive and negative feedback regulatory loops of thiol-oxidative stress response mediated by an unstable isoform of sigmaR in actinomycetesMin Sik Kim
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Mol Microbiol 73:815-25. 2009..We observed that sigH gene, the sigR orthologue in Mycobacterium smegmatis, produces an unstable larger isoform of sigma(H) upon induction by thiol-oxidative stress...
Peroxiredoxins: a historical overview and speculative preview of novel mechanisms and emerging concepts in cell signalingSue Goo Rhee
Laboratory of Cell Signaling, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 38:1543-52. 2005..This reversible overoxidation may represent an adaptation unique to eukaryotic cells that accommodates the intracellular messenger function of H(2)O(2), but experimental validation of such speculation is yet to come...
Mucosal sulfhydryl compounds evaluation by in vivo electron spin resonance spectroscopy in mice with experimental colitisH Togashi
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2 2 2 Iida nishi, Yamagata 990 9585, Japan
Gut 52:1291-6. 2003..A decrease in colonic mucosal SH compounds affects the redox status of the mucosa, resulting in vulnerability to further attacks. Therefore, there is a strong need for in vivo evaluation of SH compounds in the colonic mucosa...
Nile Red-adsorbed gold nanoparticle matrixes for determining aminothiols through surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometryYu-Fen Huang
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Anal Chem 78:1485-93. 2006..We validated the applicability of our method through the analyses of GSH in red blood cells and of Cys in plasma; we believe that this approach has great potential for diagnosis...
Suitability of boron carriers for BNCT: accumulation of boron in malignant and normal liver cells after treatment with BPA, BSH and BAF I Chou
Nuclear Science and Technology Development Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, ROC
Appl Radiat Isot 67:S105-8. 2009..BSH had higher retention in liver but low level in pancreas and spleen appears to be a better candidate BNCT drug for hepatoma. These preliminary results provide useful information on future application of BNCT for hepatoma...
Role of protein -SH groups in redox homeostasis--the erythrocyte as a model systemP Di Simplicio
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Siena, Via Mattioli 4, Siena, 53100, Italy
Arch Biochem Biophys 355:145-52. 1998..Species with relatively high PSH reactivity and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, such as the rat, therefore had a higher antioxidant capacity than species (calf) in which these parameters were relatively low...
Mechanisms of gastroprotection by lansoprazole pretreatment against experimentally induced injury in rats: role of mucosal oxidative damage and sulfhydryl compoundsGianfranco Natale
Department of Human Morphology and Applied Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 195:62-72. 2004..F(2alpha) (indices of lipid peroxidation), as well as a decrease in the levels of mucosal sulfhydryl compounds, assayed as reduced glutathione (GSH)...
Reversible cysteine-targeted oxidation of proteins during renal oxidative stressPhilip Eaton
The Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas Hospital, King s College London, London, United Kingdom
J Am Soc Nephrol 14:S290-6. 2003..These represent proteins that may be functionally regulated by S-thiolation and thus could undergo a change in activity or function after renal ischemia and reperfusion...
Purification and characterization of thiol-specific antioxidant protein from human red blood cell: a new type of antioxidant proteinY S Lim
Department of Biochemistry, Pai Chai University, Taejon, Republic of Korea
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 199:199-206. 1994..These observations suggest that HRPRP could act as a new type of antioxidant protein to maintain the RBC integrity by scavenging reactive oxygen species...
Identification of thioredoxin h-reducible disulphides in proteomes by differential labelling of cysteines: insight into recognition and regulation of proteins in barley seeds by thioredoxin hKenji Maeda
Department of Chemistry, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark
Proteomics 5:1634-44. 2005..For the first time, specificity of thioredoxin h for particular disulphide bonds is demonstrated, providing a basis to study structural aspects of the recognition mechanism and regulation of target proteins...
