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Jaiswal PS, Mittal N, Randhawa GS. Cyamopsis tetragonoloba type 1 metallothionein (CtMT1) gene is upregulated under drought stress and its protein product has an additional C-X-C motif and unique metal binding pattern. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 119:1324-1334. [PMID: 30098366 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 08/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Metallothioneins (MTs) are involved in cellular homeostasis of essential metal ions and detoxification of nonessential metal ions. We report here the identification of four MT genes, CtMT1, CtMT2, CtMT3 and CtMT4, encoding CtMT1, CtMT2, CtMT3 and CtMT4 proteins, respectively, from the industrial guar crop. The primary structures of last three proteins were similar to those of respective MT proteins of other plants but the CtMT1 protein primary structure was different from the other plant MT1 proteins in having an additional C-X-C motif. The four MT genes showed tissue specific expression patterns suggesting their specific roles in different tissues. High expression of CtMT1 gene was observed in roots and nodules whereas CtMT2 and CtMT3 genes showed high expression in leaves. The expression of CtMT4 gene was high in seeds. The qRT-PCR studies revealed upregulation in expression of CtMT1 gene under drought stress. Recombinant CtMT1 protein was produced in E. coli Rosetta cells and purified by metal affinity chromatography. The purified protein showed antioxidant property and the order of its metal ion binding affinities was Cu2+ > Zn2+ > Fe2+ > Cd2+. This information about CtMT1 protein is expected to be useful in understanding its role in drought tolerance and other physiological processes of guar.
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- Poonam Subhash Jaiswal
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Yang S, Jan YH, Mishin V, Heck DE, Laskin DL, Laskin JD. Diacetyl/l-Xylulose Reductase Mediates Chemical Redox Cycling in Lung Epithelial Cells. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:1406-1418. [PMID: 28595002 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Reactive carbonyls such as diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) and 2,3-pentanedione in tobacco and many food and consumer products are known to cause severe respiratory diseases. Many of these chemicals are detoxified by carbonyl reductases in the lung, in particular, dicarbonyl/l-xylulose reductase (DCXR), a multifunctional enzyme important in glucose metabolism. DCXR is a member of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) superfamily. Using recombinant human enzyme, we discovered that DCXR mediates redox cycling of a variety of quinones generating superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, and, in the presence of transition metals, hydroxyl radicals. Redox cycling activity preferentially utilized NADH as a cosubstrate and was greatest for 9,10-phenanthrenequinone and 1,2-naphthoquinone, followed by 1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (menadione). Using 9,10-phenanthrenequinone as the substrate, quinone redox cycling was found to inhibit DCXR reduction of l-xylulose and diacetyl. Competitive inhibition of enzyme activity by the quinone was observed with respect to diacetyl (Ki = 190 μM) and l-xylulose (Ki = 940 μM). Abundant DCXR activity was identified in A549 lung epithelial cells when diacetyl was used as a substrate. Quinones inhibited reduction of this dicarbonyl, causing an accumulation of diacetyl in the cells and culture medium and a decrease in acetoin, the reduced product of diacetyl. The identification of DCXR as an enzyme activity mediating chemical redox cycling suggests that it may be important in generating cytotoxic reactive oxygen species in the lung. These activities, together with the inhibition of dicarbonyl/l-xylulose metabolism by redox-active chemicals, as well as consequent deficiencies in pentose metabolism, are likely to contribute to lung injury following exposure to dicarbonyls and quinones.
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- Shaojun Yang
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rutgers University School of Public Health , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rutgers University School of Public Health , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, New York Medical College , Valhalla, New York 10595, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rutgers University School of Public Health , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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Glade MJ, Meguid MM. A Glance At … ethanol consumption, GSH suppression, and oxidative liver damage. Nutrition 2016; 33:199-203. [PMID: 27644136 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2016.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Professor Emeritus, Surgery, Neuroscience and Nutrition, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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Wright RM, Weigel LK, Repine JE. Aldehyde oxidase generates deoxyribonucleic acid single strand nicks in vitro. Redox Rep 2016; 1:349-55. [DOI: 10.1080/13510002.1995.11747010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Ogasawara Y, Imase M, Oda H, Wakabayashi H, Ishii K. Lactoferrin directly scavenges hydroxyl radicals and undergoes oxidative self-degradation: a possible role in protection against oxidative DNA damage. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:1003-13. [PMID: 24424315 PMCID: PMC3907852 DOI: 10.3390/ijms15011003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Revised: 12/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In this study, we examined the protective effect of lactoferrin against DNA damage induced by various hydroxyl radical generation systems. Lactoferrin (LF) was examined with regard to its potential role as a scavenger against radical oxygen species using bovine milk LF. Native LF, iron-saturated LF (holo-LF), and apolactoferrin (apo-LF) effectively suppressed strand breaks in plasmid DNA due to hydroxyl radicals produced by the Fenton reaction. In addition, both native LF and holo-LF clearly protected calf thymus DNA from fragmentation due to ultraviolet irradiation in the presence of H2O2. We also demonstrated a protective effect of all three LF molecules against 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) formation in calf thymus DNA following ultraviolet (UV) irradiation with H2O2. Our results clearly indicate that native LF has reactive oxygen species-scavenging ability, independent of its nature as a masking component for transient metals. We also demonstrated that the protective effect of LF against oxidative DNA damage is due to degradation of LF itself, which is more susceptible to degradation than other bovine milk proteins.
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- Yuki Ogasawara
- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.
