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Kielb PJ, Teutloff C, Bittl R, Gray HB, Winkler JR. Does Tyrosine Protect S. coelicolor Laccase from Oxidative Degradation or Act as an Extended Catalytic Site? J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:7943-7949. [PMID: 36191240 PMCID: PMC10231039 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have investigated the roles of tyrosine (Tyr) and tryptophan (Trp) residues in the four-electron reduction of oxygen catalyzed by Streptomyces coelicolor laccase (SLAC). During normal enzymatic turnover in laccases, reducing equivalents are delivered to a type 1 Cu center (CuT1) and then are transferred over 13 Å to a trinuclear Cu site (TNC: (CuT3)2CuT2) where O2 reduction occurs. The TNC in SLAC is surrounded by a large cluster of Tyr and Trp residues that can provide reducing equivalents when the normal flow of electrons is disrupted. Prior studies by Canters and co-workers [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (33), 11680-11682] have shown that when O2 reacts with a reduced SLAC variant lacking the CuT1 center, a Tyr108• radical near the TNC forms rapidly. We have found that the Tyr108• radical is reduced 10 times faster than CuT12+ by excess ascorbate, possibly because of radical transfer along Tyr/Trp chains.
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- Patrycja J. Kielb
- Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA 91125, United States
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA 91125, United States
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- Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA 91125, United States
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Du D, Su Y, Shang Q, Chen C, Tang W, Zhang L, Ren H, Liu W. Biomimetic synthesis of L-DOPA inspired by tyrosine hydroxylase. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 234:111878. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhang S, De Leon Rodriguez LM, Li FF, Huang R, Leung IKH, Harris PWR, Brimble MA. A novel tyrosine hyperoxidation enables selective peptide cleavage. Chem Sci 2022; 13:2753-2763. [PMID: 35356671 PMCID: PMC8890263 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc06216f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A novel tyrosine hyperoxidation enabling selective peptide cleavage is reported. The scission of the N-terminal amide bond of tyrosine was achieved with Dess-Martin periodinane under mild conditions, generating a C-terminal peptide fragment bearing the unprecedented hyperoxidized tyrosine motif, 4,5,6,7-tetraoxo-1H-indole-2-carboxamide, along with an intact N-terminal peptide fragment. This reaction proceeds with high site-selectivity for tyrosine and exhibits broad substrate scope for various peptides, including those containing post-translational modifications. More importantly, this oxidative cleavage was successfully applied to enable sequencing of three naturally occurring cyclic peptides, including one depsipeptide and one lipopeptide. The linearized peptides generated from the cleavage reaction significantly simplify cyclic peptide sequencing by MS/MS, thus providing a robust tool to facilitate rapid sequence determination of diverse cyclic peptides containing tyrosine. Furthermore, the highly electrophilic nature of the hyperoxidized tyrosine unit disclosed in this work renders it an important electrophilic target for the selective bioconjugation or synthetic manipulation of peptides containing this unit.
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- Shengping Zhang
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland 23 Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland 3A Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland 23 Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland 23 Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland 23 Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland 1142 New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland 23 Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland 3A Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland 1142 New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland 23 Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland 3A Symonds St Auckland 1010 New Zealand
- Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, The University of Auckland 1142 New Zealand
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Choi J, Hasturk O, Mu X, Sahoo JK, Kaplan DL. Silk Hydrogels with Controllable Formation of Dityrosine, 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine, and 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine-Fe 3+ Complexes through Chitosan Particle-Assisted Fenton Reactions. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:773-787. [PMID: 33405916 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The oxidation of tyrosine residues of silk fibroin involves the generation of dityrosine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). However, it remains a challenge to selectively control the reaction pathway to produce dityrosine or DOPA in a selective fashion. Here, silk hydrogels with controllable formation of not only dityrosine and DOPA but also DOPA-Fe3+ complexes within the cross-linked networks were developed. The use of chitosan particles in the Fenton reaction allowed the interaction of Fe3+ ions with silk fibroin to be limited through the adsorption of Fe3+ ions onto chitosan particles by manipulating contact time between the reaction medium and chitosan particles. This led to significant suppression of the premature formation of β-sheet structures that cause steric hindrance to the collisions between tyrosyl radicals and thus enabled higher selectivity toward the formation of dityrosine than DOPA. Remarkably, the addition of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) to the chitosan particle-assisted Fenton reactions resulted in hydrogels that significantly favored the formation of DOPA over dityrosine due to the increase in the hydroxylation of phenol in the presence of EDTA. Despite the existence of Fe3+-EDTA complexes, Raman spectra indicated the DOPA-Fe3+ complexation in the hydrogels. Mechanistically, the hydrogel networks with small-sized and uniformly distributed β-sheet structures as well as the abundance of DOPA appear to make non-EDTA-chelated Fe3+ ions more accessible to complexation with DOPA. These findings have important implications for understanding the oxidation of tyrosine residues of silk fibroin by metal-catalyzed oxidation systems with potential benefits for future studies on silk protein-based hydrogels capable of generating intrinsic adhesive features as well as for exploring dual-cross-linked silk hydrogels constructed by chemical cross-linking and metal-coordinate complexation.
