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Qi X, Hatami S, Bozso S, Wang X, Saleme B, Nagendran J, Michelakis E, Sutendra G, Freed DH. The Effects of Oxygen-Derived Free-Radical Scavengers During Normothermic Ex-Situ Heart Perfusion. ASAIO J 2024:00002480-990000000-00437. [PMID: 38457627 DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000002176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Oxidative stress occurs during ex-situ heart perfusion (ESHP) and may negatively affect functional preservation of the heart. We sought to assess the status of key antioxidant enzymes during ESHP, and the effects of augmenting these antioxidants on the attenuation of oxidative stress and improvement of myocardial and endothelial preservation in ESHP. Porcine hearts were perfused for 6 hours with oxygen-derived free-radical scavengers polyethylene glycol (PEG)-catalase or PEG-superoxide dismutase (SOD) or with naive perfusate (control). The oxidative stress-related modifications were determined in the myocardium and coronary vasculature, and contractile function, injury, and endothelial integrity were compared between the groups. The activity of key antioxidant enzymes decreased and adding catalase and SOD restored the enzyme activity. Cardiac function and endothelial integrity were preserved better with restored catalase activity. Catalase and SOD both decreased myocardial injury and catalase reduced ROS production and oxidative modification of proteins in the myocardium and coronary vasculature. The activity of antioxidant enzymes decrease in ESHP. Catalase may improve the preservation of cardiac function and endothelial integrity during ESHP. While catalase and SOD may both exert cardioprotective effects, unbalanced SOD and catalase activity may paradoxically increase the production of reactive species during ESHP.
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- Xiao Qi
- From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Alberta Transplant Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Alberta Transplant Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Kannappan S, Ramachandra Bhat L, Nesakumar N, Babu KJ, Kulandaisamy AJ, Rayappan JBB. Design and Development of a Non‐Enzymatic Electrochemical Biosensor for the Detection of Glutathione. ELECTROANAL 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.202100650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Shrute Kannappan
- Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine KOREA (THE REPUBLIC OF)
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Lakshmanan AP, Shatat IF, Zaidan S, Jacob S, Bangarusamy DK, Al-Abduljabbar S, Al-Khalaf F, Petroviski G, Terranegra A. Bifidobacterium reduction is associated with high blood pressure in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 140:111736. [PMID: 34034069 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Children with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have an elevated risk of abnormal blood pressure (BP) measurements and patterns. Both hypertension and T1DM are well-known risk factors for cardiovascular disease and kidney failure. The human microbiome has been linked to both diabetes and hypertension, but the relationship between the gut microbiome and BP in children with T1DM is not well-understood. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the relationship between resting office BP and gut microbiota composition, diversity, and richness in children with T1DM and healthy controls. We recruited 29 pediatric subjects and divided them into three groups: healthy controls (HC, n = 5), T1DM with normal BP (T1DM-Normo, n = 17), and T1DM with elevated BP (T1DM-HBP, n = 7). We measured the BP, dietary and clinical parameters for each subject. We collected fecal samples to perform the 16s rDNA sequencing and to measure the short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) level. The microbiome downstream analysis included the relative abundance of microbiota, alpha and beta diversity, microbial markers using Linear Discriminant effect size analysis (LEfSe), potential gut microbial metabolic pathways using Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States (PICRUSt) and metabolic pathways validation using Statistical Inference of Associations between Microbial Communities And host phenotype (SIAMCAT) machine learning toolbox. Our study results showed that T1DM-HBP group had distinct gut microbial composition (at multiple taxonomic levels) and reduced diversity (richness and abundance) compared with T1DM-Normo and HC groups. Children with T1DM-HBP showed a significant reduction of Bifidobacterium levels (especially B. adolescentis, B. bifidum, and B. longum) compared to the T1DM-Normo group. We also observed unique gut-microbial metabolic pathways, such as elevated lipopolysaccharide synthesis and glutathione metabolism in children with T1DM-HBP compared to T1DM-Normo children. We can conclude that the reduction in the abundance of genus Bifidobacterium could play a significant role in elevating the BP in pediatric T1DM subjects. More studies are needed to corroborate our findings and further explore the potential contributing mechanisms we describe.
