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Antioxidants: an approach for restricting oxidative stress induced neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Inflammopharmacology 2023; 31:717-730. [PMID: 36933175 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-023-01173-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, affecting millions of people worldwide. Oxidative stress contributes towards induction of neurodegeneration. It is one of the reasons behind initiation and progression of Alzheimer's disease. Understanding of oxidative balance and restoration of oxidative stress has demonstrated its effectiveness in the management of AD. Various natural and synthetic molecules have been found to be effective in different models of AD. Some clinical studies also support the use of antioxidants for prevention of neurodegeneration in AD. In this review we are summarizing the development of antioxidants to restrict oxidative stress induced neurodegeneration in AD.
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Kumar A, Prasad A, Pospíšil P. Formation of α-tocopherol hydroperoxide and α-tocopheroxyl radical: relevance for photooxidative stress in Arabidopsis. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19646. [PMID: 33184329 PMCID: PMC7665033 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75634-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Tocopherols, lipid-soluble antioxidants play a crucial role in the antioxidant defense system in higher plants. The antioxidant function of α-tocopherol has been widely studied; however, experimental data on the formation of its oxidation products is missing. In this study, we attempt to provide spectroscopic evidence on the detection of oxidation products of α-tocopherol formed by its interaction with singlet oxygen and lipid peroxyl radical. Singlet oxygen was formed using photosensitizer rose bengal and thylakoid membranes isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana. Singlet oxygen reacts with polyunsaturated fatty acid forming lipid hydroperoxide which is oxidized by ferric iron to lipid peroxyl radical. The addition of singlet oxygen to double bond carbon on the chromanol head of α-tocopherol forms α-tocopherol hydroperoxide detected using fluorescent probe swallow-tailed perylene derivative. The decomposition of α-tocopherol hydroperoxide forms α-tocopherol quinone. The hydrogen abstraction from α-tocopherol by lipid peroxyl radical forms α-tocopheroxyl radical detected by electron paramagnetic resonance. Quantification of lipid and protein hydroperoxide from the wild type and tocopherol deficient (vte1) mutant Arabidopsis leaves using a colorimetric ferrous oxidation-xylenol orange assay reveals that α-tocopherol prevents formation of both lipid and protein hydroperoxides at high light. Identification of oxidation products of α-tocopherol might contribute to a better understanding of the protective role of α-tocopherol in the prevention of oxidative damage in higher plants at high light.
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- Aditya Kumar
- Department of Biophysics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Ibuki FK, Bergamaschi CT, da Silva Pedrosa M, Nogueira FN. Effect of vitamin C and E on oxidative stress and antioxidant system in the salivary glands of STZ-induced diabetic rats. Arch Oral Biol 2020; 116:104765. [PMID: 32470831 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2020.104765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We examined the effects of vitamin C and E supplementation in the prevention of oxidative stress in the salivary glands of STZ-induced diabetic rats. DESIGN Forty-eight male Wistar rats were divided into six groups (n = 8 in each): control (C), control supplemented with vitamin C (Cvc) and E (Cve), diabetic (D), and diabetic supplemented with vitamin C (Dvc) and E (Dve). Vitamin C (150 mg/kg) and E (300 mg/kg) were daily administered for 21 days. Serum ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol levels were quantified. Glandular levels of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anion (O2-), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR), catalase (CAT), malondialdehyde (MDA) and the total antioxidant status (TAS) were estimated. RESULTS Vitamin C and E levels were reduced in D group. Vitamin C decreased the levels of O2- in the salivary gland of diabetic rats. Vitamin E increased the concentration of O2- in PA gland of diabetic animals. In the SM gland of the diabetic group, MDA, SOD, GPx and TAS increased. Dve presented reduced SOD activity and increased GR, GPx, and MDA. Dve increased GPx, Gr and TAS levels. In the PA gland, MDA, SOD, CAT, GPx, GR, and TAS were similar in C and D. TAS, SOD, CAT, GPx, and GR increased in Dvc. Vitamin E supplementation resulted in increased MDA and CAT levels and reduced SOD activity. CONCLUSION In the SM glands of the diabetic rats, vitamin C supplementation improved the antioxidant system, while vitamin E acted as pro-oxidant.
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- Flavia Kazue Ibuki
- Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Physiology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.
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Münzel T, Camici GG, Maack C, Bonetti NR, Fuster V, Kovacic JC. Impact of Oxidative Stress on the Heart and Vasculature: Part 2 of a 3-Part Series. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017; 70:212-229. [PMID: 28683969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Vascular disease and heart failure impart an enormous burden in terms of global morbidity and mortality. Although there are many different causes of cardiac and vascular disease, most causes share an important pathological mechanism: oxidative stress. In the failing heart, oxidative stress occurs in the myocardium and correlates with left ventricular dysfunction. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) negatively affect myocardial calcium handling, cause arrhythmia, and contribute to cardiac remodeling by inducing hypertrophic signaling, apoptosis, and necrosis. Similarly, oxidative balance in the vasculature is tightly regulated by a wealth of pro- and antioxidant systems that orchestrate region-specific ROS production and removal. Reactive oxygen species also regulate multiple vascular cell functions, including endothelial and smooth muscle cell growth, proliferation, and migration; angiogenesis; apoptosis; vascular tone; host defenses; and genomic stability. However, excessive levels of ROS promote vascular disease through direct and irreversible oxidative damage to macromolecules, as well as disruption of redox-dependent vascular wall signaling processes.
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- Thomas Münzel
- Center for Cardiology Mainz, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Cardiovascular Health Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Madrid, Spain
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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The opposing roles of NO and oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease. Pharmacol Res 2016; 116:57-69. [PMID: 27988384 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) plays a pivotal role in the maintenance of cardiovascular homeostasis. A reduction in the bioavailability of endogenous NO, manifest as a decrease in the production and/or impaired signaling, is associated with many cardiovascular diseases including hypertension, atherosclerosis, stroke and heart failure. There is substantial evidence that reactive oxygen species (ROS), generated predominantly from NADPH oxidases (Nox), are responsible for the reduced NO bioavailability in vascular and cardiac pathologies. ROS can compromise NO function via a direct inactivation of NO, together with a reduction in NO synthesis and oxidation of its receptor, soluble guanylyl cyclase. Whilst nitrovasodilators are administered to compensate for the ROS-mediated loss in NO bioactivity, their clinical utility is limited due to the development of tolerance and resistance and systemic hypotension. Moreover, efforts to directly scavenge ROS with antioxidants has had limited clinical efficacy. This review outlines the therapeutic utility of NO-based therapeutics in cardiovascular diseases and describes the source and impact of ROS in these pathologies, with particular focus on the interaction with NO. Future therapeutic approaches in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases are highlighted with a focus on nitroxyl (HNO) donors as an alternative to traditional NO donors and the development of novel Nox inhibitors.