Functionally active t1-t1 interfaces revealed by the accessibility of intracellular thiolate groups in kv4 channelsGuangyu Wang
Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
J Gen Physiol 126:55-69. 2005..These results conclusively demonstrate that the T1--T1 interface of Kv4 channels is functionally active and dynamic, and that critical reactive thiolate groups in this interface may not be protected by Zn(2+) binding...
The relationship between plasma levels of oxidized and reduced thiols and early atherosclerosis in healthy adultsSalman Ashfaq
Division of Cardiology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 47:1005-11. 2006..This finding supports a role for oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of premature atherosclerosis, and its measurement may help in the early identification of asymptomatic subjects at risk of atherosclerotic disease...
Redox modifications of protein-thiols: emerging roles in cell signalingSaibal Biswas
Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Ambedkar College, Nagpur, Maharashtra State, India
Biochem Pharmacol 71:551-64. 2006....
Defining the plant disulfide proteomeKyunghee Lee
Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea
Electrophoresis 25:532-41. 2004..Possible functions of disulfide bonding in these proteins are discussed...
Probing the disulfide folding pathway of insulin-like growth factor-IS J Milner
GroPep Pty, Ltd, Adelaide, Australia
Biotechnol Bioeng 62:693-703. 1999..Finally, we apply this pathway to IGF-I and conclude that the divergence in the in vitro folding pathway of IGF-I is caused by non-native interactions involving Glu3 that stabilize the alternative structure...
Quantifying the global cellular thiol-disulfide statusRosa E Hansen
Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:422-7. 2009..Accordingly, protein thiols are likely to be directly involved in the cellular defense against oxidative stress...
Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnologyJ Christopher Love
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Chem Rev 105:1103-69. 2005
Dosimetric study of boron neutron capture therapy with borocaptate sodium (BSH)/lipiodol emulsion (BSH/lipiodol-BNCT) for treatment of multiple liver tumorsMinoru Suzuki
Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Osaka, Japan
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 58:892-6. 2004....
General method to identify and enrich vicinal thiol proteins present in intact cells in the oxidized, disulfide stateC Gitler
Department of Membrane Research and Biophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Anal Biochem 252:48-55. 1997..This method allows sensitive direct identification of vicinal thiol proteins that participate in redox regulation and those that are targets to oxidative stress conditions...
Biodistribution of 10B in a rat liver tumor model following intra-arterial administration of sodium borocaptate (BSH)/degradable starch microspheres (DSM) emulsionMinoru Suzuki
Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Noda, Kumatori cho, Sennan gun, Osaka 590 0494, Japan
Appl Radiat Isot 61:933-7. 2004..However, the high (10)B accumulation in the liver tumors following intra-arterial administration of BSH/DSM emulsion suggests that BSH/DSM-BNCT has the potential for application to malignant tumors in other sites...
Detection of reactive oxygen species-sensitive thiol proteins by redox difference gel electrophoresis: implications for mitochondrial redox signalingThomas R Hurd
Medical Research Council Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Wellcome Trust Medical Research Council Building, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK
J Biol Chem 282:22040-51. 2007..Thiol redox modification affected enzyme activity, suggesting that the reversible modification of enzyme activity by ROS from the respiratory chain may be an important and unexplored mode of mitochondrial redox signaling...
The role of low molecular weight thiols in T lymphocyte proliferation and IL-2 secretionTanja Hadzic
Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, USA
J Immunol 175:7965-72. 2005..Importantly, exogenous IL-2 completely overcame BSO-induced block of T cell proliferation. These results demonstrate that T cell proliferation is regulated by thiol-sensitive pathway involving IL-2...
Role of protein disulfide isomerase and other thiol-reactive proteins in HIV-1 envelope protein-mediated fusionWu Ou
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Building 4, Room 336, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Virology 350:406-17. 2006..We discuss the implications of these observations for identification of molecules involved in disulfide rearrangements in Env during fusion...
Biochemical and biological aspects of protein thiolation in cells and plasmaPaolo Di Simplicio
Department of Neuroscience, Pharmacology Unit, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Antioxid Redox Signal 7:951-63. 2005..Here we provide an overview of protein thiolation/dethiolation processes, with an emphasis on recent developments and future perspectives in this field...
