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Yang YP, Qi FJ, Qian YP, Bao XZ, Zhang HC, Ma B, Dai F, Zhang SX, Zhou B. Developing Push–Pull Hydroxylphenylpolyenylpyridinium Chromophores as Ratiometric Two-Photon Fluorescent Probes for Cellular and Intravital Imaging of Mitochondrial NQO1. Anal Chem 2021; 93:2385-2393. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Yong-Peng Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Science and Technology, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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Chinopoulos C. Acute sources of mitochondrial NAD + during respiratory chain dysfunction. Exp Neurol 2020; 327:113218. [PMID: 32035071 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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It is a textbook definition that in the absence of oxygen or inhibition of the mitochondrial respiratory chain by pharmacologic or genetic means, hyper-reduction of the matrix pyridine nucleotide pool ensues due to impairment of complex I oxidizing NADH, leading to reductive stress. However, even under these conditions, the ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex (KGDHC) is known to provide succinyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA ligase, thus supporting mitochondrial substrate-level phosphorylation (mSLP). Mindful that KGDHC is dependent on provision of NAD+, hereby sources of acute NADH oxidation are reviewed, namely i) mitochondrial diaphorases, ii) reversal of mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase, iii) reversal of the mitochondrial isocitrate dehydrogenase as it occurs under acidic conditions, iv) residual complex I activity and v) reverse operation of the malate-aspartate shuttle. The concept of NAD+ import through the inner mitochondrial membrane as well as artificial means of manipulating matrix NAD+/NADH are also discussed. Understanding the above mechanisms providing NAD+ to KGDHC thus supporting mSLP may assist in dampening mitochondrial dysfunction underlying neurological disorders encompassing impairment of the electron transport chain.
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- Christos Chinopoulos
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University, Tuzolto st. 37-47, Budapest 1094, Hungary.
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Wiraswati HL, Hangen E, Sanz AB, Lam NV, Reinhardt C, Sauvat A, Mogha A, Ortiz A, Kroemer G, Modjtahedi N. Apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) mediates lethal redox stress induced by menadione. Oncotarget 2018; 7:76496-76507. [PMID: 27738311 PMCID: PMC5363526 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) is a redox-active enzyme that participates to the biogenesis/maintenance of complex I of the respiratory chain, yet also contributes to catabolic reactions in the context of regulated cell death when AIF translocates to the cytosol and to the nucleus. Here we explore the contribution of AIF to cell death induced by menadione (2-methyl-1,4-naphtoquinone; also called vitamin K3) in conditions in which this pro-oxidant does not cause the mitochondrial release of AIF, yet causes caspase-independent cell killing. Depletion of AIF from human cancer cells reduced the cytotoxicity of menadione. This cytoprotective effect was accompanied by the maintenance of high levels of reduced glutathione (GSH), which are normally depleted by menadione. In addition, AIF depletion reduced the arylation of cellular proteins induced by menadione. This menadione-triggered arylation, which can be measured by a fluorescence assay, is completely suppressed by addition of exogenous glutathione or N-acetyl cysteine. Complex I inhibition by Rotenone did not mimic the cytoprotective action of AIF depletion. Altogether, these results are compatible with the hypothesis that mitochondrion-sessile AIF facilitates lethal redox cycling of menadione, thereby precipitating protein arylation and glutathione depletion.
