Huan Liu , Lusine Tonoyan , Béla Reiz , Arno G. Siraki
{"title":"Amplex Red cellular uptake produces radical intermediates by myeloperoxidase and mediates oxidative stress","authors":"Huan Liu , Lusine Tonoyan , Béla Reiz , Arno G. Siraki","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2025.100051","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2025.100051","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Amplex Red (AR) is commonly used to detect extracellular hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and is considered a cell-impermeable compound. However, it would appear capable of entering cells based on its phenoxazine substructure and the report of its mitochondrial membrane permeability. Additionally, myeloperoxidase (MPO) oxidation of AR produces a fluorescent compound, resorufin, which has been reported, though the mechanism is not well-studied. EPR spin trapping using glutathione (GSH) revealed that AR metabolism produced AR radicals and glutathionyl radicals (GS<sup>•</sup>). An intermediate metabolite, 3,7-dihydroxyphenoxazine, was observed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), which supported AR radical disproportionation first and subsequently N-oxidation. Besides, in the presence of GSH, the formation of resorufin decreased significantly evidencing the reactivity of radical intermediates. Three types of AR-GS adduct were found using LC-MS and the resorufin GS-adduct was the dominant one. Regarding intracellular findings in HL-60 cells (that highly express MPO), LC-MS and fluorescence analysis showed AR penetrated the cell membrane and was oxidized by cellular MPO. Interestingly, we demonstrated that the oxidation of AR in HL-60 cells showed a significant time dependence; PF-1355, an MPO inhibitor, inhibited the oxidation of AR by MPO. Cell viability (ATP) revealed that 200 μM AR significantly decreased viability in HL-60 cells in 6 h. We also found that AR-mediated decreased total GSH and increased protein-radical formation. These findings revealed that AR is cell-permeable, and AR radicals induce cellular oxidative distress and lead to the formation of protein radicals, which correlate with the MPO-mediated mechanism of cytotoxicity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100051"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143851843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martina Paumann-Page , Louisa V. Ashby , Irada Khalilova , Nicholas J. Magon , Stefan Hofbauer , Louise N. Paton , Paul G. Furtmüller , Christian Obinger , Anthony J. Kettle
{"title":"Corrigendum to “Hypochlorous acid inactivates myeloperoxidase inside phagocytosing neutrophils” [Redox Biochem. Chem. 5–6 (2023) 100008]","authors":"Martina Paumann-Page , Louisa V. Ashby , Irada Khalilova , Nicholas J. Magon , Stefan Hofbauer , Louise N. Paton , Paul G. Furtmüller , Christian Obinger , Anthony J. Kettle","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2025.100053","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2025.100053","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100053"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144253541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enzymes of glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway as targets of oxidants: Role of redox reactions on the carbohydrate catabolism","authors":"Eduardo Fuentes-Lemus , Karen Usgame , Angélica Fierro , Camilo López-Alarcón","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2025.100049","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2025.100049","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Redox reactions can modulate metabolic and signaling pathways with consequences on cellular adaptation to different stimuli. The abundance and structural features of some metabolic enzymes make these targets of oxidants, including one- and two-electron oxidant molecules, altering their structure and/or function. Therefore, redox processes play an important role in physiology and pathology. In particular, the oxidative post-translational modification of the enzymes that participate in glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) can modulate the carbon flux affecting synthesis of nucleotides, as well as production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and reducing equivalents (in the form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, NADPH). Specifically, generation of NADPH, a cofactor important for cell homeostasis, is key to the management of the redox status of cells towards oxidative insults. In this review we discuss the available literature on the impact of oxidative post-translational modifications on key glycolytic and PPP enzymes with an analysis of the consequences these may have for cell metabolic adaptation. We also discuss the contributions of new experimental and <em>in silico</em> approaches to the redox biochemistry field, which have significantly illuminated the intricate relationship between the pathways involved in carbohydrate metabolism and how these could be regulated by redox reactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100049"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ana C. Lopez , Silvina Acosta , Mauricio Mastrogiovanni , Williams Porcal , María Magdalena Portela , Rosario Durán , Rafael Radi , Ana Denicola , Matias N. Möller
