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Loiseaux-Meunier MN, Bedu M, Gentou C, Pepin D, Coudert J, Caillaud D. Oxygen toxicity: simultaneous measure of pentane and malondialdehyde in humans exposed to hyperoxia. Biomed Pharmacother 2001; 55:163-9. [PMID: 11325214 DOI: 10.1016/s0753-3322(01)00042-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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In order to estimate cell damage caused by free radicals during oxygenotherapy, we investigated the time course of two markers of lipoperoxidation: pentane in breath and malondialdehyde (MDA) in blood during brief normobaric hyperoxia. Nine healthy subjects inhaled hydrocarbon-free air (HCFA) for 30 minutes, hydrocarbon-free 100% O2 (HCFO2) for 125 minutes and then HCFA for 70 minutes. After 15 minutes of washout with HCFA, ambient pentane was eliminated. After HCFO2, at T175 versus T30 (i.e., 145 min from the start of 100% HCFO2), pentane production increased (P< 0.05). MDA rose significantly at T155 min (i.e., 125 min from the start of HCFO2), versus T30 (P< 0.01). These results suggest that acute hyperoxia causes a moderate increase in lipid peroxidation in healthy subjects. The increase of pentane and MDA confirms that acute hyperoxia induces lipid peroxidation in healthy subjects.
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- M N Loiseaux-Meunier
- Laboratoire de Biochimie Médicale et Immunochimie, H pital Gabriel-Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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Drury JA, Nycyk JA, Cooke RW. Comparison of urinary and plasma malondialdehyde in preterm infants. Clin Chim Acta 1997; 263:177-85. [PMID: 9246422 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-8981(97)00051-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The measurement of malondialdehyde (MDA) in biological fluids remains a popular method for the quantification of free radical damage to lipids in vivo. Several diseases of prematurity are thought to be related to oxidative injury and previous studies have found elevated MDA in plasma and urine in preterm infants. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between plasma and urinary MDA levels in preterm infants during the first week of life using a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) based, thiobarbituric acid (TBA) assay with paired plasma and urine samples. We obtained 50 paired samples, and were unable to demonstrate a relationship between the two parameters after the first day of life. In 18 cases a further urine sample was collected 24 h later. There was a positive correlation (r = 0.54, P = 0.02) between plasma MDA and urinary MDA 24 h later. The finding that plasma changes in MDA are reflected in urine 24 h later validates the use of urinary MDA as a marker of whole body lipid peroxidation in populations without renal disease.
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- J A Drury
- Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Women's Hospital, UK
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Drury JA, Nycyk JA, Cooke RW. Pentane measurement in ventilated infants using a commercially available system. Free Radic Biol Med 1997; 22:895-900. [PMID: 9119259 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(96)00480-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The measurement of breath pentane as a marker of lipid peroxidation has recently been criticized. Problems encountered include the coelution of isoprene with pentane, contamination with exogenous pentane, and the influence of elevated oxygen concentration. The aim of this project was to investigate and evaluate the Chrompack 9001 Gas Chromatograph, using thermal desorption and cryofocussing and an Al2O3/KCl PLOT column with FID, for use in the measurement of breath pentane in ventilated preterm infants. We have clearly separated isoprene from n-pentane and used hydrocarbon free air to clear the airways and avoid contamination with exogenous pentane. Samples should be stored in Tedlar bags for a maximum of 48 h and on capped desorption tubes for no longer than 24 h. Patient variability was relatively high (mean 18%, n = 4); thus, all patients were sampled in duplicate. No correlation was found between fractional inspired oxygen concentration (FiO2) and exhaled pentane in preterm infants ventilated for respiratory distress syndrome. In conclusion, we feel that despite the pitfalls and technical difficulties, with careful attention to detail it is possible to reliably measure breath pentane in ventilated preterm infants as an index of lipid peroxidation.
