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Giorgio Brandi Flaminio Cattabeni Amedeo Albano Orazio Cantoni 《Free radical research》1989,6(1):47-55
Escherichia coli lethality by hydrogen peroxide is characterized by two modes of killing. In this paper we have found that hydroxyl radicals (OH -) generated by H2O2 and intracellular divalent iron are not involved in the induction of mode one lethality (i.e. cell killing produced by concentrations of H2O2 lower than 2.5 mM). In fact, the OH radical scavengers, thiourea, ethanol and dimethyl sulfoxide, and the iron chelator, desferrioxarnine, did not affect the survival of cells exposed to 2.5mM H2O2. In addition cell vulnerability to the same H2O2 concentration was independent on the intracellular iron content. In contrast, mode two lethality (i.e. cell killing generated by concentrations of H2O2 higher than 10mM) was markedly reduced by OH radical scavengers and desferrioxamine and was augmented by increasing the intracellular iron content.
It is concluded that OH. are required for mode two killing of E. coli by hydrogen peroxide. 相似文献
It is concluded that OH. are required for mode two killing of E. coli by hydrogen peroxide. 相似文献
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is known to both induce and inhibit apoptosis, however the mechanisms are unclear. We found that H2O2 inhibited the activity of recombinant caspase-3 and caspase-8, half-inhibition occurring at about 17 μM H2O2. This inhibition was both prevented and reversed by dithiothreitol while glutathione had little protective effect. 100–200 μM H2O2 added to macrophages after induction of caspase activation by nitric oxide or serum withdrawal substantially inhibited caspase activity. Activation of H2O2-producing NADPH oxidase in macrophages also caused catalase-sensitive inactivation of cellular caspases. The data suggest that the activity of caspases in cells can be directly but reversibly inhibited by H2O2. 相似文献
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O. Cantoni G. Brandi G. F. Schiavano A. Albano F. Cattabeni 《Chemico-biological interactions》1989,70(3-4):281-288
The toxicity of H2O2 in Escherichia coli wild type and superoxide dismutase mutants was investigated under different experimental conditions. Cells were either grown aerobically, and then treated in M9 salts or K medium, or grown anoxically, and then treated in K medium. Results have demonstrated that the wild type and superoxide dismutase mutants display a markedly different sensitivity to both modes of lethality produced by H2O2 (i.e. mode one killing, which is produced by concentrations of H2O2 lower than 5 mM, and mode two killing which results from the insult generated by concentrations of H2O2 higher than 10 mM). Although the data obtained do not clarify the molecular basis of H2O2 toxicity and/or do not explain the specific function of superoxide ions in H2O2-induced bacterial inactivation, they certainly demonstrate that the latter species plays a key role in both modes of H2O2 lethality. A mechanism of H2O2 toxicity in E. coli is proposed, involving the action of a hypothetical enzyme which should work as an O2-• generating system. This enzyme should be active at low concentrations of H2O2 (<5 mM) and high concentrations of the oxidant (>5 mM) should inactivate the same enzyme. Superoxide ions would then be produced and result in mode one lethality. The resistance at intermediate H2O2 concentrations may be dependent on the inactivation of such enzyme with no superoxide ions being produced at levels of H2O2 in the range 5–10 mM. Mode two killing could be produced by the hydroxyl radical in concert with superoxide ions, chemically produced via the reaction of high concentrations of H2O2 (>10 mM) with hydroxyl radicals. The rate of hydroxyl radical production may be increased by the higher availability of Fe2+ since superoxide ions may also reduce trivalent iron to the divalent form. 相似文献
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Previous studies have shown that a variety of mammalian cell types, including macrophages, contain small amounts of redox-active iron in their lysosomes. Increases in the level of this iron pool predispose the cell to oxidative stress. Limiting the availability of intralysosomal redox-active iron could therefore represent potential cytoprotection for cells under oxidative stress.
In the present study we have shown that an initial 6 h exposure of J774 macrophages to 30 μM iron, added to the culture medium as FeCl3, increased the lysosomal iron content and their sensitivity to H2O2-induced (0.25 mM for 30 min) oxidative stress. Over time (24-72 h), however, the cells were desensitized to the cytotoxic effects of H2O2; most likely as a consequence of both lysosomal iron exocytosis and of ferritin synthesis (demonstrated by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, autometallography, and immunohistochemistry). When the cells were exposed to a second dose of iron, their lysosomal content of iron increased again but the cells became no further sensitized to the cytotoxic effects of H2O2. Using the lysosomotropic weak base, acridine orange, we demonstrated that after the second exposure to iron and H2O2, lysosomes remained intact and were no different from control cells which were exposed to H2O2 but not iron.
