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Leveraging an enzyme/artificial substrate system to enhance cellular persulfides and mitigate neuroinflammation

Prerona Bora, Suman Manna, Mrutyunjay A. Nair, Rupali R. M. Sathe, Shubham Singh, Venkata Sai Sreyas Adury, Kavya Gupta, Arnab Mukherjee, Deepak Kumar Saini, Siddhesh S. Kamat, Amrita B. Hazra, Harinath Chakrapani

2021Chemical Science20 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

A persulfide/hydrogen sulfide generation strategy through artificial substrates for 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3-MST) is reported, which enhances cellular persulfides, attenuates reactive oxygen species (ROS), and alleviates inflammation.

Topics & Concepts

SulfurtransferaseSubstrate (aquarium)ChemistryNeuroinflammationHydrogen sulfideEnzymeReactive oxygen speciesInflammationBiochemistrySulfurBiologyOrganic chemistryEcologyCysteineImmunologySulfur Compounds in BiologyAdenosine and Purinergic SignalingEicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
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