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Flow Cytometric Analysis of Oxidative Stress in Escherichia coli B Strains Deficient in Genes of the Antioxidant Defence. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23126537. [PMID: 35742981 PMCID: PMC9223410 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the analysis of oxidative stress are frequent applications of functional flow cytometry. Identifying and quantifying the ROS species generated during oxidative stress are crucial steps for the investigation of molecular mechanisms underlying stress responses. Currently, there is a wide availability of fluorogenic substrates for such purposes, but limitations in their specificity and sensitivity may affect the accuracy of the analysis. The aim of our work was to validate a new experimental model based in different strains of Escherichia coli B deficient in key genes for antioxidant defense, namely oxyR, sodA and sodB. We applied this model to systematically assess issues of specificity in fluorescent probes and the involvement of different ROS in a bacterial model of oxidative stress, as the probes can react with a variety of oxidants and free radical species. Our results confirm the higher sensitivity and specificity of the fluorescent probe mitochondrial peroxy yellow 1 (MitoPY1) for the detection of H2O2, and its very low capacity for organic hydroperoxides, thus extending MitoPY1's specificity for H2O2 in mammalian cells to a bacterial model. On the contrary, the fluorescent probe 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (H2DCF-DA) is more sensitive to organic peroxides than to H2O2, confirming the lack of selectivity of H2DCF-DA to H2O2. Treatment with organic peroxides and H2O2 suggests a superoxide-independent oxidation of the fluorescent probe Hydroethidine (HE). We found a positive correlation between the lipophilicity of the peroxides and their toxicity to E. coli, suggesting greater quantitative importance of the peroxidative effects on the bacterial membrane and/or greater efficiency of the protection systems against the intracellular effects of H2O2 than against the membrane oxidative stress induced by organic peroxides. Altogether, our results may aid in preventing or minimizing experimental errors and providing recommendations for the proper design of cytometric studies of oxidative stress, in accordance with current recommendations and guidelines.
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Guevara Salazar JA, Morán Díaz JR, Ramírez Segura E, Trujillo Ferrara JG. What are the origins of growing microbial resistance? Both Lamarck and Darwin were right. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2020; 19:563-569. [PMID: 33073640 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1839418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Microorganisms of clinical importance frequently develop resistance to drug therapy, now a growing problem. The experience with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a representative example of increasing multi-drug resistance. To avoid reaching a crisis in which patients could be left without adequate treatment, a new strategy is needed. Anti-microbial therapy has historically targeted the mechanisms rather than origin of drug resistance, thus allowing microorganisms to adapt and survive. AREAS COVERED This contribution analyses the historical development (1943-2020) of the evolution of multi-drug resistance by M. tuberculosis strains in light of Darwin's and Lamarck's theories of evolution. EXPERT OPINION Regarding the molecular origin of microbial drug resistance, genetic mutations and epigenetic modifications are known to participate. The analysis of the history of drug resistance by M. tuberculosis evidences a gradual development of resistance to some antibiotics, undoubtedly due to random mutations together with natural selection based on environmental pressures (e.g., antibiotics), representing Darwin's idea. More rapid adaptation of M. tuberculosis to new antibiotic treatments has also occurred, probably because of heritable acquired characteristics, evidencing Lamarck's proposal. Therefore, microbial infections should be treated with an antibiotic producing null or low mutagenic activity along with a resistance inhibitor, preferably in a single medication.
