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Folkes LK, Trujillo M, Bartesaghi S, Radi R, Wardman P. Kinetics of reduction of tyrosine phenoxyl radicals by glutathione. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 506:242-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2010] [Revised: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 12/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Shao HB, Chu LY, Jaleel CA, Manivannan P, Panneerselvam R, Shao MA. Understanding water deficit stress-induced changes in the basic metabolism of higher plants - biotechnologically and sustainably improving agriculture and the ecoenvironment in arid regions of the globe. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2009; 29:131-51. [PMID: 19412828 DOI: 10.1080/07388550902869792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Water is vital for plant growth, development and productivity. Permanent or temporary water deficit stress limits the growth and distribution of natural and artificial vegetation and the performance of cultivated plants (crops) more than any other environmental factor. Productive and sustainable agriculture necessitates growing plants (crops) in arid and semiarid regions with less input of precious resources such as fresh water. For a better understanding and rapid improvement of soil-water stress tolerance in these regions, especially in the water-wind eroded crossing region, it is very important to link physiological and biochemical studies to molecular work in genetically tractable model plants and important native plants, and further extending them to practical ecological restoration and efficient crop production. Although basic studies and practices aimed at improving soil water stress resistance and plant water use efficiency have been carried out for many years, the mechanisms involved at different scales are still not clear. Further understanding and manipulating soil-plant water relationships and soil-water stress tolerance at the scales of ecology, physiology and molecular biology can significantly improve plant productivity and environmental quality. Currently, post-genomics and metabolomics are very important in exploring anti-drought gene resources in various life forms, but modern agriculturally sustainable development must be combined with plant physiological measures in the field, on the basis of which post-genomics and metabolomics have further practical prospects. In this review, we discuss physiological and molecular insights and effects in basic plant metabolism, drought tolerance strategies under drought conditions in higher plants for sustainable agriculture and ecoenvironments in arid and semiarid areas of the world. We conclude that biological measures are the bases for the solutions to the issues relating to the different types of sustainable development.
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- Hong-Bo Shao
- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
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Lim KM, Kim JS, Bae ON, Noh JY, Chung SM, Chung KY, Chung JH. Co-oxidation-mediated xenobiotic activation and cytotoxicity by 12-lipoxygenase in intact platelets. Toxicology 2008; 247:154-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2007] [Revised: 02/06/2008] [Accepted: 02/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cadenas E, Hochstein P, Ernster L. Pro- and antioxidant functions of quinones and quinone reductases in mammalian cells. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 65:97-146. [PMID: 1570770 DOI: 10.1002/9780470123119.ch3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- E Cadenas
- Institute for Toxicology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Quijano C, Romero N, Radi R. Tyrosine nitration by superoxide and nitric oxide fluxes in biological systems: modeling the impact of superoxide dismutase and nitric oxide diffusion. Free Radic Biol Med 2005; 39:728-41. [PMID: 16109303 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2004] [Revised: 03/16/2005] [Accepted: 04/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tyrosine nitration is a posttranslational modification observed in many pathologic states that can be associated with peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) formation. However, in vitro, peroxynitrite-dependent tyrosine nitration is inhibited when its precursors, superoxide (O(2)*(-)) and nitric oxide ((*)NO), are formed at ratios (O(2)*(-)/(*)NO) different from one, severely questioning the use of 3-nitrotyrosine as a biomarker of peroxynitrite-mediated oxidations. We herein hypothesize that in biological systems the presence of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the facile transmembrane diffusion of (*)NO preclude accumulation of O(2)*(-) and (*)NO radicals under flux ratios different from one, preventing the secondary reactions that result in the inhibition of 3-nitrotyrosine formation. Using an array of reactions and kinetic constants, computer-assisted simulations were performed in order to assess the flux of 3-nitrotyrosine formation (J(NO(2(-))Y)) during exposure to simultaneous fluxes of superoxide (J(O(2)*(-))) and nitric oxide (J((*)NO)), varying the radical flux ratios (J(O(2)*(-))/ J((*)NO)), in the presence of carbon dioxide. With a basic set of reactions, J(NO(2(-))Y) as a function of radical flux ratios rendered a bell-shape profile, in complete agreement with previous reports. However, when superoxide dismutation by SOD and (*)NO decay due to diffusion out of the compartment were incorporated in the model, a quite different profile of J(NO(2(-))Y) as a function of the radical flux ratio was obtained: despite the fact that nitration yields were much lower, the bell-shape profile was lost and the extent of tyrosine nitration was responsive to increases in either O(2)*(-) or (*)NO, in agreement with in vivo observations. Thus, the model presented herein serves to reconcile the in vitro and in vivo evidence on the role of peroxynitrite in promoting tyrosine nitration.