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Dey A. Cytochrome P450 2E1: its clinical aspects and a brief perspective on the current research scenario. Subcell Biochem 2013; 67:1-104. [PMID: 23400917 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5881-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Research on Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), a key enzyme in alcohol metabolism has been very well documented in literature. Besides the involvement of CYP2E1 in alcohol metabolism as illustrated through the studies discussed in the chapter, recent studies have thrown light on several other aspects of CYP2E1 i.e. its extrahepatic expression, its involvement in several diseases and pathophysiological conditions; and CYP2E1 mediated carcinogenesis and modulation of drug efficacy. Studies involving these interesting facets of CYP2E1 have been discussed in the chapter focusing on the recent observations or ongoing studies illustrating the crucial role of CYP2E1 in disease development and drug metabolism.
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- Aparajita Dey
- AU-KBC Research Centre, Anna University, MIT Campus, Chromepet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600044, India,
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Cederbaum AI. Hepatoprotective effects of S-adenosyl-L-methionine against alcohol- and cytochrome P450 2E1-induced liver injury. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16:1366-76. [PMID: 20238404 PMCID: PMC2842529 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i11.1366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) acts as a methyl donor for methylation reactions and participates in the synthesis of glutathione. SAM is also a key metabolite that regulates hepatocyte growth, differentiation and death. Hepatic SAM levels are decreased in animal models of alcohol liver injury and in patients with alcohol liver disease or viral cirrhosis. This review describes the protection by SAM against alcohol and cytochrome P450 2E1-dependent cytotoxicity both in vitro and in vivo and evaluates mechanisms for this protection.
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Carnosine supplementation protects rat brain tissue against ethanol-induced oxidative stress. Mol Cell Biochem 2010; 339:55-61. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0369-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Luczaj W, Welerowicz T, Skrzydlewska E, Buszewski B. Chromatographic Examinations of Tea's Protection Against Lipid Oxidative Modifications. Toxicol Mech Methods 2008; 18:483-490. [PMID: 19696910 PMCID: PMC2729157 DOI: 10.1080/15376510701624050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2007] [Accepted: 08/03/2007] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Ethanol metabolism is accompanied by generation of free radicals that damage cell components, especially lipids. The present study was designed to investigate the efficacy of the preventive effect of black tea on the lipid oxidative modifications in different tissues (plasma, liver, brain, kidney, stomach, lung, intestine, and spleen) of 12-month-old rats chronically intoxicated with ethanol. Ethanol intoxication caused changes in the level/activity of antioxidants that led to the significant increase in the level of lipid oxidative modification products. Oxidative modifications were estimated by measuring lipid hydroperoxides, malondialdehyde, and 4-hydroxynonenal by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and by spectrophotometric determination of conjugated dienes. These lipid-modification marker levels were increased in almost all examined tissues (3%–71%) after ethanol intoxication. Described changes were in accordance with the liver level of the most often used marker of arachidonic acid oxidation, isoprostane (8-isoPGF2α), determined by the LC/MS system. Administration of black tea to ethanol-intoxicated rats remarkably prevents the significant increase (by about 15%–42%) in concentrations of all measured parameters regarding all examined tissues, but especially the plasma, liver, brain, stomach, and spleen. The preventive effect of black tea in the other organs (kidney, lung, intestine) caused a decrease in examined markers in a smaller degree (by about 7%–28%). To determine in the liver the major constituents of black tea mainly responsible for antioxidative action such as catechins and theaflavins, which were absorbed in organism, the present study indicates their protective effect against ethanol-induced oxidative modifications of lipids.
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- Wojciech Luczaj
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Medical University of Białystok, Poland
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Ogasawara Y, Namai T, Yoshino F, Lee MCI, Ishii K. Sialic acid is an essential moiety of mucin as a hydroxyl radical scavenger. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:2473-7. [PMID: 17485090 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.04.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2007] [Revised: 04/23/2007] [Accepted: 04/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this work, we examined the antioxidant role of mucin, a typical sialic acid containing high-molecular weight glycoprotein. The function of mucin as a hydroxyl radical (.OH) scavenger was characterized using bovine submaxillary gland mucin (BSM). Non-treated BSM effectively protected DNA from the attack of .OH; however, desialylated BSM lost this potential. Moreover, we estimated the scavenging effects of BSM against .OH generated by UV irradiation of hydrogen peroxide using ESR analysis. Our results indicate that BSM has .OH scavenging ability the and sialic acid in mucin is an essential moiety to scavenge .OH.
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- Yuki Ogasawara
- Department of Environmental Biology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo 204-8588, Japan.
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Molina MDC, Anchordoquy TJ. Metal contaminants promote degradation of lipid/DNA complexes during lyophilization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1768:669-77. [PMID: 17224131 PMCID: PMC1851895 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Revised: 11/30/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Oxidation reactions represent an important degradation pathway of nucleic acid-based pharmaceuticals. To evaluate the role of metal contamination and chelating agents in the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during lyophilization, ROS generation and the stability of lipid/DNA complexes were investigated. Trehalose-containing formulations were lyophilized with different levels of transition metals. ROS generation was examined by adding proxyl fluorescamine to the formulations prior to freeze-drying. Results show that ROS were generated during lyophilization, and both supercoil content and transfection rates decreased as the levels of metal-induced ROS increased. The experiments incorporating chelators demonstrated that some of these agents (e.g., DTPA, desferal) clearly suppress ROS generation, while others (e.g., EDTA) enhance ROS. Surprisingly, there was not a strong correlation of ROS generated in the presence of chelators with the maintenance of supercoil content. In this study, we demonstrated the adverse effects of the presence of metals (especially Fe(2+)) in nonviral vector formulations. While some chelators attenuate ROS generation and preserve DNA integrity, the effects of these additives on vector stability during lyophilization are difficult to predict. Further study is needed to develop potent formulation strategies that inhibit ROS generation and DNA degradation during lyophilization and storage.