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- Jaewon Choi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
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Yang Y, Yan B, Cheng X, Ding Y, Tian X, Shi Y, Le G. Metabolomic studies on the systemic responses of mice with oxidative stress induced by short-term oxidized tyrosine administration. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra02665j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Oxidized tyrosine (O-Tyr) has attracted more interest in recent years because many researchers have discovered that it and its product (dityrosine) are associated with pathological conditions, especially various age-related disorders in biological systems.
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- Yuhui Yang
- The Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Factors
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- China
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- The Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Factors
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- China
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- The Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Factors
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- China
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- The Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Factors
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- China
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- The Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Factors
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- China
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- The Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Factors
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- China
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- The Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Functional Factors
- School of Food Science and Technology
- Jiangnan University
- Wuxi 214122
- China
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Houée-Lévin C, Bobrowski K, Horakova L, Karademir B, Schöneich C, Davies MJ, Spickett CM. Exploring oxidative modifications of tyrosine: An update on mechanisms of formation, advances in analysis and biological consequences. Free Radic Res 2015; 49:347-73. [DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2015.1007968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Jones LH, Narayanan A, Hett EC. Understanding and applying tyrosine biochemical diversity. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 10:952-69. [PMID: 24623162 DOI: 10.1039/c4mb00018h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This review highlights some of the recent advances made in our understanding of the diversity of tyrosine biochemistry and shows how this has inspired novel applications in numerous areas of molecular design and synthesis, including chemical biology and bioconjugation. The pathophysiological implications of tyrosine biochemistry will be presented from a molecular perspective and the opportunities for therapeutic intervention explored.
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- Lyn H Jones
- Pfizer R&D, Chemical Biology Group, BioTherapeutics Chemistry, WorldWide Medicinal Chemistry, 200 Cambridge Park Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA.
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Wang Y, Xiong H, Zhang X, Wang S. Electrochemical study of bovine serum albumin damage induced by Fenton reaction using tris (2,2′-bipyridyl) cobalt (III) perchlorate as the electroactive indicator. Electrochim Acta 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Fisher SC, Schoonen MAA, Brownawell BJ. Phenylalanine as a hydroxyl radical-specific probe in pyrite slurries. GEOCHEMICAL TRANSACTIONS 2012; 13:3. [PMID: 22313632 PMCID: PMC3348026 DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-13-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The abundant iron sulfide mineral pyrite has been shown to catalytically produce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hydroxyl radical (.OH) in slurries of oxygenated water. Understanding the formation and fate of these reactive oxygen species is important to biological and ecological systems as exposure can lead to deleterious health effects, but also environmental engineering during the optimization of remediation approaches for possible treatment of contaminated waste streams. This study presents the use of the amino acid phenylalanine (Phe) to monitor the kinetics of pyrite-induced .OH formation through rates of hydroxylation forming three isomers of tyrosine (Tyr) - ortho-, meta-, and para-Tyr. Results indicate that about 50% of the Phe loss results in Tyr formation, and that these products further react with .OH at rates comparable to Phe. The overall loss of Phe appeared to be pseudo first-order in [Phe] as a function of time, but for the first time it is shown that initial rates were much less than first-order as a function of initial substrate concentration, [Phe]o. These results can be rationalized by considering that the effective concentration of .OH in solution is lower at a higher level of reactant and that an increasing fraction of .OH is consumed by Phe-degradation products as a function of time. A simplified first-order model was created to describe Phe loss in pyrite slurries which incorporates the [Phe]o, a first-order dependence on pyrite surface area, the assumption that all Phe degradation products compete equally for the limited supply of highly reactive .OH, and a flux that is related to the release of H2O2 from the pyrite surface (a result of the incomplete reduction of oxygen at the pyrite surface). An empirically derived rate constant, Kpyr, was introduced to describe a variable .OH-reactivity for different batches of pyrite. Both the simplified first-order kinetic model, and a more detailed numerical simulation, yielded results that compare well to the observed kinetic data describing the effects of variations in concentrations of both initial Phe and pyrite. This work supports the use of Phe as a useful probe to assess the formation of .OH in the presence of pyrite, and its possible utility for similar applications with other minerals.
