Mercury Exposure: Protein Biomarkers of Mercury Exposure in Jaraqui Fish from the Amazon Region |
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Authors: | José Cavalcante Souza Vieira Camila Pereira Braga Grasieli de Oliveira Cilene do Carmo Federici Padilha Paula Martin de Moraes Luiz Fabricio Zara Aline de Lima Leite Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf Pedro de Magalhães Padilha |
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Affiliation: | 1.Asai Germanium Research Institute Co., Ltd.,Hakodate,Japan;2.The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science,Iwate University,Morioka,Japan;3.Cell Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science,Tohoku University,Sendai,Japan;4.Department of Food Science,Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,Obihiro,Japan |
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Abstract: | Poly-trans-[(2-carboxyethyl)germasesquioxane] (Ge-132) is a water-soluble organogermanium compound that exerts various physiological effects, including anti-inflammatory activity and pain relief. In water, Ge-132 is hydrolyzed to 3-(trihydroxygermyl)propanoic acid (THGP), which in turn is capable of interacting with cis-diol compounds through its trihydroxy group, indicating that this compound could also interact with diol-containing nucleic acid constituents. In this study, we evaluated the ability of THGP to interact with nucleosides or nucleotides via nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis. In addition, we evaluated the effect of added THGP on the enzymatic activity of adenosine deaminase (ADA) when using adenosine or 2′-deoxyadenosine as a substrate. In solution, THGP indeed formed complexes with nucleotides or nucleosides through their cis-diol group. Moreover, the ability of THGP to form complexes with nucleotides was influenced by the number of phosphate groups present on the ribose moiety. Notably, THGP also inhibited the catalysis of adenosine by ADA in a concentration-dependent manner. Thus, interactions between THGP and important biological nucleic acid constituents might be implicated in the physiological effects of Ge-132. |
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