Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium by Human Cytochrome B5: Generation of Hydroxyl Radical and Superoxide

Overview

Journal Free Radic Biol Med

Specialties Biochemistry
Biology
General Medicine

Date 2007 Feb 27

PMID 17320757

Citations 21

Authors

Griselda R Borthiry

William E Antholine

B Kalyanaraman

Judith M Myers

Charles R Myers

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Abstract

The reduction of hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI), can generate reactive Cr intermediates and various types of oxidative stress. The potential role of human microsomal enzymes in free radical generation was examined using reconstituted proteoliposomes (PLs) containing purified cytochrome b(5) and NADPH:P450 reductase. Under aerobic conditions, the PLs reduced Cr(VI) to Cr(V) which was confirmed by ESR using isotopically pure (53)Cr(VI). When 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DEPMPO) was included as a spin trap, a very prominent signal for the hydroxyl radical (HO()) adduct was observed as well as a smaller signal for the superoxide (O(2)(-)) adduct. These adducts were observed even at very low Cr(VI) concentrations (10 muM). NADPH, Cr(VI), O(2), and the PLs were all required for significant HO() generation. Superoxide dismutase eliminated the O(2)(-) adduct and resulted in a 30% increase in the HO() adduct. Catalase largely diminished the HO() adduct signal, indicating its dependence on H(2)O(2). Some sources of catalase were found to have Cr(VI)-reducing contaminants which could confound results, but a source of catalase free of these contaminants was used for these studies. Exogenous H(2)O(2) was not needed, indicating that it was generated by the PLs. Adding exogenous H(2)O(2), however, did increase the amount of DEPMPO/HO() adduct. The inclusion of formate yielded the carbon dioxide radical adduct of DEPMPO, and experiments with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) plus the spin trap alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) yielded the methoxy and methyl radical adducts of PBN, confirming the generation of HO(). Quantification of the various species over time was consistent with a stoichiometric excess of HO() relative to the net amount of Cr(VI) reduced. This also represents the first demonstration of a role for cytochrome b(5) in the generation of HO(). Overall, the simultaneous generation of Cr(V) and H(2)O(2) by the PLs and the resulting generation of HO() at low Cr(VI) concentrations could have important implications for Cr(VI) toxicity.

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