{"title":"Calcium efflux from sarcoplasmic reticulum microsomes due to oxidation and sulfhydryl-binding agents","authors":"Nancy M. Scherer, David W. Deamer","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80006-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80006-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Calcium permeability of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) microsomes was measured after aging or after exposure to peroxydisulfate or to sulfhydryl-binding agents. Under conditions where the Ca<sup>2+</sup>-ATPase was active, the maximum net release of Ca<sup>2+</sup> was not significantly different between control and oxidized SR. However, when calcium uptake was prevented by EGTA or apyrase, the Ca<sup>2+</sup> permeability of oxidized microsomes was 2 to 3 times greater than control of low (10<sup>−9</sup>, 10<sup>−7</sup> M) but not high (10<sup>−6</sup> M) levels of external calcium. The observation that vesicles preincubated with 5 mM dithiothreitol loaded up to 3 times as much calcium and had a slightly lower calcium permeability coefficient than control vesicles suggested that suflhydryl oxidation might modulate calcium flux. This hypothesis was tested by exposing to sulfydryl-binding agents:silver, arsenite, and p-chloromercuri-phenylsulfonic acid. Sulfhydryl-binding agents initiated a rapid release of calcium from microsomes, and release was halted by dithiothreitol. Inhibition of calcium transport could not entirely account for the apparent increase in permeability because the calcium permeability of SR treated with sulfhydryl-binding agents was 5 times greater than that of SR exposed to Ca<sup>2+</sup>-ATPase inhibitors. These results suggest that oxidation may increase the calcium permeability of SR. by allowing calcium loss through a channel that can be gated by sulfhydryl oxidation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"Pages 249-254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80006-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14167878","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":"The role and mechanism of metal ions and their complexes in enhancing damage in biological systems or in protecting these systems from these systems from the toxicity of O2−","authors":"Sara Goldstein, Gidon Czapski","doi":"10.1016/0748-5514(86)90117-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0748-5514(86)90117-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cooper complexes of 1,10-phenanthroline and some substituted 1,10-phenanthroline cleave DNA in the presence of a reducing agent and molecular oxygen. Generally, the damage is attributed to hydroxyl radicals which are formed through the Haber-Weiss reaction. It is assumed that this reaction occurs with the ternary metal complexes with the biological target and the mechanism is defined as the “site specific mechanism.” In these systems, O<sub>2</sub><sup>−</sup> drives the cycle through the reduction of copper(II). On the other hand, these same copper complexes catalyze the dismutation of O<sub>2</sub><sup>−</sup> and thus should protect the systems from O<sub>2</sub><sup>−</sup> toxicity. In this article, the toxicity of these complexes is explained on kinetic grounds. A general discussion on the various factors which could cause the metal ions or their complexes to act either as protectors from O<sub>2</sub><sup>−</sup> toxicity or as sensitizers of toxic effects of O<sub>2</sub><sup>−</sup> is given.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"Pages 3-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0748-5514(86)90117-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14154116","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}
Julio F. Turrens, Cecilia Giulivi, Alberto Boveris
{"title":"Increased spontaneous chemiluminescence from liver homogenates and isolated hepatocytes upon inhibition of o2− and h2o2 utilization","authors":"Julio F. Turrens, Cecilia Giulivi, Alberto Boveris","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80062-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80062-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The intracellular steady-state concentrations of hydrogen peroxide or Superoxide anion were increased by inhibiting either catalase, glutathione peroxidase, or Superoxide dismutase activities. Catalase was inhibited with aminotriazole while glutathione peroxidase activity was blocked by eliminating reduced glutathione after addition of either iodoacetamide diethylmaleate or phorone. The concentration of aminotriazole that stimulated chemiluminescence in 50% (60 mM) was very similar to the <em>K<sub>i</sub></em> for catalase activity (70 mM). Cyanide, an inhibitor of both catalase and Superoxide dismutase, stimulated chemiluminescence in 50% at a concentration (0.15 mM) which is much closer from the <em>K<sub>i</sub></em> for Superoxide dismutase (0.25 mM) than from the <em>K<sub>i</sub></em> for catalase (15 <em>μ</em>M). The Superoxide dismutase inhibitor diethyldithiocarbamate also increased chemiluminescence six- to ten-fold. Depletion of reduced glutathione stimulated spontaneous chemiluminescence when its concentration decreased below 4.5 <em>μ</em>mol · g liver<sup>−1</sup>. The results shown herein suggest that the changes in the intracellular steady-state concentration occurring after inhibition of any antioxidant enzyme are responsible for the increased spontaneous chemilumi-nescence. Spontaneous chemiluminescence from intact cells may be used as a noninvasive method for monitoring intracellular free radical metabolism.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 135-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80062-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14161704","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}
Krzysztof Reszka, Pawel Kolodziejczyk, J. William Lown