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- J A Drury
- Institute of Child Health, Mersey Regional Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Women's Hospital, UK
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Kneepkens CM, Lepage G, Roy CC. The potential of the hydrocarbon breath test as a measure of lipid peroxidation. Free Radic Biol Med 1994; 17:127-60. [PMID: 7959173 DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(94)90110-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The straight chain aliphatic hydrocarbons ethane and pentane have been advocated as noninvasive markers of free-radical induced lipid peroxidation in humans. In in vitro studies, the evolution of ethane and pentane as end products of n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, respectively, correlates very well with other markers of lipid peroxidation and even seems to be the most sensitive test available. In laboratory animals the use of both hydrocarbons as in vivo markers of lipid peroxidation has been validated extensively. Although there are other possible sources of hydrocarbons in the body, such as protein oxidation and colonic bacterial metabolism, these apparently are of limited importance and do not interfere with the interpretation of the hydrocarbon breath test. The production of hydrocarbons relative to that of other end products of lipid peroxidation depends on variables that are difficult to control, such as the local availability of iron(II) ions and dioxygen. In addition, hydrocarbons are metabolized in the body, which especially influences the excretion of pentane. Because of the extremely low concentrations of ethane and pentane in human breath, which often are not significantly higher than those in ambient air, the hydrocarbon breath test requires a flawless technique regarding such factors as: (1) the preparation of the subject with hydrocarbon-free air to wash out ambient air hydrocarbons from the lungs, (2) the avoidance of ambient air contamination of the breath sample by using appropriate materials for sampling and storing, and (3) the procedures used to concentrate and filter the samples prior to gas chromatographic determination. For the gas chromatographic separation of hydrocarbons, open tubular capillary columns are preferred because of their high resolution capacity. Only in those settings where expired hydrocarbon levels are substantially higher than ambient air levels might washout prove to be unnecessary, at least in adults. Although many investigators have concentrated on one marker, it seems preferable to measure both ethane and pentane concurrently. The results of the hydrocarbon breath test are not influenced by prior food consumption, but both vitamin E and beta-carotene supplementation decrease hydrocarbon excretion. Nevertheless, the long-term use of a diet high in polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as in parenteral nutrition regimens, may result in increased hydrocarbon exhalation. Hydrocarbon excretion slightly increases with increasing age. Short-term increases follow physical and intellectual stress and exposure to hyperbaric dioxygen.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- C M Kneepkens
- Gastroenterology-Nutrition Unit, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Lazzarino G, Raatikainen P, Nuutinen M, Nissinen J, Tavazzi B, Di Pierro D, Giardina B, Peuhkurinen K. Myocardial release of malondialdehyde and purine compounds during coronary bypass surgery. Circulation 1994; 90:291-7. [PMID: 8026011 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.90.1.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Free radicals and lipid peroxidation have been suggested to play an important role in the pathophysiology of myocardial reperfusion injury. The purpose of the present study was to monitor myocardial malondialdehyde (MDA) production as an index of lipid peroxidation during ischemia-reperfusion sequences in patients undergoing elective coronary bypass grafting. There has been a lot of debate on the role of xanthine oxidase as a potential superoxide anion generator and thus lipid peroxidation in human myocardium. To evaluate the activity of xanthine oxidase pathway, we measured the changes in the transcardiac concentration differences in adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid. METHODS AND RESULTS The coronary sinus-aortic root differences (CS-Ao) of MDA, oxypurines, and nucleosides were measured by a recently developed ion-pairing high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method. Fifteen patients were included in the study, and 13 of them demonstrated a more than 10-fold increase in net myocardial production of MDA on intermittent reperfusion during the aortic cross-clamp period. In 2 patients, MDA was not detectable in any of the CS or Ao samples. Before aortic cross-clamping, the CS-Ao concentration differences in adenosine, inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid were 0.59 +/- 0.19, 0.23 +/- 0.05, 0.89 +/- 0.36, 0.58 +/- 0.32, and 11.4 +/- 4.9 mumol/L, respectively. After aortic cross-clamping, the sum of the transcardiac differences of these compounds increased up to 2.8-fold and then gradually decreased after declamping of the aorta. There was a weak positive correlation between transcardiac concentration differences of MDA and xanthine plus uric acid (r = .48, P < .01). The postoperative functional recovery or leakage of cardiac enzymes was not affected by the level of MDA net release during the aortic cross-clamp period, however. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that myocardial lipid peroxidation, estimated as MDA formation, is common during intermittent ischemia-reperfusion sequences in coronary bypass surgery, although some patients may be better protected. Xanthine oxidase appears to be operative in human myocardium, and free radicals generated in this reaction might also be involved in the observed lipid peroxidation process. Increased degradation of myocardial adenine nucleotides and concomitant lipid peroxidation may play a specific role in the development of reperfusion injury. In this study, however, more extensive lipid peroxidation was not associated with impaired functional recovery.
