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Structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits.

The role of structural factors in determining the relative efficacy of dithiocarbamates as chelating agents for the in vivo mobilization of aged cadmium deposits is examined for 23 newly synthesized compounds of this type. The critical feature in determining the efficacy of the compounds in mobilizi...

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Autores principales: Singh, P K, Jones, S G, Jones, M M
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1990
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1568338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2384068
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description The role of structural factors in determining the relative efficacy of dithiocarbamates as chelating agents for the in vivo mobilization of aged cadmium deposits is examined for 23 newly synthesized compounds of this type. The critical feature in determining the efficacy of the compounds in mobilizing intracellular cadmium is the balance between hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. This balance also governs the other properties of these compounds such as the organ specificity of action and the relative propensity to carry cadmium to the brain. The transport of cadmium to the brain by dithiocarbamate can be greatly reduced by the incorporation of appropriate hydrophilic groups that prevent the formation of lipid-soluble cadmium complexes that pass readily into the brain. If the chelating agents carry an additional ionic charge, their ability to pass through cellular membranes and react with intracellular deposits of cadmium is significantly reduced, with other structural factors being equal. The structural features that optimize mobilization of cadmium from the kidney do not appear to be identical with those that optimize its mobilization from the liver. The correlation of cadmiummobilizing properties of these chelating agents with the sum of the Hansch pi constants for the parts of the molecular structures other than the dithiocarbamate grouping (sigma pi) is reasonably good for the removal of renal cadmium by derivatives of D-glucamine and D-xylamine. Another aspect of the molecular structure that appears to play a role is the presence of uncharged polar groups having the ability to form hydrogen bonds. The relevance of these factors in designing chelating agents to enhance the excretion of other toxic metals from their intracellular sites is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-15683382006-09-18 Structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits. Singh, P K Jones, S G Jones, M M Environ Health Perspect Research Article The role of structural factors in determining the relative efficacy of dithiocarbamates as chelating agents for the in vivo mobilization of aged cadmium deposits is examined for 23 newly synthesized compounds of this type. The critical feature in determining the efficacy of the compounds in mobilizing intracellular cadmium is the balance between hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. This balance also governs the other properties of these compounds such as the organ specificity of action and the relative propensity to carry cadmium to the brain. The transport of cadmium to the brain by dithiocarbamate can be greatly reduced by the incorporation of appropriate hydrophilic groups that prevent the formation of lipid-soluble cadmium complexes that pass readily into the brain. If the chelating agents carry an additional ionic charge, their ability to pass through cellular membranes and react with intracellular deposits of cadmium is significantly reduced, with other structural factors being equal. The structural features that optimize mobilization of cadmium from the kidney do not appear to be identical with those that optimize its mobilization from the liver. The correlation of cadmiummobilizing properties of these chelating agents with the sum of the Hansch pi constants for the parts of the molecular structures other than the dithiocarbamate grouping (sigma pi) is reasonably good for the removal of renal cadmium by derivatives of D-glucamine and D-xylamine. Another aspect of the molecular structure that appears to play a role is the presence of uncharged polar groups having the ability to form hydrogen bonds. The relevance of these factors in designing chelating agents to enhance the excretion of other toxic metals from their intracellular sites is discussed. 1990-04 /pmc/articles/PMC1568338/ /pubmed/2384068 Text en
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Structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits.
title Structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits.
title_full Structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits.
title_fullStr Structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits.
title_full_unstemmed Structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits.
title_short Structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits.
title_sort structural factors in the in vivo chelate mobilization of aged cadmium deposits.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1568338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2384068
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