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- Marion d C Molina
- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, C238, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Lin JH. CYP Induction-Mediated Drug Interactions: in Vitro Assessment and Clinical Implications. Pharm Res 2006; 23:1089-116. [PMID: 16718615 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-006-0277-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2005] [Accepted: 02/27/2006] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 (CYP) induction-mediated interaction is one of the major concerns in clinical practice and for the pharmaceutical industry. There are two major issues associated with CYP induction: a reduction in therapeutic efficacy of comedications and an induction in reactive metabolite-induced toxicity. Because CYP induction is a metabolic liability in drug therapy, it is highly desirable to develop new drug candidates that are not potent CYP inducer to avoid the potential of CYP induction-mediated drug interactions. For this reason, today, many drug companies routinely include the assessment of CYP induction at the stage of drug discovery as part of the selection processes of new drug candidates for further clinical development. The purpose of this article is to review the molecular mechanisms of CYP induction and the clinical implications, including pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic consequences. In addition, factors that affect the degree of CYP induction and extrapolation of in vitro CYP induction data to in vivo situations will also be discussed. Finally, assessment of the potential of CYP induction at the drug discovery and development stage will be discussed.
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- Jiunn H Lin
- Department of Preclinical Drug Metabolism, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Bai J, Cederbaum AI. Adenovirus-mediated expression of CYP2E1 produces liver toxicity in mice. Toxicol Sci 2006; 91:365-71. [PMID: 16549397 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfj165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Induction of cytochrome P450 2E1 by ethanol is believed to be one of the central pathways by which ethanol generates a state of oxidative stress and causes hepatotoxicity. In order to evaluate the biochemical and toxicological actions of CYP2E1 and its sensitization of hepatotoxin-induced injury, an adenovirus which can mediate overexpression of CYP2E1 was constructed. Injecting this virus into mice through the tail vein elevated CYP2E1 protein and activity twofold in the liver of the mice compared with the mice injected with Ad-LacZ or saline. Transaminase levels were dramatically increased in mice injected with the CYP2E1 adenovirus. Histological evaluation of liver specimens of mice injected with Ad-2E1 showed liver cell injury. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay demonstrated that more cells were stained positively in the liver of the mice infected with Ad-2E1 than in the liver of the mice infected with Ad-LacZ. 3-Nitrotyrosine protein adducts and protein carbonyl adducts were increased in the liver of the mice infected with Ad-2E1 compared with Ad-LacZ. This potentiated toxicity most likely reflects interactions between CYP2E1- and adenovirus-mediated toxicity pathways. These results show that adenovirus-mediated overexpression of CYP2E1 could induce liver toxicity in mice and suggests a mechanism involving oxidative/nitrosative stress.
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- Jingxiang Bai
- Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.
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Augustyniak A, Waszkiewicz E, Skrzydlewska E. Preventive action of green tea from changes in the liver antioxidant abilities of different aged rats intoxicated with ethanol. Nutrition 2006; 21:925-32. [PMID: 16084066 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The present study investigated the influence of green tea as a source of water-soluble antioxidants on the liver antioxidant potential of different aged rats chronically intoxicated with ethanol. METHODS Rats (2, 12, and 24 mo old) were fed for 5 wk on a control or an ethanol Lieber-DeCarli diet with and without green tea (7 g/L). The activity and level of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants and the level of markers of protein and lipid oxidation in the liver of rats were examined. RESULTS The activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase and levels of vitamins C, E, A, and beta-carotene were significantly decreased, whereas activities of glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase and the level of reduced glutathione significantly increased during aging. The ethanol diet caused a significant decrease in activity of antioxidant enzymes and in the level of non-enzymatic antioxidants tested. Administration of green tea to ethanol-treated rats of different ages partly normalized the activity of enzymes and the level of non-enzymatic antioxidants. Changes in antioxidant ability observed during aging were accompanied by increased levels of markers of lipid and protein modifications that also were intensified by ethanol. Green tea caused a decrease in lipid and protein oxidation in aged and ethanol-treated rats. The protective effect of green tea was confirmed by the significantly lower activity of biomarkers of liver damage (alanine and aspartate aminotransferases) in the serum of rats that received green tea with ethanol compared with rats from the control ethanol group. CONCLUSIONS The use of green tea appears to be beneficial to rat liver by decreasing oxidative stress caused by ethanol and/or aging.
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- Agnieszka Augustyniak
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland
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Jimenez-Lopez JM, Cederbaum AI. CYP2E1-dependent oxidative stress and toxicity: role in ethanol-induced liver injury. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2005; 1:671-85. [PMID: 16863432 DOI: 10.1517/17425255.1.4.671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Ethanol-induced oxidative stress plays a major role in the mechanisms by which ethanol causes liver injury. Many pathways contribute to how ethanol induces a state of oxidative stress. One central pathway appears to be the induction, by ethanol, of the CYP2E1 form of cytochrome P450 enzymes. CYP2E1 is of interest because it metabolises and activates many toxicological substrates, including ethanol, to more reactive products. Levels of CYP2E1 are elevated under a variety of physiological and pathophysiological conditions. CYP2E1 is an effective generator of reactive oxygen species. This review summarises some of the biochemical and toxicological properties of CYP2E1, and briefly describes the use of HepG2 cell lines in assessing the actions of CYP2E1. Future directions, which may help to better understand the actions of CYP2E1 and its role in alcoholic liver injury, are suggested.
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- Jose M Jimenez-Lopez
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Liu LG, Yan H, Yao P, Zhang W, Zou LJ, Song FF, Li K, Sun XF. CYP2E1-dependent hepatotoxicity and oxidative damage after ethanol administration in human primary hepatocytes. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11:4530-5. [PMID: 16052683 PMCID: PMC4398703 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i29.4530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To observe the relationship between ethanol-induced oxidative damage in human primary cultured hepatocytes and cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) activity, in order to address if inhibition of CYP2E1 could attenuate ethanol-induced cellular damage.