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- Hesti Lina Wiraswati
- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1138, Paris, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Bandung, Indonesia
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- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1138, Paris, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1138, Paris, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,Laboratory of Nephrology, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz UAM and REDINREN, Madrid, Spain
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- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1138, Paris, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,INSERM, U1030, Villejuif, France
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- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1138, Paris, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1138, Paris, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Laboratory of Nephrology, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz UAM and REDINREN, Madrid, Spain
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- Equipe 11 labellisée Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1138, Paris, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,Pôle de Biologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France.,Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France.,Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris-Saclay, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,INSERM, U1030, Villejuif, France
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Gayam SR, Venkatesan P, Sung YM, Sung SY, Hu SH, Hsu HY, Wu SP. An NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) enzyme responsive nanocarrier based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles for tumor targeted drug delivery in vitro and in vivo. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:12307-17. [PMID: 27271875 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr03525f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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UNLABELLED The synthesis and characterization of an NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) enzyme responsive nanocarrier based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs) for on-command delivery applications has been described in this paper. Gatekeeping of MSNPs is achieved by the integration of mechanically interlocked rotaxane nanovalves on the surface of MSNPs. The rotaxane nanovalve system is composed of a linear stalk anchoring on the surface of MSNPs, an α-cyclodextrin ring that encircles it and locks the payload "cargo" molecules in the mesopores, and a benzoquinone stopper incorporated at the end of the stalk. The gate opening and controlled release of the cargo are triggered by cleavage of the benzoquinone stopper using an endogenous NQO1 enzyme. In addition to having efficient drug loading and controlled release mechanisms, this smart biocompatible carrier system showed obvious uptake and consequent release of the drug in tumor cells, could selectively induce the tumor cell death and enhance the capability of inhibition of tumor growth in vivo. The controlled drug delivery system demonstrated its use as a potential theranostic material.
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- Srivardhan Reddy Gayam
- National Chiao Tung University, Department of Applied Chemistry, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan.
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- National Chiao Tung University, Department of Applied Chemistry, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan.
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- National Chiao Tung University, Department of Applied Chemistry, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- National Chiao Tung University, Department of Applied Chemistry, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan.
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- National Chiao Tung University, Department of Applied Chemistry, Science Building 2, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan.
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Sung YM, Gayam SR, Hsieh PY, Hsu HY, Diau EWG, Wu SP. Quinone-Modified Mn-Doped ZnS Quantum Dots for Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Sensing of Human Cancer Cells That Overexpress NQO1. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:25961-25969. [PMID: 26540617 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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UNLABELLED Early detection of cancer cells in a rapid and sensitive approach is one of the great challenges in modern clinical cancer care. This study has demonstrated the first example of a rapid, selective, and sensitive phosphorescence probe based on phosphorescence energy transfer (PET) for cancer-associated human NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase isozyme 1 (NQO1). An efficient room-temperature phosphorescence NQO1 probe was constructed by using Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots (Mn:ZnS QDs) as donors and trimethylquinone propionic acids as acceptors. Phosphorescence quenching of Mn:ZnS QDs from the Mn:ZnS QDs to a covalently bonded quinone was achieved through PET. Phosphorescence of Mn:ZnS QDs was turned on by the rapid reduction-initiated removal of the quinone quencher by NQO1. This probe shows low cellular toxicity and can rapidly distinguish between NQO1-expressing and -nonexpressing cancer cell lines through phosphorescence imaging.
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- Yi-Ming Sung
- Department of Applied Chemistry and ‡Center for Interdisciplinary Science (CIS), National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and ‡Center for Interdisciplinary Science (CIS), National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and ‡Center for Interdisciplinary Science (CIS), National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and ‡Center for Interdisciplinary Science (CIS), National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and ‡Center for Interdisciplinary Science (CIS), National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and ‡Center for Interdisciplinary Science (CIS), National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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Kiss G, Konrad C, Pour-Ghaz I, Mansour JJ, Németh B, Starkov AA, Adam-Vizi V, Chinopoulos C. Mitochondrial diaphorases as NAD⁺ donors to segments of the citric acid cycle that support substrate-level phosphorylation yielding ATP during respiratory inhibition. FASEB J 2014; 28:1682-97. [PMID: 24391134 DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-243030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Substrate-level phosphorylation mediated by succinyl-CoA ligase in the mitochondrial matrix produces high-energy phosphates in the absence of oxidative phosphorylation. Furthermore, when the electron transport chain is dysfunctional, provision of succinyl-CoA by the α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex (KGDHC) is crucial for maintaining the function of succinyl-CoA ligase yielding ATP, preventing the adenine nucleotide translocase from reversing. We addressed the source of the NAD(+) supply for KGDHC under anoxic conditions and inhibition of complex I. Using pharmacologic tools and specific substrates and by examining tissues from pigeon liver exhibiting no diaphorase activity, we showed that mitochondrial diaphorases in the mouse liver contribute up to 81% to the NAD(+) pool during respiratory inhibition. Under these conditions, KGDHC's function, essential for the provision of succinyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA ligase, is supported by NAD(+) derived from diaphorases. Through this process, diaphorases contribute to the maintenance of substrate-level phosphorylation during respiratory inhibition, which is manifested in the forward operation of adenine nucleotide translocase. Finally, we show that reoxidation of the reducible substrates for the diaphorases is mediated by complex III of the respiratory chain.