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- G Lazzarino
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, II University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
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The effect of gestational age on postnatal free-radical-mediated lipid peroxidation was studied in 19 term (gestational age 37-42 weeks) and 21 healthy preterm (gestational age 31-36 weeks) infants by measurement of expired ethane and pentane during the first 7 days of life. Ethane (11.9 versus 5.7 pmol/kg/min; p = 0.0001) and pentane (11.4 versus 7.5 pmol/kg/min; p = 0.01) were significantly higher in preterm than in term infants. Correlations were found between gestational age and ethane (r = 0.60, p = 0.0001) for days 1-7 and pentane (r = 0.54, p = 0.0003) for days 3-7; and between birth weight and ethane (r = 0.58, p = 0.0001) and pentane (r = 0.55, p = 0.0003). These results indicate that during the postnatal period, immaturity is a major factor determining the rate of free-radial-mediated lipid peroxidation.
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- E Varsila
- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Schweich MD, Lison D, Lauwerys R. Assessment of lipid peroxidation associated with lung damage induced by oxidative stress. In vivo and in vitro studies. Biochem Pharmacol 1994; 47:1395-400. [PMID: 8185646 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90339-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The lung thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBA-RS) content and the amount of ethane exhaled, two potential markers of the lipid peroxidation process, were measured in rats following intratracheal administration of chemicals stimulating the production of free radicals, i.e. paraquat, phorbol myristate acetate and ferrous ions. Five hours after treatment, autopsy revealed gross pulmonary damage but the lung TBA-RS and the ethane exhalation were not different from control animals. On the contrary, a large increase in ethane production was observed 2 hr after intraperitoneal administration of the hepatotoxic carbon tetrachloride. In vitro, incubation of lung and liver homogenates from control rats with ferrous iron led to the development of a lipid peroxidation process in both tissues but the accumulation of TBA-RS and ethane was much lower with homogenates from lung as compared to liver tissue. Those results suggest that the lung may be more resistant than the liver to the initiation and/or propagation of a lipid peroxidation process. The possibility that others markers than ethane and TBA-RS are more appropriate to detect this process in the lung must also be considered.
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- M D Schweich
- Industrial Toxicology and Occupational Medicine Unit, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Pitkänen OM. Are ethane and pentane evolution and thiobarbituric acid reactivity specific for lipid peroxidation in erythrocyte membranes? Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1992; 52:379-85. [PMID: 1514016 DOI: 10.3109/00365519209088373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Peroxidation of human erythrocyte membranes was followed in vitro with head space analysis of ethane and pentane and a thiobarbituric acid assay in a standardized system liberating free oxygen radicals. Simultaneously, the decrease of the membrane palmitic, linoleic, arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid was monitored. The recoveries of the peroxidation products of the red cell ghost preparations were compared with those obtained by peroxidation of pure fatty acids. Experiments using purified fatty acids revealed that ethane was preferentially produced from docosahexaenoic and linolenic, and pentane from linoleic and arachidonic acids. Thiobarbituric acid-reactive material (TBAR) was produced from each unsaturated fatty acid tested, but the amount was dependent on the number of carbon chain double bonds. During peroxidation of the erythrocyte ghosts, 72% of ethane and 51% pentane were produced during the first 12 h of incubation, whereas TBAR was produced at a constant rate throughout the 36-h test period. Hydrocarbon and TBAR production were similarly inhibited by desferoxamine (at p less than 0.005 and p less than 0.0001, respectively). The total recoveries of ethane, pentane and TBAR exceeded the amount expected by 7.8-, 1.4- and 5.5-fold, respectively. It was concluded that measurement of pentane is a reliable method to monitor lipid peroxidation during oxidative damage of the erythrocyte membrane.