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- Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Sidra Medicine, HB. 7A. 106A, P.O. Box 26999, Doha, Qatar; Weill Cornell College of Medicine-Qatar, Ar-Rayyan, Doha, Qatar; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Research Department, Sidra Medicine, OPC, P.O. Box 26999, Doha, Qatar
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- Research Department, Sidra Medicine, OPC, P.O. Box 26999, Doha, Qatar
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- Pediatric Endocrinology, Sidra Medicine, OPC, P.O. Box 26999, Doha, Qatar
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- Pediatric Endocrinology, Sidra Medicine, OPC, P.O. Box 26999, Doha, Qatar
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Yu SC, Kim IC, Ri KJ, Ri J, Kühn H. New insight into the role of glutathione reductase in glutathione peroxidase-like activity determination by coupled reductase assay: Molecular Docking Study. J Inorg Biochem 2020; 215:111276. [PMID: 33341590 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Previously we have shown that among 15 substituted salicyloyl (2-hydroxybenzoyl) 5-seleninic acids (SSAs) 4 compounds with longer side chains or a cyclohexyl group exhibit no glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-like activity in the coupled reductase assay. Experimental inhibition of glutathione reductase (GR) by the selenenylsulfide (a main intermediate in the catalytic cycle for GPx-like activity determination) of one of the inactive compounds led us to assess the interactions between 15 selenenylsulfide compounds and the active site of GR by molecular docking. Docking results showed that S and Se atoms in selenenylsulfides of the compounds with no GPx-like activity were beyond 5 Å from S atom of Cys-58 or N atom of imidazole ring of His-467 (Root Mean Square Distances for general assessment of 3 major distances were over 4.8 Å) in the active site, so that they could not be catalyzed to be reduced by GR. Furthermore, their docking scores over 89 Kcal/mol meant that the selenenylsulfides were bound too strongly to the active site to leave it, leading eventually to inhibition of GR. We also applied the molecular docking to other GPx mimics such as ebselen, cyclic seleninate esters and di(propylaminomethylphenyl) diselenides to explain the differences in their GPx-like activity depending to the assays used. Our results suggest that the reduction of a selenenylsulfide by GR plays a positive role in GPx-like activity of GPx mimics in the coupled assay and recommended the prediction of possibility and strength of GPx-like activity by molecular docking before entering experimental research.
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- Sun-Chol Yu
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Pyongyang University of Medical Sciences, Ryonhwa Dong No. 2, Central District, Pyongyang, DPR of Korea.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Pyongyang University of Medical Sciences, Ryonhwa Dong No. 2, Central District, Pyongyang, DPR of Korea
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Pyongyang University of Medical Sciences, Ryonhwa Dong No. 2, Central District, Pyongyang, DPR of Korea
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Pyongyang University of Medical Sciences, Ryonhwa Dong No. 2, Central District, Pyongyang, DPR of Korea
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University Medicine Berlin-Charité, Chariteplatz 1, Berlin D-10117, Germany
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Tiezza MD, Ribaudo G, Orian L. Organodiselenides: Organic Catalysis and Drug Design Learning from Glutathione Peroxidase. CURR ORG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1385272822666180803123137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Organodiselenides are an important class of compounds characterized by the
presence of two adjacent covalently bonded selenium nuclei. Among them,
diaryldiselenides and their parent compound diphenyl diselenide attract continuing interest
in chemistry as well as in close disciplines like medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and
biochemistry. A search in SCOPUS database has revealed that in the last three years 105
papers have been published on the archetypal diphenyl diselenide and its use in organic
catalysis and drug tests. The reactivity of the Se-Se bond and the redox properties of selenium
make diselenides efficient catalysts for numerous organic reactions, such as Bayer-
Villiger oxidations of aldehydes/ketones, epoxidations of alkenes, oxidations of alcohols
and nitrogen containing compounds. In addition, organodiselenides might find application
as mimics of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), a family of enzymes, which, besides performing other functions,
regulate the peroxide tone in the cells and control the oxidative stress level. In this review, the essential synthetic
and reactivity aspects of organoselenides are collected and rationalized using the results of accurate
computational studies, which have been carried out mainly in the last two decades. The results obtained in
silico provide a clear explanation of the anti-oxidant activity of organodiselenides and more in general of their
ability to reduce hydroperoxides. At the same time, they are useful to gain insight into some aspects of the enzymatic
activity of the GPx, inspiring novel elements for rational catalyst and drug design.