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- Juan Alberto Guevara Salazar
- Departamento De Farmacología, Escuela Superior De Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad De México, CDMX, Mexico
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- Departamento De Farmacología, Escuela Superior De Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad De México, CDMX, Mexico
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- Laboratorio De Bioquímica Médica, Escuela Superior De Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad De México, CDMX, Mexico
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- Laboratorio De Bioquímica Médica, Escuela Superior De Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad De México, CDMX, Mexico
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Melton D, Lewis CD, Price NE, Gates KS. Covalent adduct formation between the antihypertensive drug hydralazine and abasic sites in double- and single-stranded DNA. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 27:2113-8. [PMID: 25405892 PMCID: PMC4269403 DOI: 10.1021/tx5003657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Hydralazine
(4) is an antihypertensive agent that
displays both mutagenic and epigenetic properties. Here, gel electrophoretic,
mass spectroscopic, and chemical kinetics methods were used to provide
evidence that medicinally relevant concentrations of 4 rapidly form covalent adducts with abasic sites in double- and single-stranded
DNA under physiological conditions. These findings raise the intriguing
possibility that the genotoxic properties of this clinically used
drug arise via reactions with an endogenous DNA lesion rather than
with the canonical structure of DNA.
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- Douglas Melton
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri , 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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Liu PY, Li K, Zhang J, Zhang DW, Lin HH, Yu XQ. Who Is the King? Theα-Hydroxy-β-oxo-α,β-enone Moiety or the Catechol B Ring: Relationship between the Structure of Quercetin Derivatives and Their Pro-Oxidative Abilities. Chem Biodivers 2010; 7:236-44. [DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200900032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Update on genotoxicity and carcinogenicity testing of 472 marketed pharmaceuticals. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2009; 681:209-229. [PMID: 18845271 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2008.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2007] [Revised: 09/09/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Herrera G, Martínez A, O'Cornor JE, Blanco M. Functional assays of oxidative stress using genetically engineered Escherichia coli strains. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 11:Unit 11.16. [PMID: 18770776 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy1116s24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Oxidative stress may be induced in bacteria by exogenous biocidal agents and is involved in endogenous metabolism. The oxyR operon is a main sensor of oxidative stress and oxyR-deficient bacteria show enhanced sensitivity to oxidative stress and increased accumulation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Flow cytometric functional assays in bacteria are limited by the impaired penetration of vital dyes trough the cell wall. Escherichia coli B WP2 strains possess an altered cell-wall lipopolysaccharide that leads to increased membrane permeability. Flow cytometric analysis of WP2 strains is a convenient alternative for cytometric assays of bacterial function. This unit presents protocols for flow cytometric studies of intracellular oxidative stress in two E. coli B WP2 strains, wild-type or deficient in the oxyR function, using ROS-sensitive fluorogenic substrates. Support Protocols describe preparation of phage C21 stock for bacterial verification, verification of the WP2 phenotype, and verification of the deficiency in oxyR function.
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Liu PY, Jiang N, Zhang J, Wei X, Lin HH, Yu XQ. The oxidative damage of plasmid DNA by ascorbic acid derivatives in vitro: the first research on the relationship between the structure of ascorbic acid and the oxidative damage of plasmid DNA. Chem Biodivers 2007; 3:958-66. [PMID: 17193327 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200690104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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To study the structure-function relationship of the oxidative-damage effect of ascorbic acid, we have focused on the interaction between plasmid DNA pUC19 and a series of ascorbic acid derivatives modified on different OH groups in the presence of transition metal ions. Some ascorbic acid derivatives can selectively cleave plasmid DNA from Form I to Form II in the presence of low concentration of Cu2+ just like ascorbic acid itself, while other derivatives oxidatively damage plasmid DNA slightly. We found that those derivatives with unattached 2-OH and 3-OH groups retain the ability to cleave the plasmid DNA. The derivatives that have been methylated on 2-OH or 3-OH can only cleave plasmid DNA softly, and those derivatives that have been protected on both 2-OH and 3-OH can hardly exert an oxidative damage on plasmid DNA under the same condition. Form these results, we can draw the conclusion that 2-OH and 3-OH groups of the ascorbic acid molecule contribute most to this biological activity.
