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The influence of sulfonated bioflavonoids on enzymatic oxidation of arachidonic acid and on non-enzymatic lipid oxidation.

Sulfonic acids of quercetin and morin as well as their ferrous and cupric complexes were synthetized and investigated. Sulfonic derivatives of quercetin were much weaker inhibitors of soybean lipoxygenase than quercetin itself. Morin and its derivatives were inactive. Antioxidant properties of quercetin derivatives were in the same range as for quercetin. Most of the investigated compounds stimulate cyclooxygenase when 100 microM of arachidonic acid is used as a substrate. Ferrous complex of quercetin 5'-sulfonic acid was an inhibitor of this enzyme.

Antioxidants↗

Phase I clinical trial of methylene dimethane sulfonate.

Methylene dimethane sulfonate is the first member of the homologous series of straight-chain diol sulfonates. It was selected for phase I testing because of high activity in the rat Yoshida sarcoma system and a possible novel site of alkylation due to its small molecular size. Methylene dimethane sulfonate was administered as a rapid iv bolus infusion to 39 patients at doses ranging from 14 to 225 mg/m2. Nausea and vomiting were not severe but total alopecia occurred in the majority of patients at doses greater than 100 mg/m2. The dose-limiting toxic effect was thrombocytopenia, which was cumulative with lower, more prolonged nadirs following successive courses. The median time to platelet count nadir was 21 days, with recovery by 35 days. A minor response was seen in one patient with an adenocarcinoma of the lung. The recommended dose for phase II studies is 125 mg/m2 for patients who have received prior chemotherapy and 150 mg/m2 for those who have not, in an every 35-day schedule.

Adult↗

Liver involvement in the sulfone syndrome.

A patient being treated with dapsone developed a hypersensitivity reaction with typical features of the "sulfone syndrome," including fever, malalse, and hepatitis. All abnormalities rapidly reversed with discontinuance of the dapsone regimen and institution of prednisone therapy. Hepatic involvement may be a prominent feature of the sulfone syndrome and may be of the hepatocellular or cholestatic type. Based on our review of the Food and Drug Administration reports, this syndrome appears to be relatively uncommon, but physicians need to recognize that expression of this syndrome may be incomplete. More clinical data are necessary to better define the incidence and pathogenesis of sulfone-induced liver disease.

Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury↗

High pressure chromatography determination of aldicarb, aldicarb sulfoxide, and aldicarb sulfone in potatoes.

An ion-suppression reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of aldicarb, aldicarb sulfoxide, and aldicarb sulfone in potatoes. Samples are extracted with methylene chloride and Na2SO4, evaporated to dryness, and cleaned up using Sep-Pak silica and Sep-Pak-C18 cartridges. The extract can be successfully analyzed by high pressure liquid chromatography on either a mu LiChrosorb RP-18 or mu Bondapak C18 column and quantitated using a variable wavelength ultraviolet detector set at either 220 or 247 nm. The mobile phase is acetonitrile-buffer (4 + 96) and (30 + 70), buffered to pH 7.6 and flowing at 2 mL/min. Recoveries ranged from 80 to 100%. The minimum detectable amount was 37.5 ng, which easily permitted the quantitation of 0.1 ppm aldicarb sulfone in 75 g sample. The recovery of aldicarb was low because of its rapid enzymatic oxidation to aldicarb sulfoxide and sulfone.

Aldicarb↗

[Sensitivity to sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate: a supplementary test for bacterial identification].

The susceptibility to sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, an anion-active detergent, was studied with 10 Gram-positive and 18 Gram-negative bacterial cultures. According to this susceptibility, the cultures were subdivided into two groups identical in their tinctorial properties. The bacteria growing at a 0.05% concentration of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate or at its higher concentrations were Gram-negative. The threshold concentration of this compound in the medium at which Gram-positive cultures could grow was 0.008%; some of the bacteria ceased growing even at a 0.002% concentration. The bacteria varied in their susceptibility to the detergent also within one and the same group, and even within one and the same species. The subdivision of bacteria on the basis of their susceptibility to sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate may be considered as a taxonomic feature.