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- Gergely Kiss
- 1Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University, 37-47 Tuzolto Street, Budapest 1094, Hungary.
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Kostova I. Studying plant-derived coumarins for their pharmacological and therapeutic properties as potential anticancer drugs. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2013; 2:1605-18. [PMID: 23488904 DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2.12.1605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Coumarins have attracted intense interest in recent years because of their diverse pharmacological properties. Among these properties, their anticancer effect was most extensively examined. In this review, their broad range of effects on the tumours as shown by various in vitro and in vivo experiments as well as clinical investigations is discussed. Studies have indicated that coumarins elicit inhibitory effects on cell growth of various carcinoma cell lines and may be potential candidates for cancer therapy. These natural compounds have served as valuable leads for further design and synthesis of more active analogues. In view of the relative simplicity of the coumarin compounds and their mechanism of action, the coumarin pharmacophore may serve as an important model on which to develop new patterns in cancer chemotherapy. The aim of this review is to examine in detail the properties of the title compounds as anticancer agents. In view of their comparatively low toxicity, relative cheapness, presence in the diet and occurrence in various herbal remedies, it appears important to evaluate their anticancer potentialities. Moreover their synergistic activity in combination therapy with other well-known anticancer drugs could be the basis for the development of rational approaches to new forms of cancer chemotherapy.
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- Irena Kostova
- Medical University, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, 2 Dunav Street, Sofi a 1000, Bulgaria +35 92 92 36 569 ; +35 92 98 79 874 ;
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Zhang L, Gavin T, Barber DS, LoPachin RM. Role of the Nrf2-ARE pathway in acrylamide neurotoxicity. Toxicol Lett 2011; 205:1-7. [PMID: 21540084 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Revised: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Acrylamide (ACR) intoxication is associated with selective nerve terminal damage in the central and peripheral nervous systems. As a soft electrophile, ACR could form adducts with nucleophilic sulfhydryl groups on cysteine residues of kelch-like erythroid cell-derived protein with CNS homology-associated protein 1 (Keap1) leading to dissociation of the transcription factor, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). Nrf2 activation of the antioxidant-responsive element (ARE) and subsequent upregulated gene expression of phase II detoxification enzymes and anitoxidant proteins might provide protection in neuronal regions with transcriptional capabilities (e.g., cell body). In contrast, non-transcriptional cell regions (axons, nerve terminals) might be vulnerable to electrophile-induced damage. To test this possibility, immunoblot analysis was used to measure protein products of Nrf2-activated ARE genes in nerve terminals and in cytosolic/nuclear factions of neuronal cell bodies isolated from rats intoxicated at two different ACR dose-rates; i.e., 50mg/kg/d×10 days, 21mg/kg/d×38 days. To detect possible differences in cell-specific induction, the cytoprotective response to ACR intoxication was determined in hepatic cells. Results show that control brain and hepatic cell fractions exhibited distinct subcellular distributions of Nrf2, Keap1 and several ARE protein products. ACR intoxication, however, did not alter the levels of these proteins in synaptosomal, brain cytoplasm or liver cell fractions. These data indicate that ACR was an insufficient electrophilic signal for ARE induction in all subcellular fractions tested. Because a cytoprotective response was not induced in any fraction, nerve terminal vulnerability to ACR cannot be ascribed to the absence of transcription-based defense mechanisms in this neuronal region.