{"title":"Formation of protein-derived electrophiles in ribonuclease A by biologically relevant oxidants","authors":"Ana C. Lopez , Silvina Acosta , Mauricio Mastrogiovanni , Williams Porcal , María Magdalena Portela , Rosario Durán , Rafael Radi , Ana Denicola , Matias N. Möller","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2025.100048","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2025.100048","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Oxidative modifications in proteins have been extensively studied and found to increase in diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and aging. Some of the most studied modifications include the nitration of tyrosine and the formation of carbonyls in proteins. Tyrosine can also be oxidized to 3-(1-hydroxy-4-oxocyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-yl)-L-alanine (HOCHDA) by several biologically relevant systems, a product that is electrophilic and reactive to biological nucleophiles such as glutathione. Herein, we characterized the reaction of a peptide containing HOCHDA with fluorescein-tagged glutathione by HPLC and mass spectrometry. To explore the possibility that the formation of oxidation-derived electrophiles occurs in proteins, we oxidized the tyrosine-rich, small protein, ribonuclease A, by different biologically relevant oxidizing systems and used fluorescein-tagged glutathione as the nucleophilic reagent. Oxidation of ribonuclease A with singlet oxygen, known to generate HOCHDA efficiently, generated an electrophile that reacted with fluorescein-tagged glutathione and was resistant to reduction by dithiothreitol. The amount of fluorescein-glutathione attached to the protein was quantified by gel filtration HPLC. Other oxidants such as peroxyl radical (from AAPH), ferryl (from hydrogen peroxide reaction with Fe(II):EDTA), and peroxynitrite, also generated a modified protein that reacted with fluorescein-glutathione. Analysis by LC-MS/MS indicated the formation of mono-oxygenated tyrosyl residues and di-oxygenated histidyl residues after exposure of the protein to AAPH which are good candidates to be the electrophilic centers. The formation of electrophiles was a common feature in the reactions of oxidants with ribonuclease A and may constitute an underappreciated mechanism of protein oxidative modification.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100048"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143422708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu , Bronisław Marciniak , Krzysztof Bobrowski
{"title":"Properties of disulfide radical anions and their reactions in chemistry and biology","authors":"Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu , Bronisław Marciniak , Krzysztof Bobrowski","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Disulfide radical anions (RSSR<sup>•−</sup>) derive both from the direct electron attachment to disulfide-containing compounds and the reaction of thiyl radicals with thiolate, being also reversible (RS<sup>•</sup> + RS<sup>−</sup> ⇆ RSSR<sup>•−</sup>). The investigation of these reactive intermediates started in 1960s by pulse radiolysis (PR) technique and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, and more recently, their generation was studied in organic chemistry and biological mechanisms. The present review addresses a compendium on structural, chemical and spectroscopical properties of disulfide radical anions, as well as their involvement in synthetical and biological processes. Particular emphasis is given to disulfide moieties as reactive sites in proteins, and to the generation of small sulfur-centered radicals, connected to the discovery of a mechanism of tandem protein-lipid damage. Other important biologically related processes involving disulfide radical anions are treated in the review, such as: its formation from the glutathione thiyl radical GS<sup>•</sup> (GS<sup>•</sup> + GS<sup>−</sup> ⇆ GSSG<sup>•−</sup>), resulting from the antioxidant reactivity of glutathione (GSH/GS<sup>–</sup>), and the reduction of a ketone moiety by the disulfide radical anion at the active site of the enzymes ribonucleotide reductase (RNRs), the latter used for establishing a bioinspired reduction process in organic synthesis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"11 ","pages":"Article 100046"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143520039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aleksandra Grzelakowska , Balaraman Kalyanaraman , Jacek Zielonka
{"title":"Small molecule probes for peroxynitrite detection","authors":"Aleksandra Grzelakowska , Balaraman Kalyanaraman , Jacek Zielonka","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Peroxynitrite (ONOO<sup>−</sup>/ONOOH) is a short-lived but highly reactive species that is formed in the diffusion-controlled reaction between nitric oxide and the superoxide radical anion. It can oxidize certain biomolecules and has been considered as a key cellular oxidant formed under various pathophysiological conditions. It is crucial to selectively detect and quantify ONOO<sup>−</sup> to determine its role in biological processes. In this review, we discuss various approaches used to detect ONOO<sup>−</sup> in cell-free and cellular systems with the major emphasis on small-molecule chemical probes. We review the chemical principles and mechanisms responsible for the formation of the detectable products, and plausible limitations of the probes. We recommend the use of boronate-based chemical probes for ONOO<sup>−</sup>, as they react directly and rapidly with ONOO<sup>−</sup>, they produce minor but ONOO<sup>−</sup>‒specific products, and the reaction kinetics and mechanism have been rigorously characterized. Specific experimental approaches and protocols for the detection of ONOO<sup>−</sup> in cell-free, cellular, and <em>in vivo</em> systems using boronate-based molecular probes are provided (as shown in Boxes 1-6).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100034"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773176624000154/pdfft?md5=a4723535d75e5476ac6136a1e8cdeac7&pid=1-s2.0-S2773176624000154-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141847473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madia Trujillo , Ernesto Cuevasanta , Lucía Turell , Dayana Benchoam , Gerardo Ferrer-Sueta , Ari Zeida , Celia Quijano , Sebastián Carballal , Rafael Radi , Beatriz Alvarez