Bacteria↗

Hematochezia associated with the use of hypertonic sodium polystyrene sulfonate enemas in premature infants.

The onset of hematochezia with the use of sodium polystyrene sulfonate enemas in an index case prompted us to review our experience with the use of such enemas in neonates. Sodium polystyrene sulfonate enemas were used in 20 of 2317 patients. Of these 20 patients, four (20%) had evidence of hematochezia temporally related to the use of the enemas. No episodes of such bleeding occurred in infants who were older than 29 weeks of gestation or larger than 1250 gm birth weight. In one case an autopsy performed within 2 days of the enemas showed extensive vascular congestion within the mucosa and submucosa with focal areas of hemorrhage. Approximately 20% sorbitol (1098 mOsm/L) was the vehicle for suspension of the sodium polystyrene sulfonate. On the basis of evidence regarding similar morbidities in adults, we are concerned that the hyperosmolar suspending agent, sorbitol, may be the cause of such pathologic conditions in the colon of susceptible infants.

Colon↗

[The tolerability of pale sulfonated shale oil following local and systemic administration].

Ichthyol, pale, a pale sulfonated shale oil, is used for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases. The studies conducted were carried out to obtain information on the risk following dermal application of sulfonated shale oil, pale. Corresponding to the administration route planned for man the drug was applied by topical and systemic administration. Studies were conducted on the acute, subacute and chronic toxicity, and the teratogenic, mutagenic and carcinogenic potential. Sulfonated shale oil, pale was found to be very well tolerated whether administered for a short period or over a long time. There were no indications for teratogenic, mutagenic or carcinogenic effects. The therapeutic range (ratio of the toxic dose in animals and the therapeutic human dose) for topical administration is > 30 depending on animal species, frequency of administration, dose-level employed and the toxicological question posed. The results of the toxicological studies coincide with the almost 70 years of experience that the drug is well-tolerated by man.

Administration, Oral↗

Steroidal drug cyproterone acetate is activated to DNA-binding metabolites by sulfonation.

The antiandrogenic and gestagenic steroid cyproterone acetate (CPA) has been widely used in human therapy. There is currently a debate about the safety of CPA, since it proved to be genotoxic in rat liver and human hepatocytes [I. Neumann et al., Carcinogenesis (Lond.), 13: 373-378, 1992, J. Topinka et al., Carcinogenesis (Lond.), 14: 423-427, 1993, L. R. Schwarz et al., Biological Reactive Intermediates: V. Basic Mechanistic Research in Toxicology and Human Risk Assessment. pp. 243-251, 1996; A. Martelli et al., Carcinogenesis (Lond.), 16: 1265-1269, 1995]. Little is known about the metabolic pathways of activation of CPA to genotoxic metabolites. Using rat hepatocytes and subcellular fractions of female rat liver, we have examined whether sulfoconjugation plays an essential role in the activation of CPA to DNA-binding metabolites which are detectable with 32P-postlabeling. Incubation of hepatocyte cultures with 30 microM CPA for 6 h caused the formation of several DNA adducts; the total adduct level amounted to about 12,400 adducts/10(9) nucleotides. When the cells were incubated in sulfate-free medium to prevent the synthesis of the cosubstrate of sulfonation, 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS), formation of all CPA-DNA adducts was greatly reduced, amounting to only 5% of that determined in the presence of sulfate (810 microM). Activation of CPA is likely to be catalyzed by hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase(s), because the specific substrate dehydroepiandrosterone almost completely inhibited DNA-binding of CPA. Our assumption that sulfonation plays a decisive role in the bioactivation of CPA is further supported by the results obtained with an in vitro system consisting of calf thymus DNA, various subcellular liver fractions, and the cofactor PAPS, NADPH, or NADH. Significant DNA binding only occurred when cytosol and both PAPS and the reduced pyridine nucleotides were present. The DNA adduct spot obtained was chromatographically identical to the adduct spot A detected in isolated liver cells, suggesting that the CPA-DNA adduct formed in vivo and in vitro is identical. Cytosol is known to contain not only sulfotransferases but also reductases. Thus, the requirement for NADPH or NADH suggests that in addition to sulfotransferase(s), reductases are involved in the activation of CPA. We propose that bioactivation of CPA involves reduction of the keto group at C-3 followed by sulfonation of the hydroxysteroid. The resulting sulfoconjugate is most likely unstable and supposed to generate a reactive carbonium ion.