METHODS: The dose-dependent (25-100 mmol/L) and time-dependent (0-24 h) exposures of primary human cultured hepatocytes to ethanol were carried out. CYP2E1 activity and protein expression were detected by spectrophotometer and Western blot analysis respectively. Hepatotoxicity was investigated by determination of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and aspartate transaminase (AST) level in hepatocyte culture supernatants, as well as the intracellular formation of malondialdehyde (MDA).
RESULTS: A dose-and time-dependent response between ethanol exposure and CYP2E1 activity in human hepatocytes was demonstrated. Moreover, there was a time-dependent increase of CYP2E1 protein after 100 mmol/L ethanol exposure. Meanwhile, ethanol exposure of hepatocytes caused a time-dependent increase of cellular MDA level, LDH, and AST activities in supernatants. Furthermore, the inhibitor of CYP2E1, diallyl sulfide (DAS) could partly attenuate the increases of MDA, LDH, and AST in human hepatocytes.
CONCLUSION: A positive relationship between ethanol-induced oxidative damage in human primary cultured hepatocytes and CYP2E1 activity was exhibited, and the inhibition of CYP2E1 could partly attenuate ethanol-induced oxidative damage.
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- Lie-Gang Liu
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China.
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Suh SK, Hood BL, Kim BJ, Conrads TP, Veenstra TD, Song BJ. Identification of oxidized mitochondrial proteins in alcohol-exposed human hepatoma cells and mouse liver. Proteomics 2005; 4:3401-12. [PMID: 15449375 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200400971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Heavy alcohol consumption can damage various cells and organs partly through production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial dysfunction. Treatment with antioxidants can significantly reduce the degree of damage. Despite well established roles of ROS in alcohol-induced cell injury, the proteins that are selectively oxidized by ROS are poorly characterized. We hypothesized that certain cysteinyl residues of target proteins are oxidized by ROS upon alcohol exposure, and these modified proteins may play roles in mitochondrial dysfunction. A targeted proteomics approach utilizing biotin-N-maleimide (biotin-NM) as a specific probe to label oxidized cysteinyl residues was employed to investigate which mitochondrial proteins are modified during and after alcohol exposure. Human hepatoma HepG2 cells with transduced CYP2E1 (E47 cells) were used as a model to generate ROS through CYP2E1-mediated ethanol metabolism. Following exposure to 100 mM ethanol for 4 and 8 h, the biotin-NM-labeled oxidized proteins were purified with agarose coupled to either streptavidin or monoclonal antibody against biotin. The purified proteins were resolved by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and protein spots that displayed differential abundances were excised from the gel, in-gel digested with trypsin and analyzed for identity utilizing either matrix-assisted laser desorption-time of flight mass spectrometry or microcapillary reversed-phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The results demonstrate that heat shock protein 60, protein disulfide isomerase, mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenases, prohibitin, and other proteins were oxidized after alcohol exposure. The identity of some of the proteins purified with streptavidin-agarose was also confirmed by immunoblot analyses using the specific antibody to each target protein. This method was also used to identify oxidized mitochondrial proteins in the alcohol-fed mouse liver. These results suggest that exposure to ethanol causes oxidation of various mitochondrial proteins that may negatively affect their function and contribute to alcohol-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular injury.
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- Soo-Kyung Suh
- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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Łuczaj W, Skrzydlewska E. Antioxidant properties of black tea in alcohol intoxication. Food Chem Toxicol 2004; 42:2045-51. [PMID: 15500941 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2004] [Accepted: 08/14/2004] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Food ingredients such as alcohol may modify cellular redox state. Ethanol metabolism is accompanied by generation of free radicals that can damage cell components especially when antioxidant mechanisms are no able to neutralize them. However black tea is a source of polyphenol antioxidants that may enhance cellular antioxidant abilities. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of black tea on antioxidant abilities of the liver, blood serum and brain of 12-months old rats sub-chronically (for 28 days) intoxicated with ethanol. Administration of black tea alone caused increase in the activity and concentration of antioxidant parameters more extensively in the liver and serum than in the brain. Alcohol caused decrease in the liver glutathione peroxidase and reductase and catalase activity but increase in activity of superoxide dismutase. Moreover, decrease in the level of non-enzymatic antioxidants, such as reduced glutathione, vitamin C, A and E and beta-carotene was observed. The activity of serum glutathione peroxidase and reductase decreased while superoxide dismutase activity was not changed. The level of non-enzymatic antioxidants in serum was also decreased. However brain activity/level of all examined antioxidants enzymatic as well as non-enzymatic was decreased after ethanol intoxication. Black tea considerably prevented antioxidant parameters against changes caused by ethanol. These results indicate beneficial antioxidant effect of black tea regarding all examined tissues, but especially the liver.
