Thiol-reactivity of the fungicide maneb

Maneb (MB) is a manganese-containing ethylene bis-dithiocarbamate fungicide that is implicated as an environmental risk factor for Parkinson's disease, especially in combination with paraquat (PQ). Dithiocarbamates inhibit aldehyde dehydrogenases, but the relationship of this to the combined toxicity of MB + PQ is unclear because PQ is an oxidant and MB activates Nrf2 and increases cellular GSH without apparent oxidative stress. The present research investigated the direct reactivity of MB with protein thiols using recombinant thioredoxin-1 (Trx1) as a model protein. The results show that MB causes stoichiometric loss of protein thiols, reversibly dimerizes the protein and inhibits its enzymatic activity. MB reacted at similar rates with low-molecular weight, thiol-containing chemicals. Together, the data suggest that MB can potentiate neurotoxicity of multiple agents by disrupting protein thiol functions in a manner analogous to that caused by oxidative stress, but without GSH depletion..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Redox Biology - 2(2014), C, Seite 651-655

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

James R. Roede [VerfasserIn]
Dean P. Jones [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biology (General)
Dithiocarbamate
Medicine (General)
Parkinson's disease
Pesticide
Thiol
Toxicity

doi:

10.1016/j.redox.2014.04.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ065813596