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Wu J, Fu B, Lei H, Tang H, Wang Y. Gender differences of peripheral plasma and liver metabolic profiling in APP/PS1 transgenic AD mice. Neuroscience 2016; 332:160-9. [PMID: 27393253 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.06.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 06/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive cognitive impairment. Currently, there is less knowledge of the involvement of the peripheral biofluid/organ in AD, compared with the central nervous system. In addition, with reported high morbidity in women in particular, it has become very important to explore whether gender difference in the peripheral metabolome is associated with AD. Here, we investigated metabolic responses of both plasma and liver tissues using an APP/PS1 double mutant transgenic mouse model with NMR spectroscopy, as well as analysis from serum biochemistry and histological staining. Fatty acid composition from plasma and liver extracts was analyzed using GC-FID/MS. We found clear gender differences in AD transgenic mice when compared with their wild-type counterparts. Female AD mice displayed more intensive responses, which were highlighted by higher levels of lipids, 3-hydroxybutyrate and nucleotide-related metabolites, together with lower levels of glucose. These observations indicate that AD induces oxidative stress and impairs cellular energy metabolism in peripheral organs. Disturbances in AD male mice were milder with depletion of monounsaturated fatty acids. We also observed a higher activity of delta-6-desaturate and suppressed activity of delta-5-desaturate in female mice, whereas inhibited stearoyl-CoA-desaturase in male mice suggested that AD induced by the double mutant genes results in different fatty acids catabolism depending on gender. Our results provide metabolic clues into the peripheral biofluid/organs involved in AD, and we propose that a gender-specific scheme for AD treatment in men and women may be required.
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- Junfang Wu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Neurology, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine, Wuhan 430015, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Metabonomics and Systems Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Feng Z, Jia H, Li X, Bai Z, Liu Z, Sun L, Zhu Z, Bucheli P, Ballèvre O, Wang J, Liu J. A milk-based wolfberry preparation prevents prenatal stress-induced cognitive impairment of offspring rats, and inhibits oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction in vitro. Neurochem Res 2010; 35:702-11. [PMID: 20131093 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0123-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/09/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Lycium barbarum (Fructus Lycii, Wolfberry, or Gouqi) belongs to the Solanaceae. The red-colored fruits of L. barbarum have been used for a long time as an ingredient in Chinese cuisine and brewing, and also in traditional Chinese herbal medicine for improving health. However, its effects on cognitive function have not been well studied. In the present study, prevention of a milk-based wolfberry preparation (WP) on cognitive dysfunction was tested in a prenatal stress model with rats and the antioxidant mechanism was tested by in vitro experiments. We found that prenatal stress caused a significant decrease in cognitive function (Morris water maze test) in female offspring. Pretreatment of the mother rats with WP significantly prevented the prenatal stress-induced cognitive dysfunction. In vitro studies showed that WP dose-dependently scavenged hydroxyl and superoxide radicals (determined by an electron spin resonance spectrometric assay), and inhibited FeCl(2)/ascorbic acid-induced dysfunction in brain tissue and tissue mitochondria, including increases in reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation and decreases in the activities of complex I, complex II, and glutamate cysteine ligase. These results suggest that dietary supplementation with WP may be an effective strategy for preventing the brain oxidative mitochondrial damage and cognitive dysfunction associated with prenatal stress.
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- Zhihui Feng
- Institute of Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, Department of Biological Science and Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710049, China
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Duarte AI, Proença T, Oliveira CR, Santos MS, Rego AC. Insulin restores metabolic function in cultured cortical neurons subjected to oxidative stress. Diabetes 2006; 55:2863-70. [PMID: 17003354 DOI: 10.2337/db06-0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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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We previously demonstrated that insulin has a neuroprotective role against oxidative stress, a deleterious condition associated with diabetes, ischemia, and age-related neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, we investigated the effect of insulin on neuronal glucose uptake and metabolism after oxidative stress in rat primary cortical neurons. On oxidative stress, insulin stimulates neuronal glucose uptake and subsequent metabolism into pyruvate, restoring intracellular ATP and phosphocreatine. Insulin also increases intracellular and decreases extracellular adenosine, counteracting the effect of oxidative stress. Insulin effects are apparently mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-K and extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathways. Extracellular adenosine under oxidative stress is largely inhibited after blockade of ecto-5'-nucleotidase, suggesting that extracellular adenosine results preferentially from ATP release and catabolism. Moreover, insulin appears to interfere with the ATP release induced by oxidative stress, regulating extracellular adenosine levels. In conclusion, insulin neuroprotection against oxidative stress-mediated damage involves 1) stimulation of glucose uptake and metabolism, increasing energy levels and intracellular adenosine and, ultimately, uric acid formation and 2) a decrease in extracellular adenosine, which may reduce the facilitatory activity of adenosine receptors.