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- W Łuczaj
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Medical University of Białystok, Mickiewicza 2a, 15-230 Białystok 8, P.O. Box 14, Poland
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Burim RV, Canalle R, Takahashi CS, Tavares DC, Martinelli Ad ADLC, Sakamoto-Hojo ET. Clastogenic effect of ethanol in chronic and abstinent alcoholics. Mutat Res 2004; 560:187-98. [PMID: 15157656 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2004.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2002] [Revised: 02/12/2004] [Accepted: 03/10/2004] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Alcoholism is one of the main causes of damage for human health, being relevant to study the induction of chromosomal aberrations (CA) by ethanol, and to investigate the individual susceptibility to diseases caused by alcoholism. A cytogenetic study was performed in human peripheral blood lymphocytes of 29 heavy chronic alcoholics, 11 alcoholics in abstinence, and 10 controls. The values of the chromosomal aberrations, mitotic indexes (MI) and proliferation indexes (PI) were determined. A molecular cytogenetic study was also carried out using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) method with DNA library probes for chromosomes 1, 3 and 6, in lymphocytes from chronic alcoholic individuals in comparison with a control group. The results showed that the CA frequencies for chronic alcoholics (5.15 CA/100 cells) and alcoholics in abstinence (3.87 CA/100 cells) were higher than those obtained for control individuals (1.72 CA/100 cells). The mean translocation frequencies (equivalent to the genome) were calculated for six chronic alcoholics (0.267 translocations/100 cells) and six alcoholics in abstinence (0.167 translocations/100 cells), whose values were significantly higher than those observed for six control individuals (0.067 translocations/100 cells). The CA frequencies were not statistically different when smoker and non-smoker alcoholics were compared, indicating that although the smoking habit had significantly increased (four-fold) the CA frequency in healthy control individuals, a lack of interaction effect was observed within the group of alcoholics when smokers and non-smokers were compared. The CA frequencies presented by alcoholics in abstinence were similar to those obtained for chronic alcoholics. Therefore, chronic ethanol intoxication can lead to chromosome damage and disturbances in the metabolism of endogenous and exogenous compounds, which may persist for a long time, and constitute a relevant factor of risk for the development of neoplasias.
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- Regislaine Valéria Burim
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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This review describes some of the biochemical and toxicological properties of CYP2E1, especially as it relates to alcohol metabolism and toxicity and the establishment of human hepatoma HepG2 cell lines that overexpress human CYP2E1. Ethanol, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and iron were found to be cytotoxic in HepG2 cells that overexpress CYP2E1. GSH appears to be essential in protecting HepG2 cells against the CYP2E1-dependent cytotoxicity, and GSH levels were elevated owing to a twofold increase in activity and expression of glutamate cysteine ligase. We suggest that this up-regulation of GSH synthesis was an adaptive response to attenuate CYP2E1-dependent oxidative stress and toxicity. Induction of a state of oxidative stress appears to play a central role in the CYP2E1-dependent cytotoxicity. Mitochondrial membrane potential decreased in the CYP2E1-expressing HepG2 cells, and this decrease shared similar characteristics with the developing toxicity. Alcohol-dependent liver injury is likely to be a multifactorial process involving several mechanisms. We believe that the linkage between CYP2E1-dependent oxidative stress, mitochondrial injury, and GSH homeostasis contribute to the toxic actions of ethanol on the liver.
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- Andres A Caro
- Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.
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Iron plays a critical role in catalyzing the formation of potent oxidants. Increases in iron content enhance oxidative stress, whereas removal of iron deceases such stress. An association between iron and alcoholic liver injury has been proposed. The ability of iron to modulate the biochemical and toxicologic actions of cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) has been evaluated by using isolated microsomes and intact liver cells. The ability of different iron complexes to stimulate microsomal lipid peroxidation and hydroxyl radical production during reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)- and reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)-dependent electron transfer has been characterized. Certain iron complexes have been shown to be effective in promoting lipid peroxidation; others are better catalysts of hydroxyl radical production as a complex pattern has been found. Reactive oxygen production, lipid peroxidation, and interaction with iron chelates have been shown to be enhanced with microsomes isolated from ethanol-treated rats with elevated levels of CYP2E1. This increase was prevented by anti-CYP2E1 immunoglobulin (Ig)G or chemical inhibitors of CYP2E1. Thus, in the presence of iron complexes, microsomes enriched in CYP2E1 are especially reactive in generation of reactive oxygen species. To assess the toxicologic significance of this iron-CYP2E1 interaction, iron (ferric-nitrilotriacetate) was added to HepG2 cells, which were engineered to express the human CYP2E1. Ferric-nitrilotriacetate produced a greater toxicity in the CYP2E1-expressing HepG2 cells than that in control HepG2 cells. This enhanced, synergistic toxicity was blocked by antioxidants and inhibitors of CYP2E1. Mitochondrial membrane potential and ATP levels were decreased, and damage to the mitochondria played a critical role in the CYP2E1-plus-iron-dependent toxicity. These results support the suggestion that low concentrations of iron and polyunsaturated fatty acids can act as priming or sensitizing factors for CYP2E1-induced injury in HepG2 cells and hepatocytes. Such interactions may play a role in alcohol-induced liver injury.
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- Arthur I Cederbaum
- Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1603, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Lewis DFV, Lake BG, Bird MG, Loizou GD, Dickins M, Goldfarb PS. Homology modelling of human CYP2E1 based on the CYP2C5 crystal structure: investigation of enzyme-substrate and enzyme-inhibitor interactions. Toxicol In Vitro 2003; 17:93-105. [PMID: 12537967 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-2333(02)00098-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The construction of a homology model of human cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) is reported, based on the CYP2C5 crystallographic template. A relatively high degree of primary sequence homology (identity=59%), as expected for proteins of the same CYP family, ensured a straightforward generation of the 3-dimensional model due to relatively few deletions and insertions of amino acid residues with respect to the CYP2C5 crystal structure. Probing the CYP2E1 model with typical substrates of the enzyme showed a good agreement with experimental information in the form of positions of metabolism for substrates, and with site-directed mutagenesis data on certain residues. Furthermore, quantitative relationships between substrate binding affinity and various structural parameters associated with the substrate molecules facilitated the formulation of a procedure for estimating relative binding energy and, consequently, K(m) or K(D) values towards the CYP2E1 enzyme. This method has been based on a consideration of the active site interactions between substrates and key amino acid residues lining the haem pocket, together with compound lipophilicity data from partition coefficients.
