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Fujii J, Soma Y, Matsuda Y. Biological Action of Singlet Molecular Oxygen from the Standpoint of Cell Signaling, Injury and Death. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28104085. [PMID: 37241826 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Energy transfer to ground state triplet molecular oxygen results in the generation of singlet molecular oxygen (1O2), which has potent oxidizing ability. Irradiation of light, notably ultraviolet A, to a photosensitizing molecule results in the generation of 1O2, which is thought to play a role in causing skin damage and aging. It should also be noted that 1O2 is a dominant tumoricidal component that is generated during the photodynamic therapy (PDT). While type II photodynamic action generates not only 1O2 but also other reactive species, endoperoxides release pure 1O2 upon mild exposure to heat and, hence, are considered to be beneficial compounds for research purposes. Concerning target molecules, 1O2 preferentially reacts with unsaturated fatty acids to produce lipid peroxidation. Enzymes that contain a reactive cysteine group at the catalytic center are vulnerable to 1O2 exposure. Guanine base in nucleic acids is also susceptible to oxidative modification, and cells carrying DNA with oxidized guanine units may experience mutations. Since 1O2 is produced in various physiological reactions in addition to photodynamic reactions, overcoming technical challenges related to its detection and methods used for its generation would allow its potential functions in biological systems to be better understood.
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- Junichi Fujii
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nursing, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nursing, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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Mo LY, Wang J, Qin LT, Yang YL, Liang N. Mechanism of time-dependent toxicity of quinolone antibiotics on luminescent bacteria Vibrio qinghaiensis sp.-Q67. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 255:114784. [PMID: 36948009 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Four quinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin (CIP), enrofloxacin (ENR), sparfloxacin (SPA), gatifloxacin (GAT)) and their binary mixtures at environmentally relevant concentrations exhibited time-dependent hormesis on Vibrio qinghaiensis sp.-Q67 (Q67). The study aims to investigate the time-dependent toxicity of low-dose pollutants and the occurrence of hormesis. These indicators, total protein (TP), reactive oxygen species (ROS), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), malondialdehyde (MDA) and luminescence-related chemicals flavin mononucleotide (FMN), nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), were measured to explore the mechanism of hormesis. The results showed a trend of increases in all indicators after 12 h of exposure, reaching maximal effects at 60 h and then decreasing as time progressed. At 36 h, 60 h and 84 h, the results showed a gradual increase followed by a decreasing trend in TP, FMN and NADH as the concentration in the group increased, whereas ROS, CAT, SOD and MDA showed the opposite trend. Notably, the degree of changes was related to the magnitude of hormesis. At low concentrations, the content of ROS and MDA decreased, the activity of CAT and SOD was lower, but the content of TP, FMN, NADH gradually increased, positively correlated with the promotion of Q67. At high concentrations, ROS and MDA content in Q67 increased, triggering the antioxidant defense mechanism (CAT and SOD activity increased), but TP, FMN, NADH content decreased, negatively correlated with the inhibited Q67. Therefore, our findings demonstrated two common patterns in these seven biochemical indicators on Q67. These findings have important practical implications for the ecological risk assessment of antibiotics in aquatic environment.
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- Ling-Yun Mo
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541006, China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Theory and Technology, Guilin 541006, China; Technology Innovation Center for Mine Geological Environment Restoration Engineering in Southern Shishan Region, Ministry of Natural Resources, Nanning 530028, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541006, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541006, China; Technology Innovation Center for Mine Geological Environment Restoration Engineering in Southern Shishan Region, Ministry of Natural Resources, Nanning 530028, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541006, China
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- Geological Environment Monitoring Station of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning 530029, China.
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Iqbal A, Qiang D, Xiangru W, Huiping G, Hengheng Z, Xiling Z, Meizhen S. Integrative physiological, transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveals the involvement of carbon and flavonoid biosynthesis in low phosphorus tolerance in cotton. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 196:302-317. [PMID: 36738510 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient controlling plant growth and development through the regulation of basic metabolic processes; however, the molecular details of these pathways remain largely unknown. In this study, physiological, transcriptome, and metabolome analysis were compared for two cotton genotypes with different low P tolerance under P starvation and resupply. The results showed that the glucose, fructose, sucrose, and starch contents increased by 18.2%, 20.4%, 20.2%, and 14.3% in the roots and 18.3%, 23.3%, 11.0%, and 13.6% in the shoot of Jimian169 than DES926, respectively. Moreover, the activities of enzymes related to carbon and phosphorus metabolism were higher in the roots and shoots of Jimian169 than DES926. In addition, transcriptome analysis revealed that the number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was higher in both roots (830) and shoots (730) under P starvation and the DEGs drastically reduced upon P resupply. The KEGG analysis indicated that DEGs were mainly enriched in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, carbon metabolism, and photosynthesis. The metabolome analysis showed the enrichment of phenylpropanoid, organic acids and derivatives, and lipids in all the pairs at a given time point. The combined transcriptome and metabolome analysis revealed that carbon metabolism and flavonoid biosynthesis are involved in the P starvation response in cotton. Moreover, co-expression network analysis identified 3 hub genes in the roots and shoots that regulate the pathways involved in the P starvation response. This study provides the foundation for understanding the mechanisms of low P tolerance and the hub genes as a potential target for the development of low P tolerant genotypes.
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- Asif Iqbal
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou Research Base, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Anyang, Henan, 455000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou Research Base, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Anyang, Henan, 455000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou Research Base, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Anyang, Henan, 455000, PR China; Western Agricultural Research Center of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changji, 831100, Xinjiang, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou Research Base, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Anyang, Henan, 455000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou Research Base, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Anyang, Henan, 455000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou Research Base, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Anyang, Henan, 455000, PR China; Western Agricultural Research Center of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changji, 831100, Xinjiang, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou Research Base, School of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Anyang, Henan, 455000, PR China; Western Agricultural Research Center of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changji, 831100, Xinjiang, PR China.
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Wang L, Yao Y, Wang J, Cui J, Wang X, Li X, Li Y, Ma L. Metabolomics analysis reveal the molecular responses of high CO 2 concentration improve resistance to Pb stress of Oryza sativa L. seedlings. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 251:114515. [PMID: 36628876 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Rice seedlings were exposed to two CO2 concentrations (400 ± 20 and 800 ± 20 μmol mol-1) and three PbNO3 concentrations (0, 50 and 100 µmol L-1) for 10 days to explore the regulatory mechanisms of elevated CO2 for Pb stress resistance. Electrical conductivity, MDA content, SOD, POD, CAT activities and metabolomics changes were studied. Results showed that: Pb stress damaged cell membrane system, electrical conductivity and MDA content increased 49.34 % and 73.27 %, respectively, and some antioxidant enzymes activities increased. Sugar, polyol, amino acid metabolism and fatty acid β-oxidation were all enhanced to improve osmotic adjustments, maintain cell membrane stability, supply energy, nitrogen assimilates and antioxidant capacity; Under composite treatments, cell membrane damage was reduced, activities of protective enzymes increased compared with only Pb stress, POD activity increased the most (49.14 %) under severe Pb composite treatment. High CO2 caused the enhance of cells antioxidant capacity, TCA cycle intermediate products contents and fatty acid desaturation under mild Pb stress. Many sugars, polyols and amino acids contents were increased as osmotic regulatory substances by high CO2 under severe Pb stress; Secondary metabolites played an important role under Pb stress and composite treatments. The object of this study is to provide a possible molecular mechanism of rice response to Pb stress under high CO2 in the future.
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- Lanlan Wang
- College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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- College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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- College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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- College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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- College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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- College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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- College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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- College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China.
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Development of a method for assessing the depth of penetration of ethosomes with methylene blue into the skin during application and photodynamic exposure. BIOMEDICAL PHOTONICS 2023. [DOI: 10.24931/2413-9432-2022-11-4-11-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A wide range of literature sources report on the potential benefits of transdermal drug delivery. Among these advantages, the following are distinguished – minimal injury, reduction of side effects, and prevention of degradation or metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract or liver. However, transdermal delivery of most molecules often excludes due to the barrier function of the skin, which prevents the penetration of exogenous substances. To overcome this barrier and increase skin absorption, ethosomal complexes use, by means penetration into the deep layers of the skin and/or systemic circulation is possible. This work devotes to the development of a non-invasive method for assessing the depth of penetration by ethosomes with methylene blue (MB) into the skin during application and photodynamic exposure. MB as photosensitizer (PS) was chosen, since there are a sufficient number of publications on its positive effect on the restoration of the cell’s respiratory chain of various organs and therefore the restoration of their metabolism. Besides MB has proven to be an effective PS, destructed pathogenic microbes and viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. However, for more effective Covid-19 therapy and antibiotic-resistant microbial diseases, the penetration of MB into the vascular system of the epidermis or mucous tissue is required. Nowadays, the existing methods for assessing the penetration depth of PS are time consuming and require the use of animal skin or model samples. The LESA-01 BIOSPEC system with specially designed optical adapters that allow assessing the drug fluorescence intensity on skin surface and at a depth of up to 2 mm in the investigation was used.
