Studies on the photosensitized reduction of resorufin and implications for the detection of oxidative stress with Amplex Red |
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Authors: | Zhao Baozhong Ranguelova Kalina Jiang Jinjie Mason Ronald P |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Toxicology and Pharmacology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA |
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Abstract: | The photosensitized reduction of resorufin (RSF), the fluorescent product of Amplex Red, was investigated using electron spin resonance (ESR), optical absorption/fluorescence, and oxygen consumption measurements. Anaerobic reaction of RSF in the presence of the electron donor reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) demonstrated that during visible light irradiation (λ > 300 nm), RSF underwent one-electron reduction to produce a semiquinoneimine-type anion radical (RSF• ‾) as demonstrated by direct ESR. Spin-trapping studies of incubations containing RSF, 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) and NADH demonstrated, under irradiation with visible light, the production of the superoxide dismutase (SOD)-sensitive DMPO/•OOH adduct. Both absorption and fluorescence spectra of RSF in the presence of NADH demonstrated that the RSF• ‾ was further reduced during irradiation with formation of its colorless dihydroquinoneimine form, dihydroresorufin (RSFH2). Both RSF• ‾ and RSFH2, when formed in an aerobic system, were immediately oxidized by oxygen, which regenerated the dye and formed superoxide. Oxygen consumption measurements with a Clark-type oxygen electrode showed that molecular oxygen was consumed in a light-dependent process. The suppression of oxygen consumption by addition of SOD or catalase further confirmed the production of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide. |
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Keywords: | DMPO 5 5-dimethy-1-pyrroline N-oxide ESR electron spin resonance ROS reactive oxygen species RSF resorufin SOD superoxide dismutase |
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