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- O M Pitkänen
- Children's Hospital, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Ahotupa M, Mäntylä E, Peltola V, Puntala A, Toivonen H. Pro-oxidant effects of normobaric hyperoxia in rat tissues. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 1992; 145:151-7. [PMID: 1636444 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1992.tb09350.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Rats were exposed to 100% O2 atmosphere for 12, 36 or 48 h, and their lungs, brain, liver and kidneys were studied for signs of oxidative damage. Oxidative damage at molecular level was estimated by: (1) the appearance of conjugated diene double bonds and (2) the amount of fluorescent chromolipids in lipids extracted from tissues. As important intracellular regulators of oxidative stress, the response of enzymes detoxifying reactive oxygen species was also studied. Macroscopically, the brain and the lungs were most susceptible to oxygen-induced effects. As an indication of oxidative tissue damage, hyperoxia caused accumulation of fluorescent chromolipids in brain and lung tissues, whereas diene conjugation did not reveal any signs of lipid peroxidation. Accumulation of fluorescent chromolipids was most prominent in the brain, where 99 and 138% increases over the control were detected after 36 and 48 h hyperoxia, respectively. Fluorescent chromolipids appeared in urine already before their concentrations were elevated in tissues. The activity of superoxide dismutase in the brain was initially decreased, followed then by a slight induction of activity at the later time-points. Pulmonary and hepatic catalase activities were markedly decreased after prolonged (36 and 48 h) hyperoxia. In conclusion, fluorescent chromolipid formation seems to be a sensitive indicator of hyperoxia-induced oxidative damage in rat tissues. The lipid peroxidation-derived fluorescent chromolipids are eliminated from the body via urinary excretion. Moreover, impaired detoxication of reactive oxygen may be implicated in tissue damage due to hyperoxia.
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- M Ahotupa
- Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland
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Measurements of the rates for formation of conjugated dienes, malonylaldehyde, and lipid hydroperoxides show that increasing the concentration of O2 from 0.11 mM to 0.35 mM or 0.69 mM can slow the rate of linoleic acid peroxidation in a xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine system. This effect is seen at pH 7.0 but not 7.4 and depends on the presence of monounsaturated fatty acids (oleic, cis, or trans vaccenic acid). Oxygen antagonism of ascorbic acid-iron-EDTA mediated lipid peroxidation is similarly dependent on fatty acid mixtures and occurs at pH 5.0 and 6.0 but not 7.0. The efficiency of initiation of peroxidation in the xanthine oxidase system is unaffected by monounsaturated fatty acids and O2 concentration. Increasing the O2 concentration increases the rate of superoxide radical production, but there is no change in salicylate hydroxylation (e.g., OH. production) or ferrous ion concentration. Oxygen-mediated slower rates of lipid peroxidation are associated with either increased H2O2 production or, based on an indirect assay, singlet O2 production. Increased O2 concentrations increase the rate of azobisisobutyronitrile-initiated lipid peroxidation as expected but addition of exogenous superoxide radicals slows the rate. Under similar conditions superoxide reacts with fatty acids to produce singlet O2. Overall, the data suggest that O2-mediated antagonism occurs because of termination reactions between hydroperoxyl (HO2.) and organic radicals, and singlet O2 or H2O2 are products of these reactions.
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- S R Thom
- Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6068
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Thom SR. Antagonism of carbon monoxide-mediated brain lipid peroxidation by hyperbaric oxygen. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1990; 105:340-4. [PMID: 2219124 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(90)90195-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The effects of oxygen at 1, 2, and 3, atmospheres absolute (ATA) were assessed on brain lipid peroxidation caused by carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a rat model. Oxygen at 3 ATA, but not 1 ATA, was found to prevent brain lipid peroxidation when administered to rats for 45 min, beginning 45 min subsequent to CO poisoning. Oxygen at 2 ATA had an intermediate effect. The action of hyperbaric oxygen could not be attributed to a more rapid diminution of carboxyhemoglobin, and appears to occur at the level of the brain tissue.