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Neunert G, Szwengiel A, Walejko P, Witkowski S, Polewski K. Photostability of alpha-tocopherol ester derivatives in solutions and liposomes. Spectroscopic and LC-MS studies. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2016; 160:121-7. [PMID: 27107331 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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α-Tocopherol (Toc) is known to degrade to the tocopheroxyl radicals (Toc) by exposure to UV light irradiation. In the present study, the stability of Toc ester derivatives exposed to UV light was investigated and compared with Toc in organic solution and in phospholipid vesicles. To follow the depletion of Toc and its esters the absorbance and fluorescence methods were applied whereas degradation products were detected using LC-MS method. The irradiation with UVB light of air-equilibrated solutions of di-α-Tocopheryl malonate (DTMO), α-Tocopheryl malonate (TMO) and α-Tocopheryl succinate (TS) strongly modifies their absorption and fluorescence spectra. Upon UVB irradiation, absorption band at 279/285nm becomes less pronounced indicating the photodegradation of esters. During irradiation, the fluorescence maximum of esters at 305nm shifts to 326nm, a maximum characteristic for Toc. Photorecovery of Toc from its esters derivatives was finally confirmed by LC-MS method. Among studied esters, only α-tocopheryl nicotinate (TN) did not undergo depletion and appeared resistant to UVB radiation. Kinetic studies indicated that photoinduced transformation occurs through the first order consecutive reaction chain mechanism. The photodissociation of Toc esters in the liposomes occurred with one order of magnitude slower than in organic solvents. Using MS/MS method it was found that final stable product of irradiation was α-tocopheryl quinone (TQ), an animal and plant metabolite of Toc.
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- Grazyna Neunert
- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Poznan University of Life Sciences, ul. Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-637 Poznan, Poland.
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- Institute of Food Technology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, ul. Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-637 Poznan, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, ul.Ciolkowskiego 1k, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Białystok, ul.Ciolkowskiego 1k, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Biophysics, Poznan University of Life Sciences, ul. Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-637 Poznan, Poland
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De Silva TM, Miller AA. Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: Targeting Oxidative Stress as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy? Front Pharmacol 2016; 7:61. [PMID: 27014073 PMCID: PMC4794483 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a major contributor to stroke, and a leading cause of cognitive impairment and dementia. Despite the devastating effects of cerebral SVD, the pathogenesis of cerebral SVD is still not completely understood. Moreover, there are no specific pharmacological strategies for its prevention or treatment. Cerebral SVD is characterized by marked functional and structural abnormalities of the cerebral microcirculation. The clinical manifestations of these pathological changes include lacunar infarcts, white matter hyperintensities, and cerebral microbleeds. The main purpose of this review is to discuss evidence implicating oxidative stress in the arteriopathy of both non-amyloid and amyloid (cerebral amyloid angiopathy) forms of cerebral SVD and its most important risk factors (hypertension and aging), as well as its contribution to cerebral SVD-related brain injury and cognitive impairment. We also highlight current evidence of the involvement of the NADPH oxidases in the development of oxidative stress, enzymes that are a major source of reactive oxygen species in the cerebral vasculature. Lastly, we discuss potential pharmacological strategies for oxidative stress in cerebral SVD, including some of the historical and emerging NADPH oxidase inhibitors.
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- T. Michael De Silva
- Department of Pharmacology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cerebrovascular and Stroke Laboratory, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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The normal biochemical reactions in our body, increased exposure to the environment, and higher levels of dietary xenobiotic's result in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS).
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University)
- Bilaspur
- India
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Sudhahar V, Fukai T. Antioxidant Supplementation and Therapies. STUDIES ON PEDIATRIC DISORDERS 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0679-6_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Groebler LK, Wang XS, Kim HB, Shanu A, Hossain F, McMahon AC, Witting PK. Cosupplementation with a synthetic, lipid-soluble polyphenol and vitamin C inhibits oxidative damage and improves vascular function yet does not inhibit acute renal injury in an animal model of rhabdomyolysis. Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 52:1918-28. [PMID: 22343418 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2011] [Revised: 02/02/2012] [Accepted: 02/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We investigated whether cosupplementation with synthetic tetra-tert-butyl bisphenol (BP) and vitamin C (Vit C) ameliorated oxidative stress and acute kidney injury (AKI) in an animal model of acute rhabdomyolysis (RM). Rats were divided into groups: Sham and Control (normal chow), and BP (receiving 0.12% w/w BP in the diet; 4 weeks) with or without Vit C (100mg/kg ascorbate in PBS ip at 72, 48, and 24h before RM induction). All animals (except the Sham) were treated with 50% v/v glycerol/PBS (6 mL/kg injected into the hind leg) to induce RM. After 24h, urine, plasma, kidneys, and aortae were harvested. Lipid oxidation (assessed as cholesteryl ester hydroperoxides and hydroxides and F(2)-isoprostanes accumulation) increased in the kidney and plasma and this was coupled with decreased aortic levels of cyclic guanylylmonophosphate (cGMP). In renal tissues, RM stimulated glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-4, superoxide dismutase (SOD)-1/2 and nuclear factor kappa-beta (NFκβ) gene expression and promoted AKI as judged by formation of tubular casts, damaged epithelia, and increased urinary levels of total protein, kidney-injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), and clusterin. Supplementation with BP±Vit C inhibited the two indices of lipid oxidation, down-regulated GPx-4, SOD1/2, and NF-κβ gene responses and restored aortic cGMP, yet renal dysfunction and altered kidney morphology persisted. By contrast, supplementation with Vit C alone inhibited oxidative stress and diminished cast formation and proteinuria, while other plasma and urinary markers of AKI remained elevated. These data indicate that lipid- and water-soluble antioxidants may differ in terms of their therapeutic impact on RM-induced renal dysfunction.
