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Structural influences on intracellular cadmium mobilization by dithiols
M M Jones1, G R Gale, P K Singh
1Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235.
Abstract:
An examination of 5 dithiols, N-(2,3-dimercaptopropyl)phthalamidic acid (DMPA), benzene-1,2-dithiol (BDT), toluene-3,4-dithiol (TDT), alpha, alpha'-dimercapto-o-xylene (DOX), and 4,5-dimethyl-alpha,alpha'-dimercapto-o-xylene (DDOX), reveals that these compounds are all inferior to previously reported compounds as agents for the in vivo mobilization of cadmium from its intracellular sites, although all possess sulfhydryl groups capable of reacting with cadmium. The results demonstrate the considerable importance of those parts of the molecule which do not participate directly in the formation of chelate rings in the determination of the ultimate behavior of such compounds in vivo.