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- Marco Dalla Tiezza
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universita degli Studi di, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universita degli Studi di, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Bortoli M, Zaccaria F, Dalla Tiezza M, Bruschi M, Fonseca Guerra C, Bickelhaupt FM, Orian L. Oxidation of organic diselenides and ditellurides by H 2O 2 for bioinspired catalyst design. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 20:20874-20885. [PMID: 30066704 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02748j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The reactivity of diselenides and ditellurides of general formula (RX)2 (X = Se, Te; R = H, CH3, Ph) toward hydrogen peroxide was studied through a computational approach based on accurate Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. The aliphatic and aromatic dichalcogenides have been chosen in light of their activity in glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-like catalytic cycles and their promising features as efficient antioxidant compounds. The reaction products, the energetics and the mechanistic details of these oxidations are discussed. Analogous disulfides are included in our analysis for completeness. We find that the barrier for oxidation of dichalcogenides decreases from disulfides to diselenides to ditellurides. On the other hand, variation of the substituents at the chalcogen nucleus has relatively little effect on the reactivity.
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- Marco Bortoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
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Basi Z, Turkoglu V. In vitro effect of oxidized and reduced glutathione peptides on angiotensin converting enzyme purified from human plasma. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2018; 1104:190-195. [PMID: 30508739 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE, peptidyldipeptidase A, EC 3.4.15.1) plays an important role in the regulation of blood pressure. In this study, ACE was purified from human plasma by affinity chromatography in single step. The enzyme purified in 5367-fold from human plasma and specific activity was found to be 1208 EU/mg protein. The purity and molecular weight of ACE were determined by SDS-PAGE, which indicated two bands at around 60 kDa and 70 kDa on the gel. Effect of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) peptide and reduced glutathione (GSH) peptide on purified ACE activity were also investigated in which lisinopril was used as reference inhibitor. GSSG showed activation effect on ACE activity whereas GSH provided inhibition effect. In the lights of activity (%) versus activator graph for GSSG and activity (%) versus inhibitor graphs for GSH and lisinopril; IC50 values for GSH and lisinopril were determined to be 16.2 μM and 0.781 nM, respectively. Type of inhibition for GSH and lisinopril from graph Lineweaver-Burk was found to be reversible non-competitive inhibition and Ki constants for GSH and lisinopril were calculated as 11.7 μM and 0.662 nM, respectively.
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- Zehra Basi
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, School of Health, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Van, Turkey.
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- Van YüzüncüYıl University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Van, Turkey
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Kheirabadi R, Izadyar M. Antioxidant activity of selenenamide-based mimic as a function of the aromatic thiols nucleophilicity, a DFT-SAPE model. Comput Biol Chem 2018; 75:213-221. [PMID: 29803966 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2018.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The mechanism of action of the selenenamide 1 as a mimic of the glutathione peroxidase (GPx) was investigated by the density functional theory. The solvent-assisted proton exchange procedure was applied to model the catalytic behavior and antioxidant activity of this mimic. To have an insight into the charge transfer effect, different aromatic thiols, including electron donating substituents on the phenyl ring were considered. The catalytic behavior of the selenenamide was modeled in a four-step mechanism, described by the oxidation of the mimic, the reduction of the obtained product, selenoxide, the reduction of the selenenylsulfide and dehydration of selenenic acid. On the basis of the activation parameters, the final step of the proposed mechanism is the rate determining states of the catalytic cycle. Turnover frequency (TOF) analysis showed that the electron donating groups at the para-position of the phenyl ring of the PhSH do not affect the catalytic activity of the selenenamide in contrast to p-methyl thiophenol which indicates the highest nucleophilicity. The evaluation of the electronic contribution of the various donating groups on the phenyl ring of the aromatic thiols shows that the antioxidant activity of the selenenamide sufficiently increases in the presence of the electron-donating substitutions. Finally, the charge transfer process at the rate-determining state was investigated based on the natural bond orbital analysis.