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- Shawn C Fisher
- School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA
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- Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, USA
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA
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Polimova AM, Vladimirova GA, Proskurnina EV, Vladimirov YA. Aromatic amino acid oxidation products as antioxidants. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s000635091104021x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The mechanisms of oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) are not well defined, but epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that iron-catalyzed processes may contribute to atherogenesis. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that iron-catalyzed oxidations of LDLs in vitro produce diagnostic biomarkers of oxidation of the apolipoprotein that could be applied to studies in vivo. LDLs were oxidized in the presence of Fe2+, EDTA, and ascorbic acid for up to 40 h. Following delipidation and trypsin digestion, the peptides were separated by HPLC, with four peaks detected at 365 nm, whereas none were observed in peptides from unoxidized LDLs. The peptides were identified by MALDI-QTOF mass spectrometry as IVQILP(W+4) EQNEQVK, IYSL(W+4)EHSTK, FEGLQE(W+4)EGK, and YH(W+4)EHTGLTLR, with (W+4) rather than the W residues of the unoxidized protein. The mass gains (+4 increase in m/z in tryptophan, W) and absorbance at 365 nm indicate kynurenines, which were trypsin-releasable peptides that are on the surface of LDL particles. All four peptides thus characterized share the sequence of WE. The preferential oxidation of W residues in WE sequences suggest contributions from the C-proximate glutamate residues in chelation of the iron species, thereby influencing site selectivities of oxidation. These kynurenine-containing peptides might serve as biomarkers of iron-mediated oxidations in vivo.
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Qu N, Guo LH, Zhu BZ. An electrochemical biosensor for the detection of tyrosine oxidation induced by Fenton reaction. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 26:2292-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2010.09.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2010] [Revised: 09/18/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Doan HQ, Davis AC, Francisco JS. Primary Steps in the Reaction of OH Radicals with Peptide Systems: Perspective from a Study of Model Amides. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:5342-57. [PMID: 20369811 DOI: 10.1021/jp100375c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Hoang Q. Doan
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084
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Zhang X, Monroe ME, Chen B, Chin MH, Heibeck TH, Schepmoes AA, Yang F, Petritis BO, Camp DG, Pounds JG, Jacobs JM, Smith DJ, Bigelow DJ, Smith RD, Qian WJ. Endogenous 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine and dopaquinone modifications on protein tyrosine: links to mitochondrially derived oxidative stress via hydroxyl radical. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 9:1199-208. [PMID: 20124354 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m900321-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Oxidative modifications of protein tyrosines have been implicated in multiple human diseases. Among these modifications, elevations in levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), a major product of hydroxyl radical addition to tyrosine, has been observed in a number of pathologies. Here we report the first proteome survey of endogenous site-specific modifications, i.e. DOPA and its further oxidation product dopaquinone in mouse brain and heart tissues. Results from LC-MS/MS analyses included 50 and 14 DOPA-modified tyrosine sites identified from brain and heart, respectively, whereas only a few nitrotyrosine-containing peptides, a more commonly studied marker of oxidative stress, were detectable, suggesting the much higher abundance for DOPA modification as compared with tyrosine nitration. Moreover, 20 and 12 dopaquinone-modified peptides were observed from brain and heart, respectively; nearly one-fourth of these peptides were also observed with DOPA modification on the same sites. For both tissues, these modifications are preferentially found in mitochondrial proteins with metal binding properties, consistent with metal-catalyzed hydroxyl radical formation from mitochondrial superoxide and hydrogen peroxide. These modifications also link to a number of mitochondrially associated and other signaling pathways. Furthermore, many of the modification sites were common sites of previously reported tyrosine phosphorylation, suggesting potential disruption of signaling pathways. Collectively, the results suggest that these modifications are linked with mitochondrially derived oxidative stress and may serve as sensitive markers for disease pathologies.