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- Ludwig K Groebler
- Discipline of Pathology, Redox Biology Group and Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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Drummond GR, Selemidis S, Griendling KK, Sobey CG. Combating oxidative stress in vascular disease: NADPH oxidases as therapeutic targets. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2011; 10:453-71. [PMID: 21629295 PMCID: PMC3361719 DOI: 10.1038/nrd3403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 690] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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NADPH oxidases are a family of enzymes that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). The NOX1 (NADPH oxidase 1) and NOX2 oxidases are the major sources of ROS in the artery wall in conditions such as hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes and ageing, and so they are important contributors to the oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation that underlies arterial remodelling and atherogenesis. In this Review, we advance the concept that compared to the use of conventional antioxidants, inhibiting NOX1 and NOX2 oxidases is a superior approach for combating oxidative stress. We briefly describe some common and emerging putative NADPH oxidase inhibitors. In addition, we highlight the crucial role of the NADPH oxidase regulatory subunit, p47phox, in the activity of vascular NOX1 and NOX2 oxidases, and suggest how a better understanding of its specific molecular interactions may enable the development of novel isoform-selective drugs to prevent or treat cardiovascular diseases.
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- Grant R Drummond
- Vascular Biology & Immunopharmacology Group, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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Guéraud F, Atalay M, Bresgen N, Cipak A, Eckl PM, Huc L, Jouanin I, Siems W, Uchida K. Chemistry and biochemistry of lipid peroxidation products. Free Radic Res 2010; 44:1098-124. [PMID: 20836659 DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2010.498477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 354] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Oxidative stress and resulting lipid peroxidation is involved in various and numerous pathological states including inflammation, atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. This review is focused on recent advances concerning the formation, metabolism and reactivity towards macromolecules of lipid peroxidation breakdown products, some of which being considered as 'second messengers' of oxidative stress. This review relates also new advances regarding apoptosis induction, survival/proliferation processes and autophagy regulated by 4-hydroxynonenal, a major product of omega-6 fatty acid peroxidation, in relationship with detoxication mechanisms. The use of these lipid peroxidation products as oxidative stress/lipid peroxidation biomarkers is also addressed.
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- F Guéraud
- UMR1089 Xénobiotiques, INRA, Toulouse, France.
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Exner M, Hermann M, Hofbauer R, Kapiotis S, Gmeiner BMK. Free and Peptide-bound DOPA Can Inhibit Initiation of Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation. Free Radic Res 2009; 37:1147-56. [PMID: 14703726 DOI: 10.1080/10715760310001595766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hydroxyl radicals have been shown to convert free tyrosine to 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-alanine (DOPA) which has reducing properties. During protein or peptide oxidation such reducing species are also formed from tyrosine residues. Free DOPA or peptide-bound DOPA (PB-DOPA) is able to promote radical-generating events, facilitating the damage of biomolecules such as nucleic acids. Radical induced lipid oxidation in low density lipoprotein (LDL) transforms the lipoprotein into an atherogenic particle. As PB-DOPA has been found in atherosclerotic plaques, we tested the ability of free and PB-DOPA to influence LDL oxidation. Free DOPA, in contrast to tyrosine had strong inhibitory action on both, the copper-ion initiated and metal ion independent (AAPH-induced) lipid oxidation. Free DOPA also inhibited LDL oxidation induced by the copper transport protein ceruloplasmin. To test if PB-DOPA was also able to inhibit LDL oxidation, DOPA residues were generated enzymatically in the model peptides insulin and tyr-tyr-tyr, respectively. PB-DOPA formation substantially increased the ability of both molecules to inhibit LDL oxidation by copper or AAPH. We hypothesize that DOPA-peptides and -proteins may have the potential to act as efficacious antioxidants in the atherosclerotic plaque.
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- Markus Exner
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Gille L, Rosenau T, Kozlov A, Gregor W. Ubiquinone and tocopherol: Dissimilar siblings. Biochem Pharmacol 2008; 76:289-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Revised: 04/06/2008] [Accepted: 04/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Witting PK, Rayner BS, Wu BJ, Ellis NA, Stocker R. Hydrogen peroxide promotes endothelial dysfunction by stimulating multiple sources of superoxide anion radical production and decreasing nitric oxide bioavailability. Cell Physiol Biochem 2007; 20:255-68. [PMID: 17762155 DOI: 10.1159/000107512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) is an oxidant implicated in cell signalling and various pathologies, yet relatively little is known about its impact on endothelial cell function. Herein we studied the functional and biochemical changes in aortic vessels and cultured porcine aortic endothelial cells (PAEC) exposed to H(2)O(2). Exposure of aortic rings to 25 or 50 microM, but not 10 microM, H(2)O(2) for 60 min prior to constriction significantly decreased subsequent relaxation in response to acetylcholine (ACh), but not the nitric oxide ((.)NO) donor sodium nitroprusside. Treatment of PAEC with 50 microM H(2)O(2) significantly decreased ACh-induced accumulation of (.)NO, as measured with a (.)NO-selective electrode, yet such treatment increased nitric oxide synthase activity approximately 3-fold, as assessed by conversion of L-arginine to L-citrulline. Decreased (.)NO bioavailability was reflected in decreased cellular cGMP content, associated with increased superoxide anion radical (O(2)(-.)), and overcome by addition of polyethylene glycol superoxide dismutase. Increased cellular O(2)(-.) production was inhibited by allopurinol, diphenyliodonium and rotenone in an additive manner. The results show that exposure of endothelial cells to H(2)O(2) decreases the bioavailability of agonist-induced (.)NO as a result of increased production of O(2)(-.) likely derived from xanthine oxidase, NADPH-oxidase and mitochondria. These processes could contribute to H(2)O(2)-induced vascular dysfunction that may be relevant under conditions of oxidative stress such as inflammation.