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- Ramesh Kheirabadi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, International Campus, Mashhad, Iran
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- Computational Chemistry Research Lab., Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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Kheirabadi R, Izadyar M, Housaindokht MR. Computational Kinetic Modeling of the Catalytic Cycle of Glutathione Peroxidase Nanomimic: Effect of Nucleophilicity of Thiols on the Catalytic Activity. J Phys Chem A 2017; 122:364-374. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b09929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ramesh Kheirabadi
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, International Campus, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Barbosa NV, Nogueira CW, Nogara PA, de Bem AF, Aschner M, Rocha JBT. Organoselenium compounds as mimics of selenoproteins and thiol modifier agents. Metallomics 2017; 9:1703-1734. [PMID: 29168872 DOI: 10.1039/c7mt00083a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Selenium is an essential trace element for animals and its role in the chemistry of life relies on a unique functional group: the selenol (-SeH) group. The selenol group participates in critical redox reactions. The antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) exemplify important selenoproteins. The selenol group shares several chemical properties with the thiol group (-SH), but it is much more reactive than the sulfur analogue. The substitution of S by Se has been exploited in organic synthesis for a long time, but in the last 4 decades the re-discovery of ebselen (2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one) and the demonstration that it has antioxidant and therapeutic properties has renovated interest in the field. The ability of ebselen to mimic the reaction catalyzed by GPx has been viewed as the most important molecular mechanism of action of this class of compound. The term GPx-like or thiol peroxidase-like reaction was previously coined in the field and it is now accepted as the most important chemical attribute of organoselenium compounds. Here, we will critically review the literature on the capacity of organoselenium compounds to mimic selenoproteins (particularly GPx) and discuss some of the bottlenecks in the field. Although the GPx-like activity of organoselenium compounds contributes to their pharmacological effects, the superestimation of the GPx-like activity has to be questioned. The ability of these compounds to oxidize the thiol groups of proteins (the thiol modifier effects of organoselenium compounds) and to spare selenoproteins from inactivation by soft-electrophiles (MeHg+, Hg2+, Cd2+, etc.) might be more relevant for the explanation of their pharmacological effects than their GPx-like activity. In our view, the exploitation of the thiol modifier properties of organoselenium compounds can be harnessed more rationally than the use of low mass molecular structures to mimic the activity of high mass macromolecules that have been shaped by millions to billions of years of evolution.
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- Nilda V Barbosa
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
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Ribaudo G, Bellanda M, Menegazzo I, Wolters LP, Bortoli M, Ferrer-Sueta G, Zagotto G, Orian L. Mechanistic Insight into the Oxidation of Organic Phenylselenides by H 2 O 2. Chemistry 2017; 23:2405-2422. [PMID: 27935210 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The oxidation of organic phenylselenides by H2 O2 is investigated in model compounds, namely, n-butyl phenyl selenide (PhSe(nBu)), bis(phenylselanyl)methane (PhSeMeSePh), diphenyl diselenide (PhSeSePh), and 1,2-bis(phenylselanyl)ethane (PhSeEtSePh). Through a combined experimental (1 H and 77 Se NMR) and computational approach, we characterize the direct oxidation of monoselenide to selenoxide, the stepwise double oxidation of PhSeMeSePh that leads to different diastereomeric diselenoxides, the complete oxidation of the diphenyldiselenide that leads to selenium-selenium bond cleavage, and the subsequent formation of the phenylseleninic product. The oxidation of PhSeEtSePh also results in the formation of phenylseleninic acid along with 1-(vinylseleninyl)benzene, which is derived from a side elimination reaction. The evidence of a direct mechanism, in addition to an autocatalytic mechanism that emerges from kinetic studies, is discussed. By considering our observations of diselenides with chalcogen atoms that are separated by alkyl spacers of different length, a rationale for the advantage of diselenide versus monoselenide catalysts is presented.
