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Reactive oxidants generated by phagocytes are of central importance in host defenses, tumor surveillance, and inflammation. One important pathway involves the generation of potent halogenating agents by the myeloperoxidase-hydrogen peroxide-chloride system. The chlorinating intermediate in these reactions is generally believed to be HOCl or its conjugate base, ClO-. However, HOCl is also in equilibrium with Cl2, raising the possibility that Cl2 executes oxidation/ halogenation reactions that have previously been attributed to HOCl/ClO-. In this study gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis of head space gas revealed that the complete myeloperoxidase-hydrogen peroxide-chloride system generated Cl2. In vitro studies demonstrated that chlorination of the aromatic ring of free L-tyrosine was mediated by Cl2 and not by HOCl/ClO-. Thus, 3-chlorotyrosine serves as a specific marker for Cl2-dependent oxidation of free L-tyrosine. Phagocytosis of L-tyrosine encapsulated in immunoglobulin- and complement-coated sheep red blood cells resulted in the generation of 3-chlorotyrosine. Moreover, activation of human neutrophils adherent to a L-tyrosine coated glass surface also stimulated 3-chlorotyrosine formation. Thus, in two independent models of phagocytosis human neutrophils convert L-tyrosine to 3-chlorotyrosine, indicating that a Cl2-like oxidant is generated in the phagolysosome. In both models, synthesis of 3-chlorotyrosine was inhibited by heme poisons and the peroxide scavenger catalase, implicating the myeloperoxidase-hydrogen peroxide system in the reaction. Collectively, these results demonstrate that myeloperoxidase generates Cl2 and that human neutrophils use an oxidant with characteristics identical to those of Cl2 during phagocytosis. Moreover, our observations suggest that phagocytes exploit the chlorinating properties of Cl2 to execute oxidative and cytotoxic reactions at sites of inflammation and vascular disease.
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PMID:Human neutrophils employ chlorine gas as an oxidant during phagocytosis. 882 92

The adducts that form when aldehydes modify proteins have been implicated in the pathogenesis of vascular disease and aging. Our previous studies indicated that p-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (pHA), the major product of L-tyrosine oxidation by the myeloperoxidase/hydrogen peroxide/chloride system of phagocytes, covalently modifies the epsilon-amino group of lysine residues at sites of inflammation. Here, we report that pHA also reacts with the amino group of synthetic phospholipids and red blood cell model systems. Using fast atom bombardment mass spectrometric analysis of ethanolamine glycerophospholipid or serine glycerophospholipid incubated with pHA and NaBH3CN, we detected products that were consistent with reduced phospholipid Schiff base adducts. We confirmed the reaction of the aldehyde with the amino group through 1H NMR and mass spectrometric analysis of polar headgroups recovered from the modified and reduced parent lipid. When phospholipid model systems and cell membranes were exposed to physiological levels of L-tyrosine and the myeloperoxidase/hydrogen peroxide/chloride system followed by treatment with NaBH3CN, reduced Schiff base adducts of pHA with ethanolamine glycerophospholipid and serine glycerophospholipid (pHA-PE and pHA-PS, respectively) were produced. The reaction required myeloperoxidase, hydrogen peroxide, L-tyrosine, and chloride ion; it was inhibited by catalase or heme poisons, implicating hydrogen peroxide and peroxidase in the pathway. Collectively, these results demonstrate that an aldehyde generated by the myeloperoxidase system of phagocytes can covalently modify the amino groups of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine. Because amino glycerophospholipids are critical components of cell membranes and circulating lipoproteins such as LDL, similar reactions may play important roles in the initiation or progression of disease at sites of inflammation.
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PMID:Synthesis, isolation, and characterization of the adduct formed in the reaction of p-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde with the amino headgroup of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine. 989 14

Oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) may be of critical importance in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Recent studies suggest that oxidized phospholipids render LDL atherogenic. However, both the structures and the physiologically relevant pathways for the formation of modified phospholipids in oxidized LDL remain poorly understood. We previously showed that p-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (pHA) is the major product of L-tyrosine oxidation by the myeloperoxidase/hydrogen peroxide/chloride system of phagocytes. In the current studies, we demonstrate that this reactive aldehyde targets the aminophospholipids of LDL in vitro and in vivo. Activated human neutrophils generated pHA-ethanolamine, the reduced adduct of pHA with the amino group of phosphatidylethanolamine, on LDL phospholipids by a reaction that required myeloperoxidase, H(2)O(2), and L-tyrosine. The cellular system could be replaced by HOCl and L-tyrosine but not by a wide variety of other oxidation systems, indicating that pHA-ethanolamine is a specific marker for covalent modification of aminophospholipids by myeloperoxidase. To determine whether aldehydes modify aminophospholipids in vivo, we quantified levels of pHA-ethanolamine in acid hydrolysates of reduced lipid extracts through isotope dilution gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Circulating LDL contained undetectable levels of pHA-modified phospholipid (<0.1 mmol/mol). In contrast, the concentration of pHA-ethanolamine in LDL isolated from human atherosclerotic lesions was strikingly elevated (4.5 mmol/mol). Collectively, these results demonstrate a novel, myeloperoxidase-based mechanism for modifying the amino group of LDL phospholipids. They also offer the first evidence that myeloperoxidase may damage LDL lipids in vivo, raising the possibility that aldehyde-modified aminophospholipids play a role in inflammation and vascular disease.
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PMID:p-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde, an aldehyde generated by myeloperoxidase, modifies phospholipid amino groups of low density lipoprotein in human atherosclerotic intima. 1074 70