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Integrated Physiological, Transcriptomic, and Metabolomic Analyses of the Response of Peach to Nitrogen Levels during Different Growth Stages. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231810876. [PMID: 36142789 PMCID: PMC9505813 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231810876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study performed physiological, transcriptome, and metabolite analyses of peach fruit under different nitrogen (N) conditions at different growth stages. Nitrogen management directly affected the yield, fruit quality, and metabolites of peach in different growth stages. Different fertilizing time influenced yield and leaf N concentration. RNA-Seq was used to analyze the influence of N levels at the fruit pit hardening (PH) and fruit expansion (FE) stages. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis revealed differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to carbon and nitrogen metabolite processes. Metabolome analysis shows that applying different nitrogen fertilizers at different growth stages of peach mainly affected metabolites related to carbon and amino acids. This research provides insight into the metabolic processes underlying different N responses during different growth stages and provides a foundation to improve the efficiency of N use in peach.
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Carbon "quantum" dots or carbon dots (CDots) exploit and enhance the intrinsic photoexcited state properties and processes of small carbon nanoparticles via effective nanoparticle surface passivation by chemical functionalization with organic species. The optical properties and photoinduced redox characteristics of CDots are competitive to those of established conventional semiconductor quantum dots and also fullerenes and other carbon nanomaterials. Highlighted here are major advances in the exploration of CDots for their serving as high-performance yet nontoxic fluorescence probes for one- and multi-photon bioimaging in vitro and in vivo, and for their uniquely potent antimicrobial function to inactivate effectively and efficiently some of the toughest bacterial pathogens and viruses under visible/natural or ambient light conditions. Opportunities and challenges in the further development of the CDots platform and related technologies are discussed.
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- Dekai Yuan
- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Mengele AK, Weixler D, Chettri A, Maurer M, Huber FL, Seibold GM, Dietzek B, Eikmanns BJ, Rau S. Switching the Mechanism of NADH Photooxidation by Supramolecular Interactions. Chemistry 2021; 27:16840-16845. [PMID: 34547151 PMCID: PMC9298348 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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A series of three Ru(II) polypyridine complexes was investigated for the selective photocatalytic oxidation of NAD(P)H to NAD(P)+ in water. A combination of (time‐resolved) spectroscopic studies and photocatalysis experiments revealed that ligand design can be used to control the mechanism of the photooxidation: For prototypical Ru(II) complexes a 1O2 pathway was found. Rudppz ([(tbbpy)2Ru(dppz)]Cl2, tbbpy=4,4'‐di‐tert‐butyl‐2,2'‐bipyridine, dppz=dipyrido[3,2‐a:2′,3′‐c]phenazine), instead, initiated the cofactor oxidation by electron transfer from NAD(P)H enabled by supramolecular binding between substrate and catalyst. Expulsion of the photoproduct NAD(P)+ from the supramolecular binding site in Rudppz allowed very efficient turnover. Therefore, Rudppz permits repetitive selective assembly and oxidative conversion of reduced naturally occurring nicotinamides by recognizing the redox state of the cofactor under formation of H2O2 as additional product. This photocatalytic process can fuel discontinuous photobiocatalysis.
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- Alexander K Mengele
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Materials and Catalysis, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Department Functional Interfaces, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena, Albert-Einstein-Allee 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Materials and Catalysis, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Materials and Catalysis, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.,Section of Synthetic Biology, Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltoftsplads, 2800, Kongens, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department Functional Interfaces, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena, Albert-Einstein-Allee 9, 07745, Jena, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry I, Materials and Catalysis, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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Samuilov VD, Kiselevsky DB, Dzyubinskaya EV, Frolova OY. Effects of Superoxide Dismutase Inhibitors and Glucose on Cell Death and Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Pea Leaves. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2021; 86:878-886. [PMID: 34284711 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297921070087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The effects of superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibitors, diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC), triethylenetetramine (trien), and their combination with glucose on cells of the epidermis from pea leaves of different age (rapidly growing young leaves and slowly growing old leaves) was investigated. DDC and trien caused death of the guard cells as determined by destruction of their nuclei. Glucose did not affect destruction of the nuclei induced by SOD inhibitors in the cells from old leaves, but intensified it in the cells from young leaves. 2-Deoxyglucose, an inhibitor of glycolysis, and propyl gallate, SOD-mimic and antioxidant, suppressed destruction of the nuclei that was caused by SOD inhibitors and glucose in cells of the epidermis from the young, but not from the old leaves. Glucose and trien stimulated, and propyl gallate reduced generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the pea epidermis as determined by the fluorescence of 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein (DCF). Carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), a protonophoric uncoupler of oxidative and photosynthetic phosphorylation, suppressed the DCF fluorescence in the guard cells. Treatment of the cells with CCCP followed by its removal with washing increased destruction of the nuclei caused by SOD inhibitors and glucose. In young leaves, CCCP was less effective than in old ones. The findings demonstrate the effects of SOD inhibitors and glucose on the cell death and generation of ROS and could indicate glycolysis-dependent ROS production.
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- Vitaly D Samuilov
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
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- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
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- Institute of Mitoengineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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Al‐Nu'airat J, Oluwoye I, Zeinali N, Altarawneh M, Dlugogorski BZ. Review of Chemical Reactivity of Singlet Oxygen with Organic Fuels and Contaminants. CHEM REC 2020; 21:315-342. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202000143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Jomana Al‐Nu'airat
- Murdoch University Discipline of Chemistry and Physics, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education 90 South Street Murdoch WA 6150 Australia
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- Murdoch University Discipline of Chemistry and Physics, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education 90 South Street Murdoch WA 6150 Australia
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- Murdoch University Discipline of Chemistry and Physics, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education 90 South Street Murdoch WA 6150 Australia
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- United Arab Emirates University Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed St Al-Ain 15551 United Arab Emirates
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- Charles Darwin University Energy and Resources Institute, Ellengowan Drive Darwin NT 0909 Australia
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Zhao M, Guo R, Li M, Liu Y, Wang X, Fu H, Wang S, Liu X, Shi L. Physiological characteristics and metabolomics reveal the tolerance mechanism to low nitrogen in Glycine soja leaves. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2020; 168:819-834. [PMID: 31593297 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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To explore the regulatory mechanisms involved in the adaption to nitrogen (N) deficiency of wild soybean, the ion balance, photosynthetic characteristics, metabolic and transcriptional changes in leaves of common and low N (LN)-tolerant wild soybean seedlings under LN stress were determined. The LN-tolerant wild soybean seedlings showed a stronger ability to maintain photosynthesis and nutrient balance than common wild soybean. A total of 52 differentially accumulated metabolites, mainly related to carbon and N metabolism, were identified between the control and the LN treatment group. In general, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, shikimic acid pathway, synthetase/glutamate synthase (GS/GOGAT) cycle and accumulation of most organic acids were enhanced in LN-tolerant wild soybean, while reduced in common wild soybean under LN stress compared with their respective control group. Moreover, glycolysis, sugar and polyol and fatty acid metabolism increased in both wild soybean genotypes, and increased more in LN-tolerant wild soybean. A total of 3381 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in leaves of both wild soybean genotypes and the expressed level of DEGs associated with sugars, polyols, fatty acids and energy metabolism was significantly higher in LN-tolerant wild soybean than in common wild soybean, consistent with changes in metabolite level. Our results suggest new ideas for the study of LN tolerance of wild soybean and provide a theoretical basis for development and utilization of wild soybean resources.
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- Mingli Zhao
- Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Dryland Agriculture, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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Hirakawa K, Murata A. Photosensitized oxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide by diethoxyphosphorus(V)tetraphenylporphyrin and its fluorinated derivative: Possibility of chain reaction. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2018; 188:640-646. [PMID: 28783606 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.07.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2017] [Revised: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 07/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Water-soluble porphyrins, diethoxyphosphorus(V)tetraphenylporphyrin (EtP(V)TPP) and its fluorinated analogue (FEtP(V)TPP), decreased the typical absorption around 340nm of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) under visible light irradiation, indicating oxidative decomposition. A singlet oxygen quencher, sodium azide, and a triplet quencher, potassium iodide, slightly inhibited photosensitized NADH oxidation. However, these inhibitory effects were very small. Furthermore, the fluorescence lifetime of these P(V)porphyrins was decreased by NADH, suggesting the contribution of electron transfer to the singlet excited (S1) state of P(V)porphyrin. The redox potential measurement supports the electron transfer-mediated oxidation of NADH. The quantum yields of NADH photodecomposition by P(V)porphyrins could be estimated from the kinetic data and the effect of these quenchers on NADH oxidation. The obtained values suggest that the electron accepting by the S1 states of P(V)porphyrins triggers a chain reaction of NADH oxidation. This photosensitized reaction may play an important role in the photocytotoxicity of P(V)porphyrins. The axial ligand fluorination of P(V)porphyrins improved electron accepting ability. However, fluorination slightly suppressed static interaction with NADH, resulting in decreased oxidation quantum yield.
