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Niidome T, Gokuden R, Watanabe K, Mori T, Naganuma T, Utsumi H, Ichikawa K, Katayama Y. Nitroxyl radicals-modified dendritic poly(l-lysine) as a contrast agent for Overhauser-enhanced MRI. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION 2014; 25:1425-39. [PMID: 25088777 DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2014.943538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Overhauser-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (OMRI), which is a double resonance technique, creates images of free radical distribution in animals by enhancing the water proton signal intensity by the overhauser effect. In this study, we constructed a contrast agent by combining PROXYL groups that have nitroxyl radicals with PEG-modified dendritic poly(l-lysine) that accumulates in the tumor by enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Addition of the PROXYL groups at the PEG chains' termini on KG6 was advantageous in OMRI, because the ESR signal of the nitroxyl radical was maintained without decay caused by mobility restriction, even if the PROXYL groups were attached at 25 mol% on one molecule. After intramuscular injection of the molecule modified at 25 mol%, that is, PR25-PEG-KG6, a significant OMRI signal was observed at the injected site. However, no signal was detected in the tumor after intravenous injection of PR25-PEG-KG6 to a tumor-bearing mouse, although PR25-PEG-KG6 itself accumulated in the tumor. The reason was that the nitroxyl radicals were immediately reduced in the blood after the injection, suggesting that use of stable nitroxyl radicals will enable detection of tumors by OMRI after intravenous injection.
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- Takuro Niidome
- a Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry , Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University , 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555 , Japan
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Lee MCI. Assessment of oxidative stress and antioxidant property using electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2012; 52:1-8. [PMID: 23341690 PMCID: PMC3541412 DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.12-58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The pathophysiology of hypertension or stroke is associated with an excess of ROS generation in the vascular system, and results in induction of various pathological cascades of cerebrovascular damage. We have demonstrated that electron spin resonance methods using a spin trap or spin probe will be useful for understanding redox status under conditions of oxidative stress in the spontaneously hypertensive rat or stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat brain. We have used electron spin resonance imaging and noninvasive L-band electron spin resonance to characterize the higher degree of brain oxidative stress in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat and spontaneously hypertensive rat than in the Wistar-Kyoto rat brain, and the lower extent of oxidative stress in the spontaneously hypertensive rat than in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat brain. Indeed, we may be able to confirm propofol medium-chain triglyceride/long-chain triglyceride (MCT/LCT) as neuroprotective anesthesia and crocetin as antioxidant food factor against human stroke after screening for antioxidant properties in stroke models such as stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat. Thus, our electron spin resonance biomedical application suggests that it could be used to assess antioxidant effects on oxidative stress in the brain using spontaneously hypertensive rat and stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat. We hope that further advances in the instrumentation used for electron spin resonance imaging and the development of optimized nontoxic spin probes will make this technology even more promising for novel clinical prediction or noninvasive diagnosis of human stroke. After screening drugs or foods for antioxidant property using in vitro or in vivo electron spin resonance assessment, it will be possible to find and develop novel drugs or food factors with such properties for the prevention of stroke in the near future.
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- Masaichi-Chang-Il Lee
- Department of Clinical Care Medicine, Division of Pharmacology and ESR Laboratories, Kanagawa Dental College, 82 Inaoka-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-8580, Japan
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Kosem N, Naganuma T, Ichikawa K, Phumala Morales N, Yasukawa K, Hyodo F, Yamada KI, Utsumi H. Whole-body kinetic image of a redox probe in mice using Overhauser-enhanced MRI. Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 53:328-36. [PMID: 22579576 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2011] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Overhauser-enhanced MRI (OMRI) enables visualization of free radicals in animals based on dynamic nuclear polarization. Real-time data of tissue redox status gathered from kinetic images of redox-sensitive nitroxyl radical probes using OMRI provided both anatomic and physiological information. Phantom experiments demonstrated the linear correlation between the enhancement factor and the concentration of a membrane-impermeable probe, carboxy-PROXYL (3-carboxy-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl- pyrrolidine-1-oxyl). Whole-body OMRI images illustrated the in vivo kinetics of carboxy-PROXYL for 25 min. Initial distribution was observed in lung, heart, liver, and kidney, but not brain, corresponding to its minimal lipophilicity. Based on these images (pixel size, 1.33 × 1.33 mm; slice thickness, 50mm), a time-concentration curve with low coefficient of variance (<0.21) was created to assess pharmacokinetic behaviors. A biexponential curve showed a distribution phase from 1 to 10 min and an elimination phase from 15 to 25 min. The α rate constant was greater than the β rate constant in ROIs, confirming that its pharmacokinetics obeyed a two-compartment model. As a noninvasive technique, combining OMRI imaging with redox probes to monitor tissue redox status may be useful in acquiring valuable information regarding organ function for preclinical and clinical studies of oxidative diseases.
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- Nuttavut Kosem
- Innovation Center for Medical Redox Navigation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Caia GL, Efimova OV, Velayutham M, El-Mahdy MA, Abdelghany TM, Kesselring E, Petryakov S, Sun Z, Samouilov A, Zweier JL. Organ specific mapping of in vivo redox state in control and cigarette smoke-exposed mice using EPR/NMR co-imaging. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2012; 216:21-7. [PMID: 22296801 PMCID: PMC4073597 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In vivo mapping of alterations in redox status is important for understanding organ specific pathology and disease. While electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI) enables spatial mapping of free radicals, it does not provide anatomic visualization of the body. Proton MRI is well suited to provide anatomical visualization. We applied EPR/NMR co-imaging instrumentation to map and monitor the redox state of living mice under normal or oxidative stress conditions induced by secondhand cigarette smoke (SHS) exposure. A hybrid co-imaging instrument, EPRI (1.2 GHz)/proton MRI (16.18 MHz), suitable for whole-body co-imaging of mice was utilized with common magnet and gradients along with dual EPR/NMR resonators that enable co-imaging without sample movement. The metabolism of the nitroxide probe, 3-carbamoyl-proxyl (3-CP), was used to map the redox state of control and SHS-exposed mice. Co-imaging allowed precise 3D mapping of radical distribution and reduction in major organs such as the heart, lungs, liver, bladder and kidneys. Reductive metabolism was markedly decreased in SHS-exposed mice and EPR/NMR co-imaging allowed quantitative assessment of this throughout the body. Thus, in vivo EPR/NMR co-imaging enables in vivo organ specific mapping of free radical metabolism and redox stress and the alterations that occur in the pathogenesis of disease.