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- Ana I Duarte
- Department of Zoology, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
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Fritz KI, Zanelli S, Mishra OP, Delivoria-Papadopoulos M. Effect of graded hypoxia on the high-affinity CPP binding site of the NMDA receptor in the cerebral cortex of newborn piglets. Brain Res 2001; 891:266-73. [PMID: 11164831 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)03223-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is modified during hypoxia in the cerebral cortex of newborn piglets. The present study tests the hypothesis that the NMDA receptor 3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP) high-affinity binding site is modified during hypoxia and that the degree of modification correlates with the progressive decrease in cerebral cellular energy metabolism and increase in lipid peroxidation induced by hypoxia. Studies were conducted in twelve anesthetized, ventilated newborn piglets, five normoxic and seven hypoxic which were exposed to decreased fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) to achieve varying phosphocreatine (PCr) levels. 3[H]-CPP binding was performed with CPP concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 1500 nM at 23 degrees C for 40 min in P2 membrane fractions. Brain tissue PCr levels were determined biochemically. Conjugated dienes (CDs) were measured as an index of lipid peroxidation. In the normoxic group, B(max) (receptor number) for the CPP binding site was 329+/-93 fmol/mg protein and Kd (dissociation constant) 137+/-44 nM, the mean PCr value was 2.5+/-0.4 micromol/g brain and the CD level was 0.0 nmol/g brain. As tissue hypoxia worsened, there was a gradual decline in tissue PCr as well as receptor B(max) and K(d) values, and there was an increase in conjugated dienes. Both the receptor B(max) (r=0.90) and Kd (r=0.72) decreased in a linear relationship as PCr decreased. As the levels of CDs increased both the receptor B(max) (r=0.88) and Kd (r=0.68) decreased in a linear fashion. The data show that there is not a critical hypoxic threshold for modification of the CPP binding site of the NMDA receptor, but that modification is coupled to a gradual decrease in brain cell energy metabolism and increase in lipid peroxidation. We speculate that hypoxia-induced modification of the NMDA receptor is mediated not only by changes in the receptor recognition site but also by an alteration of brain cell membrane structure secondary to conjugated diene formation.
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- K I Fritz
- Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, MCP Hahnemann University, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Neonatology Research Laboratory, 7th Floor Heritage Building, 3300 Henry Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.
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This review focuses on the possible role of reactive oxygen species in the pathogenesis of this phenomenon. Evidence in support of a role of oxidants in preconditioning has come from the observation that administration of oxygen radical scavengers during the reperfusion period following the initial "preconditioning" ischemia could prevent the phenomenon. In addition, a brief exposure to a low, nontoxic dose of oxygen radicals may reproduce the beneficial effects of ischemic preconditioning, thus suggesting that radicals can directly trigger the preconditioning pathway. To explain the effects of oxidants in this setting, it has been suggested that reperfusion after the initial, "preconditioning" ischemic episode results in the generation of relatively low amounts of oxygen radicals, which are insufficient to determine cell necrosis, but nevertheless could modify cellular activities that have been implicated as mediators of the preconditioning phenomenon. Recent evidence suggests that low levels of oxidants may have a modulatory role on several cell functions. Possible mechanisms of oxidant-mediated protection might be protein kinase C and other kinases, ATP-dependent potassium channels, or changes in sulfhydryl group redox state, while an effect on adenosine metabolism, or the induction of myocardial stunning presumably does not contribute to oxidant-mediated preconditioning. Finally, de novo protein synthesis and gene expression, and increased antioxidant defenses might be involved in the late phase of preconditioning. In summary, available data strongly suggest that oxygen radicals might be possible mediators of preconditioning. However, further investigation is required to clearly elucidate their exact role and mechanisms of action.
