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Liochev SI. Superoxide dismutase mimics, other mimics, antioxidants, prooxidants, and related matters. Chem Res Toxicol 2013; 26:1312-9. [PMID: 23905839 DOI: 10.1021/tx4001623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A significant number of low molecular weight metal complexes as well as metal-free compounds that are capable of scavenging superoxide and/or other radicals and reactive species in simple systems have been proposed to be used as potential drugs in the case of various diseases and/or as antiaging agents. Some have been used or suggested to be used as diagnostic tools for the involvement of such species in biological processes. In the present work, analysis of such claims indicates that their use as specific detectors of superoxide or of other reactive oxygen species is unsupported and might be confusing. Many of these compounds exert beneficial effects by counteracting the toxic effects of oxidative stress in a significant number of models of pathological processes. However, it is concluded that these actions are more likely due to other effects including prooxidant actions and that their beneficial effects also may be exerted in pathological processes that do not practically involve reactive oxygen species. Adaptation may be a common mode of action explaining a sizable portion of the beneficial effect of the so-called mimics and other compounds including prooxidants.
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Al-Gonaiah M, Smith RA, Stone TW. Xanthine oxidase-induced neuronal death via the oxidation of NADH: prevention by micromolar EDTA. Brain Res 2009; 1280:33-42. [PMID: 19450565 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2009] [Revised: 05/07/2009] [Accepted: 05/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The oxidation of xanthine by xanthine oxidase (XO) or xanthine dehydrogenase represents an important source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which contribute to the damaging consequences of cerebral ischemia, inflammation, and neurodegenerative disorders. However, both enzymes are also able to act on reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). The FAD binding site to which NADH binds is distinct from that of the xanthine binding site. We report that the combination of xanthine oxidase and NADH is toxic to cultures of cerebellar granule neurons. Protection by superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD or Mn-SOD) or catalase indicates mediation of the toxicity by superoxide and hydrogen peroxide. In addition, pre-incubating XO with EDTA at concentrations as low as 2 microM, prevented the toxicity, indicating that a metal contaminating XO is involved in producing the toxic effects of XO/NADH. It is possible that such a metal might play a role in the toxicity of XO in vivo.
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- Majed Al-Gonaiah
- Neuroscience and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Fickl H, Theron AJ, Grimmer H, Oommen J, Ramafi GJ, Steel HC, Visser SS, Anderson R. Vanadium promotes hydroxyl radical formation by activated human neutrophils. Free Radic Biol Med 2006; 40:146-55. [PMID: 16337888 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2005] [Revised: 09/13/2005] [Accepted: 09/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of vanadium in the +2, +3, +4, and +5 valence states on superoxide generation, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, and hydroxyl radical formation by activated human neutrophils in vitro, using lucigenin-enhanced chemiluminescence (LECL), autoiodination, and electron spin resonance with 5,5-dimethyl-l-pyrroline N-oxide as the spin trap, respectively. At concentrations of up to 25 microM, vanadium, in the four different valence states used, did not affect the LECL responses of neutrophils activated with either the chemoattractant, N-formyl-l-methionyl-l-leucyl-l-phenylalanine (1 microM), or the phorbol ester, phorbol 12-myristate 12-acetate (25 ng/ml). However, exposure to vanadium in the +2, +3, and +4, but not the +5, valence states was accompanied by significant augmentation of hydroxyl radical formation by activated neutrophils and attenuation of MPO-mediated iodination. With respect to hydroxyl radical formation, similar effects were observed using cell-free systems containing either hydrogen peroxide (100 microM) or xanthine/xanthine oxidase together with vanadium (+2, +3, +4), while the activity of purified MPO was inhibited by the metal in these valence states. These results demonstrate that vanadium in the +2, +3, and +4 valence states interacts prooxidatively with human neutrophils, competing effectively with MPO for hydrogen peroxide to promote formation of the highly toxic hydroxyl radical.