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- Paul K Witting
- Centre for Vascular Research, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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Kapiotis S, Hermann M, Exner M, Laggner H, Gmeiner BMK. Copper- and magnesium protoporphyrin complexes inhibit oxidative modification of LDL induced by hemin, transition metal ions and tyrosyl radicals. Free Radic Res 2006; 39:1193-202. [PMID: 16298745 DOI: 10.1080/10715760500138981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The oxidative modification of LDL may play an important role in the early events of atherogenesis. Thus the identification of antioxidative compounds may be of therapeutic and prophylactic importance regarding cardiovascular disease. Copper-chlorophyllin (Cu-CHL), a Cu(2+)-protoporphyrin IX complex, has been reported to inhibit lipid oxidation in biological membranes and liposomes. Hemin (Fe(3+)-protoporphyrin IX) has been shown to bind to LDL thereby inducing lipid peroxidation. As Cu-CHL has a similar structure as hemin, one may assume that Cu-CHL may compete with the hemin action on LDL. Therefore, in the present study Cu-CHL and the related compound magnesium-chlorophyllin (Mg-CHL) were examined in their ability to inhibit LDL oxidation initiated by hemin and other LDL oxidizing systems. LDL oxidation by hemin in presence of H(2)O(2) was strongly inhibited by both CHLs. Both chlorophyllins were also capable of effectively inhibiting LDL oxidation initiated by transition metal ions (Cu(2+)), human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and tyrosyl radicals generated by myeloperoxidase (MPO) in presence of H(2)O(2) and tyrosine. Cu- and Mg-CHL showed radical scavenging ability as demonstrated by the diphenylpicrylhydracylradical (DPPH)-radical assay and estimation of phenoxyl radical generated diphenyl (dityrosine) formation. As assessed by ultracentrifugation the chlorophyllins were found to bind to LDL (and HDL) in serum. The present study shows that copper chlorophyllin (Cu-CHL) and its magnesium analog could act as potent antagonists of atherogenic LDL modification induced by various oxidative stimuli. As inhibitory effects of the CHLs were found at concentrations as low as 1 mumol/l, which can be achieved in humans, the results may be physiologically/therapeutically relevant.
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- Stylianos Kapiotis
- Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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Widder JD, Harrison DG. Can vitamin E prevent cardiovascular events and cancer? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 2:510-1. [PMID: 16186847 DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2005] [Accepted: 07/07/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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According to the oxidative modification hypothesis, antioxidants that inhibit the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) are expected to attenuate atherosclerosis, yet not all antioxidants that inhibit LDL oxidation in vitro inhibit disease in animal models of atherosclerosis. As with animal studies, a benefit with dietary supplements of antioxidants in general and vitamin E in particular was anticipated in humans, yet the overall outcome of large, randomized controlled studies has been disappointing. However, in recent years it has become clear that the role of vitamin E in LDL oxidation and the relationship between in vitro and in vivo inhibition of LDL oxidation are more complex than previously appreciated, and that oxidative events in addition to LDL oxidation in the extracellular space need to be considered in the context of an antioxidant as a therapeutic drug against atherosclerosis. This review focuses on some of these complexities, proposes a novel method to assess in vitro 'oxidizability' of lipoprotein lipids, and summarizes the present situation of development of antioxidant compounds as drugs against atherosclerosis and related cardiovascular disorders.
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- O Cynshi
- Fuji-Gotemba Research Laboratories, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, Shizuoka, Japan
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This review focuses on the role of oxidative processes in atherosclerosis and its resultant cardiovascular events. There is now a consensus that atherosclerosis represents a state of heightened oxidative stress characterized by lipid and protein oxidation in the vascular wall. The oxidative modification hypothesis of atherosclerosis predicts that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation is an early event in atherosclerosis and that oxidized LDL contributes to atherogenesis. In support of this hypothesis, oxidized LDL can support foam cell formation in vitro, the lipid in human lesions is substantially oxidized, there is evidence for the presence of oxidized LDL in vivo, oxidized LDL has a number of potentially proatherogenic activities, and several structurally unrelated antioxidants inhibit atherosclerosis in animals. An emerging consensus also underscores the importance in vascular disease of oxidative events in addition to LDL oxidation. These include the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species by vascular cells, as well as oxidative modifications contributing to important clinical manifestations of coronary artery disease such as endothelial dysfunction and plaque disruption. Despite these abundant data however, fundamental problems remain with implicating oxidative modification as a (requisite) pathophysiologically important cause for atherosclerosis. These include the poor performance of antioxidant strategies in limiting either atherosclerosis or cardiovascular events from atherosclerosis, and observations in animals that suggest dissociation between atherosclerosis and lipoprotein oxidation. Indeed, it remains to be established that oxidative events are a cause rather than an injurious response to atherogenesis. In this context, inflammation needs to be considered as a primary process of atherosclerosis, and oxidative stress as a secondary event. To address this issue, we have proposed an "oxidative response to inflammation" model as a means of reconciling the response-to-injury and oxidative modification hypotheses of atherosclerosis.
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- Roland Stocker
- Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Exner M, Hermann M, Hofbauer R, Hartmann B, Kapiotis S, Gmeiner B. Thiocyanate catalyzes myeloperoxidase-initiated lipid oxidation in LDL. Free Radic Biol Med 2004; 37:146-55. [PMID: 15203186 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2003] [Revised: 03/05/2004] [Accepted: 04/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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There is evidence that LDL oxidation may render the lipoprotein atherogenic. The myeloperoxidase-hydrogen peroxide (MPO/H2O2) system of activated phagocytes may be involved in this process. Chloride is supposed to be the major substrate for MPO, generating reactive hypochlorous acid (HOCl), modifying LDL. The pseudo-halide thiocyanate (SCN-) has been shown to be a suitable substrate for MPO, forming reactive HOSCN/SCN*. As relatively abundant levels of SCN- are found in plasma of smokers--a well-known risk group for cardiovascular disease--the ability of SCN- to act as a catalyst of LDL atherogenic modification by MPO/H2O2 was tested. Measurement of conjugated diene and lipid hydroperoxide formation in LDL preparations exposed to MPO/H2O2 revealed that SCN- catalyzed lipid oxidation in LDL. Chloride did not diminish the effect of SCN- on lipid oxidation. Surprisingly, SCN inhibited the HOCl-mediated apoprotein modification in LDL. Nitrite--recently found to be a substrate for MPO--showed some competing properties. MPO-mediated lipid oxidation was inhibited by heme poisons (azide, cyanide) and catalase. Ascorbic acid was the most effective compound in inhibiting the SCN- -catalyzed reaction. Bilirubin showed some action, whereas tocopherol was ineffective. When LDL oxidation was performed with activated human neutrophils, which employ the MPO pathway, SCN- catalyzed the cell-mediated LDL oxidation. The MPO/H2O2/SCN- system may have the potential to play a significant role in the oxidative modification of LDL--an observation further pointing to the link between the long-recognized risk factors of atherosclerosis: elevated levels of LDL and smoking.