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- Celia Quijano
- Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Chou DS, Hsiao G, Shen MY, Tsai YJ, Chen TF, Sheu JR. ESR spin trapping of a carbon-centered free radical from agonist-stimulated human platelets. Free Radic Biol Med 2005; 39:237-48. [PMID: 15964515 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2004] [Revised: 02/21/2005] [Accepted: 03/10/2005] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Several free radical intermediates formed during synthesis of prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS) catalyze the biosynthesis of prostaglandins from arachidonic acid (AA). We attempted to directly detect free radical intermediates of PGHS in cells. Studies were carried out using human platelets, which possess significant PGHS activity. Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra showed a g = 2.005 signal radical, which was formed by the incubation of collagen, thrombin, AA, and a variety of peroxides with human platelets. The ESR spectra obtained using 5,5-dimethyl-1 pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) and alpha-phenyl N-tert.-butylnitron (PBN) were typical of an immobilized nitroxide. Extensive Pronase digestion of both the DMPO and PBN adducts allowed us to deduce that it was a carbon-centered radical. The formation of this radical was inhibited by potassium cyanide and by desferroxamine. Peroxides stimulated formation of the g = 2.005 signal radical and inhibited platelet aggregation induced by AA. PGHS cosubstrates increased the intensity of the radical signal but inhibited platelet aggregation induced by AA. Both S-nitro-L-glutathione and reduced glutathione quenched the g = 2.005 radical but could not restore platelet aggregatory activity. These results suggest that the carbon-centered radical is a self-destructing free radical formed during peroxide-mediated deactivation of PGHS in human platelets.
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- Duen-Suey Chou
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
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The removal of naphthalene from aqueous solutions using high-energy electron beam irradiation. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0969-806x(02)00363-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lim KM, Lee JY, Kim JS, Chung JH. Prostaglandin H synthase and lipoxygenase mediated activation of xenobiotics in platelets. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2000; 469:631-7. [PMID: 10667392 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4793-8_91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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To investigate the involvement of prostaglandin H synthase (PHS) and lipoxygenase (LPO) in the activation of xenobiotics in platelets, platelet sonicates were preincubated with alpha-naphthol. Protein covalent binding of alpha-naphthol was measured following addition of arachidonic acid. Protein covalent binding was increased in a dose-dependent manner until it plateaued at 500 microM arachidonic acid. Pretreatment by two inhibitors of PHS, aspirin and indomethacin, resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of alpha-naphthol-induced covalent binding, confirming PHS involvement. In addition, pretreatment by a LPO inhibitor, nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA), also prevented covalent binding substantially, showing that LPO may be an alternative pathway for xenobiotic activation in platelets. Furthermore, combined treatment of aspirin and NDGA almost abolished the increase of alpha-naphthol-induced covalent binding, suggesting that PHS and LPO are both major pathways for xenobiotic activation in platelets.
