Alternative aspirins as antisickling agents: acetyl-3,5-dibromosalicylic acid. 1977

J A Walder, and R H Zaugg, and R S Iwaoka, and W G Watkin, and I M Klotz

Acetyl-3,5-dibromosalicylic acid (dibromoaspirin) is shown to be a potent acylating agent of intracellular hemoglobin in vitro. Transfer of the actyl group of dibromoaspirin to amino groups of hemoglobins A and S seems to occur predominantly at just two or three sites on these proteins. This acetylation produces moderate increases in the oxygen affinities of normal and sickle erythrocytes. Furthermore, treatment of intracellular hemoglobin S with dibromoaspirin directly inhibits erythrocyte sickling. This antisickling effect is paralleled by an increase in the minimum gelling concentration of deoxy hemoglobin S extracted from sickle erythrocytes that had been exposed to low concentrations of dibromoaspirin. These observations suggest that dibromoaspirin might be an effective antisickling agent in vivo.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D010108 Oxyhemoglobins A compound formed by the combination of hemoglobin and oxygen. It is a complex in which the oxygen is bound directly to the iron without causing a change from the ferrous to the ferric state. Oxycobalt Hemoglobin,Oxycobalthemoglobin,Oxyhemoglobin,Hemoglobin, Oxycobalt
D004913 Erythrocytes, Abnormal Oxygen-carrying RED BLOOD CELLS in mammalian blood that are abnormal in structure or function. Abnormal Erythrocytes,Abnormal Erythrocyte,Erythrocyte, Abnormal
D005782 Gels Colloids with a solid continuous phase and liquid as the dispersed phase; gels may be unstable when, due to temperature or other cause, the solid phase liquefies; the resulting colloid is called a sol.
D006441 Hemoglobin A Normal adult human hemoglobin. The globin moiety consists of two alpha and two beta chains.
D006451 Hemoglobin, Sickle An abnormal hemoglobin resulting from the substitution of valine for glutamic acid at position 6 of the beta chain of the globin moiety. The heterozygous state results in sickle cell trait, the homozygous in sickle cell anemia. Hemoglobin S,Deoxygenated Sickle Hemoglobin,Deoxyhemoglobin S,Hemoglobin SS,Hemoglobin, Deoxygenated Sickle,SS, Hemoglobin,Sickle Hemoglobin,Sickle Hemoglobin, Deoxygenated
D000107 Acetylation Formation of an acetyl derivative. (Stedman, 25th ed) Acetylations
D000986 Antisickling Agents Agents used to prevent or reverse the pathological events leading to sickling of erythrocytes in sickle cell conditions. Desickling Agents,Agents, Antisickling,Agents, Desickling
D001241 Aspirin The prototypical analgesic used in the treatment of mild to moderate pain. It has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties and acts as an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase which results in the inhibition of the biosynthesis of prostaglandins. Aspirin also inhibits platelet aggregation and is used in the prevention of arterial and venous thrombosis. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p5) Acetylsalicylic Acid,2-(Acetyloxy)benzoic Acid,Acetysal,Acylpyrin,Aloxiprimum,Colfarit,Dispril,Easprin,Ecotrin,Endosprin,Magnecyl,Micristin,Polopirin,Polopiryna,Solprin,Solupsan,Zorprin,Acid, Acetylsalicylic
D012995 Solubility The ability of a substance to be dissolved, i.e. to form a solution with another substance. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Solubilities

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