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- Pei-Yan Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, P.R. China
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Hirakawa K, Midorikawa K, Oikawa S, Kawanishi S. Carcinogenic semicarbazide induces sequence-specific DNA damage through the generation of reactive oxygen species and the derived organic radicals. Mutat Res 2003; 536:91-101. [PMID: 12694749 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(03)00030-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Semicarbazide, a hydrazine derivative, is carcinogenic to mice but shows no or little mutagenicity in the Salmonella-microsome test. To clarify whether or not the genotoxic mechanism contributes to the non-mutagenic carcinogenicity of semicarbazide, we investigated DNA damage induced by semicarbazide using 32P-5'-end-labeled DNA fragments obtained from the c-Ha-ras-1 protooncogene and the p53 tumor suppressor gene. Semicarbazide caused DNA damage frequently at the thymine and cytosine residues in the presence of Cu(II). Catalase and bathocuproine partially inhibited DNA damage, suggesting that hydrogen peroxide plus Cu(I) participates in DNA damage. When a high concentration of semicarbazide was used in the presence of catalase, DNA damage was induced, especially at G in 5'-AG and slightly at 5'-G in GG and GGG sequences. An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic study has confirmed that the reaction of semicarbazide with Cu(II) produces carbamoyl radicals (z.rad;CONH(2)), possibly generated via the nitrogen-centered radicals of semicarbazide. Azodicarbonamide also produced carbamoyl radicals and induced DNA damage frequently at 5'-G in GG and GGG sequences, suggesting that carbamoyl radicals participate in this sequence-specific DNA damage by semicarbazide. On the basis of our previous reports, we consider that the sequence-specific DNA damage at G in 5'-AG in the present study is due to the nitrogen-centered radicals. This study has shown that semicarbazide induces DNA damage in the presence of Cu(II) through the formation of hydrogen peroxide and Cu(I). In addition, semicarbazide-derived free radicals participate in DNA damage. DNA damage induced by these reactive species may be relevant to the carcinogenicity of semicarbazide.
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- Kazutaka Hirakawa
- Radioisotope Center, Mie University School of Medicine, Edobashi 2-174, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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Wiid I, Grundlingh R, Bourn W, Bradley G, Harington A, Hoal-van Helden EG, van Helden P. O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase DNA repair in mycobacteria: pathogenic and non-pathogenic species differ. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2003; 82:45-53. [PMID: 12356454 DOI: 10.1054/tube.2002.0316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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SETTING DNA repair genes assist the organism in maintaining DNA integrity in the face of environmental (mutagenic) stress. The genome sequences of M. tuberculosis and M. bovis demonstrate sequences suggestive of an O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase DNA repair activity similar to that seen in almost all other bacterial and eukaryotic organisms. The near ubiquitousness of this gene implies an important function. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to ascertain whether mycobacteria exert an alkyltransferase response to mutagen (streptozotocin) stimulation and whether alkyltransferase activity is essential for mycobacterial survival. DESIGN Alkyltransferase activity in slow- and fast-growing mycobacterial species was determined in the presence and absence of sublethal concentrations of an alkylating agent streptozotocin. The intracellular survival and response to anti-tuberculosis drugs of an alkyltransferase knockout strain of M. bovis BCG was also determined. RESULTS We demonstrate the presence of O(6)-alkylguanine alkyltransferase (cellular methyltransferase activity) in mycobacterial species and that there is an inducible and constitutive form in fast-growing mycobacteria (M. smegmatis), whereas only the constitutive form exists in the pathogenic or slow-growing species (M. bovis BCG) under the conditions tested. The overall activity of the constitutive form is high. We also show that intracellular growth of M. bovis BCG in macrophages is reduced when the alkyltransferase gene is absent. The presence of alkyltransferase activity appears to assist the organism in reducing the effects of isoniazid, since interruption of the gene confers sensitivity to the drug. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that for the slow-growing mycobacteria, an inducible response is not essential as their ecological niche is stable and protected, but that the presence of the alkyltransferase activity confers a growth advantage in macrophages and offers some protection against antibiotics.