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- Kazutaka Hirakawa
- Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering Course, Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Johoku 3-5-1, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan; Department of Optoelectronics and Nanostructure Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Johoku 3-5-1, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan.
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- Applied Chemistry and Biochemical Engineering Course, Department of Engineering, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Johoku 3-5-1, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8561, Japan
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Nakashima Y, Ohta S, Wolf AM. Blue light-induced oxidative stress in live skin. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 108:300-310. [PMID: 28315451 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Skin damage from exposure to sunlight induces aging-like changes in appearance and is attributed to the ultraviolet (UV) component of light. Photosensitized production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by UVA light is widely accepted to contribute to skin damage and carcinogenesis, but visible light is thought not to do so. Using mice expressing redox-sensitive GFP to detect ROS, blue light could produce oxidative stress in live skin. Blue light induced oxidative stress preferentially in mitochondria, but green, red, far red or infrared light did not. Blue light-induced oxidative stress was also detected in cultured human keratinocytes, but the per photon efficacy was only 25% of UVA in human keratinocyte mitochondria, compared to 68% of UVA in mouse skin. Skin autofluorescence was reduced by blue light, suggesting flavins are the photosensitizer. Exposing human skin to the blue light contained in sunlight depressed flavin autofluorescence, demonstrating that the visible component of sunlight has a physiologically significant effect on human skin. The ROS produced by blue light is probably superoxide, but not singlet oxygen. These results suggest that blue light contributes to skin aging similar to UVA.
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- Yuya Nakashima
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-8533, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-8533, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-396 Kosugi, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 211-8533, Japan.
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Quan X, Qian Q, Ye Z, Zeng J, Han Z, Zhang G. Metabolic analysis of two contrasting wild barley genotypes grown hydroponically reveals adaptive strategies in response to low nitrogen stress. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 206:59-67. [PMID: 27693987 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2016.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Revised: 07/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Nitrogen (N) is an essential macronutrient for plants. The increasingly severe environmental problems caused by N fertilizer application urge alleviation of N fertilizer dependence in crop production. In previous studies, we identified the Tibetan wild barley accessions with high tolerance to low nitrogen (LN). In this study, metabolic analysis was done on two wild genotypes (XZ149, tolerant and XZ56, sensitive) to understand the mechanism of LN tolerance, using a hydroponic experiment. Leaf and root samples were taken at seven time points within 18 d after LN treatment, respectively. XZ149 was much less affected by low N stress than XZ56 in plant biomass. A total of 51 differentially accumulated metabolites were identified between LN and normal N treated plants. LN stress induced tissue-specific changes in carbon and nitrogen partitioning, and XZ149 had a pattern of energy-saving amino acids accumulation and carbon distribution in favor of root growth that contribute to its higher LN tolerance. Moreover, XZ149 is highly capable of producing energy and maintaining the redox homeostasis under LN stress. The current results revealed the mechanisms underlying the wild barley in high LN tolerance and provided the valuable references for developing barley cultivars with LN tolerance.
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- Xiaoyan Quan
- Agronomy Department, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Agronomy Department, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Agronomy Department, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Agronomy Department, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Agronomy Department, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Agronomy Department, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Gsponer NS, Agazzi ML, Spesia MB, Durantini EN. Approaches to unravel pathways of reactive oxygen species in the photoinactivation of bacteria induced by a dicationic fulleropyrrolidinium derivative. Methods 2016; 109:167-174. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Kryman MW, McCormick TM, Detty MR. Longer-Wavelength-Absorbing, Extended Chalcogenorhodamine Dyes. Organometallics 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mark W. Kryman
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97207, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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Dahal E, Curtiss J, Subedi D, Chen G, Houston JP, Smirnov S. Evaluation of the catalytic activity and cytotoxicity of palladium nanocubes: the role of oxygen. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:9364-71. [PMID: 25886644 PMCID: PMC4663053 DOI: 10.1021/am509124x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Recently, it has been reported that palladium nanocubes (PdNC) are capable of generating singlet oxygen without photoexcitation simply via chemisorption of molecular oxygen on its surface. Such a trait would make PdNC a highly versatile catalyst suitable in organic synthesis and a Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) inducing cancer treatment reagent. Here we thoroughly investigated the catalytic activity of PdNC with respect to their ability to produce singlet oxygen and to oxidize 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), and analyzed the cytotoxic properties of PdNC on HeLa cells. Our findings showed no evidence of singlet oxygen production by PdNC. The nanocubes' activity is not necessarily linked to activation of oxygen. The oxidation of substrate on PdNC can be a first step, followed by PdNC regeneration with oxygen or other oxidant. The catalytic activity of PdNC toward the oxidation of TMB is very high and shows direct two-electron oxidation when the surface of the PdNC is clean and the ratio of TMB/PdNC is not very high. Sequential one electron oxidation is observed when the pristine quality of PdNC surface is compromised by serum or uncontrolled impurities and/or the ratio of TMB/PdNC is high. Clean PdNC in serum-free media efficiently induce apoptosis of HeLa cells. It is the primary route of cell death and is associated with hyperpolarization of mitochondria, contrary to a common mitochondrial depolarization initiated by ROS. Again, the effects are very sensitive to how well the pristine surface of PdNC is preserved, suggesting that PdNC can be used as an apoptosis inducing agent, but only with appropriate drug delivery system.
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- Eshan Dahal
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, United States
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Real-time monitoring of oxidative stress in live mouse skin. J Invest Dermatol 2013; 134:1701-1709. [PMID: 24129062 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Oxidative stress is involved in many age-associated diseases, as well as in the aging process itself. The development of interventions to reduce oxidative stress is hampered by the absence of sensitive detection methods that can be used in live animals. We generated transgenic mice expressing ratiometric redox-sensitive green fluorescent protein (roGFP) in the cytosol or mitochondria of several tissues, including skin epidermal keratinocytes. Crossbreeding into hairless albino mice allowed noninvasive optical measurement of skin oxidative state. Topical application of hydrogen peroxide emulsion shifted the keratinocyte redox state toward oxidation within minutes and could be observed in real time by fluorescence ratio imaging. Exposing skin to 365 nm UVA radiation oxidized roGFP localized in keratinocyte mitochondria, but not when roGFP was localized in the cytosol. This suggests that significant amounts of the endogenous photosensitizers that mediate UVA-induced oxidative stress are located in the mitochondria. UVR is the major environmental cause of skin aging and UVA-mediated oxidative stress has been associated with the development of wrinkles in humans. Direct measurements of redox state in defined cell compartments of live animals should be a powerful and convenient tool for evaluating treatments that aim to modulate oxidative stress.
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Ferreira JAB, Sánchez-Coronilla A, Togashi DM, Ferreira H, Ascenso JR, Costa SMB. Electrophilic reactivity of tetrabromorhodamine 123 is bromine induced: convergent interpretation through complementary molecular descriptors. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:11938-45. [PMID: 23134615 DOI: 10.1021/jp307461m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nucleophilic addition of water and of methanol to 3,6-diamino-2,4,5,7-tetrabromo-9-[2-(methoxycarbonyl) phenyl]-9H-xanthen-9-ylium, 4BrR123, yields respectively 2-(3,6-diamino-2,4,5,7-tetrabromo-9-hydroxy-9H-xanthen-9-yl)xanthyl benzoate, HO4BrR123 and 2-(3,6-diamino-2,4,5,7-tetrabromo-9-methoxy-9H-xanthen-9-yl)xanthyl benzoate, MeO4BrR123. The novel experimental results are addressed theoretically. The linear free energy relationship, LFER, second-order perturbation theory analysis of the natural bond orbital, NBO, and quantum theory of atoms in molecules, QTAIM, lead to the same conclusion: the electron-withdrawing effect of bonded Br atoms in 4BrR123 extremely enhances the molecular electrophilicity, as compared to 3,6-diamino-9-[2-(methoxycarbonyl) phenyl]-9H-xanthen-9-ylium, R123. The reactivity of these diaminoxanthylium cations is discussed in the context of local and global softness in extended conjugated systems.
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- José A B Ferreira
- Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal.
