Metal ions thiols

Besides their affinity for metallic ions, thiol groups have other characteristics such as ability to interconvert to disulfides through redox reactions, to add to conjugated double bonds and to form complexes with the pyridine nucleotides by nucleophilic attack at the 4-position of the pyridine ring. 

Part of the complexity of NO concentrations in tumor cells or tissues can be attributed to cell death and the formation of an anti-apoptotic cascade with nitrosy-lation of biological molecules from substances such as metal ions, thiol, the amino acid tyrosine, and reactive oxygen species. During the last 5 years, there have been many excellent reviews concerning the role of NO in cancer therapy, tumor apoptosis, and metastases. Here, the recent knowledge of cytotoxic (apoptotic) and cytoprotective (anti-apoptotic) activity of NO in cancer will be reviewed. 

Metal Ion-Promoted Reactions of Thiols. Metal ion-promoted reactions of thiols have been reviewed (53). The bulk of the coverage concerns metal ion promoted aspects of sulfur chemistry. The main topics of interest are the formation of sulfenamides, sulfides, and disulfides using metal-mediated reactions. 

The reactive species that iaitiate free-radical oxidatioa are preseat ia trace amouats. Exteasive studies (11) of the autoxidatioa mechanism have clearly estabUshed that the most reactive materials are thiols and disulfides, heterocycHc nitrogen compounds, diolefins, furans, and certain aromatic-olefin compounds. Because free-radical formation is accelerated by metal ions of copper, cobalt, and even iron (12), the presence of metals further compHcates the control of oxidation. It is difficult to avoid some metals, particularly iron, ia fuel systems. 

The action of a peptidase can be neutralized by an inhibitor. Some inhibitors are very broad in their action and are capable of inhibiting many different peptidases, including peptidases of different catalytic types. Some inhibitors are assumed to be specific for a particular catalytic type, but can inhibit peptidases of different types. Leupeptin, for example, is widely used as an inhibitor of serine peptidases from family SI, but it is also known to inhibit cysteine peptidases from family Cl. Cysteine pqrtidase inhibitors such as iodoacetic acid interact with the thiol of the catalytic cysteine. However, this reduction can occur on any thiol group and can affect other, predominantly intracellular, peptidases with a thiol dependency. One example is thimet oligopepti-dase. Metal chelators such as EDTA can inhibit meta-llopeptidases, but can also affect peptidases that have a requirement for metal ions that is indq>endent of their catalytic activity, such as the calcium-dependent cysteine endopqrtidase calpain 1. 

Persulfate (41) reacts with transition metal ions (e.g. Ag, Fe21, Ti31) according to Scheme 3.42. Various other reduetants have been described. These include halide ions, thiols (e.g. 2-mercaptoethanol, thioglycolic acid, cysteine, thiourea), bisulfite, thiosulfate, amines (triethanolamine, tetramethylethylenediamine, hydrazine hydrate), ascorbic acid, and solvated electrons (e.g. in radiolysis). The mechanisms and the initiating species produced have not been fully elucidated for... 

Anodic inhibitors limit the oxidation of iron by sharing the lone pair electrons on the nitrogen with a metal ion or atom and supressing the anodic reaction. Examples are benzotriazole (at high concentrations), pyridines, thiols, and quinolines. 

Iron(II) complexes are often included in studies when complexes are prepared from a large number of different metal ions. 2-formylpyridine thiosemicarbazone, 5, forms brown [Fe(5)2A2] (A = Cl, Br) when prepared in ethanol and [Fe(5-H)2] from aqueous alcohol solution [156], All of these complexes are diamagnetic. The resonance Raman and infrared spectra of [Fe(5-H)2] were examined in detail [130] and coordination occurs via the pyridyl nitrogen, azomethine nitrogen and thiol sulfur. There is appreciable d-d sulfur-to-iron(II) Jt-bonding. Solution studies of iron(II) complexes of some 5-substituted-2-formylpyridine thiosemicarbazones have been reported [157], but no solids... 