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- I Wiid
- MRC Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Herrera G, Martinez A, Blanco M, O'Connor JE. Assessment of Escherichia coli B with enhanced permeability to fluorochromes for flow cytometric assays of bacterial cell function. CYTOMETRY 2002; 49:62-9. [PMID: 12357461 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.10148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Flow cytometry has become a choice methodology for microbiological research. However, functional cytometric assays in live bacteria are still limited. This is due, in part, to the cell wall impairing penetration of vital dyes in bacteria, thus imposing permeabilization procedures. These manipulations may affect cell physiology, provoke cell aggregation or lysis, and they are time-consuming. Escherichia coli B strains have been used for mutagenic assays because of an altered lipopolysaccharide that provokes increased membrane permeability. We assessed the use of these strains as possible alternatives for flow cytometric assays to avoid the permeabilization steps. METHODS Suspensions of E. coli K-12 (strain AB1157) and E. coli B (strain WP2 uvrA/pKM101, denoted as strain IC188) were stained with several fluorochromes, including fluorescein isothiocyanate, propidium iodide, Nile Red, bis-(1,3-dibutylbarbituric acid) trimethine oxonol, hydroethidine, and dihydro-dichlorofluorescein diacetate, under basal conditions and following permeabilization, impairment of membrane potential, inhibition of dye efflux pump, and oxidative stress. Fluorescent staining of both strains was compared by epifluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. RESULTS The E. coli B strain IC188 exhibited more efficient staining with vital fluorochromes than the E. coli K-12 strain AB1157 and maintained a similar membrane potential. In addition, IC188 showed higher sensitivity than AB1157 to reveal oxidative stress when challenged with prooxidants. CONCLUSIONS E. coli B strains may be useful for biochemical and toxicological studies based on flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy.
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- Guadalupe Herrera
- Centro de Citometría, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Moises HW, Zoega T, Gottesman II. The glial growth factors deficiency and synaptic destabilization hypothesis of schizophrenia. BMC Psychiatry 2002; 2:8. [PMID: 12095426 PMCID: PMC117774 DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-2-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2002] [Accepted: 07/03/2002] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A systems approach to understanding the etiology of schizophrenia requires a theory which is able to integrate genetic as well as neurodevelopmental factors. PRESENTATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS Based on a co-localization of loci approach and a large amount of circumstantial evidence, we here propose that a functional deficiency of glial growth factors and of growth factors produced by glial cells are among the distal causes in the genotype-to-phenotype chain leading to the development of schizophrenia. These factors include neuregulin, insulin-like growth factor I, insulin, epidermal growth factor, neurotrophic growth factors, erbB receptors, phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase, growth arrest specific genes, neuritin, tumor necrosis factor alpha, glutamate, NMDA and cholinergic receptors. A genetically and epigenetically determined low baseline of glial growth factor signaling and synaptic strength is expected to increase the vulnerability for additional reductions (e.g., by viruses such as HHV-6 and JC virus infecting glial cells). This should lead to a weakening of the positive feedback loop between the presynaptic neuron and its targets, and below a certain threshold to synaptic destabilization and schizophrenia. TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS Supported by informed conjectures and empirical facts, the hypothesis makes an attractive case for a large number of further investigations. IMPLICATIONS OF THE HYPOTHESIS The hypothesis suggests glial cells as the locus of the genes-environment interactions in schizophrenia, with glial asthenia as an important factor for the genetic liability to the disorder, and an increase of prolactin and/or insulin as possible working mechanisms of traditional and atypical neuroleptic treatments.