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Stockert JC, Blázquez-Castro A, Cañete M, Horobin RW, Villanueva A. MTT assay for cell viability: Intracellular localization of the formazan product is in lipid droplets. Acta Histochem 2012; 114:785-96. [PMID: 22341561 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2012.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Although MTT is widely used to assess cytotoxicity and cell viability, the precise localization of its reduced formazan product is still unclear. In the present study the localization of MTT formazan was studied by direct microscopic observation of living HeLa cells and by colocalization analysis with organelle-selective fluorescent probes. MTT formazan granules did not colocalize with mitochondria as revealed by rhodamine 123 labeling or autofluorescence. Likewise, no colocalization was observed between MTT formazan granules and lysosomes labeled by neutral red. Taking into account the lipophilic character and lipid solubility of MTT formazan, an evaluation of the MTT reaction was performed after treatment of cells with sunflower oil emulsions to induce a massive occurrence of lipid droplets. Under this condition, lipid droplets revealed a large amount of MTT formazan deposits. Kinetic studies on the viability of MTT-treated cells showed no harmful effects at short times. Quantitative structure-activity relations (QSAR) models were used to predict and explain the localization of both the MTT tetrazolium salt and its formazan product. These predictions were in agreement with experimental observations on the accumulation of MTT formazan product in lipid droplets.
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- Juan C Stockert
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.
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Hwang JY, Lubow DJ, Sims JD, Gray HB, Mahammed A, Gross Z, Medina-Kauwe LK, Farkas DL. Investigating photoexcitation-induced mitochondrial damage by chemotherapeutic corroles using multimode optical imaging. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2012; 17:015003. [PMID: 22352647 PMCID: PMC3380813 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.17.1.015003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2011] [Revised: 11/07/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We recently reported that a targeted, brightly fluorescent gallium corrole (HerGa) is highly effective for breast tumor detection and treatment. Unlike structurally similar porphryins, HerGa exhibits tumor-targeted toxicity without the need for photoexcitation. We have now examined whether photoexcitation further modulates HerGa toxicity, using multimode optical imaging of live cells, including two-photon excited fluorescence, differential interference contrast (DIC), spectral, and lifetime imaging. Using two-photon excited fluorescence imaging, we observed that light at specific wavelengths augments the HerGa-mediated mitochondrial membrane potential disruption of breast cancer cells in situ. In addition, DIC, spectral, and fluorescence lifetime imaging enabled us to both validate cell damage by HerGa photoexcitation and investigate HerGa internalization, thus allowing optimization of light dose and timing. Our demonstration of HerGa phototoxicity opens the way for development of new methods of cancer intervention using tumor-targeted corroles.
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- Jae Youn Hwang
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Technologies Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard D6061, Los Angeles, California 90048
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard D3059, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard D3059, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard D3059, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Schulish Faculty of Chemistry, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Schulish Faculty of Chemistry, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard D3059, Los Angeles, California 90048
- University of California Los Angeles Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90048
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- Minimally Invasive Surgical Technologies Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard D6061, Los Angeles, California 90048
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard D3059, Los Angeles, California 90048
- University of Southern California, Department of Biomedical Engineering, , Los Angeles, California 90089
- Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc., Beverly Hills, California 90211
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Vasil'ev LA, Dzyubinskaya EV, Kiselevsky DB, Shestak AA, Samuilov VD. Programmed cell death in plants: protective effect of mitochondrial-targeted quinones. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2011; 76:1120-30. [PMID: 22098237 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297911100051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Ubiquinone or plastoquinone covalently linked to synthetic decyltriphenylphosphonium (DTPP(+)) or rhodamine cations prevent programmed cell death (PCD) in pea leaf epidermis induced by chitosan or CN(-). PCD was monitored by recording the destruction of cell nuclei. CN(-) induced the destruction of nuclei in both epidermal cells (EC) and guard cells (GC), whereas chitosan destroyed nuclei in EC not in GC. The half-maximum concentrations for the protective effects of the quinone derivatives were within the pico- and nanomolar range. The protective effect of the quinones was removed by a protonophoric uncoupler and reduced by tetraphenylphosphonium cations. CN(-)-Induced PCD was accelerated by the tested quinone derivatives at concentrations above 10(-8)-10(-7) M. Unlike plastoquinone linked to the rhodamine cation (SkQR1), DTPP(+) derivatives of quinones suppressed menadione-induced H(2)O(2) generation in the cells. The CN(-)-induced destruction of GC nuclei was prevented by DTPP(+) derivatives in the dark not in the light. SkQR1 inhibited this process both in the dark and in the light, and its effect in the light was similar to that of rhodamine 6G. The data on the protective effect of cationic quinone derivatives indicate that mitochondria are involved in PCD in plants.
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- L A Vasil'ev
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
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Sandoval JM, Arenas FA, Vásquez CC. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase protects Escherichia coli from tellurite-mediated oxidative stress. PLoS One 2011; 6:e25573. [PMID: 21984934 PMCID: PMC3184162 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The tellurium oxyanion tellurite induces oxidative stress in most microorganisms. In Escherichia coli, tellurite exposure results in high levels of oxidized proteins and membrane lipid peroxides, inactivation of oxidation-sensitive enzymes and reduced glutathione content. In this work, we show that tellurite-exposed E. coli exhibits transcriptional activation of the zwf gene, encoding glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), which in turn results in augmented synthesis of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). Increased zwf transcription under tellurite stress results mainly from reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and not from a depletion of cellular glutathione. In addition, the observed increase of G6PDH activity was paralleled by accumulation of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), suggesting a metabolic flux shift toward the pentose phosphate shunt. Upon zwf overexpression, bacterial cells also show increased levels of antioxidant molecules (NADPH, GSH), better-protected oxidation-sensitive enzymes and decreased amounts of oxidized proteins and membrane lipids. These results suggest that by increasing NADPH content, G6PDH plays an important role in E. coli survival under tellurite stress.
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- Juan M. Sandoval
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Sivitz WI, Yorek MA. Mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetes: from molecular mechanisms to functional significance and therapeutic opportunities. Antioxid Redox Signal 2010; 12:537-77. [PMID: 19650713 PMCID: PMC2824521 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.2531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 507] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Given their essential function in aerobic metabolism, mitochondria are intuitively of interest in regard to the pathophysiology of diabetes. Qualitative, quantitative, and functional perturbations in mitochondria have been identified and affect the cause and complications of diabetes. Moreover, as a consequence of fuel oxidation, mitochondria generate considerable reactive oxygen species (ROS). Evidence is accumulating that these radicals per se are important in the pathophysiology of diabetes and its complications. In this review, we first present basic concepts underlying mitochondrial physiology. We then address mitochondrial function and ROS as related to diabetes. We consider different forms of diabetes and address both insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity. We also address the role of mitochondrial uncoupling and coenzyme Q. Finally, we address the potential for targeting mitochondria in the therapy of diabetes.
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- William I Sivitz
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
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Brewer GJ. Epigenetic oxidative redox shift (EORS) theory of aging unifies the free radical and insulin signaling theories. Exp Gerontol 2009; 45:173-9. [PMID: 19945522 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2009] [Revised: 11/17/2009] [Accepted: 11/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Harman's free radical theory of aging posits that oxidized macromolecules accumulate with age to decrease function and shorten life-span. However, nutritional and genetic interventions to boost anti-oxidants have generally failed to increase life-span. Furthermore, the free radical theory fails to explain why exercise causes higher levels of oxyradical damage, but generally promotes healthy aging. The separate anti-aging paradigms of genetic or caloric reductions in the insulin signaling pathway is thought to slow the rate of living to reduce metabolism, but recent evidence from Westbrook and Bartke suggests metabolism actually increases in long-lived mice. To unify these disparate theories and data, here, we propose the epigenetic oxidative redox shift (EORS) theory of aging. According to EORS, sedentary behavior associated with age triggers an oxidized redox shift and impaired mitochondrial function. In order to maintain resting energy levels, aerobic glycolysis is upregulated by redox-sensitive transcription factors. As emphasized by DeGrey, the need to supply NAD(+) for glucose oxidation and maintain redox balance with impaired mitochondrial NADH oxidoreductase requires the upregulation of other oxidoreductases. In contrast to the 2% inefficiency of mitochondrial reduction of oxygen to the oxyradical, these other oxidoreductases enable glycolytic energy production with a deleterious 100% efficiency in generating oxyradicals. To avoid this catastrophic cycle, lactate dehydrogenase is upregulated at the expense of lactic acid acidosis. This metabolic shift is epigenetically enforced, as is insulin resistance to reduce mitochondrial turnover. The low mitochondrial capacity for efficient production of energy reinforces a downward spiral of more sedentary behavior leading to accelerated aging, increased organ failure with stress, impaired immune and vascular functions and brain aging. Several steps in the pathway are amenable to reversal for exit from the vicious cycle of EORS. Examples from our work in the aging rodent brain as well as other aging models are provided.
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- Gregory J Brewer
- Kenneth Stark Endowed Chair in Alzheimer Research, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9626, USA.