Radical attack yields nucleobase radical adducts that must undergo either oxidation or rednction to yield a stable final prodnct. The cellular oxidant in these reactions may be molecnlar oxygen or high-valent transition metal ions (e.g., Fe ), while the reduc-tant may be either thiols, snperoxide radical, or low-valent transition metal ions (e.g., Fe ). In many cases, the base remains largely intact and the seqnence of chemical events can be readily inferred. In some other cases, more extensive base decomposition occurs. Here, we will consider a set of representative examples that provide a framework for understanding virtnally all radical-mediated base damage reactions. 

Natural a-amino acids provide a moderately effective N,OJ chelating donor set derived from carboxylate and amino groups, respectively. Several side-chain donor atoms may also be involved in metal ion coordination, especially those of Cys (thiol sulfur) and His (imidazole nitrogen(s)). (Abbreviations for amino acid residues are those recommended by IUPAC-IUB.1702)... 

Shin, S. and Jang, J. (2007) Thiol containing polymer encapsulated magnetic nanoparticles as reusable and efficiently separable adsorbent for heavy metal ions. Chemical Communications, (41), 4230-4232. 

Equilibrium considerations other than those of binding are those of oxidation/reduction potentials to which we drew attention in Section 1.14 considering the elements in the sea. Inside cells certain oxidation/reductions also equilibrate rapidly, especially those of transition metal ions with thiols and -S-S- bonds, while most non-metal oxidation/reduction changes between C/H/N/O compounds are slow and kinetically controlled (see Chapter 2). In the case of fast redox reactions oxidation/reduction potentials are fixed constants. 

Silver and mercury salts have a long history of use as antibacterial agents.241-243 The use of mercurochrome ((40), Figure 18) as a topical disinfectant is now discouraged. Silver sulfadiazene (38) finds use for treatment of severe burns the polymeric material slowly releases the antibacterial Ag+ ion. Silver nitrate is still used in many countries to prevent ophthalmic disease in newborn children.244 The mechanism of action of Ag and Hg is through slow release of the active metal ion—inhibition of thiol function in bacterial cell walls gives a rationale for the specificity of bacteriocidal action. 

Thiol-containing molecules can interact with metal ions and metal surfaces to form dative bonds. Dative bonds also are known as coordinate covalent bonds. They differ from normal... 

Apart from complex formation involving metal ions (as discussed in Chapter 4), crown ethers have been shown to associate with a variety of both charged and uncharged guest molecules. Typical guests include ammonium salts, the guanidinium ion, diazonium salts, water, alcohols, amines, molecular halogens, substituted hydrazines, p-toluene sulfonic acid, phenols, thiols and nitriles. 

These iniferter sites containing an N-H group can be easily transformed into the corresponding thiol which leads to disulfide by oxidative coupling and can form chelation with metal ions (Eq. 47) [171,172]. Poly(St) prepared for polymerization with 44 and 45 was applied to the chain-extension reaction by the S-S bond or chelation bond formations. 

Metal nanoparticles are synthesized by reduction of metal ions using reducing agents such as borohydride, amines, and 1,2-diols in the presence of stabilizing agents, typically long-chain alkyl thiols (e.g., dodecanethiol), amines,... 

There have been fewer studies of the reactions of M ions with potential ligand molecules. Laser ablation, which has been the major ionization source for the production of bare metal ions, produces very few negative ions. Electron impact with low-energy electrons (12 eV) of metal carbonyls has been used to produce [Co(CO)4]- and Fc( CO)4 from Co2(CO)8 and Fe(CO)5. Collision-induced dissociation of these two anions produced Co- and Fc, which could be isolated. Both Co- and Fe were reacted with H2S, aliphatic thiols, aromatic thiols, CS2, and disulfides (153). Reactions with H2S gave the metal monosulfide anion [MS]-, which reacted with H2S by two pathways. 

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