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- I Tritto
- Division of Cardiology, University of Perugia School of Medicine, Perugia, Italy
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5'-Nucleotidase, responsible for the conversion of adenosine-5'-monophosphate into adenosine, was purified from bovine brain membranes, and subjected to oxidative inactivation. The 5'-nucleotidase activity decreased slightly after the exposure to either glutathione or Fe2+. The glutathione-mediated inactivation of 5'-nucleotidase was potentiated remarkably by Fe2+, but not Cu2+, in a concentration-dependent manner. Similarly, glutathione exhibited a concentration-dependent enhancement of the Fe2+-mediated inactivation. In comparison, the glutathione/Fe2+ system was much more effective than the ascorbate/Fe2+ system in inactivating the enzyme. In support of an intermediary role of superoxide ions or H2O2 in the action of glutathione/Fe2+ system, superoxide dismutase and catalase expressed a substantial protection against the inactivation by the glutathione/Fe2+ system. Meanwhile, hydroxyl radical scavengers such as mannitol, benzoate or ethanol were incapable of preventing the inactivation, excluding the participation of extraneous hydroxyl radicals. Whereas adenosine 5'-monophosphate as substrate exhibited a modest protection against the glutathione/Fe2+ action, a remarkable protection was expressed by divalent metal ions such as Zn2+ or Mn2+. Structure-activity study with a variety of thiols indicates that the inactivating action of thiols in combination with Fe2+ resides in the free sulfhydryl group and amino group of thiols. Overall, thiols, expressing more inhibitory effect on the activity of 5'-nucleotidase, were found to be more effective in potentiating the Fe2+-mediated inactivation. Further, kinetic analyses indicate that Fe2+ and thiols inhibit the 5'-nucleotidase in a competitive or uncompetitive manner, respectively. These results suggest that ecto-5'-nucleotidase from brain membrane is one of proteins susceptible to thiols/Fe2+-catalyzed oxidation, and the oxidative inactivation may be related to the selective association of Fe2+ and thiols to the enzyme molecule.
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- X W Liu
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Taejon, Korea
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Groenendaal F, Shadid M, McGowan JE, Mishra OP, van Bel F. Effects of deferoxamine, a chelator of free iron, on NA(+), K(+)-ATPase activity of cortical brain cell membrane during early reperfusion after hypoxia-ischemia in newborn lambs. Pediatr Res 2000; 48:560-4. [PMID: 11004251 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200010000-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Free iron chelation after hypoxia-ischemia can reduce free radical-induced damage to brain cell membranes and preserve electrical brain activity. We investigated whether chelation of free iron with deferoxamine (DFO) preserved cortical cell membrane activity of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase and electrocortical brain activity (ECBA) of newborn lambs during early reperfusion after severe hypoxia-ischemia. Hypoxia was induced in 16 lambs by decreasing the fraction of inspired oxygen to 0.07 for 30 min, followed by a 5-min period of hypotension (mean arterial blood pressure <35 mm Hg). ECBA (in microvolts) was measured using a cerebral function monitor. Immediately after hypoxia and additional ischemia, eight lambs received DFO (2.5 mg/kg, i.v.), and seven lambs received a placebo (PLAC). Two lambs underwent sham operation. One hundred eighty minutes after completion of hypoxia and ischemia, the brains were obtained and frozen. Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity was measured in the P(2) fraction of cortical tissue. Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity was 35.1 +/- 7.4, 42.0 +/- 7.6, and 40.7 +/- 1.4 micromol inorganic phosphate/mg protein per hour in PLAC-treated, DFO-treated, and sham-operated lambs, respectively (p < 0.05: DFO versus PLAC). ECBA was 11.2 +/- 6.1, 14.8 +/- 4.8, and 17.5+/-.0.5 microV in PLAC-treated, DFO-treated, and sham-operated lambs, respectively (p = 0.06: DFO versus PLAC). Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity correlated with ECBA at 180 min of reperfusion (r = 0.85, p < 0.001). We conclude that Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity of cortical brain tissue was higher in DFO-treated lambs compared with PLAC-treated animals during the early reperfusion phase after severe hypoxia-ischemia, suggesting a reduction of free radical formation by DFO. Furthermore, a positive relationship was found between Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity and ECBA.