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Stockert JC, Villanueva A, Cristóbal J, Cañete M. Improving images of fluorescent cell labeling by background signal subtraction. Biotech Histochem 2009; 84:63-8. [PMID: 19267289 DOI: 10.1080/10520290902804357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The uptake and selective accumulation of fluorescent labels and drugs into organelles of cultured cells currently are widely investigated in biomedical research. In such studies, co-localization procedures are frequently used to identify the accumulation sites of compounds with biological activity. A drawback with fluorescent labeling is the autofluorescence of some cell organelles, which can hinder the precise assessment of co-localization. We report here labeling of the Golgi apparatus of A-549 cells using the photosensitizer zinc(II)-phthalocyanine (ZnPc) and co-localization with the Golgi probe NBD C6-ceramide. The blue autofluorescence signal of mitochondria can be subtracted easily from the original picture by image processing, after which the co-localization of the isolated red ZnPc signal with the green signal from the Golgi probe is considerably improved.
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- J C Stockert
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Szokalska A, Makowski M, Nowis D, Wilczynski GM, Kujawa M, Wójcik C, Mlynarczuk-Bialy I, Salwa P, Bil J, Janowska S, Agostinis P, Verfaillie T, Bugajski M, Gietka J, Issat T, Glodkowska E, Mrówka P, Stoklosa T, Hamblin MR, Mróz P, Jakóbisiak M, Golab J. Proteasome inhibition potentiates antitumor effects of photodynamic therapy in mice through induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response. Cancer Res 2009; 69:4235-43. [PMID: 19435917 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-3439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an approved therapeutic procedure that exerts cytotoxic activity toward tumor cells by inducing production of reactive oxygen species such as singlet oxygen. PDT leads to oxidative damage of cellular macromolecules, including proteins that undergo multiple modifications such as fragmentation, cross-linking, and carbonylation that result in protein unfolding and aggregation. Because the major mechanism for elimination of carbonylated proteins is their degradation by proteasomes, we hypothesized that a combination of PDT with proteasome inhibitors might lead to accumulation of carbonylated proteins in endoplasmic reticulum (ER), aggravated ER stress, and potentiated cytotoxicity toward tumor cells. We observed that Photofrin-mediated PDT leads to robust carbonylation of cellular proteins and induction of unfolded protein response. Pretreatment of tumor cells with three different proteasome inhibitors, including bortezomib, MG132, and PSI, gave increased accumulation of carbonylated and ubiquitinated proteins in PDT-treated cells. Proteasome inhibitors effectively sensitized tumor cells of murine (EMT6 and C-26) as well as human (HeLa) origin to PDT-mediated cytotoxicity. Significant retardation of tumor growth with 60% to 100% complete responses was observed in vivo in two different murine tumor models (EMT6 and C-26) when PDT was combined with either bortezomib or PSI. Altogether, these observations indicate that combination of PDT with proteasome inhibitors leads to potentiated antitumor effects. The results of these studies are of immediate clinical application because bortezomib is a clinically approved drug that undergoes extensive clinical evaluations for the treatment of solid tumors.
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- Angelika Szokalska
- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Stenuit B, Eyers L, Rozenberg R, Habib-Jiwan JL, Matthijs S, Cornelis P, Agathos SN. Denitration of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in aqueous solutions using small-molecular-weight catalyst(s) secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa ESA-5. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2009; 43:2011-2017. [PMID: 19368206 DOI: 10.1021/es8024319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The denitration of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) can produce mono- or dinitro aromatic compounds susceptible to microbial mineralization. In the present study, denitration of TNT and other nitro aromatic compounds was investigated with a solid-phase extract obtained from the culture supernatant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ESA-5 grown on a chemically defined aerobic medium. When the C18 solid-phase extract containing extracellular catalysts (EC) was incubated with TNT and NAD(P)H, we observed a significant release of nitrite. The concentration of nitrite released in the reaction medium was strongly dependent on the concentration of NAD(P)H and EC. Denitration also occurred with two TNT-related molecules, 2,4,6-trinitrobenzaldehyde, and 2,4,6-trinitrobenzyl alcohol. The release of nitrite was coupled with the formation of two polar metabolites, and mass spectrometry analyses indicated that each of these compounds had lost two nitro groups from the trinitro aromatic parent molecule. During this process, the production of toxic reduced TNT metabolites was minimal. The incubation of EC with TNT, NAD(P)H, and specific scavengers of reactive oxygen species suggested the involvement of superoxide radicals (O2*-) and hydrogen peroxide in the denitration process. Results obtained in this study reveal for the first time that extracellular small-molecular-weight substance(s) of bacterial origin can serve as green catalyst(s) to initiate TNT denitration. In addition, this study gives clear evidence for the production of a TNT metabolite bearing a single nitro groupfollowing a denitration reaction with catalyst(s) of biotic origin.
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- Ben Stenuit
- Unit of Bioengineering and Mass Spectrometry Unit, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Samuilov VD, Kiselevsky DB, Shestak AA, Nesov AV, Vasil'ev LA. Reactive oxygen species in programmed death of pea guard cells. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2008; 73:1076-84. [PMID: 18991553 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297908100039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Hydrogen peroxide potentiates CN(-)-induced apoptosis of guard cells recorded as destruction of cell nuclei in the epidermis from pea leaves. A still stronger effect was exerted by the addition of H2O2 and NADH, which are the substrates of the plant cell wall peroxidase producing O2*- coupled to the oxidation of NADH. The CN(-)-or (CN(-) + H2O2)-induced destruction of guard cell nuclei was completely removed by nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) oxidizing O2*- and preventing there-by the subsequent generation of H2O2. The reduced NBT was deposited in the cells as formazan crystals. Cyanide-induced apoptosis was diminished by mannitol and ethanol, which are OH* traps. The dyes Rose Bengal (RB) and tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester (TMRE) photosensitizing singlet oxygen production suppressed the CN(-)-induced destruction of the cell nuclei in the light. This suppression was removed by exogenous NADH, which reacts with 1O2 yielding O2*-. Incubation of leaf slices with RB in the light lowered the photosynthetic O2 evolution rate and induced the permeability of guard cells for propidium iodide, which cannot pass across intact membranes. Inhibition of photosynthetic O2 evolution by 3-(3',4'-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea or bromoxynil prevented CN(-)-induced apoptosis of guard cells in the light but not in the dark. RB in combination with exogenous NADH caused H2O2 production that was sensitive to NBT and estimated from dichlorofluorescein (DCF) fluorescence. Data on NBT reduction and DCF and TMRE fluorescence obtained using a confocal microscope and data on the NADH-dependent H2O2 production are indicative of generation of reactive oxygen species in the chloroplasts, mitochondria, and nuclear region of guard cells as well as with participation of apoplastic peroxidase. Cyanide inhibited generation of reactive oxygen species in mitochondria and induced their generation in chloroplasts. The results show that H2O2, OH*, and O2*- resources utilized for H2O2 production are involved in apoptosis of guard cells. It is likely that singlet oxygen generated by RB in the light, judging from the permeability of the plasmatic membrane for propidium iodide, makes Photosystem II of chloroplasts inoperative and induces necrosis of the guard cells.
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- V D Samuilov
- Department of Physiology of Microorganisms, Biological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Chekulayeva LV, Chekulayev VA, Shevchuk IN. Active oxygen intermediates in the degradation of hematoporphyrin derivative in tumor cells subjected to photodynamic therapy. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2008; 93:94-107. [PMID: 18760622 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2007] [Revised: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD), a sensitizer used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) of malignancies, is progressively destroyed during the treatment. Prior studies suggested that upon PDT the photobleaching of HPD in tumor tissues is largely mediated by self-sensitized singlet oxygen. However, little is known about the role of other reactive oxygen species (ROS). The main aim of this work was to clarify the significance of H2O2, superoxide (O2.(-)) and hydroxyl (OH.) radicals in bleaching of HPD in tumor cells subjected to PDT. Experiments were performed on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells, which were loaded with HPD in PBS and then irradiated with red light at 630 nm in the same buffer. Studies showed that photosensitization of EAC cells by HPD led to the formation of significant amounts of H2O2, O2.(-) and OH., and that these ROS could be involved in the photobleaching of HPD during PDT. In fact, we found that addition of catalase (CAT, a scavenger H2O2), Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) and Tiron (scavengers of O2.(-)), Na-benzoate, mannitol and deferoxamine (scavengers of OH.) caused a substantial decrease in the rate of HPD photobleaching in EAC cells. In these cells, the inhibitory effects of Na-benzoate, mannitol and deferoxamine on the photodegradation of HPD correlated well with suppression of the OH. generation, a highly active oxidizer. In EAC cells, the glutathione redox cycle and CAT (scavengers of H2O2) as well as Cu/Zn-SOD was found to suppress the photoinduced degradation of HPD. It was also established that HPD can directly scavenge H2O2 and oxygen free radicals; in a phosphate buffer its second-order rate constants were measured as 5.51+/-0.32 x 10(3)M(-1)s(-1) (for the reaction with O2.(-)), 5.08+/-0.31 x 10(4)M(-1)s(-1) (for H2O2), and 3.44+/-0.08 x 10(10)M(-1)s(-1) (for OH.). Thus, our data suggest that OH. could be one of the main oxidants mediating the photobleaching behavior of HPD in malignancies. Studies showed that photoexcited moieties of HPD can oxidize cell proteins with the formation of protein peroxides (PPO), which currently are regarded as a new form of ROS. Model experiments suggest that PPO could also participate in bleaching of HPD in tumors treated with PDT. It was found that HPD may destroy in tumor cells after cessation of photoirradiation and that this event is largely mediated by the presence of H2O2, a precursor of OH(.).
