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Cyanide Stimulation of tri-N-butyltin Mediated Hemolysis

Cyanide Stimulation of tri-N-butyltin Mediated Hemolysis

B H Gray, M Porvaznik, L H Lee

J Appl Toxicol. 1986 Aug;6(4):263-9.

PMID: 3760452

Abstract:

The effects of tributyltin and sodium cyanide on hemolysis in human erythrocytes are described. Tributyltin has a sharp cut-off concentration for induction of hemolysis. A 5 microM concentration of tributyltin induces hemolysis and 1 microM or less does not in erythrocyte suspensions with 2.3 X 10(8) cells per ml. The kinetics for tributyltin-induced hemolysis are sigmoidal indicating a complex molecular mechanism leading to lysis. Ten mM sodium cyanide plus 1 microM tributyltin does not stimulate hemolysis rates above levels observed with 10 mM sodium cyanide alone. Five mM sodium cyanide plus hemolytic concentrations of tributyltin stimulates hemolysis rates synergistically compared with either cyanide or tributyltin alone. Ultrastructurally, hemolytic concentrations of tributyltin can be visualized in the electron microscope by osmium staining during fixation as electron-dense spheres penetrating the lipid bilayer of the erythrocyte plasma membrane. Ten mM sodium cyanide plus 25 microM tributyltin increases slightly the size of osmiophilic structures in erythrocyte membranes compared with those spheres seen in cells exposed to 25 microM tributyltin alone. Sodium cyanide is the only compound tested that stimulates tributyltin-induced hemolysis. Sodium thiocyanate, previously shown to be rapidly exchanged across erythrocyte membranes by tributyltin, reduces the rate of hemolysis. It is likely that sodium cyanide stimulates hemolysis in the presence of hemolytic tributyltin concentrations because the multimolecular, membrane-intercalated, tributyltin aggregates are transporting cyanide anion by the electrically silent, anion exchange mechanism demonstrated for other anions. It is suggested that this mechanism delivers cyanide anion to or near critical membrane sites where it is available for enzyme inhibition or cross-linking of protein sulfhydryl groups.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP2179922	Tributyltin cyanide		2179-92-2	Price

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