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- George L. Caia
- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Center for Biomedical EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging and Center for Environmental and Smoking Induced Disease, the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Elas M, Ichikawa K, Halpern HJ. Oxidative stress imaging in live animals with techniques based on electron paramagnetic resonance. Radiat Res 2012; 177:514-23. [PMID: 22348251 DOI: 10.1667/rr2668.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Oxidative stress has been the object of considerable biological and biochemical investigation. Quantification has been difficult although the quantitative level of products of biological oxidations in tissues and tissue products has emerged as a widely used technique. The relationship between these products and the amount of oxidative stress is less clear. Imaging oxidative stress with electron paramagnetic resonance related magnetic resonance imaging, while not addressing the specific issue of quantification of initiating events, focuses on the anatomic specific location of the oxidative stress. Moreover, the relative quantification of oxidative stress of one location against another is possible, sharpening our understanding of oxidative stress. This promises to improve our understanding of oxidative stress and its deleterious consequences and enhance our understanding of the effectiveness of interventions to modulate oxidative stress and its consequences.
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- Martyna Elas
- Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Davis RM, Mitchell JB, Krishna MC. Nitroxides as cancer imaging agents. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2011; 11:347-58. [PMID: 21434855 DOI: 10.2174/187152011795677526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Nitroxides are low molecular weight (150-400 Da) superoxide dismutase mimics that exhibit antioxidant, radical scavenging, and radioprotective activity. Additionally, the paramagnetic nature of nitroxides makes them viable as both spin probes for electron paramagnetic resonance imaging as well as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. These imaging techniques enable in vivo monitoring of nitroxide metabolism. In biological systems, nitroxide metabolism occurs predominantly via reduction of the nitroxide to a hydroxylamine. The rate of nitroxide reduction can increase or decrease due to either oxidative stress, suggesting that nitroxides can provide an imaging-based assay of tissue redox status. The current review briefly summarizes the potential clinical applications of nitroxides, and focuses on the biochemical and tumor microenvironmental factors that affect the rate of nitroxide reduction. The potential therapeutic applications and bio-reduction mechanisms are discussed in the context of their relevance to oncology.
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- Ryan M Davis
- Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Davis RM, Sowers AL, DeGraff W, Bernardo M, Thetford A, Krishna MC, Mitchell JB. A novel nitroxide is an effective brain redox imaging contrast agent and in vivo radioprotector. Free Radic Biol Med 2011; 51:780-90. [PMID: 21664459 PMCID: PMC3131550 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Revised: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Individuals are exposed to ionizing radiation during medical procedures and nuclear disasters, and this exposure can be carcinogenic, toxic, and sometimes fatal. Drugs that protect individuals from the adverse effects of radiation may therefore be valuable countermeasures against the health risks of exposure. In the current study, the LD(50/30) (the dose resulting in 50% of exposed mice surviving 30 days after exposure) was determined in control C3H mice and mice treated with the nitroxide radioprotectors Tempol, 3-CP, 16c, 22c, and 23c. The pharmacokinetics of 22c and 23c were measured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the brain, blood, submandibular salivary gland, liver, muscle, tongue, and myocardium. It was found that 23c was the most effective radioprotector of the five studied: 23c increased the LD(50/30) in mice from 7.9±0.15Gy (treated with saline) to 11.47±0.13Gy (an increase of 45%). Additionally, MRI-based pharmacokinetic studies revealed that 23c is an effective redox imaging agent in the mouse brain, and that 23c may allow functional imaging of the myocardium. The data in this report suggest that 23c is currently the most potent known nitroxide radioprotector, and that it may also be useful as a contrast agent for functional imaging.
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- Ryan M Davis
- Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Cudalbu C, Comment A, Kurdzesau F, van Heeswijk RB, Uffmann K, Jannin S, Denisov V, Kirik D, Gruetter R. Feasibility of in vivo15N MRS detection of hyperpolarized 15N labeled choline in rats. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:5818-23. [DOI: 10.1039/c002309b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Duca G, Secara N, Duca D. Physical Methods of Fast Reactions Investigation. CHEMISTRY JOURNAL OF MOLDOVA 2008. [DOI: 10.19261/cjm.2008.03(1).15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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This review presents the basic concepts of the methods used for investigation of fast reactions kinetics, such as: flow methods, with particular emphasis on the stopped-flow approach, NMR, ESR, electrochemical methods, with particular emphasis on the time resolved Fourier Transform electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, flash photolysis, and several others. It offers a brief description of fast reactions commonly encountered in chemical systems, providing an insight into the possibilities of performing kinetic investigations of such reaction systems.