These data suggest that the initial induction of ferritin synthesis leads to enrichment of lysosomes with ferritin via autophagocytosis. This limits the redox-availability of intralysosomal iron and, in turn, decreases the cells' sensitivity to oxidative stress. These in vitro observations could also explain why cells under pathological conditions, such as haemochromatosis, are apparently able to withstand high iron concentrations for some time in vivo. 相似文献
In the present study we have shown that an initial 6 h exposure of J774 macrophages to 30 μM iron, added to the culture medium as FeCl3, increased the lysosomal iron content and their sensitivity to H2O2-induced (0.25 mM for 30 min) oxidative stress. Over time (24-72 h), however, the cells were desensitized to the cytotoxic effects of H2O2; most likely as a consequence of both lysosomal iron exocytosis and of ferritin synthesis (demonstrated by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, autometallography, and immunohistochemistry). When the cells were exposed to a second dose of iron, their lysosomal content of iron increased again but the cells became no further sensitized to the cytotoxic effects of H2O2. Using the lysosomotropic weak base, acridine orange, we demonstrated that after the second exposure to iron and H2O2, lysosomes remained intact and were no different from control cells which were exposed to H2O2 but not iron.
These data suggest that the initial induction of ferritin synthesis leads to enrichment of lysosomes with ferritin via autophagocytosis. This limits the redox-availability of intralysosomal iron and, in turn, decreases the cells' sensitivity to oxidative stress. These in vitro observations could also explain why cells under pathological conditions, such as haemochromatosis, are apparently able to withstand high iron concentrations for some time in vivo. 相似文献
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The effect of lactic acid (lactate) on Fenton based hydroxyl radical (·OH) production was studied by spin trapping, ESR, and fluorescence methods using DMPO and coumarin-3-carboxylic acid (3-CCA) as the ·OH traps respectively. The ·OH adduct formation was inhibited by lactate up to 0.4mM (lactate/iron stoichiometry = 2) in both experiments, but markedly enhanced with increasing concentrations of lactate above this critical concentration. When the H2O2 dependence was examined, the DMPO-OH signal was increased linearly with H2O2 concentration up to 1 mM and then saturated in the absence of lactate. In the presence of lactate, however, the DMPO-OH signal was increased further with higher H2O2 concentration than 1 mM, and the saturation level was also increased dependent on lactate concentration. Spectroscopic studies revealed that lactate forms a stable colored complex with Fe3+ at lactate/Fe3+ stoichiometry of 2, and the complex formation was strictly related to the DMPO-OH formation. The complex formation did not promote the H2O2 mediated Fe3+ reduction. When the Fe3+-lactate (1:2) complex was reacted with H2O2, the initial rate of hydroxylated 3-CCA formation was linearly increased with H2O2 concentrations. All the data obtained in the present experiments suggested that the Fe3+-lactate (1:2) complex formed in the Fenton reaction system reacts directly with H2O2 to produce additional ·OH in the Fenton reaction by other mechanisms than lactate or lactate/Fe3+ mediated promotion of Fe3+/Fe2+ redox cycling. 相似文献
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Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) induced hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) formation was measured in household drinking water and metal supplemented Milli-Q water by using the FOX assay. Here we show that ascorbic acid readily induces H2O2 formation in Cu(II) supplemented Milli-Q water and poorly buffered household drinking water. In contrast to Cu(II), iron was not capable to support ascorbic acid induced H2O2 formation during acidic conditions (pH: 3.5-5). In 12 out of the 48 drinking water samples incubated with 2 mM ascorbic acid, the H2O2 concentration exceeded 400 μM. However, when trace amounts of Fe(III) (0.2 mg/l) was present during incubation, the ascorbic acid/Cu(II)-induced H2O2 accumulation was totally blocked. Of the other