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- Heidi Fickl
- Medical Research Council Unit for Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Immunology, Tshwane Academic Division of the National Health Laboratory Service and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Nagi MN, Mansour MA, Al-Shabanah OA, El-Kashef HA. Melatonin inhibits the contractile effect of vanadate in the isolated pulmonary arterial rings of rats: possible role of hydrogen peroxide. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2003; 16:273-8. [PMID: 12481302 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.10049] [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: 02/05/2023]
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The effect and possible mechanism of action of vanadate on the isolated pulmonary arterial rings of normal rats were studied. Pulmonary arterial rings contracted in response to vanadate (0.1-1 mM) in a concentration-dependent manner. Preincubation of the pulmonary arterial rings with 1 mM melatonin significantly reduced the contractile effect of vanadate by more than 60%. Furthermore, addition of hydrogen peroxide (50 microM) or enzymatic generation of hydrogen peroxide by the addition of glucose oxidase (10 U/mL) to the medium containing glucose produced remarkable increases in the pulmonary arterial tension, 46.2 +/- 7.3 and 78.7 +/- 9.7 g tension/g tissue, respectively. Similarly, incubation of the pulmonary arterial rings with 1 mM melatonin significantly reduced the contractile responses of the arterial rings to hydrogen peroxide and glucose/glucose oxidase to 25.7 +/- 2.9 and 24.7 +/- 4.4 g tension/g tissue, respectively. Vanadate, in vitro, significantly stimulated the oxidation of NADH by xanthine oxidase, and the rate of oxidation was increased by increasing either time or vanadate concentration. Similarly, addition of melatonin to a reaction mixture containing xanthine oxidase and vanadate significantly inhibited the rate of NADH oxidation in a concentration-dependent fashion. The results of the present study indicated that vanadate induced contraction in the isolated pulmonary arterial rings, which was significantly reduced by melatonin. Furthermore, the contractile effect of vanadate on the pulmonary arterial rings may be attributed to the intracellular generation of hydrogen peroxide.
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- Mahmoud N Nagi
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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Sau AK, Mondal MS, Mitra S. Interaction of Cu2+ ion with milk xanthine oxidase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1544:89-95. [PMID: 11341919 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00207-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The interaction of Cu2+ ion with milk xanthine oxidase (XO) has been studied by optical spectroscopy, circular dichroism, ESR and transient kinetic techniques. It is observed that XO forms optically observable complexes with Cu2+ ion. The pH dependence studies of the formation of Cu2+-XO complex by optical spectroscopy and circular dichroism show that at least one ionizable group may be responsible for the formation of the complex. The EPR studies show that Cu2+ ion binds to XO with sulfur and nitrogenous ligands. The transient kinetic study of the interaction of Cu2+ with XO shows the existence of two Cu2+ bound XO complexes formed at two different time scales of the interaction, one at < or =5 ms and the other one at around 20 s. The complex formed at longer time scale may be responsible for the inhibition of the enzyme activity.
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- A K Sau
- Department of Chemical Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, 40 0005, Mumbai, India.
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Mondal MS, Sau AK, Mitra S. Mechanism of the inhibition of milk xanthine oxidase activity by metal ions: a transient kinetic study. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1480:302-10. [PMID: 11004570 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00084-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The nature and mechanism of the inhibition of the oxidoreductase activity of milk xanthine oxidase (XO) by Cu(2+), Hg(2+) and Ag(+) ions has been studied by steady state and stopped flow transient kinetic measurements. The results show that the nature of the inhibition is noncompetitive. The inhibition constants for Cu(2+) and Hg(2+) are in the micromolar and that for Ag(+) is in the nanomolar range. This suggests that the metal ions have strong affinity towards XO. pH dependence studies of the inhibition indicate that at least two ionisable groups of XO are involved in the binding of these metal ions. The effect of the interaction of the metal ions on the reductive and oxidative half reactions of XO has been investigated, and it is observed that the kinetic parameters of the reductive half reaction are not affected by these metal ions. However, the interaction of these metal ions with XO significantly affects the kinetic parameters of the oxidative half reaction. It is suggested that this may be the main cause for the inhibition of XO activity by the metal ions.