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Miyake S, Sasaguri K, Hori N, Shoji H, Yoshino F, Miyazaki H, Anzai K, Ikota N, Ozawa T, Toyoda M, Sato S, Lee MCI. Biting reduces acute stress-induced oxidative stress in the rat hypothalamus. Redox Rep 2006; 10:19-24. [PMID: 15829107 DOI: 10.1179/135100005x21417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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We investigated the inhibitory effect of para-masticatory activity, namely biting, on restraint stress-induced oxidative stress. A blood brain barrier-permeable nitroxyl spin probe, 3-methoxycarbonyl-2,2,5,5,-tetramethylpyrrolidine-1-oxyl (MC-PROXYL), was administered to rats and L-band electron spin resonance (ESR) and ESR-computerized tomography (ESR-CT) imaging were used to show that the decay rate constant of MC-PROXYL in the hypothalamus of isolated brain after 30 min of restraint stress was more rapid than in unrestrained control rats, suggesting that restraint was associated with oxidative stress. Interestingly, biting during restraint stress caused the decay rate constant of MC-PROXYL in isolated brain to approach that of the control group. These observations suggest that biting suppresses oxidative stress induced by restraint stress, and that the anti-stress effect of masticatory motor activity movements, such as biting, are important for reducing the adverse effects associated with exposure to psychological stressors.
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- Shinjiro Miyake
- Department of Craniofacial Growth and Development Dentistry, Kanagawa Dental College, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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Utsumi H, Yamada KI, Ichikawa K, Sakai K, Kinoshita Y, Matsumoto S, Nagai M. Simultaneous molecular imaging of redox reactions monitored by Overhauser-enhanced MRI with 14N- and 15N-labeled nitroxyl radicals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:1463-8. [PMID: 16432234 PMCID: PMC1345719 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0510670103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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MRI has provided significant clinical utility in the diagnosis of diseases and will become a powerful tool to assess phenotypic changes in genetically engineered animals. Overhauser enhanced MRI (OMRI), which is a double resonance technique, creates images of free radical distributions in small animals by enhancing the water proton signal intensity by means of the Overhauser effect. Several studies have demonstrated noninvasive assessment of reactive oxygen species generation in small animals by using low frequency electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy/imaging and nitroxyl radicals. In vivo ESR signal intensities of nitroxyl radicals decrease with time after injection; and the decreases are enhanced by reactive oxygen species, generated in oxidative disease models in a site-specific manner. In this study, we show images of nitroxyl radicals with different isotopes by changing the external magnetic field for ESR irradiation between (14)N and (15)N nuclei in field-cycled OMRI. OMRI simultaneously obtained dual images of two individual chemical processes. Oxidation and reduction were monitored in a rate-dependent manner at nanometer scale by labeling membrane-permeable and -impermeable nitroxyl radicals with (14)N and (15)N nuclei. Phantom objects containing ascorbic acid-encapsulated liposomes with membrane-permeable radicals but not membrane-impermeable ones show a time-dependent decrease of the OMRI image intensity. The pharmacokinetics in mice was assessed with OMRI after radical administration. This OMRI technique with dual probes should offer significant applicability to nanometer scale molecular imaging and simultaneous assessment of independent processes in gene-modified animals. Thus, it may become a powerful tool to clarify mechanisms of disease and to monitor pharmaceutical therapy.
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- Hideo Utsumi
- Department of Bio-Functional Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Lee MCI, Shoji H, Miyazaki H, Yoshino F, Hori N, Miyake S, Ikeda Y, Anzai K, Ozawa T. Measurement of oxidative stress in the rodent brain using computerized electron spin resonance tomography. Magn Reson Med Sci 2005; 2:79-84. [PMID: 16210824 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.2.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The strategy of this study was to improve the electronic spin resonance (ESR) application used to detect free radical-induced oxidative stress in animal models. We have developed an in vivo ESR imaging system with high-quality ESR-computed tomography (CT) images by using a nitroxyl spin probe--BBB-permeable, 3-methoxycarbonyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-pyrrolidine-1-yloxy (MC-PROXYL)--in living small animals. We first measured the distribution of MC-PROXYL in the head region of a living mouse by using ESR-CT imaging after treatment with MC-PROXYL. In the ESR-CT experiments, it was clearly observed that MC-PROXYL was well distributed in the brain of head region of a living mouse. The ESR-CT images taken after treatment with MC-PROXYL demonstrate that the decay of MC-PROXYL in the isolated brain of a spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) was more rapid than that in a Wister Kyoto rat. ESR-CT analysis revealed that the region of rapid decay might be located in the cerebral cortex of the isolated brain of an SHR. These results suggest that the present study of ESR-CT imaging would be a useful tool for monitoring and detecting the locations of oxidative stress in the brains of rodent animal models.
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- Masaichi-Chang-Il Lee
- Department of Pharmacology and ESR Laboratories, Kanagawa Dental College, Yokosuka, Japan.
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Yasukawa K, Kasazaki K, Hyodo F, Utsumi H. Non-invasive analysis of reactive oxygen species generated in rats with water immersion restraint-induced gastric lesions using in vivo electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Free Radic Res 2004; 38:147-55. [PMID: 15104208 DOI: 10.1080/1071576036001641196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are reportedly associated with gastric ulcer. We previously reported the use of an in vivo 300-MHz electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy/nitroxyl probe technique to detect *OH generation in the stomachs of rats with gastric ulcers induced by NH4OH. However, this is an acute ulcer model, and the relationship between in vivo ROS generation and lesion formation remains to be clarified. To address this question, the same technique was applied to a sub-acute water immersion restraint (WIR) model. A nitroxyl probe that was less membrane-permeable was orally administered to WIR-treated rats, and the spectra in the gastric region were obtained by in vivo ESR spectroscopy. The signal intensity of the orally administered probe was clearly changed in the WIR group, but no change occurred in the control group. Both enhanced signal decay and neutrophil infiltration into mucosa were observed 2h after WIR with little formation of any mucosal lesions. The enhanced signal decay was caused by *OH generation, based on the finding that the decay was suppressed by mannitol, desferrioxamine and catalase. Intravenous treatment with either anti-neutrophil antibody or allopurinol also suppressed the enhanced signal decay, and allopurinol depressed neutrophil infiltration into the mucosa. In rats treated with WIR for 6 h, lesion formation was suppressed by 50% with all antioxidants used in this experiment except anti-neutrophil antibody. These findings suggest that *OH, which is generated in the stomach via the hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase system upon neutrophil infiltrated into the mucosa, induces mucosal lesion formation, but that it accounts for only half the cause of lesion formation.