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- Lihai Zhang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467-2490, United States
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Silvers WC, Payne AS, McCarley RL. Shedding light by cancer redox—human NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 activation of a cloaked fluorescent dye. Chem Commun (Camb) 2011; 47:11264-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cc14578a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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c-Fos proteasomal degradation is activated by a default mechanism, and its regulation by NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 determines c-Fos serum response kinetics. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:3767-78. [PMID: 20498278 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00899-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The short-lived proto-oncoprotein c-Fos is a component of the activator protein 1 (AP-1) transcription factor. A large region of c-Fos is intrinsically unstructured and susceptible to a recently characterized proteasomal ubiquitin-independent degradation (UID) pathway. UID is active by a default mechanism that is inhibited by NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), a 20S proteasome gatekeeper. Here, we show that NQO1 binds and induces robust c-Fos accumulation by blocking the UID pathway. c-Jun, a partner of c-Fos, also protects c-Fos from proteasomal degradation by default. Our findings suggest that NQO1 protects monomeric c-Fos from proteasomal UID, a function that is fulfilled later by c-Jun. We show that this process regulates c-Fos homeostasis (proteostasis) in response to serum stimulation, phosphorylation, nuclear translocation, and transcription activity. In addition, we show that NQO1 is important to ensure immediate c-Fos accumulation in response to serum, since a delayed response was observed under low NQO1 expression. These data suggest that in vivo, protein unstructured regions determine the kinetics and the homeostasis of regulatory proteins. Our data provide evidence for another layer of regulation of key regulatory proteins that functions at the level of protein degradation and is designed to ensure optimal formation of functional complexes such as AP-1.
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Cadenas E, Hochstein P, Ernster L. Pro- and antioxidant functions of quinones and quinone reductases in mammalian cells. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 65:97-146. [PMID: 1570770 DOI: 10.1002/9780470123119.ch3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- E Cadenas
- Institute for Toxicology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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DT-diaphorase (DTD) is an obligate two-electron reductase which bioactivates chemotherapeutic quinones. DTD levels are elevated in a number of tumour types, including non-small cell lung carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, liver cancers and breast carcinomas, when compared to the surrounding normal tissue. The differential in DTD between tumour and normal tissue should allow targeted activation of chemotherapeutic quinones in the tumour whilst minimising normal tissue toxicity. The prototypical bioreductive drug is Mitomycin C (MMC) which is widely used in clinical practice. However, MMC is actually a relatively poor substrate for DTD and its metabolism is pH-dependent. Other bioreductive drugs have failed because of poor solubility and inability to surpass other agents in use. RH1, a novel diaziridinylbenzoquinone, is a more efficient substrate for DTD. It has been demonstrated to have anti-tumour effects both in vitro and in vivo and demonstrates a relationship between DTD expression levels and drug response. RH1 has recently entered a phase I clinical trial in solid tumours under the auspices of Cancer Research UK. Recent work has demonstrated that DTD is present in the nucleus and is associated with both p53 and the heat shock protein, HSP-70. Furthermore, DTD is inducible by several non-toxic compounds and therefore much interest has focussed on increasing the differential in DTD levels between tumour and normal tissues.
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- S Danson
- Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, UK.
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Lewis A, Ough M, Li L, Hinkhouse MM, Ritchie JM, Spitz DR, Cullen JJ. Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Cells with Dicumarol Induces Cytotoxicity and Oxidative Stress. Clin Cancer Res 2004; 10:4550-8. [PMID: 15240547 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-03-0667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase (NQO(1)) catalyzes the two-electron reduction of quinones to hydroquinones. This reaction is believed to prevent the one-electron reduction of quinones that would result in redox cycling with generation of superoxide (O(2)(.-)). We have recently demonstrated that inhibition of NQO(1) with dicumarol increases intracellular O(2)(.-) production and inhibits the in vitro malignant phenotype of pancreatic cancer cells (J. Cullen et al., Cancer Res., 63: 5513-5520, 2003). We hypothesized that inhibition of NQO(1) would increase cell killing, induce oxidative stress, and inhibit in vivo tumor growth. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND RESULTS In the human pancreatic cancer cell line MIA PaCa-2, dicumarol decreased cell viability, as measured by the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay and decreased clonogenic survival. Dicumarol increased the percentage of apoptotic cells in a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner as measured by 3,3'-diaminobenzidine staining and flow cytometry, which was associated with cytochrome c release and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage. Dicumarol also induced oxidative stress as evidenced by increased total glutathione and oxidized glutathione, as well as sensitizing to cell killing mediated by menadione. In established orthotopic pancreatic tumors in nude mice, intratumoral injections of dicumarol slowed tumor growth and extended survival. CONCLUSIONS Inhibition of NQO(1) with dicumarol induces cell killing and oxidative stress in pancreatic cancer cells and speculate that dicumarol may prove to be useful in pancreatic cancer therapeutics.