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- M S Mondal
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, 400 005, Mumbai, India
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Mondal MS, Mitra S. Altered redox affinity of xanthine oxidase active sites by copper(II) ions. J CHEM SCI 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02870847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Conte V, Di Furia F, Moro S. Studies directed toward the prediction of the oxidative reactivity of vanadium peroxo complexes in water. Correlations between the nature of the ligands and 51V-NMR chemical shifts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/1381-1169(95)00143-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Abadeh S, Killacky J, Benboubetra M, Harrison R. Purification and partial characterization of xanthine oxidase from human milk. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1117:25-32. [PMID: 1627588 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(92)90157-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Xanthine oxidase was purified from human milk in yields comparable with those obtained from bovine milk. The freshly purified enzyme appeared homogeneous in gel permeation FPLC and SDS-PAGE, consistent with its being a homodimer with total M(r) 290,000 +/- 6000. The ultraviolet/visible absorption spectrum differed only slightly from that of bovine milk enzyme and showed an A280/A450 ratio of 5.13 +/- 0.29, indicating a high degree of purity. Xanthine oxidase activities of purified enzyme varied with batches of milk, ranging between 3 and 46 mU/mg protein; values that are some two to three orders of magnitude smaller than those shown by the most highly purified samples of bovine milk enzyme. Direct comparison with commercially-available bovine milk enzyme showed that activities involving xanthine as reducing substrate were 1-6% that of the bovine enzyme, whereas those involving NADH, in contrast, were of the same order for the two enzymes. Anaerobic bleaching experiments indicated that less than 2% of the human enzyme was present as a form active with xanthine. These findings, together with the activity data, are consistent with a very high content, possibly greater than 98%, of demolybdo- and/or desulpho-forms of human enzyme, both of which occur, to a lesser extent, in bovine xanthine oxidase. Molybdenum assay indicated that demolybdo-enzyme could only account for some 26% of this inactive component, suggesting that desulpho-enzyme may account for the remainder.
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- S Abadeh
- Biochemistry Department, University of Bath, UK
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Hill CH. Dietary vanadium and the oxidative state of hepatic and renal pyridine nucleotides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 102:139-40. [PMID: 1351810 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(92)90025-l] [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: 10/27/2022]
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1. NAD, NADH, NADP and NADPH were measured in the livers and kidneys of chicks receiving 50 mg vanadium/kg diet. 2. There was no effect of dietary vanadium on the oxidative states of the nucleotides, although the growth rate was decreased. 3. The lack of effect of vanadium on the oxidative status of the nucleotides was ascribed to the low tissue concentration of vanadium.
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- C H Hill
- Department of Poultry Science and Interdepartmental Nutrition Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7635
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Liochev SI, Fridovich I. Superoxide generated by glutathione reductase initiates a vanadate-dependent free radical chain oxidation of NADH. Arch Biochem Biophys 1992; 294:403-6. [PMID: 1314540 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(92)90703-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Vanadate V(V) markedly stimulated the oxidation of NADPH by GSSG reductase and this oxidation was accompanied by the consumption of O2 and the accumulation of H2O2. Superoxide dismutases completely eliminated this effect of V(V), whereas catalase was without effect, as was exogenous H2O2 added to 0.1 mM. These effects could be seen equally well in phosphate- or in 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid-buffered solutions. Under anaerobic conditions there was no V(V)-stimulated oxidation of NADPH. Approximately 4% of the electrons flowing from NADPH to O2, through GSSG reductase, resulted in release of O2-. The average length of the free radical chains causing the oxidation of NADPH, initiated by O2- plus V(V), was calculated to be in the range 140-200 NADPH oxidized per O2- introduced. We conclude that GSSG reductase, and by extension other O2(-)-producing flavoprotein dehydrogenases such as lipoyl dehydrogenase and ferredoxin reductase, catalyze V(V)-stimulated oxidation of NAD(P)H because they release O2- and because O2- plus V(V) initiate a free radical chain oxidation of NAD(P)H. There is no reason to suppose that these enzymes can act as NAD(P)H:V(V) oxidoreductases.