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- Markus Exner
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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Epidemiological and biochemical studies infer that oxidative processes, including the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), are involved in atherosclerosis. Vitamin E has been the focus of several large supplemental studies of cardiovascular disease, yet its potential to attenuate or even prevent atherosclerosis has not been realised. The scientific rationale for vitamin E supplements protecting against atherosclerosis is based primarily on the oxidation theory of atherosclerosis, the assumption that vitamin E becomes depleted as disease progresses, and the expectation that vitamin E prevents the oxidation of LDL in vivo and atherogenic events linked to such oxidation. However, it is increasingly clear that the balance between vitamin E and other antioxidants may be crucial for in vivo antioxidant protection, that vitamin E is only minimally oxidised and not deficient in atherosclerotic lesions, and that vitamin E is not effective against two-electron oxidants that are increasingly implicated in both early and later stages of the disease. It also remains unclear as to whether oxidation plays a bystander or a casual role in atherosclerosis. This lack of knowledge may explain the ambivalence of vitamin E and other antioxidant supplementation in atherosclerosis.
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- Joanne M Upston
- Centre for Vascular Research, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Exner M, Hermann M, Hofbauer R, Hartmann B, Kapiotis S, Gmeiner B. Homocysteine promotes the LDL oxidase activity of ceruloplasmin. FEBS Lett 2002; 531:402-6. [PMID: 12435583 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03571-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ceruloplasmin (CP) oxidises low density lipoprotein (LDL). The oxidising potential depends on the formation of Cu(+)-CP which is redox-cycled during oxidation. Homocysteine (HCY) reduces free Cu(2+), potentiating its cell-damaging property. We show that HCY enhanced LDL oxidation by CP, but did not activate the LDL oxidising potential of Cu(2+)-diamine oxidase. Selective removal of the redox-active Cu(2+) abolished the LDL oxidase activity of CP. However, HCY partially restored the LDL oxidase activity of redox-copper depleted CP, indicating that the remaining six copper atoms in CP may also be involved in the process. Spectroscopic and oxidation inhibition studies using the Cu(+)-reagent bathocuproine revealed that HCY induced Cu(+)-CP formation, thus promoting its LDL oxidase activity.
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- M Exner
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Pietraforte D, Turco L, Azzini E, Minetti M. On-line EPR study of free radicals induced by peroxidase/H(2)O(2) in human low-density lipoprotein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1583:176-84. [PMID: 12117561 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(02)00211-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The aim of this study was to use direct electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy at 37 degrees C and spin trapping techniques to study radical species formed during horseradish peroxidase/H(2)O(2)-initiated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation. Using direct EPR, we obtained evidence for the formation not only of the alpha-tocopheroxyl radical but also of a protein radical(s), assigned to a tyrosyl radical(s) of apolipoprotein B-100 (apo B-100). Spin trapping with 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane revealed (i) the formation of a mobile adduct with beta-hydrogen coupling assigned to a lipid radical and (ii) a partially immobilised adduct detected in LDL as well as in apo B-100, assigned after proteolytic digestion to the trapping of a radical centred on a tertiary carbon atom of an aromatic residue, probably tyrosine. Our results support the hypothesis that radicals are initiators of the oxidative process, and show that their formation is an early event in peroxidase-mediated oxidation. We also tested the effects of resveratrol (RSV), a polyphenolic antioxidant present in red wine. Our data indicate that 1-10 microM RSV is able to accelerate alpha-tocopherol consumption, conjugated dienes formation and the decay kinetics of LDL-centred radicals. Since phenols are substrates for peroxidases, this result may be ascribed to a RSV-mediated catalysis of peroxidase activity.
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- Donatella Pietraforte
- Laboratorio di Biologia Cellulare, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy.
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Khalil A. [Molecular mechanisms of the protective effect of vitamin e against atherosclerosis]. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2002; 80:662-9. [PMID: 12184319 DOI: 10.1139/y02-076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oxidation of low-density lipoproteins constitutes the first step of a very complex process leading to atherosclerosis. Vitamin E, and principally a-tocopherol, is considered as the principal inhibitor of lipid peroxidation. Some studies showed the beneficial role of vitamin E in the prevention and reduction of atherosclerosis and its associated pathologies. However, other in vitro studies advance a prooxidant role of vitamin E. The results of the epidemiologic studies are difficult to generalize without taking account of the clinical randomized tests. In this work, we reviewed the principal studies devoted to the role of vitamin E and discussed the assumption of a prooxidant effect of this molecule.
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- Abdelouahed Khalil
- Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke et département de médecine, service de gériatrie, Pavillon D'Youville, Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
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Schafer FQ, Wang HP, Kelley EE, Cueno KL, Martin SM, Buettner GR. Comparing beta-carotene, vitamin E and nitric oxide as membrane antioxidants. Biol Chem 2002; 383:671-81. [PMID: 12033456 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2002.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Singlet oxygen initiates lipid peroxidation via a nonfree radical mechanism by reacting directly with unsaturated lipids to form lipid hydroperoxides (LOOHs). These LOOHs can initiate free radical chain reactions leading to membrane leakage and cell death. Here we compare the ability and mechanism by which three small-molecule membrane antioxidants (beta-carotene, alpha-tocopherol and nitric oxide) inhibit lipid peroxidation in membranes. We demonstrate that beta-carotene provides protection against singlet oxygen-mediated lipid peroxidation, but does not slow free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation. Alpha-Tocopherol does not protect cells from singlet oxygen, but does inhibit free radical formation in cell membranes. Nitric oxide provides no direct protection against singlet oxygen exposure, but is an exceptional chain-breaking antioxidant as evident from its ability to blunt oxygen consumption during free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation. These three small-molecule antioxidants appear to have complementary mechanisms for the protection of cell membranes from detrimental oxidations.
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- Freya Q Schafer
- Free Radical and Radiation Biology and ESR Facility, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242-1101, USA
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Burkitt MJ. A critical overview of the chemistry of copper-dependent low density lipoprotein oxidation: roles of lipid hydroperoxides, alpha-tocopherol, thiols, and ceruloplasmin. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 394:117-35. [PMID: 11566034 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2001.2509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The mechanisms by which low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles undergo oxidative modification to an atherogenic form that is taken up by the macrophage scavenger-receptor pathway have been the subject of extensive research for almost two decades. The most common method for the initiation of LDL oxidation in vitro involves incubation with Cu(II) ions. Although various mechanisms have been proposed to explain the ability of Cu(II) to promote LDL modification, the precise reactions involved in initiating the process remain a matter of contention in the literature. This review provides a critical overview and evaluation of the current theories describing the interactions of copper with the LDL particle. Following discussion of the thermodynamics of reactions dependent upon the decomposition of preexisting lipid hydroperoxides, which are present in all crude LDL preparations, attention is turned to the more difficult (but perhaps more physiologically-relevant) system of the hydroperoxide-free LDL particle. In both systems, the key role of alpha-tocopherol is discussed. In addition to its protective, radical-scavenging action, alpha-tocopherol can also behave as a prooxidant via its reduction of Cu(II) to Cu(I). Generation of Cu(I) greatly facilitates the decomposition of lipid hydroperoxides to chain-carrying radicals, but the mechanisms by which the vitamin promotes LDL oxidation in the absence of preformed hydroperoxides remain more speculative. In addition to the so-called tocopherol-mediated peroxidation model, in which polyunsaturated fatty acid oxidation is initiated by the alpha-tocopheroxyl radical (generated during the reduction of Cu(II) by alpha-tocopherol), an evaluation of the role of the hydroxyl radical is provided. Important interactions between copper ions and thiols are also discussed, particularly in the context of cell-mediated LDL oxidation. Finally, the mechanisms by which ceruloplasmin, a copper-containing plasma protein, can bring about LDL modification are discussed. Improved understanding of the mechanisms of LDL oxidation by copper ions should facilitate the establishment of any physiological role of the metal in LDL modification. It will also assist in the interpretation of studies in which copper systems of LDL oxidation are used in vitro to evaluate potential antioxidants.
