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Query: UNIPROT:P47989 (xanthine oxidase)
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The origin of luminol-dependent chemiluminescence (CL) in neutrophils stimulated by immune complexes (IC) was investigated. It was found that CL induced by soluble IC and aggregated human gamma globulin (AHG) was glucose-independent, while insoluble IC-induced CL was diminished in the absence of glucose. AHG-induced CL was not inhibited by superoxide dismutase, catalase or 2,5-dimethyl furan, but was suppressed in the presence of phenol, sodium benzoate, sodium formate and mannitol. The CL was also inhibited by inhibitors of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism including 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid, nordihydroguaiaretic acid, quinacrine, indomethacin and aspirin, and by prostaglandins E1 and E2, theophylline and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. Luminol-dependent CL was also studied in cell-free systems including AA plus soybean lipoxygenase, hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid plus peroxidase and xanthine oxidase plus xanthine. Our results indicate that, in neutrophils exposed to soluble IC and AHG, CL is produced and this is closely linked to the formation of free radicals during the metabolism of AA. The radical(s) involved is likely to include the hydroxyl radical. In neutrophils stimulated by large aggregates of IC or micro-organisms, superoxide anion, H2O2 and singlet oxygen are also produced as a result of activation of NAD(P)H oxidase. These oxygen species function as oxidizing agents for AA metabolism and amplify the production of hydroxyl radical along the lipoxygenase (and possibly cyclooxygenase) pathway(s).
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PMID:Luminol-dependent chemiluminescence produced by neutrophils stimulated by immune complexes. 608 70

Hydroxyl radicals may be formed in a xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine system, where the superoxide anion radical O-.2 and H2O2 are produced. The superoxide-dependent production of the OH. radicals may be monitored by determining the amount of hydroxylated aromatic compounds formed in such a system. Liquid chromatography/electrochemistry is a powerful tool for the determination of hydroxylated aromatic compounds. A technique is presented in which aniline and phenol are hydroxylated in xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine incubations. No sample derivatization is needed for the determinations which can be accomplished by direct injection of the incubation mixture. Detection limits for 1,2- and 1,4-hydroxylated compounds are in the picomole range.
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PMID:Determination of hydroxylated aromatic compounds produced via superoxide-dependent formation of hydroxyl radicals by liquid chromatography/electrochemistry. 631 Oct 54

Evidence is presented for a sensitive method useful for the detection of hydroxyl free radical generation in various systems. The methodology employs high pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection (LCED) for the quantification and identification of the hydroxylation products from the reaction of OH with both phenol and salicylate. A detection limit of less than 1 pmol for the hydroxylation products has been achieved with electrochemical detector responses linear over at least three orders of magnitude. Detection and quantitation of the hydroxylation products obtained and formed during OH generation from biologically meaningful systems have been demonstrated. The three systems utilized were ADP/FE(II)/H2O/, hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase plus chelated iron, and UV photolysis of H2O2.
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PMID:Sensitive assay of hydroxyl free radical formation utilizing high pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection of phenol and salicylate hydroxylation products. 653 May 10

A simple and rapid procedure for estimating binding of radio-labelled material to DNA and protein is described. Protein was extracted from lysed rabbit alveolar macrophages with chloroform: iso-amyl-alcohol:phenol extraction. Nucleic acids were precipitated from the lysate, and hydrolysed with protease and NaOH to remove residual protein and RNA respectively. Bound radioactivity was quantitated by precipitation of DNA onto glass fiber filters. Protein labelled with 3H-leucine and DNA and RNA adducts formed from 1-nitro[14C]pyrene by xanthine oxidase were used to define this procedure. 14C was shown to be bound to endogeneous protein and DNA isolated from rabbit alveolar macrophages that had been incubated with 1-nitro[14C]pyrene.
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PMID:A rapid technique for estimating DNA binding, used to evaluate 1-nitropyrene adduct formation. 665 41

We examined the protective properties of purpurogallin, a naturally occurring phenol, in delaying necrosis of cultured corneal endothelial cells caused by oxygen free radicals. Endothelial cell cultures were prepared from New Zealand white rabbits using microcarrier cell culture techniques. Corneal endothelial cells were treated with hypoxanthine (2 mM) and xanthine oxidase (67 IU/L) to generate free radicals. The criteria for cell necrosis were cytoplasmic shrinkage, dissolution of plasma membranes and presence of "haloes" around the cells on phase contrast microscopy, confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. More than 95% of second-generation cells exhibited morphologic evidence of necrosis within 4.62 +/- 0.82 minutes after exposure to oxyradicals. The addition of purpurogallin (0.25 or 1.0 mM) significantly increased time to cell necrosis to 8.18 +/- 0.83 and 11.59 +/- 1.71 minutes respectively (p < 0.05). Further studies are under way to determine whether purpurogallin may be useful in preventing endothelial cell damage in corneas preserved for corneal transplantation.
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PMID:Purpurogallin as a cytoprotector of cultured rabbit corneal endothelium. 785 73

1. Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) metabolism was studied in microsomes of the pyloric caeca (main digestive tissue and site of P450) of the echinoderm sea star (starfish) Asterias rubens. 2. NADPH-dependent metabolism of BaP produced phenols (36% of total metabolism), quinones (19%), dihydrodiols (25%) and putative protein adducts (20%). 3. NADH-dependent rates of BaP metabolism were approximately twice those found for NADPH-dependent metabolism, and metabolite formation was shifted towards dihydrodiols and quinones. 4. Cumene hydroperoxide (CHP)-dependent rates of BaP metabolism were also higher than NADPH-dependent rates by a factor of six for quinone and putative protein adduct production, and by a factor of four for phenol and dihydrodiol production. 5. Microsomal rates of BaP metabolism in BaP-exposed sea stars appeared to be elevated more in the case of NADPH-dependent than for CHP-dependent metabolism (respectively, increases of 130 and 41%), indicating the induction of forms of P450 preferentially catalysing NADPH-dependent metabolism. 6. 1,1,1-Trichloropropene-2,3-oxide (TCPO) inhibited dihydrodiol formation from both NADPH- and CHP-dependent BaP metabolism, indicating the involvement of epoxide hydratase in BaP metabolism. 7. Incubations of pyloric caeca microsomes with BaP and a superoxide anion radical-generating system (xanthine/xanthine oxidase) produced putative protein adducts but no free metabolites.
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PMID:NADPH-, NADH- and cumene hydroperoxide-dependent metabolism of benzo[a]pyrene by pyloric caeca microsomes of the sea star Asterias rubens L. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). 790 Apr 14

beta(2)-Agonists are known to have anti-inflammatory efficacy. In this context, beta(2)-agonists are also capable of inhibiting oxidant production of cultured inflammatory cells. As the mechanisms of this function still remain speculative, the purpose of this study was to quantify the efficacy of beta(2)-agonists in vitro to inhibit superoxide anion (O2-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), hydroxyl radical (OH.) and hypochlorous acid (HOCl). We tested the following antiasthma drugs: ipratropium bromide, salbutamol (salbutamol base), fenoterol (fenoterol hydrobromide), terbutaline (terbutaline sulfate), isoproterenol, prednisolone (prednisolone hydrogensuccinate), beclomethasone (beclomethasone dipropionate) and theophylline (theophylline sulfate). Antioxidant function was quantified by using the following assay systems: O2- (ferricytochrome c + xanthine/xanthine oxidase), H2O2 (phenol red + 5.10(-6) M H2O2), OH. (deoxyribose assay) and HOCI (HOCl/OCl- in luminol-dependent chemiluminescence). At 10(-4) M, the anti-H2O2 and anti-O2- capacity was as follows: salbutamol/terbutaline < fenoterol < isoproterenol. All beta(2)-agonists (10(-4) M) tested reduced HOCl activity by > 50% (p < 0.01). In contrast, moderate OH. reduction (10-30%) by the beta(2)-agonists is regarded as an nonspecific effect, due to the high concentrations needed (10(-3) M). Corticosteroids and theophylline had no antioxidant effect. These results demonstrate the different redox potentials of different phenol types within the molecular structure of the beta(2)-agonists. The good antioxidative function of isoproterenol is related to ortho formation of the phenol ring, whereas fenoterol has tow phenol rings which can be oxidized. A direct oxidant scavenger function may explain the ability of beta(2)-agonists to reduce the oxidant production of inflammatory cells in vitro.
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PMID:Beta-2-agonists have antioxidant function in vitro. 1. Inhibition of superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide, hypochlorous acid and hydroxyl radical. 904 70