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- S I Liochev
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Byczkowski JZ, Kulkarni AP. Vanadium redox cycling, lipid peroxidation and co-oxygenation of benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1125:134-41. [PMID: 1315157 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(92)90037-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mechanism of lipid peroxidation triggered by vanadium in human term placental microsomes was reinvestigated in vitro. Production of lipid peroxyl radicals was estimated from co-oxygenation of benzo(a)pyrene and benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol. Vanadyl(IV), but not vanadate(V) caused a dose-dependent co-oxygenation. Vanadate(V) required the presence of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate to trigger co-oxygenation of benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol. To determine the role of pre-formed lipid hydroperoxides, the results obtained with partially peroxidized linoleic acid were compared with those of fresh linoleate. Superoxide dismutase inhibited the co-oxygenation of reaction when fresh linoleic acid was used. To further characterize the role of superoxide anion-radical in the vanadium redox cycling, the increase of optical density of vanadate(V) dissolved in Tris buffer was measured at 328 nm during the addition of KO2. The rate of this reaction producing peroxy-vanadyl complex was decreased by superoxide dismutase, especially, in the presence of catalase. It is suggested that vanadium catalyzes two separate processes, both leading to enhanced lipid peroxidation: (i) initiation, dependent on superoxide and triggered by peroxy-vanadyl; (ii) propagation, dependent on pre-formed lipid hydroperoxide not sensitive to superoxide dismutase. It is postulated that the vanadium-triggered initiation of lipid peroxidation may be crucial for toxicity in organs with limited endogenous lipid peroxidation.
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- J Z Byczkowski
- Toxicology Program, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612
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Younes M, Strubelt O. Vanadate-induced toxicity towards isolated perfused rat livers: the role of lipid peroxidation. Toxicology 1991; 66:63-74. [PMID: 1996468 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(91)90178-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The toxic potential of sodium orthovanadate towards isolated perfused rat livers was investigated at a dose of 2 mmol/l. In livers from fasted rats, vanadate led to a release of cytosolic (glutamate-pyruvate-transaminase (GPT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH] and mitochondrial (glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH] enzymes, an accumulation of calcium in the liver, a marked depletion of hepatic glutathione and an enhanced release of it into the perfusate, as well as an augmented formation and release of thiobarbituric acid-reactive material by the liver. Furthermore, a marked inhibition of oxygen consumption was observed. Vanadate-induced vasoconstriction resulted in a progressive decrease in perfusate flow rate. Control experiments with similarly reduced flow rates led to a comparable reduction in oxygen consumption. GPT and LDH release and hepatic glutathione depletion were also evident, though to a lesser extent than in the presence of vanadate, but no increase in GLDH release, in tissue calcium content or TBA-reactive material in the liver or the perfusate were observed. Thus, indirect toxic effects due to a reduced flow rate contribute only partly to vanadate hepatotoxicity and do not affect mitochondrial integrity. Omission of calcium from the perfusate did not prevent hepatotoxic responses to vanadate, although less calcium was present in the treated livers than in the control organs, indicating that calcium influx is not involved in vanadate-induced hepatotoxicity in the intact organ, in contrast to isolated hepatocytes. Feeding the animals, resulting in an activation of anaerobic energy conservation reactions, strongly attenuated vanadate hepatotoxicity indicating that the energetic status of the liver is the main target of vanadate. Superoxide dismutase did not affect the hepatotoxic responses of livers from fasted rats towards vanadate, while allopurinol and deferrioxamine inhibited lipid peroxidation and hepatotoxicity due to vanadate. The strong correlation between induction of lipid peroxidation and hepatotoxicity and the inhibition of both processes in parallel by antioxidants are suggestive of a causative role for lipid peroxidation in vanadate-induced hepatotoxicity.