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- Xu Zhang
- Biological Sciences Division and Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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Usha R, Rajaram A, Ramasami T. Stability of collagen in the presence of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2009; 97:34-9. [PMID: 19716709 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2009.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 07/08/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Many cross-linking agents for collagen are available with varying levels of toxicity and some are in use in biomedical implants of collagen. L-DOPA (3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine), a neurotransmitter, is a naturally present compound in the living system and is the target in therapeutic strategy of Parkinson's disease. This work reports the effect of the neurotransmitter DOPA on the stability of collagen solution using circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence spectroscopy, melting and shrinkage temperature. Collagen solution treated with various concentrations of DOPA ranging from 10(-2) to 10(-5)M was analyzed using fluorescence and CD spectra. When collagen was treated with DOPA, the intensity of emission was found to increase indicating the possibility of interaction of DOPA with collagen and maximum emission intensity was observed between 10(-3) and 10(-4)M for L-DOPA and DL-DOPA, respectively. CD studies show possible aggregation of collagen even in the presence of low concentrations of DOPA. The shrinkage temperature of DOPA treated collagen fibres was experimentally determined to be 69+/-1 degrees C. The melting temperature of DOPA cross linked collagen solution also exhibited a significant increase from 35 to 40 degrees C (+/-0.1) (P<0.05). The experimental results suggest that the optimum concentration for cross linking collagen with DOPA ranges between 10(-3) and 10(-4)M. Thus, DOPA may be a useful stabilizing agent for collagen for biomedical applications.
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- R Usha
- Biophysics Laboratory, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India.
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Maki T, Soh N, Fukaminato T, Nakajima H, Nakano K, Imato T. Perylenebisimide-linked nitroxide for the detection of hydroxyl radicals. Anal Chim Acta 2009; 639:78-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Revised: 02/23/2009] [Accepted: 02/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Xu J, Cai R, Wu X, Lin Z. New Approach to Determination of Phenoxyl Free Radicals by Stopped‐Flow Spectrofluorimetry. ANAL LETT 2006. [DOI: 10.1080/00032710600723965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bing G, Nguyen XV, Liu M, Markesbery WR, Sun A. Biophysical and biochemical characterization of the intrinsic fluorescence from neurofibrillary tangles. Neurobiol Aging 2005; 27:823-30. [PMID: 15946772 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2005] [Revised: 04/05/2005] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Recently, we developed a novel fluorescent method named intrinsic fluorescence induction that allows direct visualization of neurofibrillary pathology without introducing exogenous chromogens. In the present study, we further characterized the properties of this novel red fluorescence biophysically, biochemically, and neuropathologically. In vitro spectrofluorometry and in situ emission scan show that the intrinsic fluorescence of neurofibrillary tangles has a long emission wavelength peak at 620 nm and a large Stoke's shift of 70 nm. Dephosphorylation of Alzheimer's disease brain sections with alkaline phosphatase or denaturation with guanidine only causes a subtle reduction in the induced fluorescence of neurofibrillary tangles, while hydrofluoric acid or formic acid completely eliminates the fluorescence. Chemical modification of residue serine, but not tyrosine or tryptophan, reduced the intensity of induced fluorescence significantly. The induced fluorophore, thus, has unique properties, and its generation likely depends on the particular conformation of paired helical filaments, which may in turn depend on tau hyperphosphorylation.
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- Guoying Bing
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0098, USA.