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- Lyudmila V Chekulayeva
- Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
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Miyoshi T, Arai T, Nonogawa M, Makino K, Mori H, Yamashita K, Sasada M. Anticancer photodynamic and non-photodynamic effects of pterin derivatives on a pancreatic cancer cell line. J Pharmacol Sci 2008; 107:221-5. [PMID: 18544897 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.08002sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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To evaluate the feasibility of two kinds of pterin derivatives, 2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyleneamino)-6-formyl-3-pivaloylpteridin-4-one (DFP) and 2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyleneamino)-3-pivaloylpteridin-4-one (DP), as anticancer drugs, their photodynamic and non-photodynamic effects on pancreatic cancer cell line Panc-1 cells were examined. For photodynamic effects, cell death 48 h after UV-A irradiation was more prominent in cells preloaded with DP than DFP. When cells were simply incubated for 96 h without irradiation, DFP induced cell death, while DP suppressed cell proliferation. Furthermore, DP was much more soluble in water than DFP. These findings collectively indicated that DP is more feasible as an anticancer drug than DFP.
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- Takashi Miyoshi
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Zhao B, He YY, Bilski PJ, Chignell CF. Pristine (C60) and hydroxylated [C60(OH)24] fullerene phototoxicity towards HaCaT keratinocytes: type I vs type II mechanisms. Chem Res Toxicol 2008; 21:1056-63. [PMID: 18422350 DOI: 10.1021/tx800056w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The increasing use of fullerene nanomaterials has prompted widespread concern over their biological effects. Herein, we have studied the phototoxicity of gamma-cyclodextrin bicapped pristine C 60 [(gamma-CyD) 2/C 60] and its water-soluble derivative C 60(OH) 24 toward human keratinocytes. Our results demonstrated that irradiation of (gamma-CyD) 2/C 60 or C 60(OH) 24 in D 2O generated singlet oxygen with quantum yields of 0.76 and 0.08, respectively. Irradiation (>400 nm) of C 60(OH) 24 generated superoxide as detected by the EPR spin trapping technique; superoxide generation was enhanced by addition of the electron donor nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced) (NADH). During the irradiation of (gamma-CyD) 2/C 60, superoxide was generated only in the presence of NADH. Cell viability measurements demonstrated that (gamma-CyD) 2/C 60 was about 60 times more phototoxic to human keratinocytes than C 60(OH) 24. UVA irradiation of human keratinocytes in the presence of (gamma-CyD) 2/C 60 resulted in a significant rise in intracellular protein-derived peroxides, suggesting a type II mechanism for phototoxicity. UVA irradiation of human keratinocytes in the presence of C 60(OH) 24 produced diffuse intracellular fluorescence when the hydrogen peroxide probe Peroxyfluor-1 was present, suggesting a type I mechanism. Our results clearly show that the phototoxicity induced by (gamma-CyD) 2/C 60 is mainly mediated by singlet oxygen with a minor contribution from superoxide, while C 60(OH) 24 phototoxicity is mainly due to superoxide.
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- Baozhong Zhao
- Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Kawai A, Nishinaka Y, Arai T, Hirota K, Mori H, Endo N, Miyoshi T, Yamashita K, Sasada M. α-Phenyl-N-tert-butyl Nitrone Has Scavenging Activity Against Singlet Oxygen (1O2) and Attenuates 1O2-Induced Neuronal Cell Death. J Pharmacol Sci 2008; 108:545-9. [DOI: 10.1254/jphs.08233sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Arai T, Nonogawa M, Makino K, Endo N, Mori H, Miyoshi T, Yamashita K, Sasada M, Kakuyama M, Fukuda K. The Radical Scavenger Edaravone (3-Methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one) Reacts with a Pterin Derivative and Produces a Cytotoxic Substance That Induces Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Cell Death. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2007; 324:529-38. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.131391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mroz P, Pawlak A, Satti M, Lee H, Wharton T, Gali H, Sarna T, Hamblin MR. Functionalized fullerenes mediate photodynamic killing of cancer cells: Type I versus Type II photochemical mechanism. Free Radic Biol Med 2007; 43:711-9. [PMID: 17664135 PMCID: PMC1995806 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2007] [Revised: 04/26/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) employs the combination of nontoxic photosensitizers (PS) and harmless visible light to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and kill cells. Most clinically studied PS are based on the tetrapyrrole structure of porphyrins, chlorines, and related molecules, but new nontetrapyrrole PS are being sought. Fullerenes are soccer-ball shaped molecules composed of 60 or 70 carbon atoms and have attracted interest in connection with the search for biomedical applications of nanotechnology. Fullerenes are biologically inert unless derivatized with functional groups, whereupon they become soluble and can act as PS. We have compared the photodynamic activity of six functionalized fullerenes with 1, 2, or 3 hydrophilic or 1, 2, or 3 cationic groups. The octanol-water partition coefficients were determined and the relative contributions of Type I photochemistry (photogeneration of superoxide in the presence of NADH) and Type II photochemistry (photogeneration of singlet oxygen) were studied by measurement of oxygen consumption, 1270-nm luminescence and EPR spin trapping of the superoxide product. We studied three mouse cancer cell lines: (J774, LLC, and CT26) incubated for 24 h with fullerenes and illuminated with white light. The order of effectiveness as PS was inversely proportional to the degree of substitution of the fullerene nucleus for both the neutral and the cationic series. The monopyrrolidinium fullerene was the most active PS against all cell lines and induced apoptosis 4-6 h after illumination. It produced diffuse intracellular fluorescence when dichlorodihydrofluorescein was added as an ROS probe, suggesting a Type I mechanism for phototoxicity. We conclude that certain functionalized fullerenes have potential as novel PDT agents and phototoxicity may be mediated both by superoxide and by singlet oxygen.
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- Pawel Mroz
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Biophysics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Aga Khan Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Biophysics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technologv, Cambridge, MA
- *Corresponding author: BAR414, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 40 Blossom Street, Boston, MA, 02114, Phone: 617-726-6182. Fax: 617-726-8566.
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Gabrielli D, Belisle E, Severino D, Kowaltowski AJ, Baptista MS. Binding, aggregation and photochemical properties of methylene blue in mitochondrial suspensions. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2004.tb00389.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dzyubinskaya EV, Kiselevsky DB, Lobysheva NV, Shestak AA, Samuilov VD. Death of stoma guard cells in leaf epidermis under disturbance of energy provision. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2006; 71:1120-7. [PMID: 17125461 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297906100105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cyanide is an apoptosis inducer in stoma guard cells from pea leaf epidermis. Unlike CN-, the uncoupler of oxidative and photosynthetic phosphorylation carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), the combination of CCCP, 3-(3 ,4 -dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU), benzylhydroxamate (BH), myxothiazol, antimycin A, and a glycolysis inhibitor 2-deoxyglucose (DG) did not induce destruction of guard cell nuclei for 20 h of incubation of epidermal peels in the light. DCMU prevented the effect of CN- as a programmed cell death (PCD) inducer. CCCP, the combination of DCMU and CCCP, or the combination of DCMU, CCCP, BH, myxothiazol, antimycin A, and DG supplemented by CN- caused destruction of cell nuclei; the number of the cells lacking nuclei in this case was higher than with CN- alone. DG and CCCP caused cell destruction after longer incubation of the isolated epidermis - after 2 days and to a greater degree after 4 days. The effect of DG and CCCP was reduced by illumination. Cell destruction during long-term incubation was prevented by the combination of DG and CCCP. From data of electron microscopy, DCMU and dinitrophenyl ester of iodonitrothymol (DNP-INT) prevented apoptotic changes of the nuclear ultrastructure induced by CN-. The suppression of the destruction of the guard cell nuclei under combined action of DG and CCCP was apparently caused by switching of cell death from PCD to necrosis. Thus, the type of cell death - via apoptosis or necrosis - is controlled by the level of energy provision.