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- F Groenendaal
- Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, 3501 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Agostinho P, Caseiro P, Rego AC, Duarte EP, Cunha RA, Oliveira CR. Adenosine modulation of D-[3H]aspartate release in cultured retina cells exposed to oxidative stress. Neurochem Int 2000; 36:255-65. [PMID: 10676861 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00113-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study we evaluated the role of adenosine receptor activation on the K+-evoked D-[3H]aspartate release in cultured chick retina cells exposed to oxidant conditions. Oxidative stress, induced by ascorbate (3.5 mM)/Fe2+ (100 microM), increased by about fourfold the release of D-[3H]aspartate, evoked by KCl 35 mM in the presence and in the absence of Ca2+. The agonist of A1 adenosine receptors, N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CPA; 10 nM), inhibited the K+-evoked D-[3H]aspartate release in control in oxidized cells. The antagonist of A1 adenosine receptor, 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (DPCPX; 50 nM), potentiated the release of D-[3H]aspartate in oxidized cells, and reverted the effect observed in the presence of CPA 10 nM. However, in oxidized cells, when DPCPX was tested together with CPA 100 nM the total release of D-[3H]aspartate increased from 5.1 +/- 0.4% to 11.4 +/- 1.0%, this increase being reverted by 3,7-dimethyl-1-propargylxanthine (DMPX; 100 nM), an antagonist of A2A adenosine receptors. In cells of both experimental conditions, the K+-evoked release of D-[3H]aspartate was potentiated by the selective agonist of A2A adenosine receptors, 2-[4-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino]-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosin e (CGS 21680; 10 nM), whereas the antagonist of these receptors, DMPX (100 nM), inhibited the release of D-[3H]aspartate in oxidized cells, but not in control cells. Adenosine deaminase (ADA; 1 U/ml), which is able to remove adenosine from the synaptic space, reduced the K+-evoked D-[3H]aspartate release, from 5.1 +/- 0.4% to 3.1 +/- 0.3% in oxidized cells, and had no significant effect in control cells. The extracellular accumulation of endogenous adenosine, upon K+-depolarization, was higher in oxidized cells than in control cells, and was reduced by the inhibitors of adenosine transporter (NBTI) and of ecto-5'-nucleotidase (AOPCP). This suggests that adenosine accumulation resulted from the outflow of adenosine mediated by the transporter, and from extracellular degradation of adenine nucleotide. Our data show that both inhibitory A1 and excitatory A2A adenosine receptors are present in cultured retina cells, and that the K+-evoked D-[3H]aspartate release is modulated by the balance between inhibitory and excitatory responses. Under oxidative stress conditions, the extracellular accumulation of endogenous adenosine seems to reach levels enough to potentiate the release of D-[3H]aspartate by the tonic activation of A2A adenosine receptors.
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- P Agostinho
- Center for Neurosciences of Coimbra, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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Farooqui AA, Horrocks LA. Lipid peroxides in the free radical pathophysiology of brain diseases. Cell Mol Neurobiol 1998; 18:599-608. [PMID: 9876868 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020625717298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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1. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential for normal cell membrane functioning because many membrane properties, such as fluidity and permeability, are closely related to the presence of unsaturated and polyunsaturated side chains. Lipid peroxidation results in loss of membrane polyunsaturated fatty acids and oxidized phospholipids as polar species contributing to increased membrane rigidity. 2. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are released from membrane phospholipids by a number of enzymic mechanisms involving the receptor-mediated stimulation of phospholipase A2 and phospholipase C/diacylglycerol lipase pathways. 3. The overstimulation of excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptors stimulates the activities of lipases and phospholipases, and this stimulation produces changes in membrane phospholipid composition, permeability, and fluidity, thus decreasing the integrity of plasma membranes. 4. Alterations in properties of plasma membranes may be responsible for the degeneration of neurons seen in neurodegenerative diseases. Two major processes may be involved in neuronal injury caused by the overstimulation of EAA receptors. One is a large Ca2+ influx and the other is an accumulation of free radicals and lipid peroxides as a result of neural membrane phospholipid degradation. It is suggested that calcium and free radicals act in concert to induce neuronal injury in acute trauma (ischemia and spinal cord injury) and in neurodegenerative diseases.