Thiol-based redox metabolism of protozoan parasitesSylke Muller
Division of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD1 5EH, Dundee, UK
Trends Parasitol 19:320-8. 2003..In Plasmodium falciparum, the crystal structures of glutathione reductase and glutamate dehydrogenase are now available; another drug target, thioredoxin reductase, has been demonstrated to be essential for the malarial parasite...
Safety and tolerability of dalcetrapibEvan A Stein
Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Am J Cardiol 104:82-91. 2009....
The dual functions of thiol-based peroxidases in H2O2 scavenging and signalingSimon Fourquet
CEA, DSV, iBiTecS, Laboratoire Stress Oxydants et Cancer, CEA Saclay, Gif sur Yvette France
Antioxid Redox Signal 10:1565-76. 2008..We then discuss possible thiol peroxidase physiologic functions, based on selected observations made in microorganisms and mammals...
Factors affecting S-homocysteinylation of LDL apoprotein BAngelo Zinellu
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Cattedra di Biochimica Clinica, Universita degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Clin Chem 52:2054-9. 2006..Because oxidation and/or homocysteinylation may increase atherogenicity of LDL, we investigated S-homocysteinylation of LDL as a possible contributor to atherosclerosis pathogenesis...
Piezo dispensed microarray of multivalent chelating thiols for dissecting complex protein-protein interactionsGoran Klenkar
Division of Molecular and Applied Physics, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, , , Sweden
Anal Chem 78:3643-50. 2006..Thus, multiplexed monitoring of binding phenomena at various compositions (receptor densities) offers a powerful tool to dissect protein-protein interactions...
Evidence for inactivation of cysteine proteases by reactive carbonyls via glycation of active site thiolsJingmin Zeng
The Heart Research Institute, 145 Missenden Road, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
Biochem J 398:197-206. 2006..This process may contribute to the accumulation of modified proteins in tissues of people with diabetes and age-related pathologies, including atherosclerosis, cataract and Alzheimer's disease...
Association between oral malodor and measurements obtained using a new sulfide monitorPraweena Sopapornamorn
Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1 5 45 Yushima, Tokyo, Japan
J Dent 34:770-4. 2006..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of a new volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) monitor to assess oral malodor in subjects and compare its performance with those of organoleptic testing and gas chromatography...
Dominant-negative modification reveals the regulatory function of the multimeric cysteine synthase protein complex in transgenic tobaccoMarkus Wirtz
Heidelberg Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Plant Cell 19:625-39. 2007..These data provide evidence that the CSC and its subcellular compartmentation play a crucial role in the control of Cys biosynthesis, a unique function for a plant metabolic protein complex...
Biochemical characterization of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitorsMollie Ranalletta
Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
J Lipid Res 51:2739-52. 2010..Each CETP inhibitor induced tight binding of CETP to HDL, indicating that these inhibitors promote the formation of a complex between CETP and HDL, resulting in inhibition of CETP activity...
Persistent S-nitrosation of complex I and other mitochondrial membrane proteins by S-nitrosothiols but not nitric oxide or peroxynitrite: implications for the interaction of nitric oxide with mitochondriaChristina C Dahm
Medical Research Council Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Wellcome Trust/Medical Research Council Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
J Biol Chem 281:10056-65. 2006..These findings point to a significant role for complex I S-nitrosation and consequent dysfunction during nitrosative stress in disorders such as Parkinson disease and sepsis...
Thiol metabolism and antioxidant systems complement each other during arsenate detoxification in Ceratophyllum demersum LSeema Mishra
Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation Group, National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow 226001, India
Aquat Toxicol 86:205-15. 2008....
Effects of N-acetylcysteine and glutathione ethyl ester drops on streptozotocin-induced diabetic cataract in ratsShu Zhang
Department of Ophthalmology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, China
Mol Vis 14:862-70. 2008..To evaluate the effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and glutathione ethyl ester (GSH-EE) eye drops on the progression of diabetic cataract formation induced by streptozotocin (STZ)...