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- E V Dzyubinskaya
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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Hirakawa K, Hirano T. Singlet Oxygen Generation Photocatalyzed by TiO2Particles and Its Contribution to Biomolecule Damage. CHEM LETT 2006. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.2006.832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Bartosz G. Use of spectroscopic probes for detection of reactive oxygen species. Clin Chim Acta 2006; 368:53-76. [PMID: 16483560 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2005.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2005] [Revised: 12/24/2005] [Accepted: 12/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The detection and quantitation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) receives a great deal of interest because of their importance in a wide range of physiological and pathogenic events. Probe-assisted spectroscopy (electron spin resonance, spectrophotometry, fluorescence and luminescence) is the main tool for this application. This review discusses the properties of spectroscopic probes most commonly used for ROS detection and highlights their limitations in cellular systems. These include poor stability of some probes and/or products that may be subjected to cellular metabolism and lack of specificity in their reactions with oxidants or reductants. Additional problems often arise from undesired reactions of the probes and from their non-homogeneous distribution in the studied system, production of ROS by the probes themselves, perturbation of the systems under investigation by the probes, and artifacts due to the presence of ROS in the reaction medium. The limits imposed by these difficulties on the precise evaluation of the amounts and rates of formation of ROS are discussed critically.
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- Grzegorz Bartosz
- Department of Molecular Biophysics, University of Lodz and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Rzeszow, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland.
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Shianna KV, Marchuk DA, Strand MK. Genomic characterization of POS5, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial NADH kinase. Mitochondrion 2006; 6:94-101. [PMID: 16621727 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2005] [Revised: 02/11/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Disruption of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial NADH kinase POS5 increases the mitochondrial mutation rate 50-fold. Whereas most multicellular eukaryotic genomes have one NADH kinase gene, the yeast genome contains three distinct genes encoding NAD/H kinase activity. To determine if all three genes are essential for viability we constructed combinations of gene knockouts. We show that only the pos5Deltautr1Delta combination is synthetically lethal, demonstrating an essential overlapping function, and showing that NAD/H kinase activity is essential for eukaryotic viability. The single human NAD/H kinase gene can rescue the lethality of the double knockout in yeast, demonstrating that the single human gene can fill the various functions provided by the three yeast genes. The human NAD/H kinase gene harbors very common sequence variants, but all of these equally complement the synthetic lethality in yeast, illustrating that each of these are functionally wild-type. To understand the molecular mechanism of the mitochondrial genome instability of pos5 mutation we performed gene expression analysis on the pos5Delta. The pos5Delta resulted in an increase in expression of most of the iron transport genes including key genes involved in iron-sulfur cluster assembly. Decreased expression occurred in many genes involved in the electron transport chain. We show that the pos5Delta expression pattern is similar to the frataxin homolog knockout (yfh1Delta), the yeast model for Friedreich's ataxia. These combined data show that the POS5 NAD/H kinase is an important protein required for a variety of essential cellular pathways and that deficient iron-sulfur cluster assembly may play a critical role in the mitochondrial mutator phenotype observed in the pos5Delta.
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- Kevin V Shianna
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Petrat F, Bramey T, Kirsch M, De Groot H. Initiation of a superoxide-dependent chain oxidation of lactate dehydrogenase-bound NADH by oxidants of low and high reactivity. Free Radic Res 2006; 39:1043-57. [PMID: 16298730 DOI: 10.1080/10715760500231786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In cells, NADH and NADPH are mainly bound to dehydrogenases such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). In cell-free systems, the binary LDH-NADH complex has been demonstrated to produce reactive oxygen species via a chain oxidation of NADH initiated and propagated by superoxide. We studied here whether this chain radical reaction can be initiated by oxidants other than LDH largely increased the oxidation of NADH (but not of NADPH) by O(2), H(2)O(2) and during the intermediacy of HNO(2). LDH also increased the oxidation of NADH by peroxynitrite. The increases in NADH oxidation were completely prevented by superoxide dismutase (SOD). In contrast, the nitrogen dioxide-dependent oxidation of NADH and NADPH was decreased by LDH in a SOD-independent manner. These experimental data strongly indicate that oxidation of LDH-bound NADH can be induced from reaction of either weak oxidants with LDH-bound NADH or of strong oxidants with free NADH thus yielding which is highly effective to propagate the chain. Our results underline the importance of SOD in terminating superoxide-dependent chain reactions in cells under oxidative stress.
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- Frank Petrat
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universitätsklinikum, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122, Essen, Germany.
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Wondrak GT, Jacobson MK, Jacobson EL. Endogenous UVA-photosensitizers: mediators of skin photodamage and novel targets for skin photoprotection. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2006; 5:215-37. [PMID: 16465308 DOI: 10.1039/b504573h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Endogenous chromophores in human skin serve as photosensitizers involved in skin photocarcinogenesis and photoaging. Absorption of solar photons, particularly in the UVA region, induces the formation of photoexcited states of skin photosensitizers with subsequent generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), organic free radicals and other toxic photoproducts that mediate skin photooxidative stress. The complexity of endogenous skin photosensitizers with regard to molecular structure, pathways of formation, mechanisms of action, and the diversity of relevant skin targets has hampered progress in this area of photobiology and most likely contributed to an underestimation of the importance of endogenous sensitizers in skin photodamage. Recently, UVA-fluorophores in extracellular matrix proteins formed posttranslationally as a consequence of enzymatic maturation or spontaneous chemical damage during chronological and actinic aging have been identified as an abundant source of light-driven ROS formation in skin upstream of photooxidative cellular stress. Importantly, sensitized skin cell photodamage by this bystander mechanism occurs after photoexcitation of sensitizers contained in skin structural proteins without direct cellular photon absorption thereby enhancing the potency and range of phototoxic UVA action in deeper layers of skin. The causative role of photoexcited states in skin photodamage suggests that direct molecular antagonism of photosensitization reactions using physical quenchers of photoexcited states offers a novel chemopreventive opportunity for skin photoprotection.
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- Georg T Wondrak
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, 1515 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Otsu K, Sato K, Ikeda Y, Imai H, Nakagawa Y, Ohba Y, Fujii J. An abortive apoptotic pathway induced by singlet oxygen is due to the suppression of caspase activation. Biochem J 2005; 389:197-206. [PMID: 15796713 PMCID: PMC1184552 DOI: 10.1042/bj20042067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Singlet oxygen causes the cytotoxic process of tumour cells in photodynamic therapy. The mechanism by which singlet oxygen damages cells is, however, not fully understood. To address this issue, we synthesized and used two types of endoperoxides, MNPE (1-methylnaphthalene-4-propionate endoperoxide) and NDPE (naphthalene-1,4-dipropionate endoperoxide), that generate defined amounts of singlet oxygen at 37 degrees C with similar half lives. MNPE, which is more hydrophobic than NDPE, induced the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol and exhibited cytotoxicity, but NDPE did not. RBL cells, a rat basophil leukaemia-derived line, that overexpress phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase in mitochondria were found to be highly resistant to the cytotoxic effect of MNPE. MNPE treatment induced much less DNA ladder formation and nuclear fragmentation in cells than etoposide treatment, even though these treatments induced a similar extent of cellular damage. Singlet oxygen inhibited caspase 9 and 3 activities directly and also suppressed the activation of the caspase cascade. Collectively, these data suggest that singlet oxygen triggers an apoptotic pathway by releasing cytochrome c from mitochondria via the peroxidation of mitochondrial components and results in cell death that is different from typical apoptosis, because of the abortive apoptotic pathway caused by impaired caspase activation.
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- Kaoru Otsu
- *Department of Biomolecular Function, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
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- †Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
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- ‡Division of Molecular Cell Biology, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan
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- §School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan
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- §School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan
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- †Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yamagata University, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa 992-8510, Japan
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- *Department of Biomolecular Function, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Tardivo JP, Del Giglio A, de Oliveira CS, Gabrielli DS, Junqueira HC, Tada DB, Severino D, de Fátima Turchiello R, Baptista MS. Methylene blue in photodynamic therapy: From basic mechanisms to clinical applications. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2005; 2:175-91. [PMID: 25048768 DOI: 10.1016/s1572-1000(05)00097-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 507] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2005] [Revised: 09/09/2005] [Accepted: 09/12/2005] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Methylene blue (MB) is a molecule that has been playing important roles in microbiology and pharmacology for some time. It has been widely used to stain living organisms, to treat methemoglobinemia, and lately it has been considered as a drug for photodynamic therapy (PDT). In this review, we start from the fundamental photophysical, photochemical and photobiological characteristics of this molecule and evolved to show in vitro and in vivo applications related to PDT. The clinical cases shown include treatments of basal cell carcinoma, Kaposi's Sarcoma, melanoma, virus and fungal infections. We concluded that used together with a recently developed continuous light source (RL50(®)), MB has the potential to treat a variety of cancerous and non-cancerous diseases, with low toxicity and no side effects.