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- K M Lim
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea
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- E Cadenas
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033
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Munday R. Bioactivation of thiols by one-electron oxidation. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1994; 27:237-70. [PMID: 8068555 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)61035-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- R Munday
- Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Ordoñez ID, Cadenas E. Thiol oxidation coupled to DT-diaphorase-catalysed reduction of diaziquone. Reductive and oxidative pathways of diaziquone semiquinone modulated by glutathione and superoxide dismutase. Biochem J 1992; 286 ( Pt 2):481-90. [PMID: 1530580 PMCID: PMC1132923 DOI: 10.1042/bj2860481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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DT-diaphorase [NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase; EC 1.6.99.2] catalysed the two-electron reduction of the anti-tumour quinone 2,5-bis-(1-aziridinyl)-3,6-bis(ethoxycarbonylamino)-1,4-benzoquino ne (AZQ) to the hydroquinone form (AZQH2). Although DT-diaphorase catalysis of AZQ was not significantly affected by pH, the hydroquinone product was effectively stabilized by protonation at pH values below 7, whereas, above that pH, hyroquinone autoxidation, evaluated in terms of H2O2 production, increased exponentially. The autoxidation of AZQH2 entailed the formation of diverse radicals, such as O2-.,HO., and the semiquinone form of AZQ (AZQ-.), which contributed to different extents to the e.p.r. spectrum. Superoxide dismutase enhanced the autoxidation of AZQH2 and suppressed the e.p.r. signal ascribed to AZQ-., in agreement with a displacement of the equilibrium of the semiquinone autoxidation reaction (AZQ-.+O2 in equilibrium with AZQ+O2-.) upon enzymic withdrawal of O2-.. GSH increased the steady-state concentration of AZQH2 formed during DT-diaphorase catalysis and inhibited temporarily its autoxidation. This effect was accompanied by oxidation of the thiol to the disulphide within a process involving glutathionyl radical (GS.) formation, the relative contribution of which to the e.p.r. spectrum was enhanced by increasing GSH concentrations. GS. formation in this experimental model can be rationalized as originating from the reaction of GSH with AZQ-., rather than with O2-. or HO., for thiol oxidation was not affected significantly by superoxide dismutase, and GS. formation was insensitive to catalase. In addition, GSH suppressed the e.p.r. signal attributed to AZQ-.. No glutathionyl-quinone conjugate was detected during the DT-diaphorase-catalysed reduction of AZQ; although the chemical requirements for alkylation were partly fulfilled (quinone ring aromatization and acid-assisted aziridinyl ring opening), the negligible dissociation of GSH (GS(-)+H+ in equilibrium with GSH) at low pH prevented any nucleophilic addition to occur. Therefore the redox transitions of AZQ during DT-diaphorase catalysis seemed to be centred on the semiquinone species, the fate of which was inversely affected by catalytic amounts of superoxide dismutase and large amounts of GSH: the former enhanced AZQ-. autoxidation and the latter favoured AZQ-. reduction. Accordingly, superoxide dismutase and GSH suppressed the semiquinone e.p.r. signal. These results are discussed in terms of three interdependent redox transitions (comprising one-electron transfer reactions involving the quinone, oxygen and the thiol) and the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the reactions involved.
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- I D Ordoñez
- Institute for Toxicology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033
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Goin J, Gibson DD, McCay PB, Cadenas E. Glutathionyl- and hydroxyl radical formation coupled to the redox transitions of 1,4-naphthoquinone bioreductive alkylating agents during glutathione two-electron reductive addition. Arch Biochem Biophys 1991; 288:386-96. [PMID: 1654832 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(91)90211-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The kinetic parameters of the redox transitions subsequent to the two-electron transfer implied in the glutathione (GSH) reductive addition to 2- and 6-hydroxymethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone bioalkylating agents were examined in terms of autoxidation, GSH consumption in the arylation reaction, oxidation of the thiol to glutathione disulfide (GSSG), and free radical formation detected by the spin-trapping electron spin resonance method. The position of the hydroxymethyl substituent in either the benzenoid or the quinonoid ring differentially influenced the initial rates of hydroquinone autoxidation as well as thiol oxidation. Thus, GSSG- and hydrogen peroxide formation during the GSH reductive addition to 6-hydroxymethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone proceeded at rates substantially higher than those observed with the 2-hydroxymethyl derivative. The distribution and concentration of molecular end products, however, was the same for both quinones, regardless of the position of the hydroxymethyl substituent. The [O2]consumed/[GSSG]formed ratio was above unity in both cases, thus indicating the occurrence of autoxidation reactions other than those involved during GSSG formation. EPR studies using the spin probe 5,5'-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO) suggested that the oxidation of GSH coupled to the above redox transitions involved the formation of radicals of differing structure, such as hydroxyl and thiyl radicals. These were identified as the corresponding DMPO adducts. The detection of either DMPO adduct depended on the concentration of GSH in the reaction mixture: the hydroxyl radical adduct of DMPO prevailed at low GSH concentrations, whereas the thiyl radical adduct of DMPO prevailed at high GSH concentrations. The production of the former adduct was sensitive to catalase, whereas that of the latter was sensitive to superoxide dismutase as well as to catalase. The relevance of free radical formation coupled to thiol oxidation is discussed in terms of the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the reactions involved as well as in terms of potential implications in quinone cytotoxicity.