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- Anne Lewis
- Department of Surgery, Radiation Oncology and Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, and University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Asher Begleiter
- Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, CancerCare Manitoba, Department of Internal Medicine, Canada
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Simamura E, Hirai KI, Shimada H, Koyama J. Apoptosis and epithelial phagocytosis in mitomycin C-treated human pulmonary adenocarcinoma A549 cells. Tissue Cell 2001; 33:161-8. [PMID: 11392669 DOI: 10.1054/tice.2000.0167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Fate of human cancer cells damaged by mitomycin C was investigated by electron microscopy. In a monolayer culture of pulmonary adenocarcinoma A549 cells, the antitumor drug mitomycin C induced dilation of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. Simultaneously, the myelin figures, autophagosomes and dense tonofilament bundles were formed in the cytosol. Nuclear changes also included nucleolar condensation, as well as the disappearance of the karyosomes and thinned marginal heterochromatins. These nuclei came to be rigid and densely chromatic, finally resulting in apoptosis. There was no alteration in the mitochondria or rough endoplasmic reticulum. Meanwhile, some remaining intact A549 cells extended their cytoplasm toward detached cells and engulfed them. These results indicate that mitomycin C induces apoptosis in A549 cells and concurrently stimulates epithelial phagocytotic activity against their own damaged cells.
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- E Simamura
- Department of Anatomy, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Belinsky M, Jaiswal AK. NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase1 (DT-diaphorase) expression in normal and tumor tissues. Cancer Metastasis Rev 1993; 12:103-17. [PMID: 8375015 DOI: 10.1007/bf00689804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase1 (NQO1) also known as DT-diaphorase is a flavoprotein that catalyzes the two-electron reduction of quinones, quinone imines and azo-dyes and thereby protects cells against mutagenicity and carcinogenicity resulting from free radicals and toxic oxygen metabolites generated by the one-electron reductions catalyzed by cytochromes P450 and other enzymes. High levels of NQO1 gene expression have been observed in liver, lung, colon and breast tumors as compared to normal tissues of the same origin. The transcription of the NQO1 gene is activated in response to exposure to bifunctional (e.g. beta-naphthoflavone (beta-NF), 2, 3, 7, 8 tetrachorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)) and monofunctional (phenolic antioxidants/chemoprotectors e.g. 2(3)-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-anisole (BHA)) inducers. The high level of expression of the NQO1 gene and its induction by beta-NF and BHA require the presence of an AP1 binding site contained within the human Antioxidant Response Element (hARE) and are mediated by products of proto-oncogenes, Jun and Fos. Induction of NQO1 gene expression involves transfer of a redox signal from xenobiotics to unknown 'redox protein(s)' which in turn, modify the Jun and Fos proteins for greater affinity towards the AP1 site of the NQO1 gene and activates transcription. The expression and regulation of the NQO1 gene is complex as many additional cis-elements have been identified in the promoter region and is a subject of great future interest. In addition to established tumors, NQO1 gene expression is also increased in developing tumors, indicating a role in cellular defense during tumorigenesis. It has been proposed that low molecular weight substance(s) can diffuse from tumor cells into surrounding normal cells and activate the expression of the NQO1 gene. Purification and characterization of such substance(s) may provide important information in regard to the mechanism of activation of NQO1 gene expression and the role of increased NQO1 expression in tumor development. In view of the general consensus that NQO1 is over-expressed in tumor cells and the realization that NQO1 may either activate or detoxify xenobiotics, it is important to establish the role of NQO1 in the activation, and the detoxification of xenobiotics and drugs and in the intrinsic sensitivity of tumors to bioreductive alkylating aziridinyl benzoquinones such as diaziquone (AZQ), mitomycin C (MMC), and indoloquinone EO9, as well as to the dinitrophenyl aziridine, CB1954, and the benzotriazine-di-N-oxide, SR 4233.
