Metabolic transformation of colchicine, IV[1]. On the interaction of colchicine and colchiceine with sulfhydryl compounds.
The interaction of colchicine and one of its metabolites, O10-demethylcolchicine (colchiceine), with sulfhydryl compounds was studied in several experimental systems. Colchiceine protects reduced glutathione from oxidation by atmospheric oxygen. Inactivation of enzymes with catalytically essential sulfhydryl groups is prevented by colchiceine. In affinity chromatographic experiments, Agarose-bound colchiceine adsorbs sulfhydryl enzymes which may be eluted specifically by SH-compounds like mercaptoethanol. No such effects are shown by colchicine. The data demonstrate a novel type of biochemical reactivity in the metabolite colchiceine with potential biological relevance.
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