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- J Goin
- Institute for Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033
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Spectroscopic evidence demonstrate that the alkylaminoanthraquinone mitoxantrone is a substrate for horseradish peroxidase in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and that the result of this interaction is the formation of an air-stable mitoxantrone-derived free radical. The mitoxantrone-derived free radicals or their further oxidation products appear to extensively cross-link with plasmid DNA by a reaction that is mitoxantrone concentration-dependent. Oxidative activation of mitoxantrone to a DNA-damaging species may contribute to the mechanism of action of this antitumour agent.
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- G R Fisher
- Department of Pharmacy, Leicester Polytechnic, UK
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Gannett PM, Iversen P, Lawson T. The mechanism of inhibition of cytochrome P450IIE1 by dihydrocapsaicin. Bioorg Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0045-2068(90)90041-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Winterbourn CC, Munday R. Concerted action of reduced glutathione and superoxide dismutase in preventing redox cycling of dihydroxypyrimidines, and their role in antioxidant defence. FREE RADICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 1990; 8:287-93. [PMID: 2354807 DOI: 10.3109/10715769009053361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Dialuric Acid, the reduced form of the beta-cell toxin alloxan, and the related fava bean derivatives divicine and isouramil, autoxidize rapidly in neutral solution by a radical mechanism. GSH promotes redox cycling of each compound, with concomitant GSH oxidation and H2O2 production. With superoxide dismutase present, there is a lag period in which little oxidation occurs, followed by rapid oxidation. GSH extends this lag and decreases the subsequent rate of oxidation, so that with superoxide dismutase and a sufficient excess of GSH, coupled oxidation of GSH and each pyrimidine is almost completely suppressed. This mechanism may be a means whereby GSH in combination with superoxide dismutase protects against the cytotoxic effects of these reactive pyrimidines. Superoxide dismutase may also protect cells against oxidative stress in other situations where GSH acts as a radical scavenger, and we propose that the concerted action of GSH and superoxide dismutase constitutes an important antioxidant defence.
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- C C Winterbourn
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
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Llopis J, Ernster L, Cadenas E. Effect of glutathione on the redox transitions of naphthohydroquinone derivatives formed during DT-diaphorase catalysis. FREE RADICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 1990; 8:271-85. [PMID: 2113028 DOI: 10.3109/10715769009053360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The oxidation of GSH coupled to the redox transitions of 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives during DT-diaphorase catalysis was examined. The quinones studied included 1,4-naphthoquinone and its dimethoxy- and hydroxy derivatives and were selected according to their different ability to undergo nucleophilic addition with GSH and the dual effect of superoxide dismutase on hydroquinone autoxidation. GSH was oxidized to GSSG during the redox transitions of the above quinones, regardless of their substitution pattern. This effect was accompanied by an increase of total O2 consumption, indicating the ability of GSH to support quinone redox cycling. The values for the relationship [O2]consumed/[GSSG]formed were, with every quinone examined, above unity, thus pointing to the occurrence of autoxidation reactions other than those involved during GSSG formation. These results are discussed in terms of the functional group chemistry of the quinones and the thermodynamic properties of the reactions involved in the reduction of the semi- to the hydro-quinone by GSH.
