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Query: UNIPROT:P47989 (xanthine oxidase)
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Two possible reasons for the structural alterations of cell membranes caused by free radicals are lipid peroxidation and an increase in the intracellular calcium ion concentration. To characterize the alterations in membrane molecular dynamics caused by oxygen-derived free radicals and calcium, human erythrocytes were spin-labeled with 5-doxyl stearic acid, and alterations in membrane fluidity were quantified by electron spin resonance spectrometry. The in vitro generation of oxygen free radicals, using hypoxanthine (0.43 mM) plus xanthine oxidase (0.07 U/mL) decreased membrane fluidity, and the addition of superoxide dismutase and catalase inhibited the effect on membrane fluidity of the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system. Hydrogen peroxide (0.1 and 1 mM) also decreased membrane fluidity and caused alterations to erythrocyte morphology. In addition, a decrease in membrane fluidity was observed in erythrocytes incubated with 2.8 mM CaCl2. On the other hand, incubation of erythrocytes with calcium-free solution decreased the changes in membrane fluidity caused by hydrogen peroxide. These results suggest that changes in membrane fluidity are directly due to lipid peroxidation and are indirectly the result of increased intracellular calcium concentration. We support the hypothesis that alterations of the biophysical properties of membranes caused by free radicals play an important role in cell injury, and that the accumulation of calcium amplifies the damage to membranes weakened by free radicals.
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PMID:Alterations of human erythrocyte membrane fluidity by oxygen-derived free radicals and calcium. 216 49

Semiquinones derived from anthraquinone-containing antitumor drugs (doxorubicin, daunorubicin and 4'-epidoxorubicin) were generated by the hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase system in argon-saturated phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) in the presence of egg-yolk phosphatidylcholine multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) containing 1 mol% of a doxylstearic acid (DSA) isomer. The destruction of the electron spin resonance signal corresponding to 5-, 12- and 15-DSA included in the MLVs follows pseudo-first-order kinetics. Higher rates of destruction are obtained for the 12-DSA isomer which indicates that these semiquinones can localize preferentially about the depth of the 12th position of stearic acid in membranes. It is demonstrated that DSA destruction is due to a reversible reduction of DSA to the hydroxylamine species. This work shows that anthracycline semiquinones can partition into phosphatidylcholine bilayers under anoxic conditions which may imply another pathway in their cytotoxic action.
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PMID:Semiquinones derived from anthraquinone-containing antitumor drugs can partition into phosphatidylcholine bilayers. 216 75

Superoxide (O2-)-dependent lipid peroxidation on addition of xanthine oxidase (XO) and Fe(3+)-ADP was induced in egg phosphatidylcholine (PC) liposomes containing dicetylphosphate (DCP), which are negatively charged like biological membranes, but not in uncharged egg PC liposomes. Positively charged Fe(3+)-ADP interacted more with negatively charged egg PC-DCP liposomes than with uncharged egg PC liposomes. The activities of Fe(3+)-chelates for initiating O(2-)-dependent lipid peroxidation were in the order Fe(3+)-ADP > Fe(3+)-citrate > Fe(3+)-oxalate = Fe(3+)-malonate > Fe(3+)-EDTA = 0. This order was the same as that for the reduction rates of these Fe(3+)-chelates to Fe(2+)-chelates by O(2-)-generated by XO. Lineweaver-Burk plots showed that the chelators inhibited XO by different mechanisms: uncompetitively by ADP and adenosine and non-competitively by organic acid chelators (citrate and oxalate) and EDTA. These results suggest that ADP interacts with XO in a manner different from the other chelators. Lipid peroxidation by XO-xanthine and Fe(3+)-ADP was induced in egg PC liposomes containing a trace (0.31-0.35 mol%) of peroxidized egg PC (PC-OOH), but not in PC-OOH-free liposomes of egg PC obtained by their pretreatment with triphenylphosphine. PC-OOH incorporated into dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) liposomes was degraded on addition of both XO-xanthine and Fe(3+)-chelate, but not of either one alone. alpha-Tocopherol in DMPC liposomes was oxidized on addition of XO-xanthine and Fe(3+)-chelates in the presence, but not in the absence of PC-OOH. Furthermore, PC-OOH was required for decrease of the ESR spectrum of the spin probe 12-(N-oxyl-4,4'-dimethyloxazolidin-2-yl)stearic acid, which labels the hydrophobic region of egg PC liposome membranes, on addition of XO-xanthine and Fe(3+)-chelates. These results indicate that the "induction message of lipid peroxidation," which is associated with reduction of Fe(3+)-ADP by O2- and concurrent degradation of PC-OOH, must be transferred from the membrane surface to the inner hydrophobic region of the membranes.
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PMID:Dynamics of xanthine oxidase- and Fe(3+)-ADP-dependent lipid peroxidation in negatively charged phospholipid vesicles. 784 Jun 82

Exhaustive exercise is a generator of free radicals and reactive species in mammals. Allopurinol is a known inhibitor of xanthine oxidase, a source of free radicals during exercise. In this study, the influence of allopurinol on the metabolic profile of blood plasma of rats that had undergone exhaustive swimming was investigated by GC-MS. Rats were divided into four groups: (i) placebo administration, no exercise; (ii) placebo administration followed by exercise until exhaustion; (iii) allopurinol administration, no exercise; and (iv) allopurinol administration followed by exercise until exhaustion. Samples obtained following the aforementioned treatments were analyzed on GC-MS after two-step derivatization (methoxymation and silylation). GC-MS analysis in full scan acquisition achieved the quantitation of 86 metabolites in 45min. GC-MS data were analyzed using univariate and multivariate statistical analysis methods. Safe classification/prediction of the samples was accomplished according to exercise and allopurinol administration. Separation of the study groups according to exercise was mainly due to lactic acid, pyruvic acid, 2-hydroxybutyric acid, uracil, oxalic acid, pyroglutamic acid and stearic acid (p<0.05). Separation according to allopurinol administration was mainly due to compounds of the purine catabolic pathway and amino acids. Allopurinol administration was not found to modulate the metabolic responses to exercise.
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PMID:GC-MS analysis of blood for the metabonomic investigation of the effects of physical exercise and allopurinol administration on rats. 2461 30