Kinetics of the competitive degradation of deoxyribose and other biomolecules by hydroxyl radicals produced by the Fenton reaction |
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Authors: | MJ Zaho L Jung C Tanielian R Mechin |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch France. |
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Abstract: | The objective of this work is to reexamine the competitive degradation of deoxyribose by hydroxyl radicals (.OH) produced by the reaction between H2O2 and Fe(2+)-EDTA. The .OH radicals produced attack deoxyribose (D, rate constant kD) and eventually an .OH scavenger (S, rate constant kS). First, we examined the effect of D], H2O2], Fe(2+)-EDTA], EDTA]/Fe2+] ratio and reaction time on the rate of D degradation, measured as the absorbance of the chromogen formed between the product of the reaction D + .OH (malondialdehyde) and thiobarbituric acid. In particular, it was showed that under our experimental conditions (D] = 3 mM, H2O2] = 0.85 mM, Fe2+] = 0.13 mM), the rate of overall process is first order in Fe2+, zero order in H2O2 and is maximal for a ratio EDTA]/Fe2+] = 1.1. Second, the kinetics of .OH radical reaction in competition experiments between D and S (mannitol) was investigated. The results show that the ratio of the rates of D degradation in the absence (VD) and in the presence (VDS) of S should be represented by VD/VDS = 1 + ksS]/(kDD] + kx) where kx accounts for the rate of .OH reactions with other reagents such as Fe(2+)-EDTA, H2O2 etc . . . After having determined kx for each set of experimental conditions, we obtained the values of kS/kD by determining the variations of VD/VDS as a function of S] and D]. By taking kD = 1.9 x 10(9) M-1s-1 a value of kS = 1.9 x 10(9) M-1s-1 was obtained, very close to that obtained by pulse radiolysis. Finally, the validity of the established relation was confirmed for other biomolecules (methionine, k = 5.6 x 10(9)M-1s-1 and alanine, k = 3.3 x 10(8) M-1s-1). By contrast, it was not applicable to cysteine, thiourea and mercaptoethanol which was attributed to an interaction of the latter scavengers with Fe2+ and/or H2O2. |
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