Chemical Research in Toxicology 2011-09-19

Enhanced toxicity of the protein cross-linkers divinyl sulfone and diethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in comparison to related monofunctional electrophiles.

James D West, Chelsea E Stamm, Haley A Brown, Samantha L Justice, Kevin A Morano

Index: Chem. Res. Toxicol. 24(9) , 1457-9, (2011)

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Abstract

Previously, we determined that diethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DAD), a protein cross-linker, was significantly more toxic than analogous monofunctional electrophiles. We hypothesized that other protein cross-linkers enhance toxicity similarly. In agreement with this hypothesis, the bifunctional electrophile divinyl sulfone (DVSF) was 6-fold more toxic than ethyl vinyl sulfone (EVSF) in colorectal carcinoma cells and greater than 10-fold more toxic in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. DVSF and DAD caused oligomerization of yeast thioredoxin 2 (Trx2p) in vitro and promoted Trx2p cross-linking to other proteins in yeast at cytotoxic doses. Our results suggest that protein cross-linking is considerably more detrimental to cellular homeostasis than simple alkylation.

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