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- D F V Lewis
- School of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK.
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Lewi DFV, Bird MG, Jacobs MN. Human carcinogens: an evaluation study via the COMPACT and HazardExpert procedures. Hum Exp Toxicol 2002; 21:115-22. [PMID: 12102536 DOI: 10.1191/0960327102ht233oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The results of computer-optimized molecular parametric analysis of chemical toxicity (COMPACT) and HazardExpert evaluations on 14 established human carcinogens are reported. The concordances between COMPACT and carcinogenicity (71%) and between HazardExpert and carcinogenicity (57%) are significantly improved when taken in combination, where all 14 carcinogens are correctly identified by the two systems used in conjunction. However, if a negative energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital (E(HOMO)) value is regarded as evidence of electrophilic reactivity likely to give rise to mutagenicity and carcinogenicity, then 13/14 (93%) of the carcinogens are correctly identified by combination with the COMPACT procedure alone. It is possible, therefore, to establish likely carcinogenicity arising from either P450 mediation (CYP1 and CYP2E) or compound electrophilicity via the employment of a straightforward approach to molecular and electronic structure calculation, a process that can be performed in a relatively short time frame (i.e., less than 1 hour per chemical) and at a low cost.
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- D F V Lewi
- Molecular Toxicology Group, School of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
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Lewis DF, Bird MG, Dickins M, Lake BG, Eddershaw PJ, Tarbit MH, Goldfarb PS. Molecular modelling of human CYP2E1 by homology with the CYP102 haemoprotein domain: investigation of the interactions of substrates and inhibitors within the putative active site of the human CYP2E1 isoform. Xenobiotica 2000; 30:1-25. [PMID: 10659948 DOI: 10.1080/004982500237794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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1. The construction of a three-dimensional model of human CYP2E1 is reported. It is based on homology with the haemoprotein domain of the unusual bacterial P450, CYP102, which is of known crystal structure. 2. Interactive docking of a number of human CYP2E1 substrates is consistent with their known positions of CYP2E1-mediated metabolism, where specific interactions with key active site amino acid side-chains appear to rationalize the binding and orientation of substrate molecules. 3. Amino acid residues within the putative active site of human CYP2E1, including those associated with the binding of substrates and inhibitors, are shown to correspond with those identified by site-directed mutagenesis experiments conducted on CYP2 family isoforms, and they are known to affect substrate metabolism regioselectivity. 4. Consequently, it was found that the CYP2E1 active site exhibits complementarity with the structural characteristics of known substrates and inhibitors of this enzyme, including their relatively low molecular weights and disposition of hydrogen bond-forming groups.
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- D F Lewis
- Molecular Toxicology Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
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Zhukov A, Ingelman-Sundberg M. Relationship between cytochrome P450 catalytic cycling and stability: fast degradation of ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) in hepatoma cells is abolished by inactivation of its electron donor NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase. Biochem J 1999; 340 ( Pt 2):453-8. [PMID: 10333489 PMCID: PMC1220271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) involved in the metabolism of gluconeogenetic precursors and some cytotoxins is distinguished from other cytochrome P450 enzymes by its rapid turnover (in vivo half-life of 4-7 h), with ligands to the haem iron, both substrates and inhibitors, stabilizing the protein. CYP2E1 is also known to have a high oxidase activity in the absence of substrate, resulting in the production of reactive oxygen radicals. We suggested that the rapid intracellular turnover of the enzyme may be partly due to covalent modifications by such radicals or to other changes during catalytic cycling, in which case the inhibition of electron supply from NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase would be expected to stabilize the protein. Fao hepatoma cells, where CYP2E1 showed a half-life of 4 h upon serum withdrawal, were treated for 1 h with 0.3 microM diphenylene iodonium (DPI), a suicide inhibitor of flavoenzymes, which resulted in approximately 90% inhibition of the microsomal NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase and CYP2E1-dependent chlorzoxazone hydroxylase activities. Subsequent cycloheximide chase revealed that the CYP2E1 half-life increased to 26 h. Neither the degradation rates of total protein, CYP2B1 and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase nor the cellular ATP level were affected by DPI under the conditions employed. These results demonstrate for the first time that the short half-life of CYP2E1 in vivo may be largely due to the rapid destabilization of the enzyme during catalytic cycling rather than to the intrinsic instability of the protein molecule.
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- A Zhukov
- Division of Molecular Toxicology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Tuo J, Loft S, Poulsen HE. Enhanced benzene-induced DNA damage in PMA-stimulated cells in vitro and in LPS-treated animals. Free Radic Biol Med 1999; 26:801-8. [PMID: 10232822 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(98)00267-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The present study investigated the interaction between inflammatory reactions and benzene in vitro and in vivo with respect to oxidative DNA damage. In the in vitro models the oxidative burst of cells was induced by the pretreatment with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and in the in vivo models of inflammation mice were pretreated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The oxidative DNA damage was indicated by 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) and strand breaks as assessed by alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE, Comet assay). The results showed that combination of PMA and benzene enhanced the level of 8-oxodG in DNA from mouse bone marrow cells by 197%, from human lymphocytes by 188% and from human neutrophils by 205% (p < .05). Pretreatment of mice with LPS and benzene resulted in an enhanced Comet score formation in bone marrow cells by 98% and in lymphocytes by 39% in Comet score (p < .05) and in an enhanced 8-oxodG level in bone marrow cells by 290%. The effects of the combined treatment with PMA/LPS and benzene exceeded the sum of the effects induced by PMA/LPS or benzene alone. The production of nitrate/nitrite showed a two fold increase in the supernatant from incubation of benzene and PMA-pretreated neutrophils. The increase in the 8-oxodG level in the human neutrophil incubation system demonstrated a correlation with nitrate/nitrite production, indicating a possible relationship with the generation of reactive nitrogen species.
