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Query: UNIPROT:P47989 (xanthine oxidase)
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Electron spin resonance (ESR) studies that on reaction with NADPH, alloxan was reduced forming labile anion radicals giving a 7-line signal with g = 2.005. These radicals were also produced on incubation of alloxan with rat liver subcellular fractions and their production was greatly enhanced by NADPH. Alloxan effectively scavenged superoxide anion generated by a xanthine-xanthine oxidase (XOD) system in association with its reduction to these anion radicals. These radicals were also formed during incubation of alloxan with rat pancreatic beta-cells. These results suggest that the cytotoxicity of alloxan is related to the formation of alloxan anion radicals.
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PMID:Generation of alloxan free radicals in chemical and biological systems: implication in the diabetogenic action of alloxan. 255 38

The effect of an experimental ischemia lasting for 45 minutes and a subsequent period of reperfusion of equal length on the activity of xanthine oxidase (XO) and microsomal NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (NADPH-CR) were investigated in the small intestinal mucosa of male neonatal calves of the breed German "Schwarzbunte". The activity of the NADPH-CR was determined by chemiluminescence. The activity of XO decreased during ischemia, but rose to values above the control level following reperfusion. 5 mg of Cu2(succinate)2 (CuSu) administered either intraarterially or intraluminally during reperfusion prevented the rise in XO. Formation of malondialdehyde decreased in the presence of CuSu. The NADPH-CR likewise showed subnormal activity values during ischemia, but also remained at a low level during reperfusion. The activity of this enzyme was further lowered by local intraarterial or intraluminal administration of 5 mg of CuSu and by 120 mg of CuSu administered intravenously during the reperfusion. These results are discussed with regard to the superoxide anion radical induced tissue lesions observed during reperfusion.
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PMID:Investigations on the influence of copper succinate on the production of superoxide anion radicals by bovine small intestinal mucosa cells. 255 59

Lipid peroxide and SOD were selected as free radical related substances and system for their elimination, and detection was evaluated. NADPH-Cytochrome c reductase-Neotetrazolium (NT) method (Mic-NT method) and Xanthine oxidase-Nitrotetrazolium Blue method (XOD-NTB method) are current detection methods of SOD activities. They are based on the O2-specific reaction. Minimum detectable amount of SOD by the Mic-NT method and XOD-NTB method was about 15 ng and 200 ng, respectively. On the other hand, an XOD-NH2OH method which detects SOD activities based on the O2-specific oxidation reaction showed the minimum detectable amount of 2.5 ng. Consequently, SOD-detecting sensitivity of these methods was found to be in the following order: XOD-NH2OH method greater than Mic-NT method greater than XOD-NTB method. In addition, albumin caused a positive error in all three methods. With a monoclonal antibody-aided SOD-analyzing method (EIA method), the minimum detectable amount of SOD was 0.2 ng. The isoenzymes of SOD (Cu, Zn-SOD and Mn-SOD) could be detected separately by 1. deactivating Cu, Zn-SOD with CN- or H2O2 and regarding the remaining activity as Mn-SOD and 2. by deactivating Mn-SOD selectively through pretreatment of the sample with SDS and regarding the remaining activity as Cu, Zn-SOD. TBA method (Yagi's method) has been used frequently for the measurement of serum lipid peroxide.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Detection methods of free radical related substances and the system for their elimination]. 260 53

The lung is especially sensitive to a variety of vastly different agents and conditions including hyperoxia, certain drugs and xenobiotics, particulate debris, and ischemia/reperfusion. There is a growing body of experimental data to suggest that most, if not all, of these agents or conditions mediate pulmonary injury by forming reactive O2 metabolites such as O2-., H2O2.OH, HOCl, and RNHCl. The presence mechanisms by which these different agents converge to produce free radical-mediated pulmonary injury is not entirely clear. The lung does contain several metabolic pathways that will produce large amounts of reactive O2 metabolites. For example, hyperoxia-induced pulmonary injury may be mediated by oxidants produced by both mitochondrial and microsomal electron transport. Certain drugs and xenobiotics may be metabolized by nonspecific flavoproteins found in the mitochondrial electron transport chain and associated with microsomal mixed function oxidase system to yield a variety of free radicals and oxidants. Inhalation of particulate debris will activate resident phagocytic leukocytes to produce large quantities of cytotoxic oxidants. Ischemia and reperfusion appear to produce substantial amounts of xanthine oxidase-derived oxy-radicals that recruit and activate inflammatory phagocytes to produce cytotoxic HOCl and N-chlorinated oxidants. Finally, inappropriate metabolism of arachidonate by prostaglandin synthetase in the presence of NADH (NADPH) produces a burst of O2-. The fact that the lung contains so many different metabolic avenues for oxidant and free radical production suggests that this particular organ may be the most sensitive to oxidative insult.
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PMID:Metabolic sources of reactive oxygen metabolites during oxidant stress and ischemia with reperfusion. 265 Sep 65

