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. 1989 Jan 15;257(2):603–606. doi: 10.1042/bj2570603

Detection of peroxyl and alkoxyl radicals produced by reaction of hydroperoxides with rat liver microsomal fractions.

M J Davies 1
PMCID: PMC1135621  PMID: 2930470

Abstract

E.s.r. spin trapping using the spin trap 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) was used to detect peroxyl, alkoxyl and carbon-centred radicals produced by reaction of t-butyl hydroperoxide (tBuOOH) with rat liver microsomal fraction. The similarity of the hyperfine coupling constants of the peroxyl and alkoxyl radical adducts to those obtained previously with isolated enzymes suggests that these species are the tBuOO. and tBuO. adducts. The effects of metal-ion chelators, heat denaturation, enzyme inhibitors and reducing equivalents demonstrate that these species arise from reaction of tBuOOH with a haem enzyme such as cytochrome P-450 or cytochrome b5. In the absence of NADPH or NADH the previously undetected peroxyl radical adduct is the major species observed. In the presence of these reducing equivalents the alkoxyl and carbon-centred radical adducts predominate, which is in accord with product studies on similar systems. These results demonstrate that both reductive and oxidative decomposition of tBuOOH can occur in rat liver microsomal fraction with the reductive pathway favoured in the presence of NADH or NADPH.

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