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- S R Thom
- Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6068
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Morel I, Lescoat G, Cillard J, Pasdeloup N, Brissot P, Cillard P. Kinetic evaluation of free malondialdehyde and enzyme leakage as indices of iron damage in rat hepatocyte cultures. Involvement of free radicals. Biochem Pharmacol 1990; 39:1647-55. [PMID: 2344365 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(90)90107-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The present study relates to the effect of ferric iron supplementation on lipid peroxidation of adult rat hepatocyte pure cultures. Lipid peroxidation was evaluated by free malondialdehyde (MDA) using size exclusion chromatography (HPLC) as a specific and sensitive method. The ferric iron used under its complexed form with nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) exhibited a prooxidant activity corresponding to an increase of free MDA recovery in the cells and in the culture medium. This enhancement of lipid peroxidation in the hepatocyte cultures supplemented with ferric iron was correlated with an intracellular enzyme leakage (lactate dehydrogenase and transaminase), suggesting that lipid peroxidation and enzyme release represented good parameters for cytotoxicity evaluation. The toxic effect of Fe-NTA on hepatocyte cultures was a function of the incubation time (from 0 to 48 hr) and of the concentration of ferric iron loading (i.e. 5, 20 and 100 microM). The mechanism by which Fe-NTA induced cellular damage involved free radical production, as increasing amounts of free radical scavengers corresponded to diminishing rates of both total free MDA and enzyme release. However, this reducing capacity varied from one scavenger to another, where they exhibited preferentially a decrease in lipid peroxidation or in enzyme leakage. This suggested a dissociation between the two parameters of cytotoxicity considered. Lipid peroxidation corresponding to alterations of both inner membranes and the plasma membrane, whereas enzyme release mainly corresponded to the damage of plasma membrane. Subsequently, some scavengers (superoxide dismutase, mannitol, alpha tocopherol, beta carotene) presented an intracellular activity, as they reduced mostly lipid peroxidation. Other ones (catalase, dimethylpyrroline N-oxide, thiourea) seemed essentially efficient in protecting the external plasma membrane, as shown an important decrease in enzyme leakage.
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- I Morel
- Laboratory of Botany and Cellular Biology, UER du médicament, Rennes, France
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Halliwell B, Gutteridge JM. Role of free radicals and catalytic metal ions in human disease: an overview. Methods Enzymol 1990; 186:1-85. [PMID: 2172697 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(90)86093-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2931] [Impact Index Per Article: 86.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Halát G, Chavko M, Lukácová N, Kluchová D, Marsala J. Effect of partial ischemia on phospholipids and postischemic lipid peroxidation in rabbit spinal cord. Neurochem Res 1989; 14:1089-97. [PMID: 2594141 DOI: 10.1007/bf00965615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Rabbit spinal cord, subjected to severe partial ischemia induced by abdominal aorta ligation tightly below the renal arteries, was analyzed for phospholipid composition and levels of lipid peroxidation products after 10, 20, and 40 min of the insult. Under conditions when spinal cord blood flow was decreased below 5% of control, concentrations of inositol and ethanolamine phospholipids were decreased by 30% and 10%, respectively. Phosphatidic acid concentration was also altered during ischemia. No accumulation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBA-RS), conjugated dienes and fluorescent lipid soluble material was found throughout the ischemic period. Pattern of TBA-RS, conjugated diene, and fluorophore formation during postischemic in vitro incubation without and with a peroxidation couple (Fe2+, ascorbic acid) showed increased susceptibility to postischemic lipid peroxidation in tissues after 20 and 40 min of ischemia.