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- João Paulo Tardivo
- Faculdade de Medicina ABC, Av. Príncipe de Gales, 821, C.P. 106, CEP 09060-650, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina ABC, Av. Príncipe de Gales, 821, C.P. 106, CEP 09060-650, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, IQ-USP, C.P. 26077, 05513-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, IQ-USP, C.P. 26077, 05513-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, IQ-USP, C.P. 26077, 05513-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Tan DX, Manchester LC, Sainz RM, Mayo JC, Leon J, Hardeland R, Poeggeler B, Reiter RJ. Interactions between melatonin and nicotinamide nucleotide: NADH preservation in cells and in cell-free systems by melatonin. J Pineal Res 2005; 39:185-94. [PMID: 16098097 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.2005.00234.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Interactions of melatonin and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) have been studied in different experimental models including NADH-promoted oxyhemoglobin oxidation, vanadate-induced NADH oxidation and paraquat-induced NADH depletion in cultured PC12 cells. Our findings indicate that melatonin preserves NADH levels under oxidative stress both in cell-free systems and in cultured PC12 cells. These interactions likely involve electron donation by melatonin and reduction of the NAD radical. As a result, the NAD radical is recycled to NADH and melatonin is oxidized to N1-acetyl-N2-formyl-5-methoxykynuramine (AFMK). NADH is a central molecule at the crossroads between energy metabolism and the antioxidant defense system in organisms. Recycling of NADH by melatonin might improve the efficiency of NADH as an energy carrier and as an antioxidant. Interactions between melatonin and NADH may be implicated in mitochondrial metabolism.
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- Dun-Xian Tan
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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Falchi AM, Isola R, Diana A, Putzolu M, Diaz G. Characterization of depolarization and repolarization phases of mitochondrial membrane potential fluctuations induced by tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester photoactivation. FEBS J 2005; 272:1649-59. [PMID: 15794752 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04586.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Depolarization and repolarization phases (D and R phases, respectively) of mitochondrial potential fluctuations induced by photoactivation of the fluorescent probe tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester (TMRM) were analyzed separately and investigated using specific inhibitors and substrates. The frequency of R phases was significantly inhibited by oligomycin and aurovertin (mitochondrial ATP synthase inhibitors), rotenone (mitochondrial complex I inhibitor) and iodoacetic acid (inhibitor of the glycolytic enzyme glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase). Succinic acid (mitochondrial complex II substrate, given in the permeable form of dimethyl ester) abolished the rotenone-induced inhibition of R phases. Taken together, these findings indicate that the activity of both respiratory chain and ATP synthase were required for the recovery of the mitochondrial potential. The frequency of D phases prevailed over that of R phases in all experimental conditions, resulting in a progressive depolarization of mitochondria accompanied by NAD(P)H oxidation and Ca2+ influx. D phases were not blocked by cyclosporin A (inhibitor of the permeability transition pore) or o-phenyl-EGTA (a Ca2+ chelator), suggesting that the permeability transition pore was not involved in mitochondrial potential fluctuations.
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- Angela M Falchi
- Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
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Thouas GA, Trounson AO, Jones GM. Effect of female age on mouse oocyte developmental competence following mitochondrial injury. Biol Reprod 2005; 73:366-73. [PMID: 15843494 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.040956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Oocytes from aging ovaries contain mitochondria with morphological and genetic flaws. How these flaws relate to phenotypes of oocyte developmental compromise associated with clinical infertility is not well understood. This study was conducted to investigate the role of mitochondria in the developmental compromises observed with female aging using a mouse model of mitochondrial dysfunction. Oocytes obtained from aging (30-40 wk) (C57BL/6J x CBACaH)F1 (B6CBAF1) hybrid female mice were photosensitized with mitochondrial fluorophore rhodamine-123 for variable durations and compared to similarly treated oocytes derived from pubertal mice (4-6 wk). Blastocyst development of normally fertilized oocytes from both age-groups correlated negatively in mathematically unique profiles with irradiation time, with a more sudden decline in development for oocytes from aging mice. Complete inhibition of blastocyst development occurred following a shorter duration of photosensitization for oocytes from aging compared to pubertal animals (60 vs. 90 sec). Prolonged photosensitization resulted in mitochondrial uncoupling and promoted localized generation of reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial permeabilization, and apoptotic phenotypes. Thus, aging oocytes are more developmentally sensitive to mitochondrial damage than pubertal oocytes but undergo similar metabolic and apoptotic responses. These and future findings may encourage further optimization of laboratory-based strategies to minimize mitochondrial injury to oocytes, particularly those from older women, and improve clinical outcomes for women with age-related etiologies of infertility.
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- George A Thouas
- Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories (MISCL), Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
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Swintek AU, Christoph S, Petrat F, de Groot H, Kirsch M. Cell type-dependent release of nitric oxide and/or reactive nitrogenoxide species from intracellular SIN-1: effects on cellular NAD(P)H. Biol Chem 2005; 385:639-48. [PMID: 15318813 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2004.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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SIN-1 is frequently used in cell culture studies as an extracellularly operating generator of peroxynitrite. However, little is known about the nature of the reactive species produced intracellulary from SIN-1. SIN-1 can easily penetrate cells as exemplified for both L-929 mouse fibroblasts and bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) by utilizing capillary zone electrophoresis. In L-929 cells, SIN-1 produced nitric oxide (*NO) as monitored by the fluorescent *NO scavenger FNOCT-1 and by means of a *NO electrode, as well as reactive nitrogenoxide species (RNOS, e.g. peroxynitrite, nitrogen dioxide, dinitrogen trioxide), as detected with the fluorescent indicator DAF-2. Laser scanning microscopy revealed that in L-929 cells SIN-1 -derived species initially oxidized the major fraction of the NAD(P)H within the cytosol and the nuclei, whereas the mitochondrial NAD(P)H level was somewhat increased. In marked contrast to this, in BAECs no evidence for *NO formation was found although the intracellular amount of SIN-1 was four-fold higher than in L-929 cells. In BAECs, the level of NAD(P)H was slightly decreased within the first 10 min after administration of SIN-1 in both the cytosol/nuclei and mitochondria. These observations reflect the capability of SIN-1 to generate intracellularly either almost exclusively RNOS as in BAECs, or RNOS and freely diffusing *NO as in L-929 cells. Nitric oxide as well as RNOS may decisively affect cellular metabolism as indicated by the alterations in the NAD(P)H level. Hence, care should be taken when applying SIN-1 as an exclusively peroxynitrite-generating compound in cell culture systems.
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- Andrea U Swintek
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany
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Thouas GA, Trounson AO, Wolvetang EJ, Jones GM. Mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse oocytes results in preimplantation embryo arrest in vitro. Biol Reprod 2004; 71:1936-42. [PMID: 15286028 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.033589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Oocyte mitochondrial dysfunction has been proposed as a cause of high levels of developmental retardation and arrest that occur in human preimplantation embryos generated using assisted reproductive technology in the treatment of some causes of female infertility. To investigate this, a model of mitochondrial dysfunction was developed in mouse oocytes using a method of photosensitization of the mitochondrion-specific dye, rhodamine-123. After in vitro fertilization, dye-loaded and photosensitized oocytes showed developmental arrest in proportion to irradiation time. Morphological and metabolic assessments of zygotes indicated an increase in mitochondrial permeability that subsequently resulted in apoptotic degeneration. Development was partially restored by inhibition of mitochondrial permeability transition pore formation by oocyte pretreatment with cyclosporin A. Oocyte mitochondria are therefore physiological regulators of early embryo development and potential sites of pathological insult that may perturb oocyte and subsequent preimplantation embryo viability. These findings have important implications for the treatment of clinically infertile women using assisted reproductive technologies.
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- George A Thouas
- Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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Halliwell B, Whiteman M. Measuring reactive species and oxidative damage in vivo and in cell culture: how should you do it and what do the results mean? Br J Pharmacol 2004; 142:231-55. [PMID: 15155533 PMCID: PMC1574951 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1515] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2004] [Revised: 03/08/2004] [Accepted: 03/08/2004] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Free radicals and other reactive species (RS) are thought to play an important role in many human diseases. Establishing their precise role requires the ability to measure them and the oxidative damage that they cause. This article first reviews what is meant by the terms free radical, RS, antioxidant, oxidative damage and oxidative stress. It then critically examines methods used to trap RS, including spin trapping and aromatic hydroxylation, with a particular emphasis on those methods applicable to human studies. Methods used to measure oxidative damage to DNA, lipids and proteins and methods used to detect RS in cell culture, especially the various fluorescent "probes" of RS, are also critically reviewed. The emphasis throughout is on the caution that is needed in applying these methods in view of possible errors and artifacts in interpreting the results.
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- Barry Halliwell
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, MD 7 #03-08, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
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