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- Hans W Moises
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Kiel University Hospital, Niemannsweg 147, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, National University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Martínez A, Urios A, Blanco M. Mutagenicity of 80 chemicals in Escherichia coli tester strains IC203, deficient in OxyR, and its oxyR(+) parent WP2 uvrA/pKM101: detection of 31 oxidative mutagens. Mutat Res 2000; 467:41-53. [PMID: 10771270 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(00)00020-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Strain IC203, deficient in OxyR, and its oxyR(+) parent WP2 uvrA/pKM101 (denoted IC188) are the basis of a new bacterial reversion assay, the WP2 Mutoxitest, which has been used in the evaluation of 80 chemicals for oxidative mutagenicity. The following 31 oxidative mutagens were recognized by their greater mutagenic response in IC203 than in IC188: (1) peroxides: hydrogen peroxide (HP), t-butyl hydroperoxide (BOOH) and cumene hydroperoxide (COOH); (2) benzoquinones (BQ): 2-methyl-1,4-BQ, 2,6-dimethyl-1,4-BQ and 2,3, 5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-BQ; (3) naphthoquinones (NQ): 1,4-NQ, 2-methyl-1, 4-NQ and 2-hydroxy-1,4-NQ; (4) phenol derivatives: catechol, hydroquinone, pyrogallol, 1,2,4-benzenetriol, t-butylhydroquinone, gallic acid and 4-aminophenol; (5) catecholamines: DL- and L-dopa, DL- and L-epinephrine, dopamine and L-norepinephrine; (6) thiols: L-cysteine methyl ester, L-cysteine ethyl ester, L-penicillamine and dithiothreitol; (7) diverse: 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, hypoxanthine and xanthine, both in the presence of xanthine oxidase, L-ascorbic acid plus copper (II) and phenazine methosulfate. Among these oxidative mutagens, 25 were found to be uniquely positive in IC203. With the exception of BOOH and COOH, mutagenesis by all oxidative mutagens was inhibited by catalase present in rat liver S9, indicating that it is mediated by HP generation, probably in autoxidation reactions. These catalase-sensitive oxidative mutagens were poor inducers of mutations derived from 8-oxoguanine lesions, whereas such mutations were efficiently induced by organic hydroperoxides. The results support the usefulness of incorporating IC203 in the bacterial battery for testing of chemicals. The well-characterized oxidative mutagens available with the use of the WP2 Mutoxitest may serve as a reference in studies on the genotoxicity of oxidative stress.
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- A Martínez
- Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas, Fundación Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Amadeo de Saboya 4, 46010, Valencia, Spain
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Martínez A, Urios A, Blanco M. Mutagenicity of thiol compounds in Escherichia coli WP2 tester strain IC203, deficient in OxyR: effects of S9 fractions from rat liver and kidney. Mutat Res 1999; 446:205-13. [PMID: 10635343 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(99)00187-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Low doses of L-cysteine (CYS), cysteinyl-glycine (CYSGLY) and reduced glutathione (GSH) activated by gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) were mutagenic in strain IC203 (oxyR), whereas higher doses were required to observe a weak mutagenicity in the oxyR+ strain WP2 uvrA/pKM101 (denoted IC188). This indicates that thiol mutagenesis is suppressed by OxyR-regulated antioxidant defenses and confirms its oxidative character. The mutagenesis by low doses of CYS, CYSGLY and GSH + GGT detected in IC203 was abolished by rat liver S9, through the activity of catalase, as well as by the metal chelator diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC), supporting the dependence of this mutagenesis on H2O2 production, probably in thiol autoxidation reactions in which transition metals are involved. Surprisingly, low DETC concentrations greatly potentiate the mutagenicity of low CYS doses. Mutagenesis by high doses of CYS and CYSGLY occurred in both IC203 and IC188 in the presence of liver S9, and was resistant to inhibition by catalase, although it was prevented by DETC. Mutagenesis by GSH activated by rat kidney S9, rich in GGT, was detected in IC203 and IC188 only at high doses since catalase and glutathione peroxidase, both present in kidney S9, might inhibit its induction by low GSH doses. In the presence of liver S9, almost deficient in GGT, GSH was not mutagenic. The mutagenicity of a high GSH dose occurring in the presence either of GGT plus liver S9 or of kidney S9 was weakly prevented by DETC.
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- A Martínez
- Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas, Fundación-Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Spain
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