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Tábi T, Magyar K, Szöko E. Trace analysis of oxidized, nitrated, and chlorinated aromatic amino acids by capillary electrophoresis with electroosmotic flow modification allowing large-volume sample stacking. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:1940-7. [PMID: 15818575 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200410289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A capillary electrophoresis method has been developed for the simultaneous analysis of the oxidized, nitrated, and chlorinated aromatic amino acids, as well as their parent compounds. These modifications of the aromatic amino acids in proteins or free form are induced by the attack of reactive, mainly free radical species generated during cell stress, and these stable products may serve as biomarkers of cell damage. The analytes tyrosine, phenylalanine, dihydroxyphenylalanine, tryptophan, 3-nitrotyrosine, 3-chlorotyrosine, ortho-tyrosine, meta-tyrosine, 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (internal standard 1), and alpha-methyltyrosine (internal standard 2) were separated in their anionic forms in alkaline borate buffer. The polyamine spermine was used as electroosmotic flow (EOF) modifier. Adsorbing to the capillary wall, spermine can either suppress or even reverse the EOF depending on its concentration and the pH. The effects of the pH of the separation buffer, the spermine concentration, the temperature, and the applied field strength on the separation were examined. The modified aromatic amino acids are present in biological fluids in a much lower concentration than their parent compounds, thus high detection sensitivity of the analytical method is required. To achieve good detection sensitivity, field-amplified sample stacking of large injection volumes was applied. Omitting polyamine from the sample buffer allowed local reversal of the EOF, thus removal of the low conductivity sample buffer at the capillary inlet. In this way, 100% of the capillary to the detection window could be filled with the sample, and the detection limits achieved for the modified aromatic amino acids were in the range of 2.5-10 nM.
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- Tamás Tábi
- Department of Pharmacodynamics, Semmelweis University, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary
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Yue Qian S, Kadiiska MB, Guo Q, Mason RP. A novel protocol to identify and quantify all spin trapped free radicals from in vitro/in vivo interaction of HO(.-) and DMSO: LC/ESR, LC/MS, and dual spin trapping combinations. Free Radic Biol Med 2005; 38:125-35. [PMID: 15589381 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2004] [Accepted: 09/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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When dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is oxidized via hydroxyl radical (HO(.-)), it forms methyl radicals ((.-)CH(3)) that can be spin trapped and detected by electron spin resonance (ESR). This ESR spin trapping technique has been widely used in many biological systems to indicate in vivo HO(.-) formation. However, we recently reported that (.-)CH(3) might not be the only carbon-centered radical that was trapped and detected by ESR from in vivo DMSO oxidation. In the present study, newly developed combination techniques consisting of dual spin trapping (free radicals trapped by both regular and deuterated alpha-[4-pyridyl 1]-N-tert-butyl nitrone, d(0)/d(9)-POBN) followed by LC/ESR and LC/MS were used to characterize and quantify all POBN-trapped free radicals from the interaction of HO(.-) and DMSO. In addition to identifying the two well-known free radicals, (.-)CH(3) and (.-)OCH(3), from this interaction, we also characterized two additional free radicals, (.-)CH(2)OH and (.-)CH(2)S(O)CH(3). Unlike ESR, which can measure POBN adducts only in their radical forms, LC/MS identified and quantified all three redox forms, including the ESR-active radical adduct and two ESR-silent forms, the nitrone adduct (oxidized adduct) and the hydroxylamine (reduced adduct). In the bile of rats treated with DMSO and POBN, the ESR-active form of POBN/(.-)CH(3) was not detected. However, with the addition of the LC/MS technique, we found approximately 0.75 microM POBN/(.-)CH(3) hydroxylamine, which represents a great improvement in radical detection sensitivity and reliability. This novel protocol provides a comprehensive way to characterize and quantify in vitro and in vivo free radical formation and will have many applications in biological research.