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- M J Burkitt
- Gray Cancer Institute, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2JR, United Kingdom
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Neuzil J, Weber C, Kontush A. The role of vitamin E in atherogenesis: linking the chemical, biological and clinical aspects of the disease. Atherosclerosis 2001; 157:257-83. [PMID: 11472726 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9150(00)00741-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Atherosclerosis is a disease involving both oxidative modifications and disbalance of the immune system. Vitamin E, an endogenous redox-active component of circulating lipoproteins and (sub)cellular membranes whose levels can be manipulated by supplementation, has been shown to play a role in the initiation and progression of the disease. Recent data reveal that the activities of vitamin E go beyond its redox function. Moreover, it has been shown that vitamin E can exacerbate certain processes associated with atherogenesis. In this essay we review the role of biology of atherosclerosis, and suggest that these two facets decide the clinical manifestation and outcome of the disease.
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- J Neuzil
- Institute for Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Pettenkoferstr. 9, 80336 Munich, Germany.
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Watanabe T, Katayama S, Enoki M, Honda Y, Kuwahara M. Formation of acyl radical in lipid peroxidation of linoleic acid by manganese-dependent peroxidase from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Bjerkandera adusta. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:4222-31. [PMID: 10866827 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lipid peroxidation by managanese peroxidase (MnP) is reported to decompose recalcitrant polycyclic aromatic hydrocabon (PAH) and nonphenolic lignin models. To elucidate the oxidative process, linoleic acid and 13(S)-hydroperoxy-9Z,11E-octadecadienoic acid [13(S)-HPODE] were reacted with MnPs from Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Bjerkandera adusta and the free radicals produced were analyzed by ESR. When the MnPs were reacted with 13(S)-HPODE in the presence of Mn(II), H2O2 and tert-nitrosobutane (t-NB), the ESR spectrum contained a sharp triplet of acyl radical (aN = 0.81 mT). Formation of acyl radical was also observed in the reactions of Mn(III)-tartrate with 13(S)-HPODE and with linoleic acid, but the latter reaction occurred explosively after an induction period of around 30 min. Reactions of MnP with linoleic acid in the presence of Mn(II), H2O2 and t-NB gave no spin adducts while addition of t-NB after preincubation of linoleic acid with MnP/Mn(II)/H2O2 for 2 h gave spin adducts of carbon-centered (aN = 1.53 mT, aH = 0.21 mT) and acyl (aN = 0.81 mT) radicals. In contrast to linoleic acid, methyl linoleate and oleic acid were not peroxidized by MnP and chelated Mn(III) within a few hours, indicating that structures containing both the 1,4-pentadienyl moiety and a free carboxyl group are necessary for inducing the peroxidation in a short reaction time. These results indicate that MnP-dependent lipid peroxidation is not initiated by direct abstraction of hydrogen from the bis-allylic position during turnover but proceeds by a Mn(III)-dependent hydrogen abstraction from enols and subsequent propagation reactions involving the formation of acyl radical from lipid hydroperoxide. This finding expands the role of chelated Mn(III) from a phenol oxidant to a strong generator of free radicals from lipids and lipid hydroperoxides in lignin biodegradation.
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- T Watanabe
- Laboratory of Biomass Conversion, Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, Japan.
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Thomas SR, Stocker R. Molecular action of vitamin E in lipoprotein oxidation: implications for atherosclerosis. Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 28:1795-805. [PMID: 10946221 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(00)00236-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The oxidation theory of atherosclerosis proposes that the oxidative modification of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) plays a central role in the disease. Although a direct causative role of LDL oxidation for atherogenesis has not been established, oxidized lipoproteins are detected in atherosclerotic lesions, and in vitro oxidized LDL exhibits putative pro-atherogenic activities. alpha-Tocopherol (alpha-TOH; vitamin E), the major lipid-soluble antioxidant present in lipoproteins, is thought to be antiatherogenic. However, results of vitamin E interventions on atherosclerosis in experimental animals and cardiovascular disease in humans have been inconclusive. Also, recent mechanistic studies demonstrate that the role of alpha-TOH during the early stages of lipoprotein lipid peroxidation is complex and that the vitamin does not act as a chain-breaking antioxidant. In the absence of co-antioxidants, compounds capable of reducing the alpha-TOH radical and exporting the radical from the lipoprotein particle, alpha-TOH exhibits anti- or pro-oxidant activity for lipoprotein lipids depending on the degree of radical flux and reactivity of the oxidant. The model of tocopherol-mediated peroxidation (TMP) explains the complex molecular action of alpha-TOH during lipoprotein lipid peroxidation and antioxidation. This article outlines the salient features of TMP, comments on whether TMP is relevant for in vivo lipoprotein lipid oxidation, and discusses how co-antioxidants may be required to attenuate lipoprotein lipid oxidation in vivo and perhaps atherosclerosis.