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- A A Farooqui
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1218, USA
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Drobnies AE, Venczel EA, Cornell RB. Activation of CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase by hypochlorite-oxidized phosphatidylcholines. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1393:90-8. [PMID: 9714757 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(98)00060-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CT) catalyzes a rate-limiting, regulatory step in mammalian biosynthesis of phosphocholine (PC). Anionic phospholipids, fatty acids and diacylglycerol activate CT and promote its intercalation into the lipid bilayer, whereas zwitterionic phospholipids such as phosphatidylcholines do not. We investigated the effectiveness of polyunsaturated phosphatidylcholines as CT activators after hypochlorite oxidation. Detection and quantitation of oxidized PCs were evaluated by thin layer chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, and conjugated dienes. Purified CT was assayed in the presence of multilamellar vesicles, containing variable concentrations of oxidized and parent PCs. The results demonstrate that particular species of oxidized PCs activate CT as potently as anionic lipids. The greater the number of double bonds available for oxidation in the fatty acid at the sn-2 position of the PC, the more effective was the oxidized PC as an activator of CT. Oxidized phospholipids at 1:1 bleach/lipid activated CT in the following order: PAPC>PL3PC>PL2PC compared to unoxidized controls. Since oxidized phospholipids decrease bilayer order (M.L. Wratten et al., Biochemistry 31 (1992) 10901-10907) these results are consistent with the activation of CT by perturbations of lipid bilayer packing.
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- A E Drobnies
- Institute for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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Vietta M, Frassetto SS, Battastini AM, Bello-Klein A, Moreira C, Dias RD, Sarkis JJ. Sensitivity of ATPase-ADPase activities from synaptic plasma membranes of rat forebrain to lipid peroxidation in vitro and the protective effect of vitamin E. Neurochem Res 1996; 21:299-304. [PMID: 9139234 DOI: 10.1007/bf02531644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The in vitro effects of membrane lipid peroxidation on ATPase-ADPase activities in synaptic plasma membranes from rat forebrain were investigated. Treatment of synaptic plasma membranes with an oxidant generating system (H(2)0(2)/Fe(2+)/ascorbate) resulted in lipid peroxidation and inhibition of the enzyme activity. Besides, trolox as a water soluble vitamin E analogue totally prevented lipid peroxidation and the inhibition of enzyme activity. These results demonstrate the susceptibility of ATPase-ADPase activities of synaptic plasma membranes to free radicals and suggest that the protective effect against lipid peroxidation by trolox prevents the inhibition of enzyme activity. Thus, inhibition of ATPase-ADPase activities of synaptic plasma membranes in cerebral oxidative stress probably is related to lipid peroxidation in the brain.
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- M Vietta
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
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Kaplán P, Racay P, Lehotský J, Mézesová V. Change in fluidity of brain endoplasmic reticulum membranes by oxygen free radicals: a protective effect of stobadine, alpha-tocopherol acetate, and butylated hydroxytoluene. Neurochem Res 1995; 20:815-20. [PMID: 7477674 DOI: 10.1007/bf00969693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Effect of various oxygen free radical generating systems and an oxidant H2O2 on brain endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane fluidity was examined using fluorescent membrane probe 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene, DPH. The relative potency of free radical generating systems to decrease membrane fluidity increased in this order: FeCl3-EDTA, FeSO4-EDTA, FeSO4-EDTA/hydrogen peroxide. Potency to decrease membrane fluidity correlated well with these systems' potencies to induce lipid peroxidation, as detected by conjugated diene formation. Treatment of ER membranes with H2O2 had no effect on fluidity or conjugated diene formation. Using the two most potent free radical generating systems, FeSO4-EDTA and FeSO4-EDTA/hydrogen peroxide, a protective effect of the novel antihypoxic and antiarrhytmic drug stobadine was tested. Stobadine and two well-known antioxidants, alpha-tocopherol acetate and butylated hydroxytoluene, demonstrated the ability to prevent free radical induced alterations in ER membrane fluidity. These results provide new evidence of stobadine's protective effect on membranes attacked by oxygen free radicals.