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- Steven Yue Qian
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Orhan H, Vermeulen NPE, Tump C, Zappey H, Meerman JHN. Simultaneous determination of tyrosine, phenylalanine and deoxyguanosine oxidation products by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry as non-invasive biomarkers for oxidative damage. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2004; 799:245-54. [PMID: 14670743 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2003.10.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We developed an isotope dilution HPLC-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-APCI-MS/MS) method for the simultaneous determination of p-tyrosine, phenylalanine, o,o'-dityrosine, m-tyrosine, o-tyrosine, 3-chlorotyrosine and 3-nitrotyrosine and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) that requires no extensive sample pre-treatment. p-[(2)H(4)]Tyrosine and o,o'-[(2)H(6)]dityrosine were used as internal standards. Calibration curves of the method were linear (r(2)=0.990-0.999) over a concentration range of 0.03-10 microM for o-tyrosine; 0.04-10 microM for 3-nitrotyrosine and 3-chlorotyrosine; 0.05-10 microM for o,o'-dityrosine; and for m-tyrosine; 1.0-100 microM for p-tyrosine and for phenylalanine; and 0.01-10 microM for 8-OHdG. The detection limits were from 0.025 to 0.05 microM for the tyrosine derivatives; 0.01 microM for 8-OHdG; and 0.5 microM for p-tyrosine and for phenylalanine, respectively. Within-day coefficients of variation (CV) for spiked human urine samples ranged from 2.7 to 7.0%, except for 8-OHdG (13.7%). Between-day variations ranged from 7.9 to 13.0%, except for o-tyrosine (CV = 18.2%), and for 8-OHdG (CV = 24.7%). The background levels of p-tyrosine, phenylalanine, o,o'-dityrosine, and o-tyrosine in morning urine of eight healthy volunteers were 3890+/-590, 3420+/-730, 5.8+/-0.3, and 9.2+/-1.5 micromol/mol creatinine, respectively. Using the present HPLC-APCI-MS/MS method, the urinary background levels of m-tyrosine, 3-chlorotyrosine, 3-nitrotyrosine and 8-OHdG were below the limit of detection.
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- Hilmi Orhan
- Department of Pharmacochemistry, Division of Molecular Toxicology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research (LACDR), Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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McGorum BC, Wilson R, Pirie RS, Mayhew IG, Kaur H, Aruoma OI. Systemic concentrations of antioxidants and biomarkers of macromolecular oxidative damage in horses with grass sickness. Equine Vet J 2003; 35:121-6. [PMID: 12638786 DOI: 10.2746/042516403776114225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY The aetiopathogenesis of equine grass sickness (EGS) is unknown. The role of free radical-mediated neuronal damage has not previously been investigated in this condition. OBJECTIVES To investigate the potential contribution of oxidative damage and antioxidant status to neurodegeneration in EGS. METHODS Systemic levels of surrogate biomarkers were determined in 10 horses with acute EGS and in 2 control populations; 10 healthy horses co-grazing with the 10 EGS horses at the onset of clinical disease, and 10 healthy mares grazing where EGS has not been reported. RESULTS EGS horses had alterations in levels of several antioxidants, consistent with oxidative stress, the acute phase response and/or the secondary metabolic complications of EGS. EGS horses had elevated plasma dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) levels. CONCLUSIONS The elevated DOPA levels probably reflected a generalised disturbance of catecholamine metabolism rather than increased DOPA production via free radical-mediated oxidation of tyrosine. However, there was no evidence of systemic macromolecular oxidative damage. POTENTIAL CLINICAL RELEVANCE Further work is required to determine whether macromolecular oxidative damage occurring at the neuronal level contributes to EGS.
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- B C McGorum
- Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
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Sun C, Vaccaro E, Waite JH. Oxidative stress and the mechanical properties of naturally occurring chimeric collagen-containing fibers. Biophys J 2001; 81:3590-5. [PMID: 11721019 PMCID: PMC1301813 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75989-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The byssal threads of marine mussels are a fiber-reinforced composite material. Fibers are continuous, separated by matrix, and consist of chimeric collagens that encompass within the same primary protein structure domains corresponding to collagen, polyhistidine, and either elastin or dragline spider silk. The elastic modulus (stiffness) of the proximal portion of byssal threads was measured by cyclic stress-strain analysis at 50% extension. Before measurement, the threads were conditioned by various treatments, particularly agitation in aerated or nitrogen-sparged seawater. Stiffness can be permanently increased by more than two times, e.g., from 25 MPa to a maximum of 65 MPa, by simple agitation in aerated seawater. Much but not all of this stiffening can be prevented by agitation under nitrogen. Reversible strain stiffening would seem to be a useful adaptation to lower residual stresses arising from the deformation of two joined materials, i.e., distal and proximal portions with rather different elastic moduli. The permanent strain stiffening that characterizes proximal byssal threads subjected to oxidative stress is probably due to protein cross-linking. In the short term, this results in a stronger thread but at the expense of dynamic interactions between the molecules in the structure.