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- M Younes
- Institute of Toxicology, Medical University of Lübeck, F.R.G
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Shi XL, Sun XY, Dalal NS. Reaction of vanadium(V) with thiols generates vanadium (IV) and thiyl radicals. FEBS Lett 1990; 271:185-8. [PMID: 2172000 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80402-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The in vivo toxicity of vanadium(V) has been found to correlate with the depletion of cellular glutathione and related non-protein thiols. With a view to understanding the mechanism for this observation, we have investigated the oxidation of glutathione, cysteine N-acetylcysteine and penicillamine by vanadium(V), using electron spin resonance (ESR) and ESR spin trapping methodology. The spin trap used was 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline 1-oxide (DMPO). It is found that the oxidation of these thiols by vanadium(V) generates the corresponding thiyl radicals and vanadium- (IV) complexes. The results suggest that free radical reactions play a significant role in the depletion of cellular thiols by vanadium(V) and hence in vanadium(V) toxicity.
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- X L Shi
- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506
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Liochev SI, Fridovich I. Vanadate-stimulated oxidation of NAD(P)H in the presence of biological membranes and other sources of O2-. Arch Biochem Biophys 1990; 279:1-7. [PMID: 2186701 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(90)90454-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- S I Liochev
- Institute of Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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Shi XG, Dalal NS. On the hydroxyl radical formation in the reaction between hydrogen peroxide and biologically generated chromium(V) species. Arch Biochem Biophys 1990; 277:342-50. [PMID: 2155579 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(90)90589-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements on solutions and isolated powders provide direct evidence for the involvement of Cr(V) species in the reduction of Cr(VI) by NAD(P)H. ESR analysis of an isolated Cr(V)-NAD(P)H solid yields g parallel = 1.9831 and g perpendicular = 1.9772, indicating that the unpaired electron occupies the dz2 orbital of the Cr(V) ion, with square-pyramidal geometry. Addition of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to the NAD(P)H-Cr(VI) reaction mixtures suppresses the Cr(V) species and generates hydroxyl (.OH) radicals. The .OH radicals were detected via ESR spin trapping, employing 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide and alpha-(4-pyridyl-1-oxide)-N-tert-butylnitrone as spin traps. The dependence of Cr(V) and .OH radical formation on the H2O2 and Cr(VI) concentrations indicates that the Cr(V) species react with H2O2 to generate the .OH radicals. Similar results were obtained by using various diols (arabinose, cellobiose, FAD, fructose, glyceraldehyde, ribose, and tartaric acid), alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids, and glutathione. Investigations with superoxide dismutase showed no significant participation of O2- in the generation of .OH radicals. These results thus indicate that the Cr(V) complexes, produced in the reduction of Cr(VI) by cellular reductants, react with H2O2 to generate .OH radicals, which might be initiators of the primary events in the Cr(VI) cytotoxicity.
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- X G Shi
- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506
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Liochev SI, Fridovich I. Hydroxyl radicals is not a significant intermediate in the vanadate-stimulated oxidation of NAD(P)H by O2. Arch Biochem Biophys 1989; 275:40-3. [PMID: 2554810 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(89)90347-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The vanadate-stimulated oxidation of NADH by an enzymatic flux of O2- is inhibited by superoxide dismutase, but not by catalase. Keller et al. (1989, Free Radical Biol. Med. 6, 15-22) observed inhibition by catalase presumably because they used a commercial preparation contaminated with superoxide dismutase. Their proposal, that H2O2 and hydroxyl radical play significant roles in vanadate-stimulation of NAD(P)H oxidation, may be discounted on the basis of these and of previously reported results.
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- S I Liochev
- Institute of Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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