The hypoxic cell cytotoxins SR 4233, benznidazole (Benzo), and CB 1954 were readily reduced by anaerobic mouse liver microsomes in vitro to their respective amino or single N-oxide derivatives. The reactions were inhibited in air and required reduced cofactors, particularly NADPH. The rates of reductive bioactivation were markedly different for each drug, with SR 4233 much greater than CB 1954 greater than Benzo. Using purified cytochrome P-450 reductase (P-450 reductase) and an inhibitory antibody to this enzyme, we demonstrated that P-450 reductase was involved in the reductive bioactivation of all 3 compounds. It had a minor role in SR 4233 reduction, but a more important involvement in CB 1954 metabolism to its 4-amino metabolite. Using carbon monoxide, a specific inhibitor of cytochrome P-450 (P-450), we demonstrated that P-450 was involved in both SR 4233 and Benzo reduction. P-450 had a major role both in SR 4233 conversion to SR 4317 and in the latter steps of Benzo amine formation. Purified xanthine oxidase was shown to reduce SR 4233 and Benzo in vitro, but cytosolic aldehyde oxidase activity was only detectable with Benzo as substrate. Characterizing the relative participation of the various reductases in tumor versus normal tissues may allow a more rational selection and application of hypoxic cell cytotoxins in cancer therapy.
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PMID:Molecular enzymology of the reductive bioactivation of hypoxic cell cytotoxins. 270 6

Although a number of reducing systems can release iron from ferritin, there is debate as to whether the process additionally requires a chelator. We have studied ferritin iron release by microsomes, paraquat and NADPH, by dialuric acid and by hypoxanthine and xanthine oxidase, using ferrozine to complex the released iron. In each case, Fe2+ (ferrozine) formation was detectable when the ferrozine was added at the beginning of the 10 min reaction period, but not at the end. However, with catalase present, up to 0.7 times as much Fe2+ could be measured with ferrozine added at the end. Further Fe2+ could be recovered by adding ascorbate with the ferrozine. These results indicate that an iron chelator is not required for reductive iron release from ferritin. However, the released iron will not be detectable as Fe2+ unless it forms a complex that is resistant to oxidation by H2O2 or other oxidants.
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PMID:An iron chelator is not required for reductive iron release from ferritin by radical generating systems. 280 53

Uroporphyrin I, haematoporphyrin and haematoporphyrin derivative had no effect on O2-. generation during oxidation of hypoxanthine by xanthine oxidase and on the formation of hydroxyl radicals (OH.) in the hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase/Fe3+-EDTA/deoxyribose system. On the other hand, these porphyrins strongly inhibited O2-. formation in a horseradish peroxidase/H2O2/NADPH mixture, whereas they augmented OH. generation in this system after addition of Fe3+-EDTA. Experimental evidence suggests that these observations should be ascribed to the formation of a porphyrin anion radical in the horseradish peroxidase/NADPH system. The formation of this anion radical was confirmed by e.s.r. spectroscopy. This radical is apparently unable to reduce cytochrome c, but it can replace O2-. in the OH.-generating Haber-Weiss reaction.
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PMID:The influence of porphyrins on iron-catalysed generation of hydroxyl radicals. 283 35

Methylene blue competes 100 to 600 times more effectively than paraquat for reduction by three different flavo-containing enzymes; xanthine oxidase, NADH cytochrome c reductase, and NADPH cytochrome c reductase. Paraquat and methylene blue both interact with deflavo xanthine oxidase, indicating that neither electron acceptor reacted at the FAD site of the enzyme where molecular oxygen is reduced to superoxide. As the paraquat radical also directly reduced acetylated cytochrome c the hemeprotein could not be utilized for measuring superoxide production in the presence of the herbicide. In the presence of cytochrome c the methylene blue caused a sharp decrease in both paraquat-induced superoxide and hydroxyl radical production.
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PMID:Methylene blue competes with paraquat for reduction by flavo-enzymes resulting in decreased superoxide production in the presence of heme proteins. 283 6

5-(4-Nitrophenyl)penta-2,4-dienal (NPPD) stimulated NADPH-supported oxygen consumption by rat liver microsomes in a concentration-dependent manner. The NPPD stimulation of O2 uptake was not inhibited by metyrapone and was decreased in the presence of NADP+ and p-hydroxymercuribenzoate. These observations suggest that the NPPD initial reduction step is mediated by NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase and not by cytochrome P-450. Spin-trapping studies using 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) revealed the formation of superoxide anion upon incubation of NPPD, NADPH, DMPO and rat liver microsomes. Hydrogen peroxide generation was also detected in these incubations, thus confirming redox cycling of NPPD under aerobic conditions. NPPD stimulated oxygen consumption, superoxide anion formation and hydrogen peroxide generation by rat kidney, testes and brain microsomes. Other enzymes capable of nitroreduction (NADH dehydrogenase, xanthine oxidase, glutathione reductase, and NADP+ ferredoxin oxidoreductase) were also found to stimulate redox cycling of NPPD. The ability of NPPD to induce superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide formation might play a role in its reported mutagenicity.
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PMID:Generation of superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide during redox cycling of 5-(4-nitrophenyl)-penta-2,4-dienal by mammalian microsomes and enzymes. 283 86

Four calcium channel blockers were tested from the point of view of their influence on enzymic lipid oxidation and on generation of superoxide anions. All the compounds were found to be antioxidants as tested by the inhibition of NADPH-stimulated malonaldehyde formation from lipids. IC50 values were 60 microM for nifedipine; 1.1 microM for verapamil; 1.4 microM for fendiline and 20.6 microM for diltiazem. Only nifedipine scavenged superoxide anions both in an enzymic (xanthine:xanthine oxidase) and non-enzymic (phenazine methosulphate:NADH) generating system. IC50 values for this inhibition were about 2.5 times higher than for inhibition of formation of malonaldehyde. Nifedipine inhibited also xanthine oxidase-mediated formation of uric acid.
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PMID:The influence of calcium channel blockers on superoxide anions. 283 71


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