common divalent or trivalent metal ions tested, that are normally present in drinking water (calcium, magnesium, zinc, cobalt, manganese or aluminum), only calcium and magnesium displayed a modest inhibitory activity on the ascorbic acid/Cu(II)-induced H2O2 formation. Oxalic acid, one of the degradation products from ascorbic acid, was confirmed to actively participate in the iron induced degradation of H2O2. Ascorbic acid/Cu(II)-induced H2O2 formation during acidic conditions, as demonstrated here in poorly buffered drinking water, could be of importance in host defense against bacterial infections. In addition, our findings might explain the mechanism for the protective effect of iron against vitamin C induced cell toxicity. 相似文献
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On the Cytoprotective Role of Ferritin in Macrophages and its Ability to Enhance Lysosomal Stability 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Macrophages have a great capacity to take up (eg. by endocytosis and phagocytosis) exogenous sources of iron which could potentially become cytotoxic, particularly following the intralysosomal formation of low-molecular weight, redox active iron, and under conditions of oxidative stress. Following autophago-cytosis of endogenous ferritin/apoferritin, these compounds may serve as chelators of such lysosomal iron and counteract the occurrence of iron-mediated intralysosomal oxidative reactions. Such redox-reactions have been shown to lead to destabilisation of lysosomal membranes and result in leakage of damaging lysosomal contents to the cytosol. In this study we have shown: (i) human monocyte-derived macrophages to accumulate ferritin in response to iron exposure; (ii) iron to destabilise macrophage secondary lysosomes when the cells are exposed to H2O2; and (iii) endocytosed apoferritin to act as a stabiliser of the acidic vacuolar compartment of iron-loaded macrophages. While the endogenous ferritin accumulation which was induced by iron exposure was not sufficient to protect cells from the damaging effects of H2O2, exogenously added apoferritin, as well as the potent iron chelator desferrioxamine, afforded significant protection. It is suggested that intralysosomal formation of haemosiderin, from partially degraded ferritin, is a protective strategy to suppress intralysosomal iron-catalysed redox reactions. However, under conditions of severe macrophage lysosomal iron-overload, induction of ferritin synthesis is not enough to completely prevent the enhanced cytotoxic effects of H2O2. 相似文献
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Pierre Tachon 《Free radical research》1990,9(1):39-47
The role of histidine on DNA breakage induced by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and ferric ions or by H2O2 and cupric ions was studied on purified DNA. L-histidine slightly reduced DNA breakage by H2O2 and Fe3+ but greatly inhibited DNA breakage by H2O2 and Cu2+. However, only when histidine was present, the addition of EDTA to H2O2 and Fe3+ exhibited a bimodal dose response curve depending on the chelator metal ratio. The enhancing effect of histidine on the rate of DNA degradation by H2O2 was maximal at a chelator metal ratio between 0.2 and 0.5, and was specific for iron. When D-histidine replaced L-histidine, the same pattern of EDTA dose response curve was observed. Superoxide dismutase greatly inhibited the rate of DNA degradation induced by H2O2, Fe3+, EDTA and L-histidine involving the superoxide radical.
These studies suggest that the enhancing effect of histidine on the rate of DNA degradation by H2O2 and Fe3+ is mediated by an oxidant which could be a ferrous-dioxygen-ferric chelate complex or a chelate-ferryl ion. 相似文献
These studies suggest that the enhancing effect of histidine on the rate of DNA degradation by H2O2 and Fe3+ is mediated by an oxidant which could be a ferrous-dioxygen-ferric chelate complex or a chelate-ferryl ion. 相似文献
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借助表皮条分析和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜技术,对NO和H2O2在光/暗调控蚕豆(Vicia faba L.)气孔运动中的作用及其相互关系进行了探索.结果显示,光下外源NO供体硝普钠(SNP)和H2O2促进气孔关闭的效应明显大于暗中,暗中NO专一性清除剂2,4-羧基苯-4,4,5,5-四甲基咪唑-1-氧-3-氧化物(cPTIO)、一氧化氮合酶(NOS)抑制剂NG-氮-L-精氨酸-甲酯(L-NAME)和H2O2清除剂抗坏血酸(Vc)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)对气孔开度的效应明显大于光下,而且光下蚕豆保卫细胞NO和H2O2水平比暗中明显降低.上述结果表明,光/暗通过影响保卫细胞NO和H2O2的水平调控气孔运动.研究还发现,光下H2O2既诱导NO水平增加,也诱导气孔关闭,cPTIO和L-NAME有效地逆转H2O2的这些效应;光下SNP既诱导H2O2水平增加,也诱导气孔关闭,SNP的上述效应又被Vc和CAT有效逆转.这些结果表明,NO和H2O2在生成及效应上均存在明显的相互作用.另外,L-NAME显著逆转暗和光下H2O2处理对气孔关闭和NO生成的效应表明,蚕豆保卫细胞中可能存在NOS,暗和光下H2O2处理可能通过提高NOS的活性促进NO水平增加,进而诱导气孔关闭. 相似文献