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- J Llopis
- Department of Toxicology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Munday R, Winterbourn CC. Reduced glutathione in combination with superoxide dismutase as an important biological antioxidant defence mechanism. Biochem Pharmacol 1989; 38:4349-52. [PMID: 2604738 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(89)90641-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- R Munday
- Ruakura Animal Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Ollinger K, Llopis J, Cadenas E. Study of the redox properties of naphthazarin (5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) and its glutathionyl conjugate in biological reactions: one- and two-electron enzymatic reduction. Arch Biochem Biophys 1989; 275:514-30. [PMID: 2512857 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(89)90398-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Naphthazarin (5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone), the basic unit of several tetracyclic antitumor antibiotics, and its glutathione conjugate were reduced by the one- and two-electron transfer flavoproteins NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase and DT-diaphorase to their semi- and hydroquinone forms, respectively. Kinetic studies performed on purified DT-diaphorase showed the following results: KNADPHm = 68 microM, KQuinonem = 0.92 microM, and Vmax 1300 nmol X min-1 X microgram enzyme-1. Similar studies performed on purified NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase indicated a lower KNADPHm (10.5 microM) and higher KQuinonem (2.3 microM). The Vmax values were 20-fold lower (46 nmol X min-1 X micrograms enzyme-1) than those observed with DT-diaphorase. DT-diaphorase reduced the naphthazarin-glutathione conjugate with an efficiency 5-fold lower than that observed with the parent quinone. The nucleophilic addition of GSH to naphthazarin proceeded with GSH consumption at rates slower than those observed with 1,4-naphthoquinone and its monohydroxy derivative, 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone. The initial rate of GSH consumption during these reactions did not vary whether the assay was carried out under anaerobic or aerobic conditions. Autoxidation accompanied the DT-diaphorase and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase catalysis of naphthazarin and its glutathionyl adduct as well as the 1,4-reductive addition of GSH to naphthazarin. Superoxide dismutase at catalytic concentrations (nM range) enhanced slightly (1.1- to 1.6-fold) the autoxidation following the enzymatic catalysis of naphthazarin. Autoxidation during the GSH reductive addition to 1,4-naphthoquinones decreased with increasing number of -OH substituents, 1,4-naphthoquinone greater than 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone greater than 5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, thus revealing that the contribution of redox transitions other than autoxidation, e.g., cross-oxidation, to the decay of the primary product of nucleophilic addition increases with increasing number of -OH substituents. Superoxide dismutase enhanced substantially the autoxidation of glutathionyl-naphthohydroquinone adducts, thereby affecting only slightly the total GSH consumed and GSSG formed during the reaction. The present results are discussed in terms of the relative contribution of one- and two-electron transfer flavoproteins to the bioreductive activation of naphthazarin and its glutathionyl conjugate as well as the importance of autoxidation reactions in the mechanism(s) of quinone cytotoxicity.
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- K Ollinger
- Department of Pathology II, University of Linköping, Sweden
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Lehmann FM, Bretz N, von Bruchhausen F, Wurm G. Substrates for arachidonic acid co-oxidation with peroxidase/hydrogen peroxide. Further evidence for radical intermediates. Biochem Pharmacol 1989; 38:1209-16. [PMID: 2539820 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(89)90326-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We tested the ability of a wide variety of organic compounds, including benzene and phenol derivatives, aromatic amines, pyrazoline derivatives and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, to act as cosubstrates during the horseradish peroxidase/hydrogen peroxide-mediated oxygenation of arachidonic acid. Structural requirements for drug activation in our system proved to be an aromatic system and ring substitution by an easily oxidizable group. Complementary substituents modified drug activation. Among the phenol derivatives and aromatic amines we found the meta-substituted compounds to be significantly more effective than their ortho- and para-substituted analogues, indicating the involvement of radical intermediates in this type of reaction. The radical from 1-phenyl 3-methyl 2-pyrazolone(5) was detected by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Kinetic studies on this radical were in good accordance with time-dependent measurement of arachidonic acid oxygenation.