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- M Belinsky
- Dept. of Pharmacology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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Cahill A, Jenkins TC, White IN. Metabolism of 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine-1,4-dioxide (SR 4233) by purified DT-diaphorase under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Biochem Pharmacol 1993; 45:321-9. [PMID: 7679576 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(93)90067-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Purified DT-diaphorase [NAD(P)H (quinone acceptor) oxidoreductase (EC.1.6.99.2)] from Walker cells was used to investigate the reductive metabolism of 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine-1,4-dioxide (SR 4233) under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. In the presence of NADPH, under aerobic conditions, HPLC analysis showed the four-electron reduction product 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine (SR 4330) was the major reaction product. In contrast, anaerobically, the 2-electron reduction product 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine-1-oxide (SR 4317) was the predominant metabolite. Anaerobic reduction of SR 4233 to the known metabolites SR 4317 and SR 4330, catalyzed by DT-diaphorase, was 3-fold higher than reduction under aerobic conditions. Anaerobically, approximately half of the substrate utilized could not be accounted for by the formation of known products. Aerobically, the majority of the SR 4233 lost could be accounted for by its conversion to SR 4317 and SR 4330. In Walker cells incubated with SR 4233 anaerobically, SR 4317 was the major metabolite formed. Dicoumarol (100 microM) had little effect on the rate of formation of this metabolite in this cell line or in a rat liver epithelial derived (JBJ) cell line. Dicoumarol did however partially reduce the induction of unscheduled DNA synthesis caused by SR 4233 in Walker cells but not in JB1 cells, suggesting the action of dicoumarol may be specific to Walker cells. It is concluded that DT-diaphorase plays only a minor role in the overall reduction of SR 4233 in the two cell lines studied.
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- A Cahill
- MRC Toxicology Laboratories, Carshalton, Surrey, U.K
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Falkner KC, McCallum GP, Cherian MG, Bend JR. Effects of acute sodium arsenite administration on the pulmonary chemical metabolizing enzymes, cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase, NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase and glutathione S-transferase in guinea pig: comparison with effects in liver and kidney. Chem Biol Interact 1993; 86:51-68. [PMID: 8431965 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(93)90111-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Tissue specific changes in the cytochrome P-450 (P-450) monooxygenase system were observed following a single subcutaneous dose of sodium arsenite (75 mumol/kg), a known inducer of stress proteins. P-450 monooxygenase activities were assayed with several isozyme selective substrates; 7-ethoxyresorufin, 7-pentoxyresorufin, 4-aminobiphenyl and erythromycin. Both tissue selective and isozyme selective changes in monooxygenase activity were noted. For example, the rate of 4-aminobiphenyl N-hydroxylation (ABH) was increased by arsenite administration in lung but not in liver. Arsenite inhibited 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylation (ERF) in all tissues of control animals, but to a lesser extent in lung. However, increases of ERF activity occurred after arsenite treatment in lung of beta-naphthoflavone (beta NF)-treated guinea pigs whereas arsenite decreased ERF activities in the kidney and liver of these animals. These complex effects on ERF activity may in part be modulated by induction of heme oxygenase, whose activity was increased 2.5-3.5-fold in these organs by arsenite. The highest heme oxygenase activity was found in kidney with lower activities being present in liver and lung, respectively. These data are consistent with the decreased P-450 content observed in kidney and liver microsomes of arsenite treated guinea pigs. On the other hand there was either no change or a slight increase (about 2-fold) in the pulmonary microsomal P-450 content of these animals. A complex pattern of induction for the non-heme, Ah locus associated enzyme, NAD(P)H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase (QOR) was also observed. With menadione as substrate arsenite treatment increased QOR activity in all tissues studied. However, with dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP) as substrate a significant arsenite effect was observed only in the kidney. Significant differences between the QOR substrates were also observed in beta NF-treated guinea pigs and control animals. Our results are consistent with the presence of more than one form of QOR in the guinea pig. Arsenite treatment also caused an increase in glutathione S-transferase activity, with 2,4-dinitro-1-chlorobenzene (DNCB) as substrate, of guinea pig kidney but not liver or lung.