The purpose of this study was to gain direct insights into mechanisms by which myoglobin induces proximal tubular cell death. To avoid confounding systemic and hemodynamic influences, an in vitro model of myoglobin cytotoxicity was employed. Human proximal tubular (HK-2) cells were incubated with 10 mg/ml myoglobin, and after 24 hours the lethal cell injury was assessed (vital dye uptake; LDH release). The roles played by heme oxygenase (HO), cytochrome p450, free iron, intracellular Ca2+, nitric oxide, H2O2, hydroxyl radical (-OH), and mitochondrial electron transport were assessed. HO inhibition (Sn protoporphyrin) conferred almost complete protection against myoglobin cytotoxicity (92% vs. 22% cell viability). This benefit was fully reproduced by iron chelation therapy (deferoxamine). Conversely, divergent cytochrome p450 inhibitors (cimetidine, aminobenzotriazole, troleandomycin) were without effect Catalase induced dose dependent cytoprotection, virtually complete, at a 5000 U/ml dose. Conversely, -OH scavengers (benzoate, DMTU, mannitol), xanthine oxidase inhibition (oxypurinol), superoxide dismutase, and manipulators of nitric oxide expression (L-NAME, L-arginine) were without effect. Intracellular (but not extracellular) calcium chelation (BAPTA-AM) caused approximately 50% reductions in myoglobin-induced cell death. The ability of Ca2+ (plus iron) to drive H2O2 production (phenol red assay) suggests one potential mechanism. Blockade of site 2 (antimycin) and site 3 (azide), but not site 1 (rotenone), mitochondrial electron transport significantly reduced myoglobin cytotoxicity. Inhibition of Na, K-ATPase driven respiration (ouabain) produced a similar protective effect. We conclude that: (1) HO-generated iron release initiates myoglobin toxicity in HK-2 cells; (2) myoglobin, rather than cytochrome p450, appears to be the more likely source of toxic iron release; (3) H2O2 generation, perhaps facilitated by intracellular Ca2+/iron, appears to play a critical role; and (4) cellular respiration/terminal mitochondrial electron transport ultimately helps mediate myoglobin's cytotoxic effect. Formation of poorly characterized toxic iron/H2O2-based reactive intermediates at this site seems likely to be involved.
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PMID:Myoglobin toxicity in proximal human kidney cells: roles of Fe, Ca2+, H2O2, and terminal mitochondrial electron transport. 906 5

Oxidative DNA damage is important in aging and the degenerative diseases of aging such as cancer. Estimates commonly rely on measurements of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (oxo8dG), an adduct that occurs in DNA and is also excreted in urine after DNA repair. Here we examine difficulties inherent in the analysis of oxo8dG, identify sources of artifacts, and provide solutions to some of the common methodological problems. A frequent criticism has been that phenol in DNA extraction solutions artificially increases the measured level of oxo8dG. We found that phenol extraction of DNA contributes a real but minor increase in the level of oxo8dG when compared, under equivalent conditions, with a successful nonphenol method. A more significant reduction in the baseline level was achieved with a modification of the recently introduced chaotropic NaI method, reducing our estimate of the level of steady-state oxidative adducts by an order of magnitude to 24,000 adducts per cell in young rats and 66,000 adducts per cell in old rats. Of several alternative methods tested, the use of this chaotropic technique of DNA isolation by using NaI produced the lowest and least variable oxo8dG values. In further studies we show that human urinary 8-oxo-guanine (oxo8Gua) excretion is not affected by the administration of allopurinol, suggesting that, unlike some methylated adducts, oxo8Gua is not derived enzymatically from xanthine oxidase. Lastly, we discuss remaining uncertainties inherent both in steady-state oxo8dG measurements and in estimates of endogenous oxidation ("hit rates") based on urinary excretion of oxo8dG and oxo8Gua.
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PMID:DNA oxidation matters: the HPLC-electrochemical detection assay of 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine and 8-oxo-guanine. 941 68

The radical modulating activity of 2-methoxy-4-(2-propenyl)phenol (eugenol), 2-t-butyl-4-methoxy-phenol (BHA), and their dimers (bis-eugenol, bis-BHA) was investigated, using ESR spectroscopy. Eugenol produced radicals in alkaline solutions, and enhanced the radical intensity of both sodium-L-ascorbate and sodium 5,6-benzylidene-L-ascorbate. BHA has similar, but slightly lower activity, and their dimers were inactive. Their ability to scavenge the superoxide anion (O2-), generated by hypoxanthine and xanthine oxidase reaction, was in the order of eugenol > bis-eugenol > BHA > bis-BHA. The relative radical intensity among these compounds was paralleled by their cytotoxic activity. The present study demonstrates that eugenol and BHA were very reactive with radicals and their reactivity was considerably reduced by dimerization. The applicability of the dimerized eugenol in dentistry was discussed.
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PMID:Interaction between eugenol-related compounds and radicals. 956 13


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