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- S R Thomas
- The Biochemistry Group, The Heart Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
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Grace SC, Yamasaki H, Pryor WA. Spin stabilizing approach to radical characterization of phenylpropanoid antioxidants: an ESR study of chlorogenic acid oxidation in the horseradish peroxidase, tyrosinase, and ferrylmyoglobin protein radical systems. BASIC LIFE SCIENCES 2000; 66:435-50. [PMID: 10800455 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4139-4_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- S C Grace
- Biodynamics Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803-1800, USA
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Kagan VE, Kuzmenko AI, Shvedova AA, Kisin ER, Tyurina YY, Yalowich JC. Myeloperoxidase-catalyzed phenoxyl radicals of vitamin E homologue, 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethyl- 6-hydroxychromane, do not induce oxidative stress in live HL-60 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 270:1086-92. [PMID: 10772954 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We used myeloperoxidase-containing HL-60 cells to generate phenoxyl radicals from nontoxic concentrations of a vitamin E homologue, 2,2, 5,7,8-pentamethyl-6-hydroxychromane (PMC) to test whether these radicals can induce oxidative stress in a physiological intracellular environment. In the presence of H(2)O(2), we were able to generate steady-state concentrations of PMC phenoxyl radicals readily detectable by EPR in viable HL-60 cells. In HL-60 cells pretreated with succinylacetone, an inhibitor of heme synthesis, a greater than 4-fold decrease in myeloperoxidase activity resulted in a dramatically decreased steady-state concentrations of PMC phenoxyl radicals hardly detectable in EPR spectra. We further conducted sensitive measurements of GSH oxidation and protein sulfhydryl oxidation as well as peroxidation in different classes of membrane phospholipids in HL-60 cells. We found that conditions compatible with the generation and detection of PMC phenoxyl radicals were not associated with either oxidation of GSH, protein SH-groups or phospholipid peroxidation. We conclude that PMC phenoxyl radicals do not induce oxidative stress under physiological conditions in contrast to their ability to cause lipid peroxidation in isolated lipoproteins in vitro.
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- V E Kagan
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238, USA
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Smith RA, Porteous CM, Coulter CV, Murphy MP. Selective targeting of an antioxidant to mitochondria. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 263:709-16. [PMID: 10469134 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00543.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 338] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mitochondrial oxidative damage contributes significantly to a range of human disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases, ischaemia-reperfusion injury and ageing-associated dysfunction. To prevent this damage we have delivered a molecule containing the active antioxidant moiety of vitamin E to mitochondria. This was carried out by covalently coupling the antioxidant moiety to a lipophilic triphenylphosphonium cation. This mitochondrially targeted antioxidant, 2-[2-(triphenylphosphonio)ethyl]-3,4-dihydro-2, 5,7,8-tetramethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-6-ol bromide (TPPB), accumulated several-hundred fold within the mitochondrial matrix, driven by the organelle's large membrane potential. When cells were incubated with micromolar concentrations of TPPB, they accumulated millimolar concentrations within their mitochondria. The amount of TPPB taken up by mitochondria was approximately 80-fold greater than endogenous levels of vitamin E. Consequently the targeted derivative of vitamin E protected mitochondrial function from oxidative damage far more effectively than vitamin E itself. The mitochondrially targeted antioxidant TPPB has potential as an antioxidant therapy for disorders involving mitochondrial oxidative damage. It also suggests a new family of mitochondrially targeted antioxidants, redox-active and pharmacologically active molecules designed to prevent damage or manipulate mitochondrial function.
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- R A Smith
- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Upston JM, Terentis AC, Stocker R. Tocopherol-mediated peroxidation of lipoproteins: implications for vitamin E as a potential antiatherogenic supplement. FASEB J 1999; 13:977-94. [PMID: 10336881 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.9.977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The 'oxidation theory' of atherosclerosis proposes that oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) contributes to atherogenesis. Although little direct evidence for a causative role of 'oxidized LDL' in atherogenesis exists, several studies show that, in vitro, oxidized LDL exhibits potentially proatherogenic activities and lipoproteins isolated from atherosclerotic lesions are oxidized. As a consequence, the molecular mechanisms of LDL oxidation and the actions of alpha-tocopherol (alpha-TOH, vitamin E), the major lipid-soluble lipoprotein antioxidant, have been studied in detail. Based on the known antioxidant action of alpha-TOH and epidemiological evidence, vitamin E is generally considered to be beneficial in coronary artery disease. However, intervention studies overall show a null effect of vitamin E on atherosclerosis. This confounding outcome can be rationalized by the recently discovered diverse role for alpha-TOH in lipoprotein oxidation; that is, alpha-TOH displays neutral, anti-, or, indeed, pro-oxidant activity under various conditions. This review describes the latter, novel action of alpha-TOH, termed tocopherol-mediated peroxidation, and discusses the benefits of vitamin E supplementation alone or together with other antioxidants that work in concert with alpha-TOH in ameliorating lipoprotein lipid peroxidation in the artery wall and, hence, atherosclerosis.
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- J M Upston
- Biochemistry Group, The Heart Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
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Hermann M, Kapiotis S, Hofbauer R, Seelos C, Held I, Gmeiner B. Salicylate promotes myeloperoxidase-initiated LDL oxidation: antagonization by its metabolite gentisic acid. Free Radic Biol Med 1999; 26:1253-60. [PMID: 10381197 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(98)00322-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (LDL) may play a significant role in atherogenesis. Tyrosyl radicals generated by myeloperoxidase (MPO) can act as prooxidants of LDL oxidation. Taking into consideration, that monophenolic compounds are able to form phenoxyl radicals in presence of peroxidases, we have tested salicylate, in its ability to act as a prooxidant in the MPO system. Measurement of conjugated dienes and lipid hydroperoxides were taken as indicators of lipid oxidation. Exposure of LDL preparations to MPO in presence of salicylate revealed that the drug could act as a catalyst of lipid oxidation in LDL. The radical scavenger ascorbic acid as well as heme poisons (cyanide, azide) and catalase were inhibitory. The main metabolite of salicylic acid, gentisic acid, showed inhibitory action in the MPO system. Even when lipid oxidation was maximally stimulated by salicylate the LDL oxidation was efficaciously counteracted in presence of gentisic acid at salicylate/gentisic acid ratios that could be reached in plasma of patients receiving aspirin medication. Gentisic acid was also able to impair the tyrosyl radical catalyzed LDL peroxidation. The results suggest that salicylate could act like tyrosine via a phenoxyl radical as a catalyst of LDL oxidative modification by MPO. But the prooxidant activity of this radical species is effectively counteracted by the salicylate metabolite gentisic acid.