{"title":"Reaction of peroxynitrite with thiols, hydrogen sulfide and persulfides","authors":"Madia Trujillo , Ernesto Cuevasanta , Lucía Turell , Dayana Benchoam , Gerardo Ferrer-Sueta , Ari Zeida , Celia Quijano , Sebastián Carballal , Rafael Radi , Beatriz Alvarez","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Three decades of research on the biochemistry of peroxynitrite (ONOOH/ONOO<sup>−</sup>) have established that this stealthy oxidant is formed in biological systems, and that its main targets are carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), metalloproteins and thiols (RSH). Peroxynitrous acid reacts directly with thiols (precisely, with thiolates, RS<sup>−</sup>), forming sulfenic acids (RSOH). In addition, the free radicals derived from peroxynitrite, mainly carbonate radical anion (<span><math><msup><msub><mi>CO</mi><mn>3</mn></msub><mrow><mo>•</mo><mo>−</mo></mrow></msup></math></span>) and nitrogen dioxide (<span><math><msup><msub><mi>NO</mi><mn>2</mn></msub><mrow><mo>•</mo></mrow></msup></math></span>) formed from the reaction of peroxynitrite anion with CO<sub>2</sub>, oxidize thiols to thiyl radicals (RS<sup>•</sup>). These two pathways are under kinetic competition. The primary products of thiol oxidation can follow different decay routes; sulfenic acids usually react with other thiols forming disulfides, while thiyl radicals can react with oxygen, with other thiols and with other reductants such as ascorbic acid. Peroxynitrite is also able to oxidize hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S/HS<sup>−</sup>) and persulfides (RSSH/RSS<sup>−</sup>). Among the different biological thiols, peroxiredoxins stand out as main peroxynitrite reductases due to their very high rate constants of reaction with peroxynitrite together with their abundance. Rooted in kinetic concepts, evidence is emerging for the role of peroxiredoxins in peroxynitrite detoxification, with potential implications in diseases in which peroxynitrite is involved.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100039"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773176624000208/pdfft?md5=d3ba6f796dbd6aef9cd2c5262abce81f&pid=1-s2.0-S2773176624000208-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142164092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peroxynitrite: A tale of two radicals","authors":"Patricia L. Bounds , Willem H. Koppenol","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The published syntheses of peroxynitrite from azide, nitrite, amylnitrite, hydroxylamine, nitrogen monoxide, and ammonia are discussed. With one exception, all of these syntheses yield peroxynitrite contaminated with nitrate and nitrite as well as reactants. The rate constant for the reaction of nitrogen monoxide with superoxide has been determined by pulse radiolysis and flash photolysis. In pulse radiolysis studies, the formation of the reactants may be rate-limiting and could lead to underestimation of the second-order rate constant. The conditions of flash photolysis experiments can be chosen to minimize conflict between reactant formation and the reaction half-life, thus the rate constant of 1.6 × 10<sup>10</sup> M<sup>−1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup> determined by flash photolysis is preferred. The toxicity of peroxynitrite can be attributed mainly to its rapid reaction with carbon dioxide to yield the oxidizing trioxidocarbonate(•1−) and nitrogen dioxide radicals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100038"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773176624000191/pdfft?md5=734775ea1595e2d19112d81fbf834ca5&pid=1-s2.0-S2773176624000191-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142096130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceptions of peroxynitrite reactivity – Then and now","authors":"Sergei V. Lymar , James K. Hurst","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100041","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many chemical and biological reactions involving peroxynitrite<span><span><sup>3</sup></span></span> occur by unusual rate laws that are independent of the identity of the reacting partner. The true nature of these reactions and the identities of actual reactive species have been the subject of considerable debate ever since the notion that peroxynitrite is an important component of oxidative stress was first introduced in the early 1990s. We present herein a succinct historical review of this topic written from the perspective that intermediary inorganic free radicals are the causative agents in these reactions. This viewpoint provides a complete self-consistent rationalization of all verified data from multiple laboratories, whereas other explanations have been unable to do so. Recognition of the radical nature of peroxynitrite decomposition has also allowed a reassessment of the quantitative mechanism of CO<sub>2</sub>-catalyzed peroxynitrite decomposition. Detailed analyses indicate that the constant for rate-limiting formation of the putative reactive carbon dioxide adduct (<span><math><msup><mrow><msub><mtext>ONOOCO</mtext><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow><mo>−</mo></msup></math></span>)<span><span><sup>3</sup></span></span> is actually ∼20% less than previously recognized and CO<sub>2</sub> turnover numbers for catalysis (that is, the number of reaction cycles that CO<sub>2</sub> undergoes before being removed as bicarbonate) are relatively large and dependent upon the [CO<sub>2</sub>]/[ONOO<sup>−</sup>] ratio in the reaction environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100041"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142323378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael J. Davies (Joint Editor-in-Chief), Rafael Radi (Joint Editor-in-Chief)
{"title":"Editorial: Special issue celebrating the work of Prof. Christine C. Winterbourn","authors":"Michael J. Davies (Joint Editor-in-Chief), Rafael Radi (Joint Editor-in-Chief)","doi":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rbc.2024.100045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101065,"journal":{"name":"Redox Biochemistry and Chemistry","volume":"10 ","pages":"Article 100045"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143153419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}