Animals↗

Photodynamic effects of sulfonated aluminum chlorophthalocyanine in human urinary bladder carcinoma cells in vitro.

OBJECTIVES: Topically applied photosensitizers are particularly suited for use in the photodynamic therapy of urinary bladder tumors. The objective of the present study was to investigate the photodynamic effects of sulfonated aluminum chlorophthalocyanine on human bladder carcinoma cells. METHODS: The photodynamic efficiency and the morphologic changes induced by sulfonated aluminum chlorophthalocyanine on human bladder carcinoma cells and normal bladder wall cells were investigated in vitro using light microscopy and in order to determine the subcellular target organelles using electron microscopy. RESULTS: Examination of tumor cells with light microscopy after previous photodynamic therapy initially showed distension of the cells and, depending on the duration, a significant blistering of the cell membrane, leading, in some cases, to rupture of the cells. Electron microscopy revealed destruction of the mitochondria. No changes in other cell organelles or structures were observed. CONCLUSIONS: Sulfonated aluminum chlorophthalocyanine exhibits good photodynamic activity in bladder tumor cells with relative tumor selectivity. The primary cellular target of photodynamic therapy seems to be the mitochondria.

Aluminum↗

Inhibition of angiogenesis by sulindac and its sulfone metabolite (FGN-1): a potential mechanism for their antineoplastic properties.

The nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug sulindac (sulfoxide) is known to cause regression and prevent recurrence of adenomas in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. The mechanism of action does not appear to require inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis since the sulfone metabolite of sulindac (FGN-1) retains the antineoplastic properties of sulindac but lacks inhibitory effects on cyclooxygenase, types 1 and 2. FGN-1 has been shown to induce apoptosis in a variety of tumor cell lines, and selective apoptosis of neoplastic cells has been proposed to account for its antineoplastic properties. Since angiogenesis is necessary for tumor progression and may be related to apoptosis, it is possible that inhibition of angiogenesis may also contribute to the antineoplastic properties of sulindac or FGN-1. In order to test this possibility, cells derived from several different types of human lung tumors were grafted intradermally in Balb/c mice. Sulindac sulfoxide and its sulfide and sulfone metabolites were administered for 3 days orally, in a daily dose of 0.025-0.5 mg, and angiogenesis was measured after 72 h using a previously described method. The results showed that sulindac sulfoxide and sulfone statistically inhibited angiogenesis.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Platelet adhesion onto segmented polyurethane surfaces modified by PEO- and sulfonated PEO-containing block copolymer additives.

Polyethylene oxide (PEO) surfaces were prepared by the addition of PEO- and sulfonated PEO-containing amphiphilic block copolymers as surface-modifying additives in a segmented polyurethane (PU). PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers (Pluronics) with different PEO chain lengths (from 2 to 80) were used as additives. The prepared film surfaces were characterized by the measurement of dynamic water contact angles and electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis. It was observed that the PU films containing 10 wt% of PEO additives were surface-saturated with the additives regardless of their PEO chain length, but the PEO chains were more projected from the film surfaces containing the additives with longer PEO chains. The water absorption of the films increased largely with the increasing PEO chain length of the additives. The addition of PEO additives produced film surfaces that were in a gel-like state. The films demonstrated some extraction of the PEO additives. However, the additives with higher molecular weights were entrapped more stably into the PU matrix. The mechanical properties (tensile strength and elongation) of the films were changed by the addition of PEO additives, but the differences were not significant compared to the control PU. The platelet adhesion on the film surfaces decreased with increasing PEO chain length of the additives. The film surface containing additives with long PEO chains (chain length of 80) was particularly effective in preventing platelet adhesion. The effect of negatively charged sulfonate groups on the prevention of platelet adhesion appeared only on the film surfaces containing additives with short PEO chains. For longer PEO chains, the chain mobility effect was more dominant than the negative charge effect on the prevention of platelet adhesion.