A mitochondria-targeted S-nitrosothiol modulates respiration, nitrosates thiols, and protects against ischemia-reperfusion injuryTracy A Prime
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:10764-9. 2009..These results support the idea that selectively targeting NO(*) donors to mitochondria is an effective strategy to reversibly modulate respiration and to protect mitochondria against ischemia-reperfusion injury...
The Role of zinc in the disulphide stress-regulated anti-sigma factor RsrA from Streptomyces coelicolorWei Li
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
J Mol Biol 333:461-72. 2003..Redox stress induces disulphide bond formation amongst zinc-ligating residues, expelling the metal ion and stabilising a structure incapable of binding the sigma factor...
Proteomic analysis of S-nitrosylation and denitrosylation by resin-assisted captureMichael T Forrester
Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Nat Biotechnol 27:557-9. 2009..This methodology is readily adapted to analyzing diverse cysteine-based protein modifications, including S-acylation...
Cysteine regulation of protein function--as exemplified by NMDA-receptor modulationStuart A Lipton
Center for Neuroscience and Aging, The Burnham Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Trends Neurosci 25:474-80. 2002..This article reviews the basis for these molecular cysteine switches, drawing on the NMDA receptor as an exemplary protein, and proposes a molecular model for the action of S-nitrosylation based on recently derived crystal structures...
Protein-thiol oxidation, from single proteins to proteome-wide analysesNatacha Le Moan
CEA, DSV, iBiTecS, SBIGeM, Laboratoire Stress Oxydants et Cancer, Gif sur Yvette, France
Methods Mol Biol 476:181-98. 2008..Proteome-wide approaches also contributed to establish the functions of the thioredoxin and glutathione pathways in eukaryotic cytoplasmic thiol-redox control...
Copper dependence of the biotin switch assay: modified assay for measuring cellular and blood nitrosated proteinsXunde Wang
Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 44:1362-72. 2008..The addition of copper to ascorbate allows for a simple assay modification that dramatically increases sensitivity while maintaining specificity...
Conformational fluctuations coupled to the thiol-disulfide transfer between thioredoxin and arsenate reductase in Bacillus subtilisYou Li
Beijing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
J Biol Chem 282:11078-83. 2007..Our current studies provide novel insights into understanding the reaction mechanisms of the thioredoxin-arsenate reductase pathway...
ortho- and meta-substituted aromatic thiols are efficient redox buffers that increase the folding rate of a disulfide-containing proteinJonathan D Gough
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Biotechnol 125:39-47. 2006..In the presence of the common denaturant guanidine hydrochloride (0.5M) aromatic thiols provided 100% yield of active protein while maintaining equivalent folding rates...
Homocysteine- and cysteine-mediated growth defect is not associated with induction of oxidative stress response genes in yeastArun Kumar
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India
Biochem J 396:61-9. 2006....
Global methods to monitor the thiol-disulfide state of proteins in vivoLars I Leichert
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-1048, USA
Antioxid Redox Signal 8:763-72. 2006..This review will provide an overview of the current techniques, focus on approaches to quantitatively describe the extent of thiol modification in vivo, and summarize their applications...
The organoselenium compound 1,4-phenylenebis(methylene)selenocyanate inhibits 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone-induced tumorgenesis and enhances glutathione-related antioxidant levels in A/J mouse lungJohn P Richie
Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, PA 17033, USA
Chem Biol Interact 161:93-103. 2006....
Thioredoxin reductase is essential for thiol/disulfide redox control and oxidative stress survival of the anaerobe Bacteroides fragilisEdson R Rocha
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, 600 Moye Blvd, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Bacteriol 189:8015-23. 2007..Taken together, these data strongly suggest that TrxB/Trx is the major, if not the sole, thiol/disulfide redox system in this anaerobe required for survival and abscess formation in a peritoneal cavity infection model...