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- Keiji Yasukawa
- Department of Bio-function Science, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Takeshita K, Takajo T, Hirata H, Ono M, Utsumi H. In Vivo Oxygen Radical Generation in the Skin of the Protoporphyria Model Mouse with Visible Light Exposure: An L-Band ESR Study. J Invest Dermatol 2004; 122:1463-70. [PMID: 15175038 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2004.22601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Although oxygen radicals are thought to play a key role in the skin injury that is caused by protoporphyria, there is no direct evidence of generation of these radicals in vivo. This study measured the generation of oxygen radicals caused by visible light non-invasively in the skin of griseofulvin-induced protoporphyria model mice, using an in vivo electron spin resonance spectrometer equipped with a surface-coil-type resonator that could detect radicals within about 0.5 mm of the skin surface. A durable nitroxyl radical was administered intravenously as a probe. Light irradiation enhanced the decay of the nitroxyl signal in griseofulvin-treated mice, whereas light irradiation did not enhance the signal decay in control mice. The enhanced signal decay was completely suppressed by intravenous administration of hydroxyl radical scavengers, superoxide dismutase or catalase, or the intraperitoneal administration of desferrioxamine. The enhanced signal decay with illumination was reversible, and quickly responded to turning the light on and off. These observations suggest that the hydroxyl radical is generated via an iron-catalyzed reaction in the skin. This paper demonstrates, for the first time, the specific generation of oxygen radicals in response to light irradiation of the skin of protoporphyria model mice.
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- Keizo Takeshita
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Black HS. ROS: A Step Closer to Elucidating Their Role in the Etiology of Light-Induced Skin Disorders. J Invest Dermatol 2004; 122:xiii-xiv. [PMID: 15175053 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2004.22625.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Anzai K, Saito K, Takeshita K, Takahashi S, Miyazaki H, Shoji H, Lee MCI, Masumizu T, Ozawa T. Assessment of ESR-CT imaging by comparison with autoradiography for the distribution of a blood-brain-barrier permeable spin probe, MC-PROXYL, to rodent brain. Magn Reson Imaging 2004; 21:765-72. [PMID: 14559341 DOI: 10.1016/s0730-725x(03)00118-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Blood-brain-barrier (BBB)-permeable, 3-methoxycarbonyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidine-1-yloxy (MC-PROXYL) and BBB-impermeable carbamoyl-PROXYL were used to assess the ESR imaging technique by comparing with autoradiography. For this purpose, spin probes, 14C-labeled at their five-membered ring, [14C]MC-PROXYL and [14C]carbamoyl-PROXYL, were newly synthesized. These probes were i.p. or i.v. injected into rats and autoradiograms were recorded. The autoradiograms of rat head showed that [14C]MC-PROXYL distributed well in the brain compared to [14C]carbamoyl-PROXYL. In vivo ESR spectra and two-dimensional ESR images of isolated rat brain treated with MC- or carbamoyl-PROXYL also indicated the extensive distribution of MC-PROXYL but not carbamoyl-PROXYL in the rat brain. The three-dimensional ESR images of the head of rats and mice were consistent with the fact that MC-PROXYL but not carbamoyl-PROXYL is incorporated into the brain. The ESR-CT images were better for mice than rats. However, the quality of the ESR-CT images was still not satisfactory. Although the resolution and sensitivity of the ESR-CT images were worse than those of the autoradiographic images, the former technique has unique features and advantages; e.g., functional, noninvasive and three-dimensional detection.
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- Kazunori Anzai
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa, Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
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Lee MCI, Shoji H, Miyazaki H, Yoshino F, Hori N, Toyoda M, Ikeda Y, Anzai K, Ikota N, Ozawa T. Assessment of Oxidative Stress in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Brain Using Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Imaging and in Vivo L-Band ESR. Hypertens Res 2004; 27:485-92. [PMID: 15302985 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.27.485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study examined the blood brain barrier (BBB)-permeable nitroxyl compound, 3-methoxycarbonyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidine-1-oxyl (MC-PROXYL), as a spin probe for the assessment of oxidative stress in the brain by electron spin resonance (ESR) imaging and in vivo L-band ESR. Preliminary comparisons were made by ESR imaging of MC-PROXYL in the isolated brains of normal Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and stroke prone SHR (SHRSP). The decay of the ESR images of MC-PROXYL in the isolated brains was faster in SHR than in normal WKY, but was only moderate in SHRSP. In addition, the decay rate of MC-PROXYL in the heads of live rats, as measured noninvasively by L-band ESR, was faster in SHR than in WKY, and was slower in SHR than in SHRSP. Taken together, our data suggest that the oxidative stress of SHR is not as high as that in high oxidative stress animal models such as SHRSP. This is the first study to present reconstructed 3D images of the distribution of MC-PROXYL in the isolated SHR brain. The ESR technique employed herein appears to be a powerful tool for evaluating oxidative stress and for detecting the region of oxidative stress in the brain of SHR.