{"title":"Photosensitization by antitumor agents 2: Anthrapyrazole-photosensitized oxidation of ascorbic acid and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine","authors":"Krzysztof Reszka, Pawel Kolodziejczyk, J. William Lown","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80071-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80071-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A novel anthrapyrazole anticancer agent has been examined for photosensitizing properties. Illumination of the anthrapyrazole and ascorbic acid with blue light in aerated aqueous solutions causes SOD and catalasesensitive oxygen consumption, indicating involvement of both Superoxide radical and hydrogen peroxide in this process. Electron paramagnetic resonance showed that the ascorbyl radical is also produced during the photooxidation. When 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa) is used as a substrate, production of hydrogen peroxide is evidenced by catalase-sensitive oxygen consumption. Generation of hydroxyl radicals during illumination of the drug and ascorbic acid (or Dopa) in the presence of catalytic amounts of the Fe(III)/EDTA complex is demonstrated using EPR and spin-trapping techniques.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 3","pages":"Pages 203-211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80071-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14165659","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}
Eric P. Brestel , William F. Petrone , Reuben A. Cohen
{"title":"Lipid hydroperoxides initiate the autoxidation of sulfite with concomitant production of superoxide","authors":"Eric P. Brestel , William F. Petrone , Reuben A. Cohen","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80073-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80073-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The inhalation of SO<sub>2</sub> or the ingestion of beverages or food containing sulfite as a preservative has been associated with exacerbations of obstructive pulmonary disease. In this study it is demonstrated that 15-HPETE, a likely component of the lung's inflammatory response, can initiate the autoxidation of sulfite. Since 1 mol of 15-HPETE can initiate the consumption of 3 mol of oxygen and 6 mol of sulfite, it is likely that a free radical chain mechanism is operative. Direct evidence for the production of relatively small quantities of Superoxide and indirect evidence for the production of lipid sulfonates are presented. It is possible that an intermediate free radical or product (as lipid sulfonate) is involved in the bronchospastic response to inhaled SO<sub>2</sub>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 3","pages":"Pages 219-225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80073-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14165660","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":"The effects of paraquat on Escherichia coli:Distinction between bacteriostasis and lethality","authors":"Jeffrey Kitzler, Irwin Fridovich","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80005-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80005-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Paraquat exerted a progressively more pronounced bacteriostatic effect on <em>Escherichia coli</em> as its concentration was raised in the range 0–1.0 <em>μ</em>M. In contrast, concentrations of 100 <em>μ</em>M or greater were required before significant lethality could be observed. This bacteriostatic effect of paraquat could be eliminated by supplementation of the glucose-plus-salts medium with either yeast extract or a casein hydrolysate. This protection was seen whether the supplement was added a few minutes prior to or following the addition of paraquat and was thus not due to the inhibition of active uptake of paraquat by the cells. The lethal effect of high levels of paraquat was not influenced by supplementation of the medium with yeast extract. It follows that the bacteriostatic and lethal effects of paraquat involve attack upon distinct targets within the cell.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"Pages 245-248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80005-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14421705","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":"Progressive loss of the macrophage respiratory burst in oxygen toxicity","authors":"Gearald Harrison , Henry Jay Forman","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80061-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80061-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The respiratory burst of rat alveolar macrophages stimulated by a variety of agents declines as a function of time of exposure to hyperoxia. Previous studies have evaluated this effect in terms of the stimulated O<sub>2</sub>⨪ production of a population of cells. The present study was designed to determine whether this decline is due to a “turning off” of the respiratory burst activity of some cells within the alveolar macrophage population or a general suppression of the activity of all cells. The phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) initiated respiratory burst of individual rat alveolar macrophages was monitored using the reaction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT), which results in the formation of a precipitate on active cells. The formazan staining was evaluated using black and white photographs of the cells and comparison to a scale constructed from photographed cells of four differing intensities of staining. Frequency distributions indicated that when the respiratory burst capability in the population of alveolar macrophages is impaired approximately 50% by oxygen exposure and/or culture in plastic vessels with artificial media, there is a gradual shift in NBT reduction rather than an “all or nothing” mechanism, in which the distribution would have reflected a shift from darkly stained cells to the very lessened or negligible staining observed at the end stage of oxygen toxicity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 129-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80061-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14936131","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":"Importance