Thiol-based regulation of redox-active glutamate-cysteine ligase from Arabidopsis thalianaLeslie M Hicks
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, Missouri 63132, USA
Plant Cell 19:2653-61. 2007....
Research Grants
- CHEMICAL SYNTESIS OF BETA MANNO- AND RHAMNOPYRANOSIDESDavid Crich; Fiscal Year: 2001....
- A metabolomic model of aging in the common marmosetDANIEL EDWARD LEE PROMISLOW; Fiscal Year: 2010..The acquired knowledge has the potential to explain causes of variation in traits of aging within individuals and also differences in aging among individuals in human populations. ..
- Methods and Mechanisms in Carbohydrate ChemistryDavid Crich; Fiscal Year: 2003..It is hoped that an enhanced understanding of the poor reactivity of these species will enable the development of protecting groups and conditions to circumvent it. ..
- Methods and Mechanisms in Carbohydrate ChemistryDavid Crich; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Redox in Oxidative StressDean Jones; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Chemical Synthesis of Beta-Manno and RehamnopyranosidesDavid Crich; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Redox in Oxidative StressDean Jones; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Thioredoxin-2 protection against mitochondrial oxidative toxicityDean P Jones; Fiscal Year: 2010..This is of considerable importance because therapeutic agents which eliminate reactive species could also disrupt normal signaling. ..
- Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Redox in Oxidative StressDean P Jones; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- MITOCHONDRIA IN CHEMICAL-INDUCED APOPTOSISDean Jones; Fiscal Year: 2007..Aims 1 and 2 will substantially add to basic knowledge of human mtTrx and Aims 3 and 4 will define whether mtTrx has a central function in protection against chemical-induced toxicity. ..
- Chemical Synthesis of Beta Manno-and RhamnopyranosidesDavid Crich; Fiscal Year: 2005..Accordingly, it is necessary that any truly valuable method be demonstrated to be readily transferable between the two phases. ..
- Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Redox in Oxidative StressDean Jones; Fiscal Year: 2005....
- Metabolic effects of chemical interactions in toxicityDean Jones; Fiscal Year: 2005....
- Thioredoxin-2 protection against mitochondrial oxidative toxicityDean P Jones; Fiscal Year: 2011..This is of considerable importance because therapeutic agents which eliminate reactive species could also disrupt normal signaling. ..
- Metabolic analysis in human sulfur amino acid deficiencyDean Jones; Fiscal Year: 2005..g., 300 samples/day with a flow cell), results will show whether this approach could be useful for nutritional assessment of complex metabolic effects of SAA intake. ..
- MITOCHONDRIA IN CHEMICAL-INDUCED APOPTOSISDean Jones; Fiscal Year: 2001..These studies will clarify the role of mitochondria in chemical-induced cell death and provide important new information concerning the mechanistic basis for apoptotic cell death induced by mitochondrial toxicants. ..
- PP2A-Like Constitutive ERK/MAPK Phosphatase in BrainTimothy Foley; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- NMR systems : 2 Bruker Avance 500 ConsolesAMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 2006..The areas of public health research include, among others, cancer, infectious diseases, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, and heart and cardiovascular disease. ..
- SYNTHESIS OF PHYLLANTHOSIDE RELATED ANTITUMOR AGENTSAMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 1991..Once such features are identified, the design of new and possibly more effective antitumor drugs should be feasible...
- Pilot-Scale Libraries for High-throughput ScreeningAMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Structural Biology of the S. elongatus Circadian ClockMartin Egli; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- Design and Synthesis of HIV-1 Protease InhibitorsAMOS SMITH; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- METABOLISM AND TOXICITY OF HYDROQUINONE-THIOETHERSSerrine Lau; Fiscal Year: 2003..The overall goals of this aim are to characterize the Eker animal model in which the effects of environmental influences (chemical exposure) on a genetic predisposition to cancer are determined. ..
- SOUTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTERSerrine Lau; Fiscal Year: 2007..This last goal is synergistic with the objective of extending basic research discoveries into the clinical and public health arenas. ..