Animals↗

Cysteine protease activity is up-regulated in inflamed ankle joints of rats with adjuvant-induced arthritis and decreases with in vivo administration of a vinyl sulfone cysteine protease inhibitor.

OBJECTIVE: Cysteine proteases are postulated to play a role in tissue destruction in the joints of animals with arthritis. The purpose of the present study was to confirm the concept that cysteine proteases are enzymes involved in the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Arthritis was induced in Lewis rats by adjuvant injection (adjuvant-induced arthritis [AIA] model) and scored for inflammation. At necropsy, the rear paws were either fixed in formalin and assigned a histologic score (based on synovial cell proliferation, cartilage erosion, bone erosion, and fibroproliferative pannus) or frozen, cryosectioned, and assayed for enzyme activity either by in situ cytochemical staining with a post-azo-coupling method using a chromogenic substrate (Z-arg-arg-MNA) or by a novel assay placing the tissue section directly in a cuvette using the fluorogenic substrate Z-arg-arg-AMC. RESULTS: Enzymatic activity, measured either in frozen sections in situ or in the cuvette assay, was positively correlated with joint destruction (r = 0.7) and inflammation (r = 0.8). Activity was not inhibited significantly by Pefabloc (a serine protease inhibitor), EDTA (a metalloprotease inhibitor), or pepstatin A (an aspartyl protease inhibitor) but was inhibited by E-64 and vinyl sulfone irreversible inhibitors of cysteine proteases. The effect of one of the vinyl sulfone cysteine protease inhibitors, Mu-Leu-HomoPhe-vinylsulfone, was tested in vivo by dietary administration at 2.2 mg/kg/day in the AIA model; this resulted in a significant decrease in inflammation and in the amount of cysteine protease activity measured in the joint tissue. CONCLUSION: Cysteine protease activity levels increase in the diseased state and may be an important target for designing small molecule inhibitors to reduce the inflammation and tissue destruction associated with RA.

Animals↗

Synthesis and anthelmintic activity of 2,2'-disubstituted 5,5'-dibenzimidazolylsulfides and sulfones.

A number of substituted diphenylsulfides and sulfones (4-11) and 2,2'-disubstituted-5,5'-dibenzimidazolyl sulfides and sulphones (12-19) have been synthesized starting from 5-chloro-2-nitroacetanilide and (3) 4,4'-dichlorodiphenyl sulfone (9), respectively. Among the compounds tested against Ancylostoma ceylanicum in hamsters and Hymenolepis nana in rats and mice, 14, 15, 18 and 19 removed 100% of the worms at an oral dose of 25 mg/kg X 1 to 250 mg/kg X 3. Some of the compounds were tested for their blood schizontocidal activity against Plasmodium berghei in mice but none showed any activity up to an oral dose of 10 mg/kg given for 6 days.

Ancylostomatoidea↗

Sulfonic Ion-Exchange Resins as Versatile Tools for the Oxidative Degradation of Chemical and Biological Hazardous Agents.

Commercial sulfonic styrene-divinylbenzene ion-exchange resins are activated with aqueous H2O2 to generate metal-free decontamination systems that combine strong Brønsted acidity with immobilized oxidizing capability. Among five tested materials, Amberlyst 15 dry showed the best performance in terms of oxidant immobilization capacity and promoting the oxidative degradation of the sulfur mustard simulant (2-chloroethyl)ethyl sulfide, CEES, and the organophosphorus pesticide malathion under very mild conditions. Control experiments with K2CO3-exchanged resin demonstrate that efficient decontamination requires the synergy between surface acidity and peroxide functionality. The activated resins also display rapid biocidal activity, strongly reducing viable Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus and completely suppressing the infectivity of HSV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 within min. These findings identify peroxide-activated sulfonic resins as simple, sustainable, regenerable, and versatile tools for efficient combined hazardous chemical and biological decontamination.