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- M Hermann
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria
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Ostdal H, Andersen HJ, Davies MJ. Formation of long-lived radicals on proteins by radical transfer from heme enzymes--a common process? Arch Biochem Biophys 1999; 362:105-12. [PMID: 9917334 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Incubation of Fe(III)myoglobin (Fe(III)Mb) with H2O2 in the presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA) has been shown previously to give albumin-derived radicals as a result of radical transfer from myoglobin to BSA. In this study the occurrence of similar processes with peroxidases has been investigated using horseradish peroxidase (HRP)/H2O2, in the presence and absence of added tyrosine. Incubation of HRP with H2O2 and bovine or human serum albumins, in the presence and absence of tyrosine, gave long-lived albumin-derived radicals as detected by EPR spectroscopy. Evidence has been obtained for these albumin radicals being located on buried tyrosine residues on the basis of blocking experiments. The effect of protein conformation on radical transfer has been investigated using partial proteolytic digestion prior to protein oxidation. With HRP/H2O2/BSA and Fe(III)Mb/H2O2/BSA increased radical concentrations were observed after limited digestion, although this effect was less marked with the HRP/H2O2/BSA system than with Fe(III)Mb/H2O2/BSA, consistent with different modes of radical transfer. More extensive digestion of BSA decreased the radical concentration to levels below those detected with native albumin, indicating that the tertiary structure of the target protein plays an important role in determining the rate of radical transfer and/or the stability of the resultant species. These results are consistent with a mechanism for the HRP/H2O2/no free tyrosine system involving radical transfer to the albumin via the heme edge of the peroxidase. In contrast, albumin radical formation by the HRP/H2O2/free tyrosine system was only marginally affected by proteolysis, consistent with free tyrosine phenoxyl radicals being the mediators of radical transfer, without significant protein-protein interaction. These protein-to-protein radical transfer reactions may have important consequences for understanding protein oxidation in biological systems.
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- H Ostdal
- Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Center Foulum, Tjele, Denmark
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Natella F, Nardini M, Ursini F, Scaccini C. Oxidative modification of human low-density lipoprotein by horseradish peroxidase in the absence of hydrogen peroxide. Free Radic Res 1998; 29:427-34. [PMID: 9925035 DOI: 10.1080/10715769800300471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Heme-peroxidases, such as horseradish peroxidase (HRP), are among the most popular catalysts of low density lipoprotein (LDL) peroxidation. In this model system, a suitable oxidant such as H2O2 is required to generate the hypervalent iron species able to initiate the peroxidative chain. However, we observed that traces of hydroperoxides present in a fresh solution of linoleic acid can promote lipid peroxidation and apo B oxidation, substituting H2O2. Spectral analysis of HRP showed that an hypervalent iron is generated in the presence of H2O2 and peroxidizing linoleic acid. Accordingly, careful reduction of the traces of linoleic acid lipid hydroperoxide prevented formation of the ferryl species in HRP and lipid peroxidation. However, when LDL was oxidized in the presence of HRP, the ferryl form of HRP was not detectable, suggesting a Fenton-like reaction as an alternative mechanism. This was supported by the observation that carbon monoxide, a ligand for the ferrous HRP, completely inhibited peroxidation of LDL. These results are in agreement with previous studies showing that myoglobin ferryl species is not produced in the presence of phospholipid hydroperoxides, and emphasize the relevance of a Fenton-like chemistry in peroxidation of LDL and indirectly, the role of pre-existing lipid hydroperoxides.
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- F Natella
- Free Radical Research Group, National Institute of Nutrition, Rome, Italy
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Duprè S, Macone A, Masella R, Modesti D, Giovannini C, Cantafora A. In vitro evaluation of hypotaurine activity on oxidized LDL. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1998; 442:9-15. [PMID: 9635009 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0117-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- S Duprè
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
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Neužil J, Christison JK, Iheanacho E, Fragonas JC, Zammit V, Hunt NH, Stocker R. Radical-induced lipoprotein and plasma lipid oxidation in normal and apolipoprotein E gene knockout (apoE–/–) mice: apoE–/– mouse as a model for testing the role of tocopherol-mediated peroxidation in atherogenesis. J Lipid Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)33897-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Upston JM, Neuzil J, Witting PK, Alleva R, Stocker R. Oxidation of free fatty acids in low density lipoprotein by 15-lipoxygenase stimulates nonenzymic, alpha-tocopherol-mediated peroxidation of cholesteryl esters. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:30067-74. [PMID: 9374483 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.48.30067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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15-Lipoxygenase has been implicated in the in vivo oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) a process thought to be important in the origin and/or progression of human atherogenesis. We have suggested previously that oxidation of LDL's cholesteryl esters (CE) and phospholipids by soybean (SLO) or human recombinant 15-lipoxygenase (rhLO) can be ascribed largely to alpha-tocopherol (alpha-TOH)-mediated peroxidation (TMP). In this study we demonstrate that addition to LDL of unesterified linoleate (18:2), other free fatty acid (FFA) substrates, or phospholipase A2 (PLA2) significantly enhanced the accumulation of CE hydro(pero)xides (CE-O(O)H) induced by rhLO, whereas the corresponding CE and nonsubstrate FFA were without effect. The enhanced CE-O(O)H accumulation showed a dependence on the concentration of free 18:2 in LDL. In contrast, addition of 18:2 had little effect on LDL oxidation induced by aqueous peroxyl radicals or Cu2+ ions. Analyses of the regio- and stereoisomers of oxidized 18:2 in SLO-treated native LDL demonstrated that the small amounts of 18:2 associated with the lipoprotein were oxidized enzymically and within minutes, whereas cholesteryl linoleate (Ch18:2) was oxidized nonenzymically and continuously over hours. alpha-Tocopheroxyl radical (alpha-TO.) formed in LDL exposed to SLO was enhanced by addition of 18:2 or PLA2. With rhLO and 18:2-supplemented LDL, oxidation of 18:2 was entirely enzymic, whereas that of Ch18:2 was largely, though not completely, nonenzymic. The small extent of enzymic Ch18:2 oxidation increased with increasing enzyme to LDL ratios. Ascorbate and the reduced form of coenzyme Q, ubiquinol-10, which are both capable of reducing alpha-TO. and thereby preventing TMP, inhibited nonenzymic Ch18:2 oxidation induced by rhLO. Trolox and ascorbyl palmitate, which also inhibit TMP, ameliorated both enzymic and nonenzymic oxidation of LDL's lipids, whereas probucol, a radical scavenger not capable of preventing TMP, was ineffective. These results demonstrate that rhLO-induced oxidation of CE is largely nonenzymic and increases with LDL's content of FFA substrates. We propose that conditions which increase LDL's FFA content, such as the presence of lipases, increase 15-LO-induced LDL lipid peroxidation and that this process requires only an initial, transient enzymic activity.
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- J M Upston
- Biochemistry Unit, The Heart Research Institute, 145 Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia
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