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- F M Lehmann
- Institut für Pharmakologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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The overall biological activity of quinones is a function of the physico-chemical properties of these compounds, which manifest themselves in a critical bimolecular reaction with bioconstituents. Attempts have been made to characterize this bimolecular reaction as a function of the redox properties of quinones in relation to hydrophobic or hydrophilic environments. The inborn physico-chemical properties of quinones are discussed on the basis of their reduction potential and dissociation constants, as well as the effect of environmental factors on these properties. Emphasis is given on the effect of methyl-, methoxy-, hydroxy-, and glutathionyl substituents on the reduction potential of quinones and the subsequent electron transfer processes. The redox chemistry of quinoid compounds is surveyed in terms of a) reactions involving only electron transfer, as those accomplished during the enzymic reduction of quinones and the non-enzymic interaction with redox couples generating semiquinones, and b) nucleophilic addition reactions. The addition of nucleophiles, entailing either oxidation or reduction of the quinone, are exemplified in reactions with oxygen- or sulfur nucleophiles, respectively. The former yields quinone epoxides, whereas the latter yields thioether-hydroquinone adducts as primary molecular products. The subsequent chemistry of these products is examined in terms of enzymic reduction, autoxidation, cross-oxidation, disproportionation, and free radical interactions. The detailed chemical mechanisms by which quinoid compounds exert cytotoxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic effects are considered individually in relation to redox cycling, alterations of thiol balance and Ca++ homeostasis, and covalent binding.
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- A Brunmark
- Department of Pathology II, University of Linköping, Sweden
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Buckpitt AR, Franklin RB. Relationship of naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene metabolism to pulmonary bronchiolar epithelial cell necrosis. Pharmacol Ther 1989; 41:393-410. [PMID: 2652157 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(89)90116-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- A R Buckpitt
- Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, Northern California Occupational Health Center, Davis
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Svensson BE. Synergism between substrate and non-substrate thiols in peroxidase-oxidase reactions. Chem Biol Interact 1989; 70:323-37. [PMID: 2743475 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(89)90053-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cysteamine and reduced glutathione were shown to act synergistically as peroxidase-oxidase substrates as measured by oxygen consumption and Nitro Blue Tetrazolium reduction. Cysteine methyl ester could be substituted for cysteamine and N-acetylcysteine and penicillamine could be substituted for glutathione. The involvement of reduced oxygen species and the effects of pH and chloride were studied. A possible mechanism of peroxidase-oxidase oxidation of cysteamine and glutathione is proposed. These studies show that peroxidase oxidase reactions can occur with close to physiological concentrations of peroxidase and thiols.
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- B E Svensson
- Research and Development Laboratories, Södertälje, Sweden
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Svensson BE. Involvement of cysteine, serotonin and their analogues in peroxidase-oxidase reactions. Chem Biol Interact 1989; 70:305-21. [PMID: 2545363 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(89)90052-5] [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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Myeloperoxidase-oxidase reactions with close to physiological concentrations of thiols and phenols were studied. Cysteine was shown to be a myeloperoxidase-oxidase substrate when catalytic amounts of serotonin were added as cosubstrate. Penicillamine could be substituted for cysteine and acetaminophen could be substituted for serotonin. The properties of these peroxidase-oxidase reactions, e.g. the dependence on substrate and myeloperoxidase concentration, reduced oxygen species, metal ions and pH, were studied. Also, eosinophil, lacto- and horseradish peroxidase could catalyse these reactions.