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- C Sun
- Marine Science Institute and MCDB Department, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Zhang F, Yang L, Bi S, Liu J, Liu F, Wang X, Yang X, Gan N, Yu T, Hu J, Li H, Yang T. Neurotransmitter dopamine applied in electrochemical determination of aluminum in drinking waters and biological samples. J Inorg Biochem 2001; 87:105-13. [PMID: 11709219 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(01)00320-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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It was demonstrated that the decrease of the differential pulse voltammetric (DPV) anodic peak current of dopamine (3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine, DA) was linear with the increase of aluminum (Al) concentration. Under optimum experimental conditions (pH 4.6, 1.2 x 10(-3) M DA, and 0.04 M NaAc-HAc buffer solution), the linear range is 4.0 x 10(-7)-8.0 x 10(-5) M, the detection limit is 1.4 x 10(-7) M, and the relative standard deviation for 4 x 10(-5) M Al(III) is 3.5% (n=8). Many foreign species, especially some low-molecule-weight biological molecules, were chosen for interference testing. The proposed method was applied to the determination of Al in biological samples such as synthetic renal dialysate, Ringer's solution, human blood, cerebrospinal fluid of a patient, and urine of a diabetic patient. The corresponding recoveries were generally between 95 and 105%. The basic principle of the method was determined by examining Al complexed with DA. This results in the blockage of the electroactive sites on DA, followed eventually by the reduction of the electrochemical response of DA. This result was verified by examining the behavior of DA, both in the presence and absence of Al, using electrochemical, UV-Vis, Raman, and (13)C NMR spectroscopic methods.
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- F Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry of China, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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Shirotani K, Katsura M, Higo A, Takesue M, Mohri Y, Shuto K, Tarumi C, Ohkuma S. Suppression of Ca2+ influx through L-type voltage-dependent calcium channels by hydroxyl radical in mouse cerebral cortical neurons. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2001; 92:12-8. [PMID: 11483237 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(01)00128-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the present study, we investigated the effect of hydroxyl radical (.OH) produced by the Fenton reaction with FeSO(4) to H(2)O(2) on Ca2+ influx by measuring [(45)Ca2+] influx into mouse cerebral cortical neurons in primary culture.OH formed from 3 microM FeSO(4) and 0.01 microM H(2)O(2) significantly reduced 30 mM KCl-induced [(45)Ca2+] influx and this reduction was abolished by .OH scavengers such as N,N'-dimethylthiourea and mannitol. Nifedipine (1 microM), an inhibitor for L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (VDCCs) showed no additive effect on the reduction of the 30 mM KCl-induced [(45)Ca2+] influx, while the inhibitors for P/Q- and N-type VDCCs showed further suppression of the KCl-induced [(45)Ca2+] influx even in the presence of .OH. Bay k 8644, an activator of L-type VDCCs, dose-dependently stimulated [(45)Ca2+] influx, and this stimulation disappeared in the presence of nifedipine. Similarly, .OH also suppressed significantly [(45)Ca2+] influx induced by Bay k 8644. These inhibitory actions of .OH on the KCl- and Bay k 8644-induced [(45)Ca2+] influx were completely abolished by .OH scavengers. These results indicate that .OH has the activity to suppress Ca2+ influx through L-type VDCCs.
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- K Shirotani
- Department of Pharmacology, Kawasaki Medical School, Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan
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Harth R, Gerlach M, Riederer P, Götz ME. A highly sensitive method for the determination of protein bound 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine as a marker for post-translational protein hydroxylation in human tissues ex vivo. Free Radic Res 2001; 35:167-74. [PMID: 11697197 DOI: 10.1080/10715760100300711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A highly sensitive, specific and tissue-independent method is described to evaluate oxidative stress-mediated protein hydroxylation in red blood cells, frontal cortex, and liver by HPLC separation and electrochemical detection of protein-bound 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) following gas-phase amino acid hydrolysis of tissue protein extracts containing exclusively proteins larger than 3 kDa. Simultaneous measurement of protein tyrosine (Tyr) content using fluorescence detection results in a tissue specific DOPA/Tyr ratio that may reflect oxidative stress-mediated protein modifications in disease, or following the exposure to oxidative stress-inducing agents.
