Alteration of myoblast phenotype by dimethyl sulfoxide.

Alteration of myoblast phenotype by dimethyl sulfoxide.

Application of dimethyl sulfoxide to proliferating L8 myoblasts (an established cell line of rat skeletal muscle) for 72 hr completely prevented fusion and induction of creatine phosphokinase (EC 2.7.3.2) activity (an indicator of muscle differentiation). The growth pattern changed from the usual sheets of randomly oriented cells to flattened, whorled monolayers of elongated fibroblast-like cel...

Stabilization of enveloped viruses by dimethyl sulfoxide.

In a recent review on the storage of animal viruses at subzero temperatures (8), it was pointed out that enveloped viruses present special problems. For example, herpesvirus even at -90 C loses infectivity after prolonged storage and at -20 C is even more labile than at 4 C. Repeated freezings and thawings of this virus result in marked loss in activity. Members of the herpesvirus group can be ...

DFT study of dimers of dimethyl sulfoxide in gas phase

Density functional (DFT) calculations at M05-2x/aug-cc-pVDZ level were used to analyze the interactions between dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) dimers. The structures obtained have been analyzed with the Atoms in Molecules (AIMs) and Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) methodologies. Four minima were located on the potential energy surface of the dimers. Three types of interactions are observed, CH•••O, CH•••...

Clinical Considerations of Dimethyl Sulfoxide

Diaqua­bis­(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)­disaccharinatocadmium

The title compound, [Cd(C(7)H(4)NO(3)S)(2)(C(2)H(6)OS)(2)(H(2)O)(2)], contains a Cd(2+) cation in an octahedral coordination environment. The metal atom is surrounded by the two different neutral ligands dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and water, each coordin-ating through the O atom. The anionic saccharinate (sac; 1,1,3-trioxo-2,3-dihydro-1λ(6),2-benzothia-zol-2-ide) ligand coordin-ates through the ...