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- Giovanni Ribaudo
- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Biológica, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Repúbica, Igua 4225, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy
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Chemical Speciation of Selenium and Mercury as Determinant of Their Neurotoxicity. ADVANCES IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2017; 18:53-83. [PMID: 28889263 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60189-2_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The antagonism of mercury toxicity by selenium has been well documented. Mercury is a toxic metal, widespread in the environment. The main target organs (kidneys, lungs, or brain) of mercury vary depending on its chemical forms (inorganic or organic). Selenium is a semimetal essential to mammalian life as part of the amino acid selenocysteine, which is required to the synthesis of the selenoproteins. This chapter has the aim of disclosing the role of selenide or hydrogen selenide (Se-2 or HSe-) as central metabolite of selenium and as an important antidote of the electrophilic mercury forms (particularly, Hg2+ and MeHg). Emphasis will be centered on the neurotoxicity of electrophile forms of mercury and selenium. The controversial participation of electrophile mercury and selenium forms in the development of some neurodegenerative disease will be briefly presented. The potential pharmacological use of organoseleno compounds (Ebselen and diphenyl diselenide) in the treatment of mercury poisoning will be considered. The central role of thiol (-SH) and selenol (-SeH) groups as the generic targets of electrophile mercury forms and the need of new in silico tools to guide the future biological researches will be commented.
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Kheirabadi R, Izadyar M. Computational Modeling of the Catalytic Cycle of Glutathione Peroxidase Nanomimic. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:10108-10115. [PMID: 27983850 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b11437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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To elucidate the role of a derivative of ebselen as a mimic of the antioxidant selenoenzyme glutathione peroxidase, density functional theory and solvent-assisted proton exchange (SAPE) were applied to model the reaction mechanism in a catalytic cycle. This mimic plays the role of glutathione peroxidase through a four-step catalytic cycle. The first step is described as the oxidation of 1 in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, while selenoxide is reduced by methanthiol at the second step. In the third step of the reaction, the reduction of selenenylsulfide occurs by methanthiol, and the selenenic acid is dehydrated at the final step. Based on the kinetic parameters, step 4 is the rate-determining step (RDS) of the reaction. The bond strength of the atoms involved in the RDS is discussed with the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM). Low value of electron density, ρ(r), and positive Laplacian values are the evidence for the covalent nature of the hydrogen bonds rupture (O30-H31, O33-H34). A change in the sign of the Laplacian, L(r), from the positive value in the reactant to a negative character at the transition state indicates the depletion of the charge density, confirming the N5-H10 and O11-Se1 bond breaking. The analysis of electron location function (ELF) and localized orbital locator (LOL) of the Se1-N5 and Se1-O11 bonds have been done by multi-WFN program. High values of ELF and LOL at the transition state regions between the Se, N, and O atoms display the bond formation. Finally, the main donor-acceptor interaction energies were analyzed using the natural bond orbital analysis for investigation of their stabilization effects on the critical bonds at the RDS.
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- Ramesh Kheirabadi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, International Campus , Mashhad, Iran
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- Computational Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad , Mashhad, Iran
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Computational kinetic modeling of the selenol catalytic activity as the glutathione peroxidase nanomimic. J Theor Biol 2016; 409:108-114. [PMID: 27596529 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density functional theory and solvent-assisted proton exchange methods have been applied for computational modeling of the catalytic cycle of selenol zwitterion anion from the kinetic and thermodynamic viewpoints. Selenol zwitterion anion has been represented as an effective glutathione peroxidase nanomimic. It reduces peroxides through a three-step pathway. In the first step, seleninic acid is produced through deprotonating of the selenol zwitterion anion in the presence of the hydrogen peroxide. Seleninic acid reacts with a thiol to form selenylsulfide in the second step. In the last step, selenylsulfide is reduced by the second thiol and regenerates selenolate anion through disulfide formation. Selenol zwitterion anion in comparison to more widely studied compounds such as ebselen has a good activity to react with hydrogen peroxide and producing seleninic acid. The energy barrier of this reaction is 11.7kcalmol-1 which is smaller than the reported enzyme mimics. Moreover, the reactions of seleninic acid and selenylsulfide with methanethiol, which is used as a nucleophile, are exothermic by -18.4 or -57.0kcalmol-1, respectively. Based on the global electron density transfer value of -0.507 e from the natural atomic charge analysis, an electronic charge depletion at the transition state (TS), electron-donor substitutions on the selenolate facilitates the reduction reaction, effectively. Finally, the nature of the bond formation/cleavage at the TS has been quantitatively described by using the topological analyses.