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- J Tuo
- Department of Pharmacology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Alcohol consumption increases the risk for breast cancer in women by still undefined means. Alcohol metabolism is known to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), and breast cancer is associated with high levels of hydroxyl radical (*OH) modified DNA, point mutations, single strand nicks, and chromosome rearrangement. Furthermore, ROS modification of DNA can produce the mutations and DNA damage found in breast cancer. Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) are expressed and regulated in breast tissues and aldehyde oxidase (AOX) may be present as well. Mammary gland XOR is an efficient source of ROS. Recently, hepatic XOR and AOX were found to generate ROS in two ways from alcohol metabolism: by acetaldehyde consumption and by the intrinsic NADH oxidase activity of both XOR and AOX. The data obtained suggests that: (1) expression of ADH and XOR or AOX in breast tissue provides the enzymes that generate ROS; (2) metabolism of alcohol produces acetaldehyde and NADH that can both be substrates for XOR or AOX and thereby result in ROS formation; and (3) ROS generated by XOR or AOX can induce the carcinogenic mutations and DNA damage found in breast cancer. Accumulation of iron coupled with diminished antioxidant defenses in breast tissue with advancing age provide additional support for this hypothesis because both result in elevated ROS damage that may exacerbate the risk for ROS-induced breast cancer.
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- R M Wright
- Webb-Waring Antioxidant Research Institute and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA.
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Middaugh CR, Evans RK, Montgomery DL, Casimiro DR. Analysis of plasmid DNA from a pharmaceutical perspective. J Pharm Sci 1998; 87:130-46. [PMID: 9519144 DOI: 10.1021/js970367a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The advent of gene therapy and polynucleotide-based vaccines has resulted in the use of plasmid DNA as a drug substance. Although biologically (cell or animal) based assays must currently be employed to establish the identity and potency of such drugs, we argue that in the future, a combination of microchip-based mutation detection devices combined with an array of chromatographic, electrophoretic, hydrodynamic, and spectroscopic methods can be employed to rigorously establish these properties. We review a variety of such methods in this context and also consider the issue of the chemical stability of plasmids. Extensive comparison is made to protein-based pharmaceuticals with the unique importance of polynucleotide sequence emphasized in comparison to protein tertiary structure.
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- C R Middaugh
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66047, USA
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Chen Q, Galleano M, Cederbaum AI. Cytotoxicity and apoptosis produced by arachidonic acid in Hep G2 cells overexpressing human cytochrome P4502E1. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:14532-41. [PMID: 9169410 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.23.14532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The goal of the current study was to evaluate the effects of arachidonic acid, as a representative polyunsaturated fatty acid, on the viability of a Hep G2 cell line, which has been transduced to express human cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1). Arachidonic acid produced a concentration- and time-dependent toxicity to Hep G2-MV2E1-9 cells, which express CYP2E1, but little or no toxicity was found with control Hep G2-MV-5 cells, which were infected with retrovirus lacking human CYP2E1 cDNA. In contrast to arachidonic acid, oleic acid was not toxic to the Hep G2-MV2E1-9 cells. The cytotoxicity of arachidonic acid appeared to involve a lipid peroxidation type of mechanism since toxicity was enhanced after depletion of cellular glutathione; formation of malondialdehyde and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal was markedly elevated in the cells expressing CYP2E1, and toxicity was prevented by antioxidants such as alpha-tocopherol phosphate, 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid (trolox), propylgallate, ascorbate, and diphenylphenylenediamine, and the iron chelator desferrioxamine. Transfection of the Hep G2-MV2E1-9 cells with plasmid containing CYP2E1 in the sense orientation enhanced the arachidonic acid toxicity, whereas transfection with plasmid containing CYP2E1 in the antisense orientation decreased toxicity. The CYP2E1-dependent arachidonic acid toxicity appeared to involve apoptosis, as demonstrated by terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling and DNA laddering experiments. Trolox, which prevented toxicity of arachidonic acid, also prevented the apoptosis. Transfection with a plasmid containing bcl-2 resulted in complete protection against the CYP2E1-dependent arachidonic acid toxicity. It is proposed that elevated production of reactive oxygen intermediates by cells expressing CYP2E1 can cause lipid peroxidation, which subsequently promotes apoptosis and cell toxicity when the cells are enriched with polyunsaturated fatty acids such as arachidonic acid. The Hep G2-MV2E1-9 cells appear to be a valuable model to study interaction between CYP2E1, polyunsaturated fatty acids, reactive radicals, and the consequence of these interactions on cell viability and to reproduce several of the key features associated with ethanol hepatotoxicity in the intragastric infusion model of ethanol treatment.
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- Q Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Lewis DF, Bird MG, Parke DV. Molecular modelling of CYP2E1 enzymes from rat, mouse and man: an explanation for species differences in butadiene metabolism and potential carcinogenicity, and rationalization of CYP2E substrate specificity. Toxicology 1997; 118:93-113. [PMID: 9129165 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(96)03583-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Molecular modelling of substrates of cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1) within the putative active site region of CYP2E1 constructed from the CYP102 crystal structure is reported. Structural characteristics of CYP2E1 substrates, such as molecular size, energy levels and polarity, calculated via molecular orbital procedures provide correlations with toxicity and carcinogenicity; and species differences in CYP2E1-mediated metabolism are rationalized in terms of interactions with putative active site amino acid residues, including Thr-437 and Phe-181. In particular, the activation of buta-1,3-diene can be explained by active site modelling with CYP2E1 enzymes sequenced from rat, mouse and man, where there is a non-conservative change T437H between rodent and human isozymes, together with a conservative change I438V between mouse and rat CYP2E1.