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以烟草悬浮细胞BY-2(Nicotiana tabacum L.cv.Bright Yellow-2)为材料,探讨了在铜离子胁迫下植物细胞死亡发生过程中胞外H2O2及NADPH氧化酶所扮演的角色。实验结果表明,随着外源CuCl2浓度的上升(从0~700 μmol·L-1),细胞死亡水平不断上升,且胞外H2O2的水平也不断增加。在300 μmol·L-1的CuCl2诱导细胞死亡的过程中,加入H2O2清除剂N-N-二甲基硫脲(DMTU)降低了胞外CuCl2胁迫下H2O2含量增加的同时也降低了细胞死亡水平的上升,这一观察表明了铜离子胁迫所导致的细胞死亡的发生和胞外H2O2的增加有关。进一步的研究表明,300 μmol·L-1 CuCl2的胁迫导致了NADPH氧化酶活性的显著性上升,而加入NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂(二亚苯基碘,DPI,)则降低了CuCl2胁迫所导致的细胞死亡和胞外H2O2含量的上升。上述结果表明,胞外H2O2和NADPH氧化酶参与了CuCl2对植物细胞死亡的诱导作用。 相似文献
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Many copper and iron complexes can be reduced by O-2 as well as by H2O2. According to the rates of reduction and the concentration of O-2 and H2O2, the metal complexes may serve either as catalyst of O-2 dismutation or as catalysts of the reaction between O-2 and H2O2 to form OH' radical (Haber-Weiss reaction). Various factors which influence whether metal complexes protect the biological systems from superoxide toxicity or enhance it are discussed. 相似文献
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The reaction of H2O2 with resting metmyoglobin (MetMb), methaemoglobin (MetHb) and cytochrome-c (Cyt-c) was studied in the Soret and visible regions. The differences between the original and the final peak heights of the native haemproteins at 408 nm was found to be directly proportional to the loss of iron from the molecule. The release of iron from haemproteins was studied in a system generating H2O2 continuously at a low rate by an enzymic system, or by addition of large amounts of H2O2. Cytochrome-c, methaemoglobin and metmyoglobin during interaction with H2O2 at a concentration of 200 μM release 40%, 20% and 3%, respectively, of molecular iron after l0min. The inhibition of haem degradation and iron release by enzymatically-generated H2O2 was determined using several hydroxyl radical scavengers, reducing agents and antioxienzymes, such as superoxide dismutase, catalase and caeruloplasmin. 相似文献
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Incubation of horse-heart oxymyoglobin or metmyoglobin with excess H2O2 causes formation of myoglobin(IV), followed by haem degradation. At the time when haem degradation is observed, hydroxyl radicals (.OH) can be detected in the reaction mixture by their ability to degrade the sugar deoxyribose. Detection of hydroxyl radicals can be decreased by transferrin or by OH scavengers (mannitol, arginine, phenylalanine) but not by urea. Neither transferrin nor any of these scavengers inhibit the haem degradation. It is concluded that intact oxymyoglobin or metmyoglobin molecules do not react with H2O2 to form OH detectable by deoxyribose, but that H2O2 eventually leads to release of iron ions from the proteins. These released iron ions can react to form OH outside the protein or close to its surface. Salicylate and the iron chelator desferrioxamine stabilize myoglobin and prevent haem degradation. The biological importance of OH generated using iron ions released from myoglobin by H2O2 is discussed in relation to myocardial reoxygenation injury. 相似文献
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β-Amyloid peptide (Aβ) 1–42, involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, binds copper ions to form Aβ · Cun complexes that are able to generate H2O2 in the presence of a reductant and O2. The production of H2O2 can be stopped with chelators. More reactive than H2O2 itself, hydroxyl radicals HO (generated when a reduced redox active metal complex interacts with H2O2) are also probably involved in the oxidative stress that creates brain damage during the disease. We report in the present work a method to monitor the effect of chelating agents on the production of hydrogen peroxide by metallo-amyloid peptides. The addition of H2O2 associated to a pre-incubation step between ascorbate and Aβ · Cun allows to study the formation of H2O2 but also, at the same time, its transformation by the copper complexes. Aβ · Cun peptides produce but do not efficiently degrade H2O2. The reported analytic method, associated to precipitation experiments of copper-containing amyloid peptides, allows to study the inhibition of H2O2 production by chelators. The action of a ligand such as EDTA is probably due to the removal of the copper ions from Aβ · Cun, whereas bidentate ligands such as 8-hydroxyquinolines probably act via the formation of ternary complexes with Aβ · Cun. The redox activity of these bidentate ligands can be modulated by the incorporation or the modification of substituents on the quinoline heterocycle. 相似文献
