S-Acetyl-L-glutathione is a derivative of glutathione .1 It increases intracellular GSH levels in primary fibroblasts derived from patients with glutathione synthetase deficiency when used at a concentration of 50 μM. S-Acetyl-L-glutathione (5 mM) induces apoptosis in Daudi, Raji, and Jurkat lymphoma cells.2 It inhibits the replication of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) in human foreskin fibroblasts when used at concentrations of 5 and 10 mM.3 S-Acetyl-L-glutathione (6.25 μg/g per day) increases survival in a mouse model of HSV-1 infection.
|1. Okun, J.G., Sauer, S., B•hr, S., et al. S-Acetylglutathione normalizes intracellular glutathione content in cultured fibroblasts from patients with glutathione synthetase deficiency. J. Inherit. Metab. Dis. 27(6), 783-786 (2004).|2. Locigno, R., Pincemail, J., Henno, A., et al. S-acetyl-glutathione selectively induces apoptosis in human lymphoma cells through a GSH-independent mechanism. Int. J. Oncol. 20(1), 69-75 (2002).|3. Vogel, J.-U., Cinatl, J., Dauletbaev, N., et al. Effects of S-acetylglutathione in cell and animal model of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection. Med. Microbiol. Immunol. 194(1-2), 55-59 (2005).