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- R Harth
- University Clinic and Policlinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Clinical Neurochemistry, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany
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Tyrosine residues of neuroendocrine peptides are frequently the targets of oxidation reactions, one of which involves hydroxylation to peptidyl-3, 4-dihydroxy-phenyl-L-alanine (DOPA). The reactivity in vitro of peptidyl-DOPA in two neuroendocrine peptides, a neurotensin fragment (pELYENK) and proctolin (RYLPT), was investigated using ultraviolet-visible scanning spectrophotometry and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry following oxidation by tyrosinase and periodate. The peptides form covalently coupled dimers and trimers, and their masses are consistent with the presence of diDOPA cross-links. Lysine does not appear to participate in multimer formation because it is efficiently recovered in fragmentation ladders using subtilisin. While multimer formation in the neurotensin-derived peptide can be blocked effectively by adding N-acetyl-DOPA-ethylester to the reaction medium, the DOPA ethylester couples itself four to five times to each peptide.
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- L A Burzio
- Surgical Sealants, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA.
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Radiation chemistry of proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-6881(01)80022-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Giunta S, Ronchi P, Valli B, Franceschi C, Galeazzi L. Transformation of beta-amyloid (A beta) (1-42) tyrosine to L-dopa as the result of in vitro hydroxyl radical attack. Amyloid 2000; 7:189-93. [PMID: 11019859 DOI: 10.3109/13506120009146833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A form of beta-amyloid peptide A beta ending at amino acid 42 (A beta42) is the major component of senile amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The A beta-peptide earliest modifications are extremely important since they constitute the key events in the progression towards further changes finally leading to fibril formation and to A beta deposits which constitute the core pathological change in AD. Chemical and conformational early modifications of the beta-amyloid peptide are critical steps in AD pathogenesis and have been widely investigated. We now show that a Fenton-type OH-generating system is capable of generating L-Dopa (3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) in the tyrosine residue of A beta-peptide via aromatic ring hydroxylation, as the result of hydroxyl radical attack on proteins. Since L-Dopa is not a constituent of mammalian proteins and peptides, the formation of L-Dopa in A beta in vitro constitutes a possible important modification caused by hydroxyl radical attack. These results lay the groundwork for further studies on modification and damage associated with the degenerative disorder in AD where oxidative stress and inflammation are known to occur.
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- S Giunta
- Laboratorio Analisi Chimico-Cliniche-Microbiologiche e Diagnostica Molecolare INRCA, Ancona, Italy.
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Pietzsch J. Measurement of 5-hydroxy-2-aminovaleric acid as a specific marker of iron-mediated oxidation of proline and arginine side-chain residues of low-density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B-100. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 270:852-7. [PMID: 10772915 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An alteration of apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 structure by direct oxidative modification is supposed to be an important mechanism involved in atherogenesis. There is difficulty in quantifying this type of modification owing to a lack of specific assays. We evaluated a methodology based on the oxidation of protein arginine and proline to gamma-glutamyl semialdehyde which by reduction forms 5-hydroxy-2-aminovaleric acid (HAVA). We determined HAVA by using derivatization to N(O)-ethoxycarbonyl ethyl esters and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in different low-density lipoprotein preparations subjected to oxidative damage in the presence of iron. Results suggest that apoB-100 proline and arginine residues are highly reactive toward oxygen radicals ex vivo. Femtomole levels of HAVA can be reproducible measured. HAVA determination compares well with the measurement of carbonyl group formation used as a generally accepted but nonspecific index of protein oxidation. Thus, HAVA could prove to be a sensitive assay for studying specific modification of apoB-100.
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- J Pietzsch
- Institute & Policlinic of Clinical Metabolic Research, Medical Faculty "Carl Gustav Carus,", Technical University, Fetscherstrasse 74, Dresden, D-01307, Germany.
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