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- P Kaplán
- Comenius University, Jessenius Medical Faculty, Department of Biochemistry, Martin, Slovak Republic
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Alberghina M, Lupo G, Anfuso CD, el Ghonemy SH. Lipid peroxidation inhibits acyl-CoA:-1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine O-acyltransferase but not CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase activity in rat brain membranes. Neurochem Int 1995; 26:477-87. [PMID: 7492945 DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(94)00152-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In brain tissue in vivo peroxidized according to three model systems, we determined two microsomal enzyme activities involved in phospholipid biosynthesis. The first, short-term model, was based on the i.v. administration to normal rats, twice a day, for a period of 1 week, of a sonicated emulsion of a peroxidized mixture of phospholipids and linoleate (4:1, w/w; 500 mg/day; hydroperoxides: 200-250 nmol/mg lipid). The half-life time of the injected toxic lipid species in the blood circulation was about 1 h. At the end of the week's treatment, brain and liver malondialdehyde, conjugated diene and lipid hydroperoxide levels were significantly higher in treated rats than in the controls. The second model consisted of the acute injection of aqueous Fe2+ solution (50 mM) into lateral ventricles, and the collection of brain tissue 2 h later. The third model was based on two consecutive injections of hydroperoxylinoleate (1 mg each) into lateral ventricles over a period of 18 h, and the collection of brain tissue 2 h after the second administration. In brain microsomal membranes prepared from peroxide- or iron-treated rats, lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase activity exhibited a significant inhibition. On the contrary, in microsomal preparations derived from the short-term model, CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase activity was slightly stimulated. Intraventricular injection of linoleate or linoleic acid hydroperoxide left this enzyme activity unchanged. The effect of in vitro membrane peroxidation on both microsomal enzyme activities was investigated. By using an Fe2+ (20 microM)-ascorbate (0.25 mM) peroxidation system, the residual acyltransferase and cytidylyltransferase activities were 80 and 72% of initial activity respectively. Significant dose-dependent inactivation of acyltransferase (maximum loss of 45% of initial activity) was seen when 0.1-10 mumol of photooxidized phospholipids were preincubated with 100 micrograms of microsomal membranes. Unoxidized or photooxidized phospholipids (1 mM) promoted a slight stimulation of cytidylyltransferase activity. Altogether, the results suggest a link between oxygen radical generation and the perturbation of the membrane structure in which the enzymes are located.
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- M Alberghina
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
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Chagoya de Sánchez V. Circadian variations of adenosine and of its metabolism. Could adenosine be a molecular oscillator for circadian rhythms? Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1995; 73:339-55. [PMID: 7648513 DOI: 10.1139/y95-044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The present review describes the biological implications of the periodic changes of adenosine concentrations in different tissues of the rat. Adenosine is a purine molecule that could have been formed in the prebiotic chemical evolution and has been preserved. The rhythmicity of this molecule, as well as its metabolism and even the presence of specific receptors, suggests a regulatory role in eukaryotic cells and in multicellular organisms. Adenosine may be considered a chemical messenger and its action could take place at the level of the same cell (autocrine), the same tissue (paracrine), or on separate organs (endocrine). Exploration of the circadian variations of adenosine was planned considering the liver as an important tissue for purine formation, the blood as a vehicle among tissues, and the brain as the possible acceptor for hepatic adenosine or its metabolites. The rats used in these studies were adapted to a dark-light cycle of 12 h with an unrestrained feeding and drinking schedule. The metabolic control of adenosine concentration in the different tissues studied through the 24-h cycle is related to the activity of adenosine-metabolizing enzyme: 5'-nucleotidase adenosine deaminase, adenosine kinase, and S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase. Some possibilities of the factors modulating the activity of these enzymes are commented upon. The multiphysiological action of adenosine could be mediated by several actions: (i) by interaction with extracellular and intracellular receptors and (ii) through its metabolism modulating the methylation pathway, possibly inducing physiological lipoperoxidation, or participating in the energetic homeostasis of the cell. The physiological meaning of the circadian variations of adenosine and its metabolism was focused on: maintenance of the energetic homeostasis of the tissues, modulation of membrane structure and function, regulation of fasting and feeding metabolic pattern, and its participation in the sleep-wake cycle. From these considerations, we suggest that adenosine could be a molecular oscillator involved in the circadian pattern of biological activity in the rat.