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- B E Svensson
- Research and Development Department, Södertälje, Sweden
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O'Brien PJ. Radical formation during the peroxidase catalyzed metabolism of carcinogens and xenobiotics: the reactivity of these radicals with GSH, DNA, and unsaturated lipid. Free Radic Biol Med 1988; 4:169-83. [PMID: 3281871 DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(88)90025-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Radicals generated by the peroxidase catalyzed oxidation of a wide variety of substrates oxidize GSH, NADH, or arachidonate with accompanying oxygen activation. Substrates studied include carcinogens, drugs, or xenobiotics. The effectiveness of the various radicals is partly related to their one-electron oxidation potential. High redox potential radicals were particularly effective at oxidizing these biomolecules. Low redox potential radicals did not react with GSH, NADH, or arachidonate, but can directly activate oxygen to form hydroxyl radicals or undergo scission to carbon radicals. The hydroxyl and carbon radicals have a high redox potential and readily oxidize biomolecules. DNA strand breakage also occurs with some high redox potential radicals, but DNA did not react with low redox potential radicals. The extensive binding of xenobiotics to DNA in the peroxidase system was attributed to noncovalent binding by polymeric products or covalent binding by the two electron oxidation product (formed by radical dismutation or oxidation). The latter can cause alkali labile DNA strand breaks. GSH conjugate formation was also attributed to the two electron oxidation product. Radicals have been trapped in intact cells and oxygen activation or lipid peroxidation has been demonstrated but it is still not clear whether the associated GSH oxidation, DNA strand breakage and cytotoxicity is the result of direct action by radicals. Indirect enzymic mechanisms for free radical mediated DNA strand breakage and cytotoxicity are discussed.
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- P J O'Brien
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Eastmond DA, French RC, Ross D, Smith MT. Metabolic activation of 1-naphthol and phenol by a simple superoxide-generating system and human leukocytes. Chem Biol Interact 1987; 63:47-62. [PMID: 2820596 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(87)90104-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Phenol and 1-naphthol, products of benzene and naphthalene biotransformation, are metabolized during O2- generation by xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-stimulated human neutrophils. The addition of 1-naphthol to xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine incubations resulted in the formation of 1,4-naphthoquinone (1,4-NQ) whereas phenol addition yielded only small quantities of hydroquinone, catechol and a unidentified reducible product but not 1,4-benzoquinone. This formation of 1,4-NQ was dependent upon hypoxanthine, xanthine oxidase, and 1-naphthol and was inhibited by the addition of superoxide dismutase (SOD) demonstrating that the conversion was O2-mediated. During O2- generation by PMA-stimulated neutrophils, the addition of phenol interfered with luminol-dependent chemiluminescence and resulted in covalent binding of phenol to protein. Protein binding was 80% inhibited by the addition of azide or catalase to the incubations indicating that bioactivation was peroxidase-mediated. In contrast, the addition of 1-naphthol to PMA-stimulated neutrophils interfered with superoxide-dependent cytochrome c reduction as well as luminol-dependent chemiluminescence and also resulted in protein binding. Protein binding was only partially inhibited by azide or catalase. The addition of SOD in combination with catalase resulted in a significantly greater inhibition of binding when compared to that of catalase alone. The results of these experiments indicate that phenol and 1-naphthol are converted to reactive metabolites during superoxide generating conditions but by different mechanisms. The formation of reactive metabolites from phenol was almost exclusively peroxidase-mediated whereas the bioactivation of 1-naphthol could occur by two different mechanisms, a peroxidase-dependent and a direct superoxide-dependent mechanism.
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- D A Eastmond
- Department of Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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Medeiros MH, Wefers H, Sies H. Generation of excited species catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase or hemin in the presence of reduced glutathione and H2O2. Free Radic Biol Med 1987; 3:107-10. [PMID: 3666514 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(87)80004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) (EC 1.11.1.7) catalyzes the oxidation of reduced glutathione. This reaction is accompanied by light emission, which is attributed to the generation of singlet oxygen. The chemiluminescence is directly related to thiyl radical formation, as deduced from the correlation between the time course of HRP-compound II formation and light emission in the presence of different amounts of H2O2. Superoxide dismutase has an inhibitory effect on the chemiluminescence without affecting the HRP-compound II formation. This indicates the direct involvement of superoxide radicals in the production of photoemissive species. Replacement of HRP by hemin is also accompanied by chemiluminescence.
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- M H Medeiros
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, Universität Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
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