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Effects of acrylamide and other sulfhydryl compounds in vivo and in vitro on staining of motor nerve terminals by the zinc iodide-osmium technique.

The zinc iodide-osmium technique blackens motor nerve terminals by selectively staining synaptic vesicles. Intraperitoneal injections of acrylamide (30 mg/kg/day, 5 times each week) cause inhibition of staining by this technique so that approximately one third of the end-plates in rat sternocostalis muscle are unstained after 24 hours, and by 17 days more than 70% are unstained. This is not associated with nerve fiber degeneration. A similar inhibition of staining can also be shown after prior incubation of the sternocostalis muscle in 4 mM acrylamide in oxygenated Ringer's solution. Intraperitoneal injection of the thiol group blocker N-ethylmaleimide also causes marked inhibition of staining of motor end-plates by this method. Dithiothreitol, which prevents the oxidation of thiol groups, will partly prevent the inhibition of staining by both acrylamide and N-ethylmaleimide, when given in vivo.

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Detoxification of urotoxic oxazaphosphorines by sulfhydryl compounds.

Urotoxic side effects, especially hemorrhagic cystitis, have so far been a limiting factor in the therapeutic use of cyclophosphamide (Endoxan), ifosfamide (Holoxan), and trofosfamide (Ixoten). The uroprotective agent mesna (Uromitexan) allows regional detoxification in the kidney and the urinary tract, and thus clinical prevention of the urotoxic side effects of the above cytostatics. The uroprotective mechanism of mesna is based on the formation of nontoxic additive compounds with acrolein and 4-hydroxy-metabolites. In the body, mesna is rapidly transformed into its biologically inert disulfide. After glomerular filtration mesna disulfide is rapidly reduced by reacting with the glutathion system and elimination in the urine as a free thiol compound, further detoxifying the aggressive oxazaphosphorine metabolites.

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Processing of mengovirus precursor polypeptides in the presence of zinc ions and sulfhydryl compounds.

The effect of zinc ions on the post-translational cleavage of mengovirus polypeptides has been examined. The cleavage of the "A" precursor, which gives rise to the capsid proteins, was the most sensitive at concentrations of zinc chloride from 0.1 to 1.0 mM. Beta-mercaptoethanol and dithiothreitol antagonized the zinc-promoted inhibtion of clevage. Our results indicate that zinc ions interfere with the proper folding of the nascent polypeptide precursor rather than inhibit the proteases responsible for the cleavages. Thus, proper folding of mengovirus polypeptide "A" appears to be necessary for subsequent processing by proteases.

Dithiothreitol↗

Inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme by CV-3317, a non-sulfhydryl compound.

N-[N-[(S)-1-Ethoxycarbonyl-3-phenylpropyl]-L-alanyl]-N-(indan-2- yl)glycine hydrochloride (CV-3317) and its de-esterified products, CV-3317-COOH and CV-3317-(5-OH)-COOH, inhibited rabbit lung angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) with the IC50s of 1.2 X 10(-7), 4.0 X 10(-8) and 4.9 X 10(-8) M, respectively, angiotensin I (A-I)-induced vasoconstriction of the rat aorta (IC50: 2.6 X 10(-7), 2.6 X 10(-8) and 5.4 X 10(-8) M, respectively), and A-I-induced pressor response of the rat kidney (IC50: 3.9 X 10(-7), 3.5 X 10(-8) and 2.8 X 10(-8) M, respectively). In these 3 experiments, both de-esterified products were 4 to 14 times more potent than captopril. In rats, CV-3317 (0.0138 to 138 mumol/kg, p.o.) inhibited plasma and lung ACEs, and the effects at a dose of 0.46 mumol/kg lasted more than 8 hr. CV-3317 inhibited the A-I-induced pressor action in rats (0.138 to 13.8 mumol/kg, p.o. or 0.046 to 0.138 mumol/kg i.v.) and dogs (0.46 to 4.6 mumol/kg, p.o.) in a dose-related manner. CV-3317 was more potent and longer acting than captopril in these in vivo ACE inhibitions. CV-3317 augmented bradykinin-induced hypotension (dogs) and contraction of the ileum (guinea pigs) less potently than captopril. In spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), CV-3317 (3 mg/kg, p.o.) markedly inhibited plasma and tissue (aorta, kidney, lung and brain) ACEs; and when administered daily for 2 weeks, it inhibited the plasma, aorta, kidney and lung ACEs; in particular, it markedly inhibited the aortic ACE. Captopril (30 mg/kg, p.o.) markedly inhibited tissue ACEs and slightly plasma ACE, but its inhibitory effects on tissue ACEs, except for the aorta, were unclear by repeated dosings and its effect on plasma ACE was rather enhanced. Thus, the inhibition of vascular ACE may be particularly important for the antihypertensive effect of the ACE inhibitors, including CV-3317, in SHR.

Angiotensin I↗

Inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme by (R)-3-[(S)-1-carboxy-5-(4-piperidyl)pentyl]amino-4-oxo-2,3,4,5-tetra- hydro-1,5-benzothiazepine-6-acetic acid (CV-5975), a non-sulfhydryl compound.

CV-5975, (R)-3-[(S)-1-carboxy-5-(4-piperidyl)pentyl]amino-4-oxo- 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,5-benzothiazepine-5-acetic acid, was found to inhibit rabbit lung angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity with an IC50 of 3.1 x 10(-9) M and a Ki of 2.6 x 10(-9) M, inhibit the angiotensin I (A-I)-induced contraction of the guinea pig ileum with an IC50 of 1.3 x 10(-8) M, and augment the bradykinin (BK)-induced contraction of the ileum with an AC50 of 9.2 x 10(-10) M. The activity of CV-5975 was comparable to or slightly more potent than that of enalaprilat. The overall inhibition constant (Ki*), calculated from a steady-state analysis of enzyme reactions, was 4.4 x 10(-12) M for CV-5975; this indicates that the inhibition was about 5 times more potent than that of enalaprilat (2.0 x 10(-11) M). In rats, CV-5975 (0.03 and 0.3 mg/kg, i.v. and 3 and 10 mg/kg, p.o.) inhibited the A-I-induced pressor action more potently and for a longer period than did the corresponding doses of enalaprilat and enalapril. CV-5975 and enalapril (3 mg/kg, p.o.) augmented the BK-induced depressor action to a similar extent. In dogs, CV-5975 (0.3 and 1 mg/kg, p.o.) markedly inhibited the A-I-induced pressor action in a dose related manner, and the duration of this inhibitory activity was longer than with the corresponding doses of enalapril. These data provide evidence for the proposal that CV-5975 is a highly potent and long lasting ACE inhibitor.

Angiotensin I↗