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Zaccaria F, Wolters LP, Fonseca Guerra C, Orian L. Insights on selenium and tellurium diaryldichalcogenides: A benchmark DFT study. J Comput Chem 2016; 37:1672-80. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.24383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Revised: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Francesco Zaccaria
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; De Boelelaan 1083 Amsterdam 1081 HV the Netherlands
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- Dipartimento Di Scienze Chimiche; Università Studi Di Padova; via Marzolo 1 Padova 35129 Italy
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; De Boelelaan 1083 Amsterdam 1081 HV the Netherlands
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- Dipartimento Di Scienze Chimiche; Università Studi Di Padova; via Marzolo 1 Padova 35129 Italy
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Zeida A, Guardia CM, Lichtig P, Perissinotti LL, Defelipe LA, Turjanski A, Radi R, Trujillo M, Estrin DA. Thiol redox biochemistry: insights from computer simulations. Biophys Rev 2014; 6:27-46. [PMID: 28509962 PMCID: PMC5427810 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-013-0127-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Thiol redox chemical reactions play a key role in a variety of physiological processes, mainly due to the presence of low-molecular-weight thiols and cysteine residues in proteins involved in catalysis and regulation. Specifically, the subtle sensitivity of thiol reactivity to the environment makes the use of simulation techniques extremely valuable for obtaining microscopic insights. In this work we review the application of classical and quantum-mechanical atomistic simulation tools to the investigation of selected relevant issues in thiol redox biochemistry, such as investigations on (1) the protonation state of cysteine in protein, (2) two-electron oxidation of thiols by hydroperoxides, chloramines, and hypochlorous acid, (3) mechanistic and kinetics aspects of the de novo formation of disulfide bonds and thiol-disulfide exchange, (4) formation of sulfenamides, (5) formation of nitrosothiols and transnitrosation reactions, and (6) one-electron oxidation pathways.
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- Ari Zeida
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química-Física and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química-Física and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química-Física and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 2N4
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- Departamento de Química Biológica and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av. Gral Flores 2125, CP 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av. Gral Flores 2125, CP 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química-Física and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Orian L, Toppo S. Organochalcogen peroxidase mimetics as potential drugs: a long story of a promise still unfulfilled. Free Radic Biol Med 2014; 66:65-74. [PMID: 23499840 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Revised: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Organochalcogen compounds have attracted the interest of a multitude of studies to design potential therapeutic agents mimicking the peroxidase activity of selenium-based glutathione peroxidases (GPx's). Starting from the pioneering ebselen, various compounds have been synthesized over the years, which may be traced in three major classes of molecules: cyclic selenenyl amides, diaryl diselenides, and aromatic or aliphatic monoselenides. These compounds share common features and determinants needed to exert an efficient GPx-like activity, such as polarizing groups in close proximity to selenium and steric effects. Nonetheless, the reactivity of selenium, and tellurium as well, poses serious problems for the predictability of the biological effects of these compounds in vivo when used as potential drugs. These molecules, indeed, interfere with thiols of redox-regulated proteins and enzymes, leading to unexpected biological effects. The various chemical aspects of the reaction mechanism of peroxidase mimetics are surveyed here, focusing on experimental evidence and quantum mechanics calculations of organochalcogen representatives of the various classes.