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- Masaichi-Chang-Il Lee
- Department of Clinical Care Medicine, Division of Pharmacology and ESR Laboratories, Kanagawa Dental College, Yokosuka, Japan
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Chen YF, Cowley AW, Zou AP. Increased H(2)O(2) counteracts the vasodilator and natriuretic effects of superoxide dismutation by tempol in renal medulla. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2003; 285:R827-33. [PMID: 12791586 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00636.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A membrane-permeable SOD mimetic, 4-hydroxytetramethyl-piperidine-1-oxyl (tempol), has been used as an antioxidant to prevent hypertension. We recently found that this SOD mimetic could not prevent development of hypertension induced by inhibition of renal medullary SOD with diethyldithiocarbamic acid. The present study tested a hypothesis that increased H2O2 counteracts the effects of tempol on renal medullary blood flow (MBF) and Na+ excretion (UNaV), thereby restraining the antihypertensive effect of this SOD mimetic. By in vivo microdialysis and Amplex red H2O2 microassay, it was found that interstitial H2O2 levels in the renal cortex and medulla in anesthetized rats averaged 55.91 +/- 3.66 and 102.18 +/- 5.16 nM, respectively. Renal medullary interstitial infusion of tempol (30 micromol x min-1x kg-1) significantly increased medullary H2O2 levels by 46%, and coinfusion of catalase (10 mg x min-1x kg-1) completely abolished this increase. Functionally, removal of H2O2 by catalase enhanced the tempol-induced increase in MBF, urine flow, and UNaV by 28, 41, and 30%, respectively. Direct delivery of H2O2 by renal medullary interstitial infusion (7.5-30 nmol x min-1x kg-1) significantly decreased renal MBF, urine flow, and UNaV, and catalase reversed the effects of H2O2. We conclude that tempol produces a renal medullary vasodilator effect and results in diuresis and natriuresis. However, this SOD mimetic increases the formation of H2O2, which constricts medullary vessels and, thereby, counteracts its vasodilator actions. This counteracting effect of H2O2 may limit the use of tempol as an antihypertensive agent under exaggerated oxidative stress in the kidney.
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- Ya-Fei Chen
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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In vivo electron spin resonance-computed tomography/nitroxyl probe technique for non-invasive analysis of oxidative injuries. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 416:1-8. [PMID: 12859975 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00285-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Free radicals are widely recognized as harmful chemical species in oxidative tissue injury. However, there have been no satisfying methods to visualize free radicals in vivo non-invasively with information of their localization and amount. In vivo electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy was recently developed to measure free radicals generated in rodents. Several kinds of stable nitroxyl radicals were used as spin probes to detect free radicals. ESR signal intensities reflecting the accumulation of nitroxyl probes in each organ decreases time-dependently and reduction decay rates are increased in the presence of free radicals. Such increase in signal decay rates is suppressed by prior administration of antioxidants or antioxidant enzymes. Thus, in vivo ESR techniques are useful in estimating not only in vivo free radical reactions but also the effects of antioxidants, and furthermore, in combination with other tomographic techniques, permits non-invasive localization of free radicals. Application of this technique to animal models will be described.
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Han JY, Takeshita K, Utsumi H. Noninvasive detection of hydroxyl radical generation in lung by diesel exhaust particles. Free Radic Biol Med 2001; 30:516-25. [PMID: 11182522 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(00)00501-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) induce pulmonary tumors, asthma-like symptoms, and the like in experimental animals. The involvement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is suggested in the injuries induced by DEP, though the generation of ROS has not been proven. The present study provided the first direct evidence of *OH generation in the lungs of living mice after intratracheal instillation of DEP, using noninvasive L-band ESR spectroscopy and a membrane-impermeable nitroxyl probe. *OH generation is confirmed with the enhancement of in vivo ESR signal decay rate of the probe. The decay rate at mid-thorax was significantly enhanced in DEP-treated mice compared to that in vehicle-treated mice. The enhancement was completely suppressed by the administration of either *OH scavengers, catalase, or desferrioxamine, while the administration of SOD further increased the rate. The administration of Fenton's reagents into the lung also enhanced the decay rate of the probe at mid-thorax of mice. These results clearly provided evidence that the intratracheal exposure to DEP in mice produced *OH in the lung through an iron-catalyzed reaction of superoxide/H(2)O(2). This first direct evidence of *OH generation in DEP-treated mice lung may be utilized to determine treatments for DEP-induced lung injury.
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- J Y Han
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Miura Y, Anzai K, Ueda JI, Ozawa T. Pathophysiological significance of in vivo ESR signal decay in brain damage caused by X-irradiation. Radiation effect on nitroxyl decay of a lipophilic spin probe in the head region. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1525:167-72. [PMID: 11342266 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(00)00184-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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X-irradiation of mice decreased the decay rate of the in vivo ESR signal in the head region to 75% of the control when 3-methoxycarbonyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidine-1-yloxy (MCPROXYL), a lipophilic and blood-brain barrier-permeable spin probe, was used. We attempted to identify the specific factor responsible for the decrease in the signal decay rate caused by X-irradiation. The signal decay of MCPROXYL in the head region depends on the following three factors: (1) blood concentration of MCPROXYL, (2) reduction to the corresponding hydroxylamine in the brain tissue, and (3) effusion of MCPROXYL from the brain tissue. Irradiation at 15 Gy did not significantly change the rate of decrease of blood concentration of MCPROXYL at 1 h post-irradiation. The reducing activity of the brain homogenate was not changed by the X-irradiation (15 Gy). The contents of MCPROXYL and its hydroxylamine derivative in the brain of 15 Gy-irradiated mice remained higher than in non-irradiated mice. These findings suggest that the effect of X-irradiation observed by in vivo ESR is attributable not to the redox reaction of MCPROXYL in the brain but to the change of the efflux rate of the MCPROXYL from the brain.