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- D F Lewis
- Molecular Toxicology Group, Centre for Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Miura T, Muraoka S, Ogiso T. Antioxidant activity of metallothionein compared with reduced glutathione. Life Sci 1997; 60:PL 301-9. [PMID: 9155005 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(97)00156-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The antioxidant activity of metallothionein (MT) was investigated. Metallothionein scavenged hydroxyl radicals (HO.) to protect DNA from the oxidative attack by microsomes. This scavenging activity of MT was approximately 50 times greater than reduced glutathione (GSH) on a molar basis. However, MT did not inhibit DNA damage induced by microsomes in the presence of adriamycin (ADM)-Fe3+. Presumably, MT did not access DNA at the binding site of ADM-Fe3+ by steric hindrance. The MT also inhibited microsomal lipid peroxidation induced by ADP-Fe3+ and NADPH. The inhibitory activity of MT was about 10 times greater than GSH on a molar basis. In addition, MT effectively inhibited the degradation of R-phycoerythrin fluorescence induced by 2,2'-azobis-(2-amidino-propane)-dihydrochloride, suggesting that MT scavenges peroxyl radicals. This activity of MT was approximately 100 times greater than GSH on a molar basis. Presumably, the inhibitory activity of MT against lipid peroxidation is due to its ability to scavenge lipid peroxyl radicals on the membrane surface. The antioxidant activity of MT seems to be due to MT scavenging free HO. and peroxyl radicals.
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- T Miura
- Hokkaido College of Pharmacy, Otaru, Japan
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Song BJ. Ethanol-inducible cytochrome P450 (CYP2E1): biochemistry, molecular biology and clinical relevance: 1996 update. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1996; 20:138A-146A. [PMID: 8947253 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01764.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- B J Song
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD, USA
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Wu D, Cederbaum AI. Ethanol cytotoxicity to a transfected HepG2 cell line expressing human cytochrome P4502E1. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:23914-9. [PMID: 8798623 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.39.23914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The effect of ethanol on the viability of a HepG2 cell model which was developed to constitutively express human CYP2E1 was studied in an attempt to establish a linkage between CYP2E1, reactive oxygen intermediates, and ethanol toxicity. Assays of toxicity included leakage of lactate dehydrogenase, trypan blue uptake, morphology, and formazan production. Ethanol was toxic to HepG2 E9 cells, which express CYP2E1, but not to HepG2 MV5 cells, which do not express CYP2E1. The ethanol toxicity was dependent on the concentration of ethanol, starting with 10 m ethanol, and on the time of incubation with ethanol. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, which increases the expression of CYP2E1 in this model, increased the toxicity by ethanol. Ethanol toxicity was prevented by 4-methylpyrazole and by diallyl sulfide, inhibitors of CYP2E1. The ethanol toxicity was also prevented by radical trapping agents such as N-acetylcysteine and N-t-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone, antioxidative agents such as catalase, superoxide dismutase, thiourea, and uric acid, and inhibitors of lipid peroxidation, such as vitamin E phosphate, Trolox, and diphenylphenylenediamine. Besides ethanol, other substrates such as Me2SO, CCl4, isoniazid, and N,N-dimethylnitrosamine were cytotoxic to cells expressing CYP2E1 but not to control cells. These results indicate that ethanol was toxic to HepG2 cells which express human CYP2E1 by a pathway sensitive to inhibitors of CYP2E1 and to a variety of antioxidative agents. This model appears to be useful in efforts to establish a CYP2E1-dependent ethanol hepatotoxicity system and to evaluate the role of oxidative stress and reactive radical species in the toxicity by ethanol.
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- D Wu
- Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Yamano T. Dissociation of DDVP-induced DNA strand breaks from oxidative damage in isolated rat hepatocytes. Toxicology 1996; 108:49-56. [PMID: 8644117 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(95)03271-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Dichlorvos (DDVP)-induced DNA single strand breaks were investigated in isolated rat hepatocytes. In a dose-response study in hepatocytes from PB-treated rats (80 mg/kg i.p., for 3 days), 250 microM DDVP substantially reduced cellular non-protein sulfhydryl (NPSH) content, but had no detectable effect on DNA. At 500 microM, the increase in DNA single strand breaks was significant, with a slight increase in cellular lipid peroxidation. At doses over 1000 microM DDVP, cell death was accompanied with considerable lipid peroxidation, and DNA single strand breaks were evident. When the antioxidant N,N'-diphenyl-p-phenylene diamine (DPPD) was added or if the hepatocytes were incubated under air instead of 95% O2, lipid peroxidation and cell death were attenuated but DNA single strand breaks and reduction in NPSH content were not. On the other hand, ferrous iron-induced DNA single strand breaks, lipid peroxidation, and depletion of NPSH content were all attenuated by DPPD or by incubating the cells under air. With respect to the subcellular lipid peroxidation, DDVP caused a significant increase mainly in the microsomal fraction, whereas ferrous iron caused rapid and substantial increases in mitochondrial, microsomal, and nuclear fractions. There were more DNA single strand breaks caused by N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), which becomes genotoxic after microsomal metabolism, in hepatocytes from PB-treated rats than in those from control rats. The number of these breaks was reduced by adding the cytochrome P450 inhibitor metyrapone. On the other hand, the effect of DDVP on DNA was not affected by modification of the cytochrome P450 status. These results suggest that lipid peroxidation induced by DDVP in isolated rat hepatocytes plays a significant role in its cytotoxicity but not in its genotoxicity.
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- T Yamano
- Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Japan
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