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- V Chagoya de Sánchez
- Departamento de Bioenergética, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, D.F., Mexico
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Alberghina M, Lupo G, Anfuso CD. Lipid peroxidation inhibits oleoyl-CoA: 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine O-acyltransferase in rat CNS axolemma-enriched fractions. Neurochem Int 1993; 23:229-37. [PMID: 8220169 DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(93)90114-k] [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: 01/29/2023]
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The effect of phospholipid peroxidation on the acylation of lysoPtdCho (lysophosphatidylcholine) by axolemma-enriched fraction prepared from rat brain stem was investigated. After two types of peroxidative treatments, the in vitro induction of malondialdehyde and conjugated dienes formation in axolemmal membranes correlated to a shift in the ratio of saturated/unsaturated fatty acids. By using an Fe2+ (20 microM)-ascorbate (0.25 mM) peroxidation system, the residual acyltransferase activity was 55% of the initial one. No change in Km value for either oleoyl-CoA or lysoPtdCho was found, whereas a loss of 24% in Vmax was observed. After 5 min preincubation with 150 mM t-BuOOH, 70% inactivation of the acylation reaction was observed. A near suppression of enzyme activity was reached with 400 mM. The apparent Km for oleoyl-CoA decreased sharply (from 6.6 microM in control preparations to 4.1 microM in t-BuOOH-treated membranes), indicating a 2-fold increase in the enzymatic affinity for this substrate. The apparent Km for lysoPtdCho increased markedly (from 1.56 microM in the control preparations to 5.88 microM in t-BuOOH-treated membranes) whereas a decrease of Vmax (from 1.65 to 0.80 nmol/min/mg protein) for the same substrate was observed. Significant enzyme inactivation (loss of 60% of initial activity) was seen when 10 mumol of photooxidized phospholipids were preincubated with axolemmal membranes. Significant dose-dependent enzyme inactivation was brought about by addition of 10-60 mumol of peroxidized PtdEtn/100 micrograms axolemmal protein. The percent enzyme inhibition by peroxidized PtdCho at equivalent amounts was lower than that by PtdEtn.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M Alberghina
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
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Kitakaze M, Hori M, Morioka T, Takashima S, Minamino T, Sato H, Inoue M, Kamada T. Attenuation of ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity and adenosine release in activated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Circ Res 1993; 73:524-33. [PMID: 8348695 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.73.3.524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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To examine whether activation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes attenuates release of adenosine through attenuation of their own ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity, human polymorphonuclear leukocytes were incubated with and without exposure to either N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) or complement C5a. Ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes was attenuated by both FMLP and complement C5a (22.7 +/- 3.6 vs 9.7 +/- 2.6 nmol/min per 10(7) cells at 10(-6) M FMLP, P < .05; 21.5 +/- 2.2 vs 10.2 +/- 1.2 nmol/min per 10(7) cells at 5 x 10(-7) g/mL complement C5a, P < .001), whereas cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase activity was not affected by either FMLP or complement C5a. These reductions of ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity that were caused by both FMLP and complement C5a were dose and time dependent and were inhibited by superoxide dismutase. Desferrioxamine did not inhibit the decreases in ecto-5'-nucleotidase. In accordance with the decreases in ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity, release of adenosine was attenuated in the FMLP-pretreated and complement C5a-pretreated polymorphonuclear leukocytes, which were restored by concomitant administration of superoxide dismutase. The viability of FMLP-pretreated and complement C5a-pretreated polymorphonuclear leukocytes was markedly decreased compared with the untreated group after 60 minutes of hypoxia followed by 60 minutes of reoxygenation. Thus, we conclude that: (1) activation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes attenuates their own ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity and thereby reduces adenosine release, (2) reduction of ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity is attributable to generated superoxide anion in polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and (3) viability of polymorphonuclear leukocytes after hypoxia and reoxygenation largely depends on the extents of decreases in ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity.