Oxidation-Reduction↗

Synthesis and nonthrombogenicity of polyetherurethaneurea film grafted with poly(sodium vinyl sulfonate).

Synthesis of nonthrombogenic materials without using biologically active substances was explored. Poly(sodium vinyl sulfonate) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer and activates antithrombin III to exert nonthrombogenicity that was dependent on the molecular weight. Polyetherurethaneurea film was plasma-treated and graft-polymerized with sodium vinyl sulfonate. The graft film showed excellent in vitro and ex vivo nonthrombogenicity by suppressing interactions with plasma proteins and platelets as well as by inactivating blood-clotting factors.

Adsorption↗

Preparation and screening of some new thioacetals, sulfones, and derivatives of 4-dichloromethylbenzoyl and 4-trichloromethylbenzoyl chloride as potential antimalarials.

The preparation and screening of some potential antimalarials are reported. The new compounds which are inactive as antimalarials are several benzene-, benzyl-, and fluorene thioacetals, beta-disulfones derived from these thioacetals, alpha-chlorobenzyl sulfones, amides, and thioesters derived from 4-dichloromethylbenzoyl chloride and 4-trichloromethylbenzoyl chloride. The known compounds bis(4-aminophenyl)sulfone and 4'-aminophenyl-4-aminobenzene thiolsulfonate also were prepared and showed some antimalarial activity.

Acetals↗

Determination of bioavailability and systemically available fractions of drugs undergoing reversible metabolism: application to 4-amino-5-chloro-2-[2-(methylsulfinyl)ethoxy]-N-[2- (diethylamino)ethyl]benzamide and its sulfide and sulfone metabolites in rats.

Methods are discussed which permit the calculation of the bioavailability (F) and fraction of an oral dose entering the central circulation (f) of a drug and its interconversion metabolite. The interrelationships between the F and f and between the F and systemically available fractions afforded by reversible metabolism are also derived and described. The application of these principles is illustrated by the pharmacokinetic analysis of 4-amino-5-chloro-2-[2-(methylsulfinyl)ethoxy]-N-[2- (diethylamino)ethyl]benzamide (ML-1035, 1) and its sulfide (2) and sulfone (3) metabolites in rats. Like intravenous ML-1035, ML-1035 administered orally underwent metabolic interconversion with 2 but not with 3 in this species. Both ML-1035 and 2 were absorbed rapidly and are pharmacologically active. On average, 8.3 and 13% of an oral dose (152.4 mumol/kg) of ML-1035 were bioavailable as ML-1035 and its sulfide metabolite, respectively, while 23 and 65% of a molar equivalent dose of the sulfide metabolite were bioavailable as either compound, respectively. Thus, the sulfide metabolite is better absorbed than ML-1035 in rats. Following oral administration of either ML-1035 or 2, the systemically available fractions of both compounds were weakly to moderately influenced by the reversible metabolism process in rats. Moreover, the bioavailability of the sulfone metabolite was very poor (2.5-4%) following separate oral administration of ML-1035, 2, and 3.

Animals↗

Improved procedures for N-terminal sulfonation of peptides for matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization post-source decay peptide sequencing.

Post source decay (PSD) analysis of precursor ions generated from matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry is a powerful tool for amino acid sequencing and primary structure analysis of proteins. N-Terminal sulfonation has become an effective derivatization strategy in facilitating de novo peptide sequencing by the formation of predominate y-type ion series in MALDI PSD spectra. Recently, an effective and inexpensive N-terminal derivatization method has been reported using 4-sulfophenyl isothiocyanate (SPITC) as the derivatization reagent (J. Mass. Spectrom. 2003; 38: 373-377). In this paper, we report an improvement in the derivatization procedure with this reagent that involves replacing an organic co-reagent with other chemicals and eliminating the use of organic solvent. The method is demonstrated on a model peptide and on tryptic digests of two proteins. The results indicate that the improved sulfonation reaction can be implemented with high efficiency under aqueous conditions and that the sensitivity of mass detection can be increased considerably.

Acetates↗