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- Laura Orian
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35129 Padova, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
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Heverly-Coulson GS, Boyd RJ, Mó O, Yáñez M. Revealing Unexpected Mechanisms for Nucleophilic Attack on SS and SeSe Bridges. Chemistry 2013; 19:3629-38. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Heverly-Coulson GS, Boyd RJ. Mechanism of the Reduction of an Oxidized Glutathione Peroxidase Mimic with Thiols. J Chem Theory Comput 2012; 8:5052-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ct300622r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Collins SP, Heverly-Coulson GS, Boyd RJ. Reaction of group 16 analogues of ethoxyquin with hydrogen peroxide: A computational study. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.11.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to analyze glutathione antioxidant defense system in elderly patients treated for hypertension. Studies were carried out in the blood collected from 18 hypertensive and 15 age- and sex-matched controls, all subjects age over 60. Hypertensives were on their usual antihypertensive treatment at the time of blood collection. The concentration of glutathione (GSH) in whole blood and activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPx-1), glutathione transferase (GST), and glutathione reductase (GR) in erythrocytes were measured. The data from patients and controls were compared using independent-samples t test. P value of 0.05 and less was considered statistically significant. We observed increased glutathione-related antioxidant defense in treated hypertensive elderly patients (HT) when compared with healthy controls (C). Mean GSH concentration was significantly higher in HT when compared with C: 3.1 ± 0.29 and 2.6 ± 0.25 mmol/L, respectively, P < 0.001. Mean activity of GR was significantly higher in HT group if compared with C: 83.4 ± 15.25 U/g Hb versus 64.2 ± 8.26 U/g Hb, respectively, P < 0.001. Mean activity of GST was significantly higher in HT group compared with C: 3.0 ± 0.60 mmol CDNB-GSH/mgHb/min and 2.6 ± 0.36 mmol CDNB-GSH/mgHb/min, respectively, P < 0.05. No difference in GPx activity was observed between two groups. These results show that glutathione-related antioxidant defense system was enhanced in elderly hypertensive patients treated for their conditions. This suggests important role of glutathione system in blood pressure regulation. Alterations in concentration and activity of antioxidants observed during antihypertensive medication are likely to be related to the effect of the treatment on NO bioavailability.
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Heverly-Coulson GS, Boyd RJ. Systematic Study of the Performance of Density Functional Theory Methods for Prediction of Energies and Geometries of Organoselenium Compounds. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:4827-31. [DOI: 10.1021/jp201455f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J3
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Schimel AM, Abraham L, Cox D, Sene A, Kraus C, Dace DS, Ercal N, Apte RS. N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA) prevents retinal degeneration by up-regulating reduced glutathione production and reversing lipid peroxidation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2011; 178:2032-43. [PMID: 21457933 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2009] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Oxidative stress plays a critical role in accelerating retinal pigment epithelial dysfunction and death in degenerative retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration. Given the key role of oxidative stress-induced retinal pigment epithelial cell death and secondary photoreceptor loss in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration, we hypothesized that a novel thiol antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA), might ameliorate cellular damage and subsequent loss of vision. Treatment of human retinal pigment epithelial cells with NACA protected against oxidative stress-induced cellular injury and death. NACA acted mechanistically by scavenging existing reactive oxygen species while halting production of reactive oxygen species by reversing lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, NACA functioned by increasing the levels of reduced glutathione and the phase II detoxification enzyme glutathione peroxidase. Treatment of mice exposed to phototoxic doses of light with NACA maintained retinal pigment epithelial cell integrity and prevented outer nuclear layer cell death as examined by histopathologic methods and rescued photoreceptor function as measured by electroretinography. These observations indicate that NACA protects against oxidative stress-induced retinal pigment epithelial and photoreceptor cell death in vitro and in vivo. The data suggest that NACA may be a novel treatment in rescuing retinal function and preventing vision loss secondary to retinal degenerative diseases, including age-related macular degeneration.
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- Andrew M Schimel
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Heverly-Coulson GS, Boyd RJ. Theoretical Investigations on the Reaction of Monosubstituted Tertiary-Benzylamine Selenols with Hydrogen Peroxide. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:10706-11. [DOI: 10.1021/jp105651x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J3
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