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Coyle CH Martinez LJ Coleman MC Spitz DR Weintraub NL Kader KN 《Free radical biology & medicine》2006,40(12):2206-2213
Hydrogen peroxide, produced by inflammatory and vascular cells, induces oxidative stress that may contribute to endothelial dysfunction. In smooth muscle cells, H2O2 induces production of O2− by activating NADPH oxidase. However, the mechanisms whereby H2O2 induces oxidative stress in endothelial cells are poorly understood. We examined the effects of H2O2 on O2− levels on porcine aortic endothelial cells (PAEC). Treatment with 60 μmol/L H2O2 markedly increased intracellular O2− levels (determined by conversion of dihydroethidium to hydroxyethidium) and produced cytotoxicity (determined by propidium iodide staining) in PAEC. Overexpression of human manganese superoxide dismutase in PAEC reduced O2− levels and attenuated cytotoxicity resulting from treatment with H2O2. L-NAME, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and apocynin, an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase, reduced O2− levels in PAEC treated with H2O2, suggesting that both NOS and NADPH oxidase contribute to H2O2-induced O2− in PAEC. Inhibition of NADPH oxidase using apocynin and NOS rescue with L-sepiapterin together reduced O2− levels in PAEC treated with H2O2 to control levels. This suggests interaction-distinct NOS and NADPH oxidase pathways to superoxide. We conclude that H2O2 produces oxidative stress in endothelial cells by increasing intracellular O2− levels through NOS and NADPH oxidase. These findings suggest a complex interaction between H2O2 and oxidant-generating enzymes that may contribute to endothelial dysfunction. 相似文献
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Rakesh P. Patel Dimitri A. Svistunenko Victor M. Darley-usmar Martyn C. R. Symons Michael T. Wilson 《Free radical research》1996,25(2):117-123
The formation and reactivity of ferryl haemoglobin (and myoglobin), which occurs on addition of H2O2, has been proposed as a mechanism contributing to oxidative stress associated with human diseases. However, relatively little is known of the reaction between hydrogen peroxide and human haemoglobin. We have studied the reaction between hydrogen peroxide and purified (catalase free) human metHbA. Addition of H2O2 resulted in production of both ferryl haem iron (detected by optical spectroscopy) and an associated protein radical (detected by EPR spectroscopy). Titrating metHbA with H2O2 showed that maximum ferryl levels could be obtained at a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio of haem to H2O2. No oxygen was evolved during the reaction, indicating that human metHbA does itself not possess catalatic activity. The protein radicals obtained in this reaction reached a steady state concentration, during hydrogen peroxide decomposition, but started to decay once the hydrogen peroxide had been completely exhausted. The presence of catalase, at concentrations around 10 fold lower than metHb, increased the apparent stoichiometry of the reaction to 1 mol metHb: ∼20 mol H2O2 and abolished the protein radical steady state. The biological implications for these results are discussed. 相似文献
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The reaction of iron (II) with H2O2 is believed to generate highly reactive species (e.g., OH) capable of initiating biological damage. This study investigates the possibility that the severity of oxidative damage induced by iron in hepatic mitochondria is determined by the level of mitochondrial-H2O2 generation, which is believed to be particularly prominent in state-4 respiration.