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- G Halát
- Institute of Neurobiology, Center of Physiological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Czechoslovakia
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Smith CV, Reilly MH. Formation of pentane versus 1-pentanol in the ferrous sulfate-initiated decomposition of 15-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid in hypoxic and hyperoxic conditions. Biochem Pharmacol 1989; 38:1362-4. [PMID: 2706024 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(89)90345-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- C V Smith
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- R F Burk
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- W A Pryor
- Biodynamics Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803-1800
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Puntarulo S, Cederbaum AI. Effect of oxygen concentration on microsomal oxidation of ethanol and generation of oxygen radicals. Biochem J 1988; 251:787-94. [PMID: 3415646 PMCID: PMC1149072 DOI: 10.1042/bj2510787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The iron-catalysed production of hydroxyl radicals, by rat liver microsomes (microsomal fractions), assessed by the oxidation of substrate scavengers and ethanol, displayed a biphasic response to the concentration of O2 (varied from 3 to 70%), reaching a maximal value with 20% O2. The decreased rates of hydroxyl-radical generation at lower O2 concentrations correlates with lower rates of production of H2O2, the precursor of hydroxyl radical, whereas the decreased rates at elevated O2 concentrations correlate with lower rates (relative to 20% O2) of activity of NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase, which reduces iron and is responsible for redox cycling of iron by the microsomes. The oxidation of aniline or aminopyrine and the cytochrome P-450/oxygen-radical-independent oxidation of ethanol also displayed a biphasic response to the concentration of O2, reaching a maximum at 20% O2, which correlates with the dithionite-reducible CO-binding spectra of cytochrome P-450. Microsomal lipid peroxidation increased as the concentration of O2 was raised from 3 to 7 to 20% O2, and then began to level off. This different pattern of malondialdehyde generation compared with hydroxyl-radical production probably reflects the lack of a role for hydroxyl radical in microsomal lipid peroxidation. These results point to the complex role for O2 in microsomal generation of oxygen radicals, which is due in part to the critical necessity for maintaining the redox state of autoxidizable components of the reaction system.
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- S Puntarulo
- Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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Steinbrecher UP. Role of superoxide in endothelial-cell modification of low-density lipoproteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1988; 959:20-30. [PMID: 2830901 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(88)90145-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cultured endothelial cells and arterial smooth muscle cells have been shown to modify LDL in a way that leads to rapid uptake by macrophages. Previous studies have demonstrated that this modification involves free radical peroxidation of LDL, and that the role of the cells was to accelerate oxidation under conditions where it otherwise would occur slowly. The objective of the present study was to determine whether the modification was mediated by oxygen-derived free radicals, and whether the ability of a given cell type of line to modify LDL was related to its secretion rate of O2- or H2O2. The results showed that modification required the presence of oxygen, and could be specifically inhibited by superoxide dismutase but not by catalase or by mannitol, a hydroxyl radical scavenger. Rabbit aortic endothelial cells, rabbit arterial smooth muscle cells, monkey arterial smooth muscle cells and human skin fibroblasts were all found to modify LDL, and all of these cell types generated more O2- (superoxide dismutase-inhibitable cytochrome c reduction) than a line of bovine aortic endothelial cells that did not modify LDL. The content of superoxide dismutase and catalase was higher in bovine aortic endothelial cells than in the cell lines that modified LDL, but glutathione peroxidase levels were not different. It was concluded that cells that were capable of modifying LDL produced superoxide or a substance that could be converted to superoxide in the medium, and that superoxide was an important, though possibly indirect, mediator of the modification of LDL by cells.
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- U P Steinbrecher
- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Health Sciences Centre Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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Frank H, Dürk H, Thiel D. Fatty acids in liver microsomal lipids of rats exposed to hypoxia, tetrachloromethane, or both. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1987; 922:54-61. [PMID: 2959325 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(87)90244-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acid in hepatic microsomal lipids from male Sprague-Dawley rats are greatly lowered when the animals have been exposed to tetrachloromethane; at the same time, palmitic, oleic and linoleic acid are significantly increased. Hypoxia alone causes similar derangements, but to a lesser extent. These are largely corrected 18 h after exposure; the effects induced by tetrachloromethane are persistent. The increases in 16:0, 18:1 and 18:2 suggest that in both cases microsomal enzymes involved in fatty acid metabolism are inhibited, either reversibly or irreversibly. Reduction of oxygen partial pressure during tetrachloromethane exposure has little effect upon hepatotoxicity as judged by hepatic enzymes in serum; only the onset of their release into the bloodstream is earlier.
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- H Frank
- Institut für Toxikologie, Universität Tübingen, F.R.G
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