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- Y Miura
- Department of Bioregulation Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Matsumoto K, Utsumi H. Development of separable electron spin resonance-computed tomography imaging for multiple radical species: an application to .OH and .NO. Biophys J 2000; 79:3341-9. [PMID: 11106636 PMCID: PMC1301207 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(00)76565-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A method of separable ESR-CT (electron spin resonance-computed tomography) imaging for multiple radical species was developed and applied to imaging of .OH and .NO. The algorithm was improved by combining filtered back-projection with a modified algebraic reconstruction technique to enhance accuracy and shorten calculation time. With this algorithm, spectral-spatial images of the phantom consisting of 3-carbamoyl-2,2,5,5,-tetramethylpyrrolidine-N-oxyl and 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5,-tetramethylimidazoline-3-oxide-1-oxyl could be obtained in different directions by rotating the spatial axis. The spatial function of individual radicals was extracted by each of the two methods from each spectral-spatial image. The separative 2D images of each radical were individually constructed using the spatial function obtained with the two methods. By comparing the separative images with the phantom sample, the algorithm for separable ESR-CT imaging was established. This ESR-CT technique was combined with L-band ESR spectroscopy and applied to the separative imaging of .OH and .NO, which were spin trapped with 5, 5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO) and Fe(2+)-N-methyl-D-glucamine dithiocarbamate complex, respectively. The ESR signal of DMPO-OH decreased gradually during data acquisition, and the decrease was calibrated by extrapolating the signal intensity to the beginning of data sampling. Both the position and size of the individual images for .OH and .NO were in very good agreement with the findings for the sample.
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- K Matsumoto
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Native Cu,Zn-SOD and synthetic SOD mimics sometimes demonstrate an apparently anomalous bell-shaped dose-response relationship when protecting various biological systems from oxidative stress. Several mechanisms have been proposed to account for such an effect, including: overproduction of H(2)O(2), peroxidative activity of SOD, and opposing roles played by O(2)(*-) in both initiation and termination of radical chain reactions. In the present study, ferrocyanide and thiols, which are susceptible to one-electron and two-electron oxidation, respectively, were subjected to a flux of superoxide in the presence and absence of SOD or SOD mimics. The results show that 1) either O(2)(*-)/HO(2)(*) or H(2)O(2) alone partially inactivates papain, whereas when combined they act synergistically; 2) nitroxide SOD mimics, but not SOD, exhibit a bell-shaped dose-response relationship in protecting papain from inactivation; 3) SOD, which at low dose inhibits superoxide-induced oxidation of ferrocyanide, loses its antioxidative effect as its concentration increases. These findings offer an additional explanation for the pro-oxidative activity of SOD and SOD mimics without invoking any dual activity of O(2)(*-) or a combined effect of SOD and H(2)O(2). The most significant outcome of an increase in SOD level is a decrease of [O(2)(*-)](steady state), rather than any notable elevation of [H(2)O(2)](steady state). As a result, the reaction kinetics of the high oxidation state of each catalyst is altered. In the presence of ultra-low [O(2)(*-)](steady state), the oxidized form of SOD [Cu(II),Zn-SOD] or SOD mimic (oxo-ammonium cation) does not react with O(2)(*-) but rather oxidizes the target molecule that it was supposed to have protected. Consequently, these catalysts exert an anti- or pro-oxidative effect depending on their concentration.
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- T Offer
- Molecular Biology, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel.
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Miura Y, Anzai K, Ueda J, Ozawa T. Novel approach to in vivo screening for radioprotective activity in whole mice: in vivo electron spin resonance study probing the redox reaction of nitroxyl. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2000; 41:103-111. [PMID: 11037578 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.41.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Previously, we reported that X-irradiation enhanced the signal decay of a spin probe injected into whole mice measured by in vivo ESR, and that the observed enhancement was suppressed by the pre-administration of cysteamine, a radioprotector [Miura, Y., Anzai, K., Urano, S. and Ozawa, T. (1997) Free Rad. Biol. Med. 23: 533-540]. In the present study, the suppression activity of the X-ray-induced increase in the ESR signal decay rate (termed suppression index, SI) was measured for several radioprotectors: 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), S-2-(3-aminopropylamino)-ethylphosphorothioic acid (WR-2721), 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxyl (TEMPOL), cimetidine, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and stem cell factor (SCF). The enhancement of the ESR signal decay of carbamoyl-PROXYL due to X-irradiation was suppressed by a treatment with all of the radioprotectors examined, showing positive SI values. However, a dose-dependency of 5-HT or WR-2721 was not observed, suggesting that several mechanisms exist for radioprotection and a modification of the signal decay rate. Although the in vivo ESR system cannot be used in place of the 30-day survival method for the assessment of radioprotectors, this system might be applicable to in vivo, non-invasive screening prior to using the 30-day survival method.
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- Y Miura
- Department of Bioregulation Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba-shi, Japan
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Miura Y, Ozawa T. Noninvasive study of radiation-induced oxidative damage using in vivo electron spin resonance. Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 28:854-9. [PMID: 10802215 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(00)00162-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nitroxyl radicals injected into a whole body indicate the disappearance of signal intensity of in vivo electron spin resonance (ESR). The signal decay rates of nitroxyl have reported to be influenced by various types of oxidative stress. We examined the effect of X-irradiation on the signal decay rate of nitroxyl in the upper abdomen of mice using in vivo ESR. The signal decay rates increased 1 h after 15 Gy irradiation, and the enhancement was suppressed by preadministration of cysteamine, a radioprotector. These results suggest that the signal decay of nitroxyl in whole mice is enhanced by radiation-induced oxidative damage. The in vivo ESR system probing the signal decay of nitroxyl could provide a noninvasive technique for the study of oxidative stress caused by radiation in a living body.