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- K C Falkner
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Segura-Aguilar J, Kaiser R, Lind C. Separation and characterization of isoforms of DT-diaphorase from rat liver cytosol. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 1120:33-42. [PMID: 1372830 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(92)90421-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rats were treated with 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) and DT-diaphorase from liver was partially purified on an azodicoumarol-Sepharose 6B column and applied to an FPLC-chromatofocusing column in order to resolve isoforms. Six peaks showing significant DT-diaphorase activity were eluted from this column with a pH gradient between 7.30 to 4.80. The amino acid compositions of the two major peaks (II and VIb) were found to be nearly identical, suggesting existence of isoforms rather than isozymes of DT-diaphorase. The isoforms of DT-diaphorase showed broad substrate specificities towards four different quinones (menadione, vitamin K-1, benzo(a)pyrene 3,6-quinone and cyclized-dopamine ortho-quinone), although quantitative differences in the specific activities were also found. All isoforms are glycoproteins but contain different carbohydrates. Thus isoform II reacts with biotinylated lectins which are specific for N-acetylgalactosamine, mannose, fucose and galactosyl(beta-1,3)N-acetylgalactosamine, while isoform VIb reacts only with biotinylated lectins specific for mannose and N-acetylgalactosamine. Separation of DT-diaphorase isoforms from control rat liver cytosol using FPLC-chromatofocusing revealed that the induction of the isoforms is not uniform, since isform II was not found and the major isoform was composed of three peaks, whereas the major isoform of DT-diaphorase from liver cytosol of rats treated with 3-methylcholanthrene was composed of only two peaks.
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- J Segura-Aguilar
- Biochemical Toxicology, Wallenberg Laboratory, University of Stockholm, Sweden
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- R J Riley
- Department of Medical Oncology, CRC Beatson Laboratories, University of Glasgow, U.K
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Jaiswal AK, Burnett P, Adesnik M, McBride OW. Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of a human cDNA (NQO2) corresponding to a second member of the NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase gene family. Extensive polymorphism at the NQO2 gene locus on chromosome 6. Biochemistry 1990; 29:1899-906. [PMID: 1691923 DOI: 10.1021/bi00459a034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductases (NQOs) are flavoproteins that catalyze the oxidation of NADH or NADPH by various quinones and oxidation-reduction dyes. We have previously described a complementary DNA that encodes a dioxin-inducible cytosolic form of human NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1). In the present report we describe the nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence for a cDNA clone that is likely to encode a second form of NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO2) which was isolated by screening a human liver cDNA library by hybridization with a NQO1 cDNA probe. The NQO2 cDNA is 976 nucleotides long and encodes a protein of 231 amino acids (Mr = 25,956). The human NQO2 cDNA and protein are 54% and 49% similar to human liver cytosolic NQO1 cDNA and protein, respectively. COS1 cells transfected with NQO2 cDNA showed a 5-7-fold increase in NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase activity as compared to nontransfected cells when either 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol or menadione was used as substrate. Western blot analysis of the expressed NQO1 and NQO2 cDNA proteins showed cross-reactivity with rat NQO1 antiserum, indicating that NQO1 and NQO2 proteins are immunologically related. Northern blot analysis shows the presence of one NQO2 mRNA of 1.2 kb in control and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) treated human hepatoblastoma Hep-G2 cells and that TCDD treatment does not lead to enhanced levels of NQO2 mRNA as it does for NQO1 mRNA. Southern blot analysis of human genomic DNA suggests the presence of a single gene approximately 14-17 kb in length. The NQO2 gene locus is highly polymorphic as indicated by several restriction fragment length polymorphisms detected with five different restriction enzymes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A K Jaiswal
- Department of Cell Biology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016
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Jaiswal AK, McBride OW, Adesnik M, Nebert DW. Human dioxin-inducible cytosolic NAD(P)H:menadione oxidoreductase. cDNA sequence and localization of gene to chromosome 16. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68280-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Robertson JA, Chen HC, Nebert DW. NAD(P)H:menadione oxidoreductase. Novel purification of enzyme cDNA and complete amino acid sequence, and gene regulation. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)66789-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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