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- M Kitakaze
- Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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Chagoya de Sánchez V, Hernández Múñoz R, Suárez J, Vidrio S, Yáñez L, Díaz Múñoz M. Day-night variations of adenosine and its metabolizing enzymes in the brain cortex of the rat--possible physiological significance for the energetic homeostasis and the sleep-wake cycle. Brain Res 1993; 612:115-21. [PMID: 8330191 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)91651-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The role of adenosine as a metabolic regulator of physiological processes in the brain was studied by measuring its concentrations and the activity of adenosine-metabolizing enzymes: 5'-nucleotidase, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, adenosine deaminase and adenosine kinase in the cerebral cortex of the rat. Other purine compounds, such as, inosine, hypoxanthine and adenine nucleotides were also studied. The purines' pattern was bimodal with high levels of adenosine, inosine and hypoxanthine during the light period reaching their peak at 12.00 h, 08.00 h and 16.00 h, respectively, and small increments during the night between 02.00 h and 04.00 h. The enzymatic activities showed, in general, an unimodal profile with low activity during the day and high activities at night. The adenine nucleotide profile showed a significant diminution between 12.00 h and 24.00 h. The high adenosine level during the day might be due to a diminution of adenine nucleotide and to the low activity of adenosine-metabolizing enzymes, suggesting an accumulation of the nucleoside. The night increase, although of less magnitude, is simultaneous to high activity of adenosine-metabolizing enzymes and could be due to an increased formation of the nucleoside. The present data and the findings from other authors strongly suggest that adenosine in the brain cortex of the rat can participate at least in two physiological processes: regulation of the sleep-wake cycle and replenishment of the adenine nucleotide pool.
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Takashima S, Hori M, Kitakaze M, Sato H, Inoue M, Kamada T. Superoxide dismutase restores contractile and metabolic dysfunction through augmentation of adenosine release in coronary microembolization. Circulation 1993; 87:982-95. [PMID: 8443917 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.87.3.982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that administration of superoxide dismutase (SOD) restores the contractile and metabolic dysfunction in coronary microembolization and that these beneficial effects of SOD are attributable to the restoration of 5'-nucleotidase activity and subsequent augmentation of adenosine release. METHODS AND RESULTS In 78 dogs before and after an injection of microspheres (15 microns in diameter) into the left anterior descending coronary artery, regional coronary blood flow (CBF), fractional shortening (FS), and lactate extraction ratio (LER) were measured with and without administration of recombinant human SOD (50 micrograms/kg/min i.c.). In the untreated dogs (n = 6), both FS and LER decreased after coronary microembolization (2.0 x 10(5) microspheres per ml CBF [mL/min]). FS and LER decreased from 24.2 +/- 1.3% to 5.1 +/- 1.2% and from 23.0 +/- 1.1% to -10.5 +/- 2.9%, respectively. These ischemic changes were associated with coronary hyperemic flow (141 +/- 8 versus 92 +/- 1 mL/100 g/min) and adenosine release (5.8 +/- 0.5 versus 0.4 +/- 0.1 nmol/100 g/min). Pretreatment with SOD augmented the hyperemic flow to 164 +/- 4 mL/100 g/min and enhanced the release of adenosine (9.6 +/- 0.6 nmol/100 g/min) associated with improvement of functional and metabolic dysfunction (FS, 14.8 +/- 2.3%; LER, 15.1 +/- 3.1%). Administration of SOD at 10 minutes (n = 5) and 30 minutes (n = 5) after coronary embolization restored the contractile function and lactate metabolism (at 10 minutes: FS, 16.7 +/- 2.2% and LER, 16.7 +/- 3.9%; at 30 minutes: FS, 11.1 +/- 1.3% and LER, 7.2 +/- 3.1%). However, administration of SOD 60 minutes after coronary embolization (n = 6) did not restore the contractile and metabolic dysfunction. The restoration of the contractile and metabolic dysfunction by SOD treatment was blunted by adenosine receptor blockade with 8-phenyltheophylline (n = 5). Myocardial 5'-nucleotidase activity at 2 hours after embolization was restored with SOD treatment at 10 minutes (n = 5) and 30 minutes (n = 5) after embolization. However, SOD treatment at 60 minutes after embolization (n = 6) did not restore 5'-nucleotidase activity compared with the SOD pretreatment group. Furthermore, coronary submaximal vasodilation induced by papaverine (n = 5) and adenosine (n = 5) abolished the beneficial effects of SOD. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that 1) in sustained myocardial ischemia, SOD treatment attenuates ischemic injury caused by coronary microembolization by restoration of 5'-nucleotidase activity and augmentation of adenosine release; 2) this beneficial effect of SOD is observed even after coronary microembolization; and 3) the beneficial effects of SOD are attributable to coronary vasodilation produced by augmented adenosine release.
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- S Takashima
- First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Japan
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Hiroyuki I, Mikinori T, Tsuneyuki S. A comparative study on lipid peroxidation in cerebral cortex of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(88)90310-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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