Iron-induced damage is found to be greater in state-4 than in state-3 respiration. Experiments using uncoupling agents and Ca++ to mimic state-3 conditions indicate that this effect reflects differences in the steady-state oxidation-level of the electron carriers of the respiratory chain (and hence the level of H2O2 -generation). rather than changes in redox potential or transportation of the metal-ion. Evidence is also presented for a mechanism in which Fe(II) and H2O2 react inside the mitochondrial matrix.
Ascorbate (vitamin C) is shown to be pro-oxidant in this system. except when present at very high concentration when it becomes antioxidant in nature. 相似文献
Iron-induced damage is found to be greater in state-4 than in state-3 respiration. Experiments using uncoupling agents and Ca++ to mimic state-3 conditions indicate that this effect reflects differences in the steady-state oxidation-level of the electron carriers of the respiratory chain (and hence the level of H2O2 -generation). rather than changes in redox potential or transportation of the metal-ion. Evidence is also presented for a mechanism in which Fe(II) and H2O2 react inside the mitochondrial matrix.
Ascorbate (vitamin C) is shown to be pro-oxidant in this system. except when present at very high concentration when it becomes antioxidant in nature. 相似文献
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Hans-Peter Hartung 《FEBS letters》1983,160(1-2):209-212
The phospholipid mediator AGEPC (acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine) was examined for its effects on guinea pig peritoneal macrophages. At a concentration of 10−9 -10−6 M, AGEPC evoked release of prostaglandin E (PGE) and thromboxane B2 (TXB2) from albumin-elicited macrophages. It also triggerd generation of O−2 by Corynebacterium parvum-induced cells. Moreover, it caused augmented spreading of macrophages. The calmodulin antagonis W-7 attenuated AGEPC-mediated O−2 production and cell spreading whereas prostanoid synthesis was enhanced. These novel actions of AGEPC on the major cellular component of the inflammatory process attest to its role as a potent mediator of immunoinflammatory responses. 相似文献
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The effect of H2O2 on the primary structure of OxyHb was studied. Upon treatment of Oxy Hb with H2O2 ([Heme]/[H2O2] =I), tryptophan and methionine residues of the /-chain were modified. Treatment of ApoHb with H2O2 resulted in the modification of histidine and methionine residues in both globin chains. Tryptophan residues were unaffected. Modification of methionine residues in both the β-chain of OxyHb and ApoHb probably results from the direct oxidation of mcthionine by H2O2. The modification of histidine residues in ApoHb may be mediated by a metal-catalyzed oxidation system comprised of H2O2 and histidine-bound iron. The H2O2-mediated modification of tryptophan in the OxyHb β-chain. however, requires the heme moiety. 相似文献
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Free radical formation and subsequent lipid peroxidation may participate in the pathogenesis of tissue injury, including the brain injury induced by hypoxia or trauma and cardiac injury arising from ischemia and reperfusion. However, the exact cellular mechanisms by which the initial oxidative insult leads to the ultimate tissue damage are not known. A number of reports have indicated that protein kinase C (PKC) may be activated following oxidative stress and that this enzyme may play an important role in the steps leading to cellular damage. In this work, we have examined in a cell model whether PKC is activated following oxidative exposure. UC11MG cells, a human astrocytoma cell line, were treated with H2O2. Incubation with 0.5 mM H2O2 increased malondialdehyde levels by as early as 15 minutes. To assess the effects of H2O2 treatment on PKC activation, we measured phosphorylation of an endogenous PKC substrate, the MARCKS (myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate) protein. Treatment of cells with 0.2-1.0 mM H2O2 resulted in a rapid increase in MARCKS phosphorylation. Phosphorylation was stimulated approximately 2.5-fold following treatment with 0.5 mM H2O2 for ten minutes. Treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, a PKC activator, increased MARCKS phosphorylation approximately 4-fold. The H2O2-induced MARCKS phosphorylation was inhibited by the addition of the kinase inhibitors H-7 and staurosporine. Furthermore, specific down-regulation of PKC by phorbol ester also inhibited H2O2-induced MARCKS phosphorylation. These results indicate that PKC is rapidly activated in cells following an oxidative exposure and that this cell system may be a good model to further investigate the role of PKC in regulating oxidative damage in the cell. 相似文献