The influence of porphyrins on iron-catalysed generation of hydroxyl radicals
- 15 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 250 (1), 197-201
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2500197
Abstract
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.Keywords
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