Lactoperoxidase-catalyzed oxidation of [4-14C]estradiol

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Jellinck ◽  
Shirley Cleveland

The conversion of [4-14C]estradiol to water-soluble products by lactoperoxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) in the presence of added or generated H2O2 was studied using albumin or tyrosine as acceptor. The enzyme was able to catalyze the oxidation and binding of estradiol to albumin even in the absence of 2,4-dichlorophenol at very low concentrations of hydrogen peroxide. Other systems in which H2O2 was replaced by oxygen and Mn2+, light-sensitized riboflavin or glutathione was also shown to be active in the conversion of estradiol to water-soluble products and the effect of inhibitors on these reactions was investigated. Possible mechanisms for the peroxidase-catalyzed formation of these estradiol metabolites are discussed.

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 2095-2101 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Ayer ◽  
Julie S. Racok

The soil fungus Talaromycesflavus (Klöcker) Stolk and Samson is an effective biological control for Verticillium wilt of eggplant (Solanummelongena L.), a disease caused by the fungus Verticilliumdahliae Kleb. The water soluble metabolites isolated from the broth when the fungus is grown in liquid still culture, hydroxymethylmaltol (1), 5,6-dihydro-3,5-dihydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-2H-pyran-2-one (3), and D-glucono-1,4-lactone (5), do not show antifungal activity against V. dahliae; however, hydrogen peroxide displays this inhibition. This peroxide has been detected in the T. flavus broth and it, together with 5, is the product of the glucose oxidase catalyzed oxidation of D-glucose. The results of the search for this antifungal activity are presented. [1-13C] Labelled sodium acetate was utilized as a precursor for studying the biosynthesis of the T. flavus metabolites 4,6-dihydroxy-5-methylphthalide (7), methyl 4-carboxy-5-hydroxyphthalaldehydate (8), and talaroflavone (9). The incorporation of label into these compounds is discussed. Keywords: Talaromycesflavus, fungal metabolites, hydrogen peroxide, biosynthesis, talaroflavone.


1995 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 73-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Halliwell

The term antioxidant is widely used but rarely defined. One suggested definition is that an antioxidant is 'a substance that, when present at low concentrations compared with those of an oxidizable substrate, significantly delays or prevents oxidation of that substrate'. Many substances have been suggested to act as antioxidants in vivo, but few have been proved to do so. This chapter addresses the criteria necessary to evaluate a proposed antioxidant activity. Simple methods for assessing the possibility of physiologically feasible scavenging of important biological oxygen-derived species (superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical, hypochlorous acid, haem-associated ferryl species, radicals derived from activated phagocytes and peroxyl radicals, both lipid-soluble and water-soluble) are presented. Methods that may be used to gain evidence that a compound actually does function as an antioxidant in vivo are discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Norfaezah Mazalan ◽  
Mazatulikhma Mat Zain ◽  
Nor Saliyana Jumali ◽  
Norhanim Mohalid ◽  
Zurina Shaameri ◽  
...  

Recently, research and development in the field of drug delivery systems (DDS) facilitating site-specific therapy has reached significant progression. DDS based on polymer micelles, coated micro- and nanoparticles, and various prodrug systems including water-soluble polymer have been prepared and extensively studied as novel drugs designed for cancer chemotherapy and brain delivery. Since polymers are going to be used in human, this study has the interest of testing two types of polymer, polyimides (PI) and polyphenylenevinylene (PPV) on neuronal cells. The objective of this study was to determine the possible neurotoxicity and potential neuroprotective effects of PI and PPV towards SH-SY5Y neuronal cells challenged by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as an oxidant. Cells were pretreated with either PI or PPV for 1 hour followed by incubation for 24 hour with 100 µM of H2O2. MTS assay was used to assess cell viability. Results show that PI and PPV are not harmful within the concentration up to 10 µM and 100 µM, respectively. However, PI and PPV do not protect neuronal cells against toxicity induced by H2O2 or further up the cell death.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 9901-9910
Author(s):  
Raheleh Ravanfar ◽  
Alireza Abbaspourrad

Despite the importance of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in initiating oxidative damage and its connection to various diseases, the detection of low concentrations of H2O2 (<10 μM) is still limited using current methods, particularly in non-aqueous systems.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 2948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner E.G. Müller ◽  
Emad Tolba ◽  
Shunfeng Wang ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
Meik Neufurth ◽  
...  

A new biomimetic strategy to im prove the self-healing properties of Portland cement is presented that is based on the application of the biogenic inorganic polymer polyphosphate (polyP), which is used as a cement admixture. The data show that synthetic linear polyp, with an average chain length of 40, as well as natural long-chain polyP isolated from soil bacteria, has the ability to support self-healing of this construction material. Furthermore, polyP, used as a water-soluble Na-salt, is subject to Na+/Ca2+ exchange by the Ca2+ from the cement, resulting in the formation of a water-rich coacervate when added to the cement surface, especially to the surface of bacteria-containing cement/concrete samples. The addition of polyP in low concentrations (<1% on weight basis for the solids) not only accelerated the hardening of cement/concrete but also the healing of microcracks present in the material. The results suggest that long-chain polyP is a promising additive that increases the self-healing capacity of cement by mimicking a bacteria-mediated natural mechanism.


1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 1667-1672 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Gallyas ◽  
J R Wolff

Physical developers can increase the visibility of end products of certain histochemical reactions, such as oxidative polymerization of diaminobenzidine and selective binding of complex silver iodide ions to Alzheimer's neurofibrillary changes. Unfortunately, this intensification by silver coating is generally superimposed on a nonspecific staining originating from the argyrophil III reaction, which also takes place when tissue sections are treated with physical developers. The present study reveals that the argyrophil III reaction can be suppressed when tissue sections are treated with certain metal ions and hydrogen peroxide before they are transferred to the physical developer. The selective intensification of Alzheimer's neurofibrillary changes requires a pre-treatment with lanthanum nitrate (10 mM/liter) and 3% hydrogen peroxide for 1 hr. The diaminobenzidine reaction can be selectively intensified when physical development is preceded by consecutive treatments with copper sulfate (10 mM/liter, pH 5, 10 min) and hydrogen peroxide (3%, pH 7, 10 min). In peroxidase histochemistry, this high-grade intensification may help to increase specificity and reduce the threshold of detectability in tracing neurons with horseradish peroxidase or in immunohistochemistry when the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method is used.


ChemInform ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (29) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
Xiaomei Yang ◽  
Si Tang ◽  
Tianliang Lu ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Lipeng Zhou ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 69 (12) ◽  
pp. 956-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tokuda ◽  
R. Ohura ◽  
T. Iwasaki ◽  
Y. Takeuchi ◽  
A. Kashiwada ◽  
...  

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