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European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V • 2017 | View Paper
“Several reports indicate that the effects of MTX are influenced by genetic variants, specific dynamic processes and micro-environmental elements such as nucleotide deprivation or glutathione levels.”
“Further, glutathione participates in the formation of toxic metabolites of such chemotherapeutics as azathioprine and bleomycin and may affect the cellular uptake of other agents, such as methotrexate.”
“In addition, CYP and MTX were significantly induced ROS formation, MMP collapse, lysosomal membrane damage, lipid peroxidation, and GSH depletion compared with the controls.”
“Conversely, depletion of glutathione increased the apoptotic action of methotrexate , showing an involvement of cytochrome c redox state in methotrexate-induced apoptosis.”
“Results Cell incubation with cytochrome c-reducing agents, such as tetramethylphenylenediamine, ascorbate or reduced glutathione , decreased the mortality and apoptosis triggered by methotrexate.”
“At 1 µM, MTX induced differentiation was associated with a marked reduction in the intracellular concentrations of adenosine and, consequently, S‐adenosylmethionine (SAM), S‐adenosylhomocysteine, polyamines and glutathione (GSH).”
Journal of cellular biochemistry • 2006 | View Paper
“However, in T‐cells, GSH levels were significantly elevated following 30 nM MTX treatment (P<0.05) but reduced by doses exceeding 1 μM compared to controls (P<0.05).”
“ MTX treatment of monocytes (10 nM–10 μM) for 16 h significantly reduced total GSH levels (P<0.05) independently of dose (P>0.05).”