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- Y Miura
- Department of Biochemistry and Isotopes, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
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Sano H, Naruse M, Matsumoto K, Oi T, Utsumi H. A new nitroxyl-probe with high retention in the brain and its application for brain imaging. Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 28:959-69. [PMID: 10802228 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(00)00184-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In order to estimate free radical reactions and image them in the brain of living animals, a nitroxyl spin-probe, carboxy-PROXYL acetoxymethyl ester (CxP-AM) was newly synthesized. CxP-AM was designed to be hydrolyzed by esterase, but not by lipase, so that it would pass through the blood-brain barrier and be retained in the cytosolic phase of parenchymal cells in the brain after intravenous injection. The pharmacokinetics of CxP-AM was compared with those of carboxy-PROXYL (CxP) and its methyl ester (CxP-M). Carboxyl esterase almost completely hydrolyzed CxP-AM within 3 min. After intravenous injection, the brain retained 1.8 times more CxP-AM than CxP-M, and retained it for more than 30 min. Electron spin resonance computed tomographic (ESR-CT) imaging of CxP-AM in the heads of mice produced marked contrast in the encephalon region, while CxP was distributed only in the extracranial region and CxP-M was distributed in both regions, confirming the pharmacokinetics of CxP-AM. The decay rate of CxP-AM determined with time-resolved ESR-CT imaging was different in the two brain regions, suggesting regional differences in the total reducing capability. CxP-AM should become a powerful probe for the investigation and diagnosis of free radical reactions and their imaging in the brain.
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- H Sano
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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Phumala N, Ide T, Utsumi H. Noninvasive evaluation of in vivo free radical reactions catalyzed by iron using in vivo ESR spectroscopy. Free Radic Biol Med 1999; 26:1209-17. [PMID: 10381192 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(98)00314-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The noninvasive, real time technique of in vivo electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy was used to evaluate free radical reactions catalyzed by iron in living mice. The spectra and signal decay of a nitroxyl probe, carbamoyl-PROXYL, were observed in the upper abdomen of mice. The signal decay was significantly enhanced in mice subcutaneously loaded with ferric citrate (0.2 micromol/g body wt) and the enhancement was suppressed by pre-treatment with either desferrioxamine (DF) or the chain breaking antioxidant Trolox, but only slightly suppressed by the hydroxyl radical scavenger DMSO. To determine the catalytic form of iron, DF was administered at different times with respect to iron loading: before, simultaneously, and after 20 and 50 min. The effect of DF on signal decay, liver iron content, iron excretion, and lipid peroxidation (TBARs) depended on the time of the treatment. There was a good correlation between the signal decay, iron content, and lipid peroxidation, indicating that "chelatable iron" contributed to the enhanced signal decay. The nitroxyl probe also exhibited in vivo antioxidant activity, implying that the process responsible for the signal decay of the nitroxyl probe is involved in free radical oxidative stress reactions catalyzed by iron.
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- N Phumala
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Offer T, Mohsen M, Samuni A. An SOD-mimicry mechanism underlies the role of nitroxides in protecting papain from oxidative inactivation. Free Radic Biol Med 1998; 25:832-8. [PMID: 9823549 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(98)00162-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nitroxide stable free radicals have previously been found to afford protection in various biological systems against diverse types of oxidative stress, including, ischemia/reperfusion, hyperoxia, mechanical trauma, toxic xenobiotics, ionizing radiation, gastric and colonic irritants or strong oxidants. Dismutation of superoxide has originally been suggested to be one of the mechanisms that underlie the anti-oxidant effect of nitroxides. However, no direct evidence has been found, so far, to support this assumption. In the present study, superoxide and H2O2, generated enzymatically, were used to directly inactivate papain, a sulfhydryl enzyme, in vitro. The rate of papain inactivation served to assess the damage. The reaction mixtures contained a chelate in order to prevent the effect of adventitious redox-active metal ions, pre-empt the Fenton reaction and avoid hydroxyl-induced damage. Catalase or SOD alone partially protected the papain from inactivation. The protective effect of nitroxides resembled that of SOD in several aspects: a) nitroxides provided partial protection; b) the protective effect of nitroxides did not increase with the elevation of their concentration (above 0.5 mM); c) the combined addition of SOD and the nitroxide did not provide greater protection than that demonstrated by nitroxides or SOD separately; d) the effects of catalase with the nitroxide were additive; e) the nitroxide, like SOD itself, did not protect papain from H2O2-induced inactivation; f) the nitroxide was found not to be consumed in the course of the reaction but rather to be recycled. The results indicate that: (a) the main species responsible for the papain inactivation in a system in which the effect of transition metals is pre-empted, are O2-. and H2O2; (b) nitroxides inhibit the oxidative damage by removing superoxide not stoichiometrically, but rather catalytically as SOD-mimics; (c) nitroxides do not afford protection when the oxidative damage is induced directly by H2O2 (and not mediated by redox-active metals).
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- T Offer
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Quaresima V, Ferrari M. Current status of electron spin resonance (ESR) for in vivo detection of free radicals. Phys Med Biol 1998; 43:1937-47. [PMID: 9703057 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/7/015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Much outstanding progress concerning the application of ESR spectroscopy/imaging in the biomedical field has been made in recent years. The literature in this field has already been specifically covered by several reviews. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the most important findings, obtained in the last four years, in the detection and localization of different exogenous free radicals, as well as of endogenous free radicals in diverse experimental animal models.
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- V Quaresima
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Università di L'Aquila, Italy.
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Miura Y, Anzai K, Takahashi S, Ozawa T. A novel lipophilic spin probe for the measurement of radiation damage in mouse brain using in vivo electron spin resonance (ESR). FEBS Lett 1997; 419:99-102. [PMID: 9426228 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01443-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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As a possible lipophilic spin probe of in vivo electron spin resonance (ESR), 3-methoxy carbonyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-pyrrolidine-1-yloxy (MCPROXYL) was examined. The permeability of the blood-brain barrier to this compound was evaluated with a brain uptake index and autoradiography, with result that this probe is well distributed in the brain. The in vivo ESR spectra were measured in the head and the abdomen of MCPROXYL-injected living mice. The rate of signal decay of MCPROXYL in the head measured at one hour after X-irradiation was about 75% of that of the controls. The decrease in the head seems to be related to the early response of the brain to X-irradiation. This is the first report that the behavior of free radical such as MCPROXYL in the brain is influenced by X-irradiation. MCPROXYL is thus useful as a novel spin probe for in vivo ESR to monitor the radiation damage in the brain.