of the polyunsaturated fatty acid to vitamin E ratio in the resistance of rat lung microsomes to lipid peroxidation","authors":"Robert A. Leedle , Steven D. Aust","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80042-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80042-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rat lung microsomes and liposomes made from isolated lung microsomal lipids were found to be much more resistant to lipid peroxidation than those from liver in both enzymatic and nonenzymatic systems. The polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content of isolated lung microsomal lipids was 28% of total fatty acids, while liver was 54%. The vitamin E (α-tocopherol) content of isolated lung microsomal lipids was 2.13 nmol/<em>μ</em>mol lipid phosphate and that of liver was 0.43. Individually, neither the lower PUFA content nor higher vitamin E levels could account for the resistance of lung microsomal lipids to peroxidation. Distearoyl-L-a-phosphatidylcholine and/or α-tocopherol were added to liver microsomal lipids to achieve different PUFA to vitamin E ratios at PUFA contents of 28% or 54%, and the resulting liposomes were subjected to an NADPH-dependent lipid peroxidation system utilizing cytochrome P450 reductase, EDTA-Fe<sup>+3</sup>, and ADP-Fe<sup>+3</sup>. Liposomes having PUFA to vitamin E ratios less than approximately 250 nmol PUFA/nmol vitamin E were resistant to peroxidation, whereas lipid peroxidation, as evidenced by malondialdehyde production, occurred in liposomes having higher ratios. When lipid peroxidation occurred, 40%–60% of the liposomal vitamin E was irreversibly oxidized. Irreversible oxidation did not occur in the absence of lipid peroxidation. These studies indicated that the low PUFA to vitamin E ratio in lung microsomes and isolated microsomal lipids was sufficient to account for the observed resistance to lipid peroxidation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 5","pages":"Pages 397-403"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80042-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14719410","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}
Mary L. Nucci, Joann Olejarczyk, Abraham Abuchowski
{"title":"Immunogenicity of polyethylene glycol-modified superoxide dismutase and catalase","authors":"Mary L. Nucci, Joann Olejarczyk, Abraham Abuchowski","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80031-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80031-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Modification of proteins with polyethylene glycol (PEG) has been shown to result in a decrease in immunogenicity. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase were modified with PEG and used to immunize mice. Antibody titers against the antigens were determined by ELISA. Mice immunized with PEG-SOD had antibody titers 0.03%–0.07% of that seen in mice with SOD, while mice immunized with PEG-catalase developed titers 0.02%–0.09% of that seen in mice with catalase. The modified enzymes retained the ability to react with preformed antibodies to the unmodified antigens. Antibodies to SOD reacted equally well with the PEG-SOD or SOD antigen. Antibodies to catalase reacted to PEG-catalase but at only 0.02% of the reaction with catalase antigen. In reciprocal studies, antisera against the PEG-proteins failed to react to an appreciable level with the corresponding unmodified protein. Modification with PEG resulted in a decrease in immunogenicity of both SOD and catalase.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 5","pages":"Pages 321-325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80031-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13586035","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}
Andrew T. Canada, Robert F. Werkman , Charles M. Mansbach II , Gerald M. Rosen
{"title":"Biochemical changes in the intestine associated with anoxia and reoxygenation: In vivo and in vitro studies","authors":"Andrew T. Canada, Robert F. Werkman , Charles M. Mansbach II , Gerald M. Rosen","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80032-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80032-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In ischemia/reperfusion injury, it is hypothesized that superoxide is responsible for the component of injury due to reperfusion. The superoxide is hypothesized to result from the aerobic oxidation of purines produced by the ischemia-mediated breakdown of high-energy phosphates. This oxidation is catalyzed by xanthine oxidase proposed to be rapidly formed as a result of ischemia-mediated protease conversion from xanthine dehydrogenase. In vivo experiments with the intestine of either rats or guinea pigs were unable to confirm the rapid conversion of xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase as a result of ischemia. In vitro experiments with isolated guinea pig enterocytes did show a significant increase in xanthine oxidase activity after these cells were first placed in an anaerobic environment for 60 min and then reoxygenated; however, the magnitude of the increase is such that the biological importance of this finding remains uncertain. Using a variety of techniques, including spin trapping, hydroxylamine oxidation, and vanadate NADPH oxidation, we explored the possibility that superoxide was produced as a result of anoxia followed by reoxygenation in the in vitro enterocyte system. From these experiments, we determined that superoxide is generated as a result of anoxia/reoxygenation. However, from xanthine oxidase inhibition experiments using pterinaldehyde, only a small percentage of the total superoxide produced comes from the action of this enzyme on purines.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 5","pages":"Pages 327-334"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80032-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14169708","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}