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- Y Miura
- Department of Bioregulation Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba-shi, Japan
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Takechi K, Tamura H, Yamaoka K, Sakurai H. Pharmacokinetic analysis of free radicals by in vivo BCM (Blood Circulation Monitoring)-ESR method. Free Radic Res 1997; 26:483-96. [PMID: 9212342 DOI: 10.3109/10715769709097819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In pharmacokinetic studies, a variety of analytical method including radioisotopic detection and HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) has been used. In the present investigation, we developed in vivo BCM (Blood Circulation Monitoring)-ESR method, which is a new technique with a conventional X-band ESR spectrometer for observing stable free radicals in the circulating blood of living rats under anaesthesia. Both 5-(PROXYL derivatives) and 6-(TEMPO d derivatives) membered nitroxide spin probes with various types of substituent functional group were used. After physico-chemical properties of the spin probes such as hyperfine coupling constant (A-value), g-value and partition coefficient as well as chemical stability of the compounds in the fresh blood were obtained, the in vivo BCM-ESR method was performed in normal rats. Several pharmacokinetic parameters such as half-life of the probes, distribution volume, total body clearance and mean residence time were obtained and discussed in terms of their chemical structures. In addition, clearance of a spin probe was related to the urine concentration. The BCM-ESR method was found to be very useful to observe free radicals at the real time. By time-dependent ESR signal decay of spin probes, pharmacokinetic parameters were obtained.
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- K Takechi
- Department of Analytical and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Japan
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Miura Y, Anzai K, Urano S, Ozawa T. In vivo electron paramagnetic resonance studies on oxidative stress caused by X-irradiation in whole mice. Free Radic Biol Med 1997; 23:533-40. [PMID: 9215798 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(97)00103-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The effect of x-irradiation on the reduction rates of nitroxyl radicals was examined in whole mice using in vivo EPR. One hour after irradiation, the reduction rates of nitroxyl increased up to 15 Gy irradiation, but decreased over this dose. The enhancement of the reduction rate of nitroxyl was suppressed by preadministration of a radioprotector, cysteamine, suggesting that the enhancement of nitroxyl reduction is related to the radiation damage. Thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) in liver homogenate were increased by x-irradiation, indicating that x-irradiation induced oxidative stress in mice. Endogenous antioxidant, alpha-tocopherol, and the activities of antioxidative enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, and glutathione peroxidase were not induced by x-irradiation under these experimental conditions. Eventually the nitroxyl reduction in whole mice should be enhanced by the oxidative stress due to x-irradiation. An in vivo EPR system probing the nitroxyl reduction should be applicable to the noninvasive study on the oxidative stress caused by radiation.
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- Y Miura
- Department of Bioregulation Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Japan
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Mäder K, Gallez B, Swartz HM. In vivo EPR: an effective new tool for studying pathophysiology, physiology and pharmacology. Appl Radiat Isot 1996; 47:1663-7. [PMID: 9022207 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(96)00237-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The development of spectrometers working at lower frequencies with improved resonators now permits the routine use of non-invasive EPR spectroscopy in vivo. The capabilities of EPR spectra to reflect environmental conditions, combined with the use of paramagnetic materials as selective non-toxic labels, has led to increasingly widespread and productive applications of the technique to complex problems involving physiology, pharmacology and pathophysiology. Some of the especially promising applications in which EPR techniques uniquely appear to provide valuable information are illustrated, including the measurement of oxygen and oxygen gradients, monitoring of the metabolism of xenobiotics, monitoring pharmacokinetics of drugs, measurement of perfusion, measurement of pH, recognition and labeling of receptors, and characterization of drug releasing systems.
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- K Mäder
- Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Yamaguchi T, Itai S, Hayashi H, Soda S, Hamada A, Utsumi H. In vivo ESR studies on pharmacokinetics and metabolism of parenteral lipid emulsion in living mice. Pharm Res 1996; 13:729-33. [PMID: 8860428 DOI: 10.1023/a:1016047532687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE We applied non-invasive and real-time method with in vivo ESR spectroscopy to determining pharmacokinetics and metabolism of lipid emulsion as a drug carrier in living mice. METHODS A spin-labeled triglyceride (SL-TG) was newly synthesized and lipid emulsion containing SL-TG was prepared. In vivo ESR spectra in mice were observed after intravenous administration of the lipid emulsion. RESULTS In vivo ESR spectra consisted of three components, coinciding with the in vitro spectra of SL-TG particles, free and immobilized fatty acids. The amount of the components depended on both the observing domain and the period after administration. In the chest, all three components were observed, while SL-TG particle was lacking in the abdomen. The half-life of the lipid particles in the chest was 2 hr. CONCLUSIONS Non-invasive and real-time analysis of drug carriers in living animal is successfully accomplished using an in vivo ESR method.
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- T Yamaguchi
- Pharmaceutics Laboratory, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yoshino-cho, Ohmiya, Saitama, Japan
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Utsumi H, Ichikawa K, Takeshita K. In vivo ESR measurements of free radical reactions in living mice. Toxicol Lett 1995; 82-83:561-5. [PMID: 8597111 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(95)03501-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In vivo ESR measurements were carried out to estimate free radical reactions in living mice using nitroxyl radicals as probes. The ESR signal of nitroxyl radical which was intravenously or intramuscularly injected to living female ddY mice decreased gradually by reducing to the corresponding hydroxylamine. The reduction rate was enhanced by oxidative stress, and pre-treatment of antioxidants suppressed the enhancement of signal decay. Oral administration of carbon tetrachloride enhanced signal decay in upper abdomen but not in thorax. These results indicated that free radicals, which can reduce nitroxyl radical, were produced in the upper abdomen by oral administration of carbon tetrachloride.
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- H Utsumi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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